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1 RARE BOOKS Antiquarian bookseller specialising in the history of medicine and the health sciences Please send for my catalogue, or call for an appointment when in London 5 BURLEIGH PLACE, PUTNEY LONDON SW15 6ES, ENGLAND (01) The History of Surgery in the United States, : Vol. 1, Textbooks, Monographs, and Treatises. Ira M. Rutkow, M.D., Dr. P.H. 7 3/4"xir';514pp.;130illus. ISBN $ Sir William Osier An Annotated Bibliography with Illustrations. Edited by Richard L. Golden, M.D. and Charles G. Roland, M.D. 81/2"xll";214pp.;105illus. ISBN $ The Mechanics of Surgery (1899) by Charles Truax. Reprinted with an Introduction on Truax, and the Development of the American Surgical Instrument Industry by James M. Edmonson, Ph.D., Curator, Dittrick Museum, Historical Division, Cleveland Health Sciences Library. 6 1/8" x 91/4"; 45,1024 pp.; 2381 illus. ISBN $ The American Civil War Surgery Series. Edited by Ira M. Rutkow, M.D., Dr. P.H. Reprints of first editions of the six Union surgical manuals together with the five Confederate manuals, plus the roster of Union surgeons. Introductions by Rutkow written for each volume. ISBN for series $49.50 plus $5.00 shipping/handling per volume. Prospectus available. Norman Publishing 442 Post Street San Francisco, CA In California: (415) FAX: (415)

2 American Pediatrics The Social Dynamics of Professionalism, SYDNEY A. HALPERN "A first rate book.... It is such a pleasure to read an historical work by a sociologist who goes to the primary sources." Gert H. Brieger, M.D., The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine "We have learned a good deal about pediatrics, a good deal about specialization, and a great deal about the strategy of study of the origins of institutions." Arthur L. Stinchcombe, Northwestern University $27.50 The Investigative Enterprise Experimental Physiology in Nineteenth- Century Medicine WILLIAM COLEMAN and FREDERIC L. HOLMES, Eds. During the 19th-century scientific investigation began to be carried out on a scale large enough to become crucial to the welfare of nations. This volume illuminates the history of the biological and medical sciences and also the relationship between institutes and ideas which characterized the explosion of scientific investigation. $39.95 AIDS The Burdens of History ELIZABETH FEE and DANIEL FOX, Editors The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. Each essay addresses an aspect of the "burdens" (meaning the inescapable significance of events in the past for the present) of history during the AIDS epidemic. This collection reminds us that many of the issues now being debated quarantine, exclusion, public needs and private rights have their parallels in the past. $25.00 cloth, $11.95 paper Medicine in China A History of Ideas PAUL U. UNSCHULD New in paper "Unschuld successfully weaves the evolution of medical ideas with the prevalent socio-political events of the past three and one-half millenia." Medical Anthropology "Undeniably valuable... is his emphasis on how each new wave of Chinese medical theory ended up by complementing the preceding corpus of ideas." Times Literary Supplement $12.95 paper At bookstores or call toll-free Visa and MasterCard only. University of California Press Berkeley 94720

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4 r wpi MEDICINE IN RURAL CHINA A Personal Account C C CHEN In Collaboration with Frederica M. Bunge This highly personal account brings the perspective of a dedicated clinician to the challenge of alleviating health problems in often widely scattered and undereducated village populations. It is the story of practical experimentation in rural health development, a story of trial and error and a continuing search for the best solutions to difficult problems. $35.00 EVOLUTION The History of an Idea PETER J. BOWLER Revised edition From the reviews of the first edition: "Bowler is to be congratulated for his achievement." Journal of the History of Medicine "Combines skilled historical research with superior writing." Science Teacher $45.00 cloth, $15.95 paper SOCIAL ORDER/ MENTAL DISORDER Anglo-American Psychiatry In Historical Perspective ANDREW SCULL "The best work now being done and the best work ever done on the historical sociology of mental illness." John Monahan, University of Virginia Scull explores the social responses to madness in England and the United States from the 18th through the 20th centuries. $25.00 Medicine and Society RESHAPING THE PSYCHOANALYTIC DOMAIN The Work of Melanie Klein, W. R. D. Fairbairn, and D. W. Winnicott JUDITH M. HUGHES "An immensely lucid and thoroughly sound study of the 'British School' of psychoanalysis, one of the most fascinating contributions in the history of the broadening of Freud's own outlook." Paul Roazen, author of Freud and His Followers $30.00 THE MAKING OF REHABILITATION A Political Economy of Medical Specialization, GLENN GRITZER and ARNOLD ARLUKE New in paper "For anyone interested in... the history of U.S. medicine, this book will be a good source of information." Medical Anthropology Quarterly "A well-researched history of rehabilitation medicine." Bulletin of Historical Medicine $9.95 paper Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care At bookstores or call toll-free Visa and MasterCard only. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY 94720

