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Encyclopedia > List of physicians

This is a list of famous physicians in history: The Doctor by Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ...


°=Physicians famous for their role in advancement of medicine==


Subramanyam Naidu Maripuri(Contemporary)-Introduced the techniqueof special radiograhic views in hip fractures* William Osler Abbott (1902-1943) - co-developed the Miller-Abbott tube William Osler Abbott (1902-1943) was a notable United States physician. ...

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Thomas Addis (July 27, 1881 - June 4, 1949) was a physician-scientist who made important advances in the understanding of how blood clots. ... Virginia Apgar, M.D. (June 7, 1909 - August 7, 1974) was an American physician who specialised in anesthesia and pediatrics and who introduced the first test, called the Apgar score, to assess the health of newborn babies. ... An anesthesiologist (American English), or anaesthetist (British English) (also, anaesthesiologist), is a medical doctor trained to administer anesthesia and manage the medical care of patients before, during, and after surgery. ... The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after childbirth. ... Parturition redirects here. ... Hans Asperger, who discovered Asperger syndrome, described his patients as little professors. Hans Asperger (b. ... Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. ... Asperger described his patients as little professors. Aspergers syndrome (AS, or the more common shorthand Aspergers), is characterized as one of the five pervasive developmental disorders, and is commonly referred to as a form of high functioning autism. ... Jean Astruc (Sauves, Auvergne, March 19, 1684 - Paris, May 5, 1766) was a famous professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and with a small anonymously published book played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. ... Averroes Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126 - December 10, 1198) was an Andalusian-Arab philosopher and physician, a master of philosophy and Islamic law, mathematics and medicine. ... Ibn Sina (full name AbÅ« ‘AlÄ« al-Husayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn SÄ«nā al-BalkhÄ«; Persian: ), also known as Avicenna) was a Persian [2][3][4] Muslim polymath: a physician, astronomer, alchemist, chemist, logician, mathematician, metaphysician, philosopher, physicist, poet, scientist, theologian, statesman, and soldier. ... Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE, MC, MD, FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discovers of insulin. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Christiaan Neethling Barnard (November 8, 1922 – September 2, 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon. ... Charles Herbert Best, CC, (February 27, 1899 – March 31, 1978) was a medical scientist. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Dr. Norman Bethune 1922 Henry Norman Bethune, MD (March 3, 1890 – November 12, 1939) was a Canadian physician, medical innovator, and humanitarian. ... Theodor Billroth, founding father of modern abdominal surgery Christian Albert Theodor Billroth (born 26 August 1829 in Bergen auf Rügen, Germany; died 6 February 1894 in Opatija, Austria-Hungary, now Croatia), a German-born Austrian surgeon, is generally regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. ... For a village in Greece, see Charaka (Laconia), Greece Charaka, sometimes spelled Caraka, (perhaps 1st or 2nd century) is one of the founders of Ayurveda. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. ... Charles Drew Dr. Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American physician and medical researcher. ... Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. ... Galen. ... Garcia de Orta was a Renaissance Portuguese medical doctor and naturalist. ... Christiaan Eijkman (August 11, 1858—November 5, 1930) was a Dutch physician and pathologist whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of vitamins. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Beriberi is a nervous system ailment caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. ... Pierre Fauchard (born 1687 in Brittany; died March 22, 1761 in Paris) was a significant French dentist. ... Girolamo Fracastoro (Fracastorius) (1478‑1553) was an Italian physician, scholar and poet. ... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. ... Sigmund Freud (IPA: ), born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939), was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Psychoanalysis is a family of psychological theories and methods based on the work of Sigmund Freud. ... Daniel Carleton Gajdusek in 1976 when he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. ... Kuru or Kurus may be: Kuru (kingdom), a powerful Indian kingdom during the Vedic period and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period Kuru Kingdom, a kingdom based on the historic Kuru kingdom in Indian epic literature Kuru (disease), neurological, and associated with New Guinea, the Fore, and cannibalism Kuru... William Harvey William Harvey (April 1, 1578 – June 3, 1657) was an English medical doctor, who is credited with being the first to correctly describe, in