Pulse

Briefs

A radiologist with a new focus, a surgeon's war stories, the lost psychiatry tapes.

 

Stamp Act

Two postage stamp enthusiasts use their collections to explore the history of medicine.

 

Protecting the Past

The University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center is making sure its history won't be lost.

 

Wild Ideas

Medical researcher and inventor John Julian Wild led the field of ultrasound medicine.

 

End Notes

The First Bed

In the women's ward of the old Minneapolis General Hospital, surgery patients didn't need their doctor's assurance to know how they were faring.

By Harrison H. Farley, M.D.

 

 

Table of Contents | March 2010

Cover Story

The Historians

Physicians find that studying medicine's past prompts critcal thinking about the present.

By Kate Ledger

 

Feature Story

History Finds

Nine medical-related collections worth seeking out.

By Carmen Peota

 

Clinical and Health Affairs

The History of Organized Medical Transport in Minneapolis: 1867-1930

By Scott D. Thielen, M.S., M.D.
 

A Short History of Health Care Reform: Minnesota Medicine's Perspective, 1934-1967

By Peter J. Kernahan, M.D.
 

Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising: History, Regulation, and Issues

By Jisu Huh, Ph.D., Denise E. DeLorme, Ph.D., Leonard N. Reid, Ph.D., and Soontae An, Ph.D.
 

Development and Growth of Anterior Spine Surgery in Minnesota

By Robert B. Winter, M.D., and Joseph J. Garamella, M.D.

 

Editor's Note

The Thrill of the Hunt

 

Book Review

Prophet or Dreamer?

Ethicist Daniel Callahan says we need to end our love affair with technology if we are to control health care costs.

Book review by Charles R. Meyer, M.D.

 

MMA Viewpoint

Health Care Isn't Free

 

MMA News Now

Pawlenty Continues To Target Health Care
Clinic Comparison Project Is Off Track
MMA Says Lawmakers Should Stay Out of Lyme Disease Debate
MMA Offers Personal Day at the Capitol

 

Letters

 

Tracking Reform

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