AIMC Topic: History, 17th Century

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A personal view on the history of toxins: From ancient times to artificial intelligence.

Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology
Bioactive substances found in plants, microorganisms and animals have fascinated mankind since time immemorial. This review will focus on the progress that has been made over the centuries and our growing insights. The developments relate to both the...

Five thousand years of minimal access surgery: 3000BC to 1850: early instruments for viewing body cavities.

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
Surgeons and their patients recognise that one of the major advances in surgical technique over the last 20 years has been the growth of minimal access surgery by means of laparoscopic and robotic approaches. Partnerships with industry have facilitat...

Mechanizing medicine - Tomorrows history started yesterday.

American journal of surgery
History is by nature a retrospective subject, there usually being an interval between any event, a review or impact of the subject being considered. This NPSA Historian's paper, takes a long and quick historical view of influences that fostered chang...