exact detail, the properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart. ... Diagram of the human circulatory system. ... Ernst Haeckel. ... Henry J. Heimlich (b. ... Orvan Walter Hess (born 1906-06-18, Baoba, Pa. ... The cardiotocograph is more commonly known as Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM). ... Penicillin nucleus Penicillin (sometimes abbreviated PCN) refers to a group of beta-lactam antibiotics used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. ... Ashoka Jahnavi-Prasad ( A.J.Prasad) is a behavioral scientist who was the first to postulate that neuroses have a biological basis. ... Portrait of Edward Jenner Edward Jenner, FRS, (17 May 1749 – 26 January 1823) was an English country doctor who studied nature and his natural surroundings from childhood and practiced medicine in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. ... A vial of the vaccine against influenza. ... “Jung” redirects here. ... Dr Leo Kanner MD Leo Kanner (June 13, 1894 - April 4, 1981) was an Austrian-American physician known for his work related to autism. ... Seymour S. Kety (August 25, 1915 – May 25, 2000) was an American neuroscientist who was credited with making modern psychiatry a rigorous and heuristic branch of medicine by applying basic science to the study of human behavior in health and disease. ... For the American lobbyist, see Bobby Koch. ... Emil Theodor Kocher (August 25, 1841 - July 27, 1917), Nobel Prize winner in 1909 for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland Born in Bern. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec (February 17, 1781- August 13, 1826), French physician; inventor of the stethoscope. ... Stethoscope The stethoscope (Greek στηθοσκόπιο, of στήθος, stéthos - chest and σκοπή, skopé - examination) is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening, to internal sounds in a human or animal body. ... Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon (1877–1967) was an English physician and one of the founders of the science of epidemiology, pioneering the use of so-called cohort studies and case-control studies. ... Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine. ... Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, OM , FRS (5 April 1827 – 10 February 1912) was an English surgeon who promoted the idea of sterile surgery while working at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. ... List of Cornish people Categories: People stubs | 1631 births | 1691 deaths | Natives of Cornwall ... João Rodrigues de Castelo Branco better known as Amato Lusitano was a notable portuguese jewish physician of the 16th Century. ... Madhav was an 8th century Indian physician who wrote the Nidāna, which soon assumed a position of authority. ... Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ... Marcello Malpighi (March 10, 1628 - September 30, 1694) was an Italian doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features. ... A thin section of lung tissue stained with hematoxylin and eosin. ... Otto Fritz Meyerhof (April 12, 1884 – October 6, 1951), German-born physician and biochemist. ... George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) - February 25, 1950) won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William P. Murphy and George H. Whipple for their work in the study of anemia. ... This article discusses the medical condition. ... Col. ... Doctors Mayo stamp William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician in the United States and a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. ... Richard Morton (1637-1698) was an English physician who was the first to state that tubercles were always present in the tuberculosis disease of the lungs. ... In anatomy, a tubercle is a round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on bones, skin or within the lungs in tuberculosis // Within the human body there are numerous sites where tubercles develop. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz (November 29, 1874 - December 13, 1955) was a Portuguese physician and neurologist. ... Dr. W. W. Mayo William Worrall Mayo (May 31, 1819 – March 6, 1911) was an English medical doctor and chemist, best known for founding the Mayo Clinic in the late 19th century with his sons William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo in Rochester, Minnesota in the United States. ... Main campus in downtown Rochester, Minnesota. ... Dr. William McBride, gynaecologist and obstetrictrician, is the Australian doctor who discovered the teratogenicity of thalidomide which ended the practice of prescribing it during pregnancy. ... Herbert Needleman, MD, known for research studies on the neurodevelopmental damages caused by lead poisoning, is a pediatrician, child psychiatrist, researcher and professor at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, an elected member of the Institute of Medicine, and the founder of the Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning (now... Lead poisoning is a medical condition, also known as saturnism, plumbism or painters colic, caused by increased blood lead levels. ... Dr. Charles Jules Henry Nicolle (September 21, 1866 - February 28, 1936) was a bacteriologist who earned the 1928 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his identification of lice as the transmitter of epidemic typhus. ... For the unrelated disease caused by Salmonella typhi, see Typhoid fever. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Sir William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian-born physician. ... Ralph S. Paffenbarger, Jr. ... Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases which affect the heart and is the leading cause of death in the United States as of 2007. ... Presumed portrait of Paracelsus, attributed to the school of Quentin Matsys. ... Ambroise Paré. Ambroise Paré (1510 – December 20, 1590) was a French surgeon, the official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, is considered by some as one of the Fathers of Surgery. ... Dr Wilder Graves Penfield, CC, OM, CMG, MD, FRS (January 25/26, 1891 – April 5, 1976) was a American-born Canadian neurosurgeon. ... Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. ... Dr. Joseph Joe Ransohoff, II (1915- January 30, 2001) was a pioneer in the field of neurosurgery. ... Neurosurgery is the surgical discipline focused on treating the central and peripheral nervous system. ... Rhazes-Treating a Patient (artist unknown) Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (born in Rayy, Iran, 864; died in Baghdad, Iraq, 930 AD) was a versatile Persian philosopher (hakim), who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry (alchemy) and philosophy. ... Rhazes-Treating a Patient (artist unknown) Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (born in Rayy, Iran, 864; died in Baghdad, Iraq, 930 AD) was a versatile Persian philosopher (hakim), who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry (alchemy) and philosophy. ... Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher best known for the development of the first successful polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine). ... Poliomyelitis (polio), or infantile paralysis, is a viral paralytic disease. ... Lall Ramnath Sawh C.M.T., FRCS (Edin) is one of the most celebrated Urologists in the Caribbean and Latin America. ... Ignaz Semmelweis (1860 portrait): advised handwashing with a chlorinated-lime solution in 1847. ... Dr. Vagina Face John Snow (16 March 1813 - 16 June 1858) was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene, and is considered one of the fathers of epidemiology for his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, Westminster, England... Cholera (or Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera) is a severe diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ... Sushruta was an ancient Indian surgeon (datable to between the 2nd century BCE and about the 2nd century CE) and is the author of the book Sushruta Samhita, in which he describes over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and classifies human surgery in 8 categories. ... Surgeon may refer to: a practitioner of surgery the moniker of British electronic music producer and DJ, Anthony Child; see Surgeon (musician) This is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Thomas Sydenham. ... James Mourilyan Tanner (born August 1, 1920, Camberley, Surrey, UK) is a British pediatrician. ... The Tanner stages (also known as the Tanner scale) are stages of physical development in children, adolescents and adults. ... Helen B(roke). ... Carlo Urbani (October 19, 1956 - March 29, 2003) was an Italian physician and the first to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) as a new disease. ... Sars may refer to any of the following: Severe acute respiratory syndrome, commonly abbreviated as SARS Michael Sars, a Norwegian biologist, father of Georg Sars Georg Sars, a Norwegian biologist, son of Michael Sars Special Administrative Regions, commonly abbreviated as SARs Sars, Perm Krai, an urban settlement in Perm Krai... Andreas Vesalius or Andreas Vesal (1514 - Belgian anatomist and the author of the first complete textbook on human anatomy: De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (On the workings of the Human Body) (Basel, 1543). ... [[ Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (born October 13, 1821, in Schivelbein (Pomerania); died September 5, 1902, in Berlin) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. ... Allen Oldfather Whipple, M.D. (September 2, 1881–April 6, 1963) is an American surgeon who is known for the pancreatic cancer operation which bears his name (the Whipple procedure) as well as Whipples triad. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Pancreaticoduodenectomy. ... Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumour within the pancreatic gland. ... Carl Wood was a pioneer of the in vitro fertilization technique who worked at the Monash University in Victoria, Australia. ... Ole Worm Ole Worm (May 13, 1588 – August 31, 1654), (pronounced Olay Vorm) who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician and antiquary. ... Sir Magdi Yacoub, the leading cardiologist in the world Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub was born on November 16th 1935 in Cairo, Egypt to a Coptic Orthodox family. ... 1964 USSR postage stamp honouring Boris Yegorov Boris Borisovich Yegorov (Russian: Борис Борисович Егоров; November 26, 1937, Moscow – September 12, 1994, Moscow) was a Soviet doctor-cosmonaut and the first physician in space. ...