5 The Grand Tradition A HISTORY OF IMMUNOLOGY Arthur M. Silverstein The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore. Maryland This is a professional-level intellectual history of the development of immunology from about 1720 to Beginning with the work and insights of the early immunologists in the 19th century, Silverstein traces the development of the major ideas which have formed immunology down to the maturation of the discipline in the decade following the Second World War. Emphasis is placed on the philosophic and sociologic climate of the scientific milieu in which immunology has developed, providing a background to the culture of the discipline. CONTENTS: Preface. On History and Historians. Theories of Acquired Immunity. The Royal Experiment on Immunity: Cellular versus Humoral Immunity: Determinants and Consequences of an Epic Nineteenth Century Battle. Theories of Antibody Formation. The Concept of Immunologic Specificity. Immunologic Specificity, Continued. Honor Autotoxicus: The Concept of Autoimmunity. The Donath-Landsteiner Autoantibody: The Incommensurable Languages of Immunologic Dispute. Allergy and Immunopathology: The "Price" of Immunity. Anti-Antibodies and Anti-Idiotype Immunoregulation: Transplantation and Immunogenetics. Magic Bullets and Poisoned Arrows: The Uses of Antibody. Appendix A. The Calendar of Immunologic Progress. Appendix B. Nobel Prize Highlights in Immunology. Appendix C. Biographical Dictionary. Glossary. Index of Authors. Index of Subjects. March pages, $39.95 ISBN: X ACADEMIC PRESS -Harcourt Brace \ovanovich, Publishers. Book Marketing Department # Sixth Avenue. San Diego. CA CALL TOLL FREE 1-SOO-3X1-SO6S Action* PTT»,lnc-Ail Kjtht»i<*t*TV«d PrkOfuti Kt lo dxage wdbout nobce MC/ES«>20».

6 JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences publishes work relating to all aspects of the history of medicine and of the various sciences impinging on it. Manuscripts not exceeding 15,000 words (45 pages) are invited. PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS Send manuscripts in duplicate to Robert U. Massey, M.D., Editor, History of Medicine, Division of Humanistic Studies in Medicine, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut They should be typewritten in double space throughout on paper 8^x11 inches in size. Do not justify the right margin. Type quoted material of sixty words or more double space, each line indented five characters, and without quotation marks. Run shorter quotations into the text using double quotes. Cormnas and periods always appear within end quotes. Write dates as 1 January 1975 without punctuation; years are written , except for dates B.C. which must be given in full for clarity. Use 1860s, not 1860's. Spell out numerals below 100; if several numerals appear in a paragraph referring to the same category, with some above 100 and some below, figures should be used for all. Write "percent" as "%" and preceded by arabic numerals, except when it begins a sentence. Type footnotes double space on pages following the end of the text. Use consecutive superior numbers placed after the mark of punctuation for footnote references; in the notes themselves type the numbers on the line in indented paragraph form. The first footnote, unnumbered, should include any acknowledgments and disclaimers. Abbreviate journal names in the style used by the National Library of Medicine as listed in each January issue of Index Medicus. A second citation of the same source, if immediately following, is Ibid.; if other footnotes intervene, use the author's last name, (note no.) and for books only, short title, and page number. For classical citations, give all bibliographic data at first citation; for all subsequent citations, give author (note number) and short title. Authors are solely responsible for the accuracy of citations. Follow the examples for citations: 1. J. S. Haldane, Organism and Environment as Illustrated by the Physiology of Breathing, New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1917, p Ibid., p Harvey Cushing, The Life of Sir William Osier, 2 vok, London, Oxford University Press, 1925, 2, 865 [note omission of p. where there is a vol. no.]. 4. E. H. DuBois-Reymond and Carl Ludwig, Two Great Scientists of the Nineteenth Century: Correspondence of Emil DuBois-Reymond and Carl Ludwig, corap. Estelle Du-Bois-Reymond, ed. Paul Diepgen, trans. Sabine Lichtner-Ayed, ed. Paul Cranefield, Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982, pp Haldane, (n. 1) Organism and Environment, pp Cushing, (n. 3) Osier, 2, Leila Jackson and J. J. Moore, "Studies on experimental scurvy in guinea pigs," J. Infect. Dis., 19: , C. M. Jackson to G. S. Ford, 8 November 1917,folder32, Guy Stanton Ford Correspondence, University of Minnesota Archives, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 9. Jackson and Moore, (n. 7). Authors are reminded that unpublished materials are protected by common-law copyright without duration and are not covered by the fair use doctrine. Permission to publish such material and to quote beyond fair use from copyrighted material, regardless of authorship, is the responsibility of the author. Submit written permission with the manuscript. It will be returned if the manuscript is not accepted. Each issue of the Journal is copyrighted to protect authors and the Journal against unauthorized use of the contents. All authors will be asked to assign copyright to the Journal at the time a manuscript is accepted. The most recent edition of Tlte Chicago Manual of Style published by the University of Chicago Press should be consulted for materials not covered above. Two illustrations are allowed without charge. The page size is 4 X 7 inches, but space must be left for legends. Sharp glossy prints are required; photostats are not acceptable. Legends should be typed on a separate sheet in double space. Illustrations must be identified on the reverse. Estimates for additional illustrations will be submitted upon request. Some proportion of the added cost for an unusual amount of quoted material or footnotes may be charged to the author who will be so advised when a manuscript is accepted. Any corrections in galley proof, not typographical errors, will be charged to the author. Offprints may be ordered by authors or institutions at the rates given on forms attached to galley proofs. Books for review should be sent to the book review editor, Thomas P. Gariepy, History of Science, Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts

7 CONTENTS VOLUME 44 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1989 Envin H. Ackerknecht Thomas Rogers Forbes, Anatomist, Medical Educator, and Historian of Medicine FREDERIC L. HOLMES 154 Robert Burton and Psychological Healing STANLEY W.JACKSON Death on the Argus J. WORTH ESTES and IRA DYE 179 Wartime Bureaucracy and Penicillin Allocation DAVID P. ADAMS 196 William Shippen's Unsuccessful Attempt to Establish the First "School for Physick" in die American Colonies in 1762 ELAN DANIEL LOUIS 218 Notes and Events 240 Book Reviews 244 Books Received 272 Notes on Contributors 275