Physicians otherwise notable as practitioners

Commonly used image indicating one artists conception of Maimonidess appearance Maimonides (March 30, 1135 or 1138–December 13, 1204) was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt during the Middle Ages. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Wazir) is an Arabic term for a high-ranking religious and political advisor, often to a king or sultan. ... Saladin, properly known as Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub (Arabic: , Kurdish: , Turkish: ) (c. ... Dr. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, MD (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and feminist, the first woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain. ... Barringer at her 1901 graduation Emily Dunning Barringer (1876–1961) was the worlds first female ambulance surgeon and the first woman to secure a surgical residency. ... Elizabeth Blackwell . ... Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born May 20, some sources say May 26[2], 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. ... Laveran won a Nobel Prize in 1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (June 18, 1845 _ May 18, 1922) (sometimes spelled Alfons or Alfonse) was a French physician who, in 1880, discovered that the cause of malaria is a protozoan, the first time that protozoa were shown to be a cause... Laveran won a Nobel Prize in 1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (June 18, 1845 – May 18, 1922) (sometimes spelled Alfons or Alfonse) was a French physician. ... Johann Friedrich Struensee By Jens Juel, 1771, Collection of Bomann Museum, Celle, Germany. ... King Christian VII Christian VII (January 29, 1749–March 13, 1808), King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig and Holstein. ... Paul Rohmer in 1947 Paul Rohmer, (Huttenheim, November 1st 1876 - Strasbourg, March 2nd 1977), is a french physician considered as the father of the modern paediatrics in the east corner of France. ... The Doctor by Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that deals with the medical care of infants and children. ...

Physicians famous chiefly as eponyms

See also Medical eponyms This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...


Among the better known eponyms: An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ...

Thomas Addison was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist. ... Addisons disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism) is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones (glucocorticoids and often mineralocorticoids). ... Aloysius Alois Alzheimer (14 June 1864, Marktbreit, Bavaria - 19 December 1915, Breslau, now Wrocław, Poland) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. ... Léon Charles Albert Calmette (July 12, 1863 – October 29, 1933) was a French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, and an important officer of the Pasteur Institute. ... An apparatus (4-5 cm length, with nine short needles) used for BCG vaccination in Japan. ... A vaccine is an antigenic preparation used to establish immunity to a disease. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas (born July 9, 1879, Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil; died November 8, 1934, Rio de Janeiro), was a Brazilian physician. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... The motor neurone diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurones, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. ... Neuropathic osteoarthropathy refers to progressive degeneration of a weight-bearing joint, a process marked by bony destruction, bone resorption, and eventual deformity. ... There are two sets of Charcots triads, both of which are sets of clinical signs relating to quite separate diseases. ... Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), known also as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN) or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy, is a heterogeneous inherited disorder of nerves (neuropathy) that is characterized by loss of muscle tissue and touch sensation, predominantly in the feet and legs but also in the hands and arms... Burrill Bernard Crohn (born June 13, 1884 in New York; died 1983 in Connecticut) was an American gastroenterologist and one of the first to describe the disease of which he is the namesake, Crohns disease. ... Crohns disease (also known as regional enteritis) is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by transmural inflammation (affecting the entire wall of the involved bowel) and skip lesions (areas of inflammation with areas of normal lining in between). ... Camillo Golgi, 1906. ... Diagram of the endomembrane system in a typical eukaryote cell Micrograph of Golgi apparatus, visible as a stack of semicircular black rings near the bottom. ... Portrait of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (May 28, 1738 – March 26, 1814) did not invent the guillotine, but on October 10, 1789 proposed the use of a mechanical device to carry out death penalties in France. ... Historic replicas (1:6 scale) of the two main types of French guillotines: Model 1792, left, and Model 1872 (state as of 1907), right The guillotine is a device used for carrying out executions by decapitation. ... Charles Mantoux (1877 - 1947) was a French physician. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... Bernard-Jean Antoine Marfan (June 20, 1858_1942) was a French pediatrician. ... Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder of the connective tissue characterized by disproportionately long limbs, long thin fingers, a relatively tall stature, and a predisposition to cardiovascular abnormalities, specifically those affecting the heart valves and aorta. ... Silas Weir Mitchell Silas Weir Mitchell (b. ... Erythromelalgia, also known as Mitchells disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell) and red neuralgia, is a rare disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the extremeties and especially in the feet, dilate, causing a painful burning and throbbing sensation and red skin. ... Sir James Paget (1814-1899) was a British surgeon and pathologist who is best remembered for Pagets disease and who is considered, together with Rudolf Virchow, as one of the founders of scientific medical pathology. ... Sir James Paget, a prolific surgeon and pathologist, described several diseases, all called Pagets disease: The term is most commonly used to refer to Pagets disease of bone It can also mean Pagets disease of the breast Or: Pagets disease of the penis. ... James Parkinson (April 11, 1755 – December 21, 1824) was an English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist. ... Parkinsons disease (PD; paralysis agitans) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra (an area in the basal ganglia of the brain). ... Hans Asperger, who discovered Asperger syndrome, described his patients as little professors. Hans Asperger (b. ... Asperger syndrome (also referred to as Aspergers syndrome, Aspergers disorder, Aspergers, or AS) is one of five neurobiological pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and is characterized by deficiencies in social and communication skills, normal to above normal intelligence,[1] and standard language development. ... Karl Adolph von Basedow (March 28, 1799 – April 11, 1854) was a German physician most famous for reporting the symptoms of what could later be dubbed Graves-Basedow disease. ... Graves disease is a thyroid disorder characterized by goiter, exophthalmos, orange-peel skin, and hyperthyroidism. ... Paul Pierre Broca (June 28, 1824 - July 9, 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. ... Brocas area is the section of the human brain (in the opercular and triangular sections of the inferior frontal gyrus of the frontal lobe of the cortex) that is involved in language processing, speech production and comprehension. ... David Bruce jr. ... Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911–1993), surgeon was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland, on 28 February 1911. ... Burkitts lymphoma (or Burkitts tumor, or Malignant lymphoma, Burkitts type) is a type of cancer that is associated with the Epstein-Barr virus, also the cause of mononucleosis as well as other cancers. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ... Cushings syndrome or hypercortisolism is an endocrine disorder caused by excessive levels of the endogenous corticosteroid hormone cortisol. ... John Langdon Haydon Down (November 18, 1828-October 7, 1896) was a British doctor best known for his description of what is now called Down syndrome. ... Bartolomeo Eustachi (b. ... The Eustachian tube (or auditory tube) is a tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear. ... Gabriele Falloppio Gabriele Falloppio (1523- October 9, 1562), often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century; he was born at Modena, Italy in 1523; he died October 9, 1562 at Padua. ... The Fallopian tubes, also known as oviducts, uterine tubes, and salpinges (singular salpinx) are two very fine tubes leading from the ovaries of female mammals into the uterus. ... Ernst Gräfenberg (26 September 1881 in Adelebsen near Göttingen - 28 October 1957 in New York) was a German-born medical doctor and scientist. ... Female internal reproductive anatomy. ... Gerhard Henrick Armauer Hansen (July 29, 1841 - February 12, 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of Mycobacterium leprae as the causative agent of leprosy in 1873. ... Father Damien was a Roman Catholic missionary who helped lepers on Hawaii and also died of the disease. ... Thomas Hodgkin (b. ... George Huntington (April 9, 1850 - March 3, 1916) was an American physician. ... Moritz Kaposi (Hungarian: ) (b. ... Daniel Elmer Salmon, (1850-1914), was born at Mount Olive, New Jersey. ... Species Salmonella bongori Salmonella enterica Salmonella arizonae Salmonella enteritidis Salmonella typhi Salmonella typhimurium Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and foodborne illness. ... Georges Gilles de la Tourette Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (October 30, 1857 in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers near Poitou, France — May 26, 1904 in Lausanne, Switzerland) was a French neurologist who is the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition. ... Tourette syndrome (also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourettes disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourettes or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these...

Physicians famous as criminals

John Bodkin Adams, (January 21, 1899–July 4, 1983) was a general practitioner in Eastbourne cleared of murdering one of his patients. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Brandt at the Doctors Trial Karl Brandt (January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948) was the personal physician of Adolf Hitler and headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia programme from 1939. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Baruch Kappel Goldstein (December 9 or December 12, 1956–February 25, 1994, ‎) was an American-Israeli physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron, murdering 29 Arab attendants of the Ibrahimi Mosque (within the Cave of the Patriarchs) and wounding another 150 in... Radovan Karadžić during a visit to Moscow in 1994. ... Ethnic cleansing refers to various policies or practices aimed at the displacement of an ethnic group from a particular territory in order to create a supposedly ethnically pure society. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in the Latin alphabet, Југославија in Cyrillic; English: South Slavia) describes three political entities that existed one at a time on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century. ... Josef Mengele (March 16, 1911 – February 7, 1979), was a German SS officer and a physician in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Samuel Alexander Mudd, I (December 20, 1833 – January 10, 1883) was a Maryland doctor implicated and imprisoned for aiding John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Herman Webster Mudgett (1861 - May 7, 1896) was a 19th-century serial killer, better known as H.H. Holmes. ... Hertha Oberheuser is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment at the Doctors Trial Herta Oberheuser (born 15 May 1911 in Cologne, Germany; died 24 January 1978 in Linz am Rhein, Germany) was a doctor at the Ravensbrück concentration camp from 1940 until 1943. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Jack Kevorkian, M.D. (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born May 20, some sources say May 26[2], 1928) is a controversial American pathologist. ... Shiro Ishii Microbiologist Shiro Ishii (石井四郎 Ishii Shirō, June 25, 1892-1959) was the Lieutenant General of Unit 731, a biological-warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese War. ... Body disposal at Unit 731 Unit 731 was a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and World War II. It was responsible for some of the most notorious war crimes carried... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Human experimentation involves medical experiments performed on human beings. ... Harold Frederick Fred Shipman (January 14, 1946–January 13, 2004) was an English general practitioner who was one of the most prolific known serial killers in modern history. ... Michael Joseph Swango (born October 21, 1954 in Tacoma, Washington) is a physician and surgeon, who fatally poisoned at least thirty (and possibly many more) of his patients and colleagues. ... The unusual case of Dr. Richard J. Schmidt marks the first time in forensic history where viral DNA was used prove a link between two people with HIV or AIDS in a criminal trial. ...

Physicians famous as writers

see also A Roster of Physician Writers


Among the better known writers:

And others: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian: , IPA: ) was a Russian short story writer and playwright. ... Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York) is an American doctor/novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health. ... The novel Coma writtin by Robin Cook in 1977 was his first publication. ... Michael Crichton, pronounced [1], (born October 23, 1942) is an American author, film producer, film director, and television producer. ... Jurassic Park is a techno-thriller novel written by Michael Crichton that was published in 1990. ... Archibald Joseph Cronin (July 19, 1896–January 6, 1981) was a Scottish writer and the author of several novels, short stories, and essays. ... The Citadel is a novel by Scots author A. J. Cronin, first published in 1937 (in Britain by Victor Gollancz Ltd. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ... Keats grave in Rome (left). ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Of Human Bondage (1915) is a novel by William Somerset Maugham. ... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. ... The aorta (generally pronounced or ay-orta) is the largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart and bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body in the systemic circulation. ... François Rabelais François Rabelais (c. ... Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. ... Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. ... William Carlos Williams Dr. William Carlos Williams (sometimes known as WCW) (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963), was an American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism. ...

For other people named John Arbuthnot, see John Arbuthnot (disambiguation) Dr. John Arbuthnot, often known simply as Dr. Arbuthnot, (baptised April 29, 1667 – February 27, 1735), was a Scottish physician, satirist and polymath in London. ... This article is about the Scottish physician and antiquarian. ... Janet Asimov (maiden name Janet Opal Jeppson) (born 1926 in Ashland, Pennsylvania) is an American science fiction author and psychoanalyst. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Arnie Baker (born August 6, 1953 in Montreal, Canada) is a bicycle coach, racer, and writer. ... Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 - October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. ... Karl Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. ... Friedrich Karl Christian Ludwig Büchner (March 29, 1824 – May 1, 1899) was a German philosopher, physiologist and physician who became one of the exponents of 19th century scientific materialism. ... Thomas Campion, sometimes Campian (February 12, 1567 – March 1, 1620) was an English composer, poet and physician. ... Grow Younger, Live Longer, 2001 Deepak Chopra (Hindi: दीपक चोपड़ा; born October 22, 1946) is an Indian medical doctor and writer. ... Though the term self-help can refer to any case whereby an individual or a group betters themselves economically, intellectually or emotionally, the connotations of the phrase have come to apply particularly to psychological or psychotherapeutic nostrums, often purveyed through the popular genre of the self-help book. ... Alexander Comfort (February 10, 1920 - March 26, 2000) was a medical professional, anarchist, pacifist and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution. ... The Joy of Sex was a ground-breaking illustrated sex manual by Alex Comfort, M.D., Ph. ... Michael Cook (13 February 1933 -- 1 July 1994) was a playwright. ... Ctesias of Cnidus (in Caria) (Greek ), was a Greek physician and historian, who flourished in the 5th century BC. In early life he was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger. ... This article is about Erasmus Darwin who lived 1731–1802; for his descendants with the same name see Erasmus Darwin (disambiguation). ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Georges Duhamel (June 30, 1884 - April 13, 1966), was a French author, born in Paris. ... Henry Havelock Ellis (February 2, 1859 - July 8, 1939), known as Havelock Ellis, was a British doctor, sexual psychologist and social reformer. ... Mans search for meaning Viktor Emil Frankl, M.D., Ph. ... Viktor Frankls 1946 book Mans Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate and describes his psychotherapeutic method of finding a reason to live. ... Sir Samuel Garth (1661 - 1719) was a English physician and poet, born at Bolam in the county of Durham, and educated at Cambridge, he settled as a physician in London, where he soon acquired a large practice. ... William Gilbert (1804-1890) was a British novelist and naval surgeon, author of several popular fantasy stories. ... Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730 or 1728 – April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-naturd Man (1768) and... Atul Gawande is a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston, an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and of surgery at Harvard Medical School. ... The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ... H. Richard Hornberger (February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997) was an American writer and surgeon, born in Trenton, New Jersey, who wrote under the pseudonym Richard Hooker. ... M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, the original novel that inspired the M*A*S*H movie and TV series, was written by Richard Hooker, himself a former military surgeon, and was about a U.S. mobile army surgical hospital in Korea during the Korean War. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ... Arthur Johnston (1587-1641) was a Scottish physician and poet. ... R.D.Laing; photo credit Robert E. Haraldsen Ronald David Laing (October 7, 1927 – August 23, 1989), was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness and particularly the experience of psychosis. ... Beginning in the 1960s, a movement called anti-psychiatry claimed that psychiatric patients are not ill but are individuals that do not share the same consensus reality as most people in society. ... Stanisław Lem (1966). ... Cover by Oscar Chichoni for the Spanish edition Solaris is a Polish science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), published in Warsaw in 1961 and probably his most famous work. ... Carlo Levi Carlo Levi (29 November 1902 – January 4, 1975) was an Italian-Jewish painter, writer, activist, anti-fascist, and doctor. ... David Livingstone (19 March 1813 – 4 May 1873) was a Scottish Presbyterian pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and explorer in central Africa. ... Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Yale (Cantonese): ma5 yim4 gwan1 ling4) (official birthday 30th November 1937, however real birthday not known, this is in fact her fathers birthday) is a Chinese-American author and physician. ... Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in the United Kingdom, but is best known as an activist in the French Revolution. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on... Paolo Mantegazza (1831-1910) was a prominent Italian neurologist. ... Cover of the original edition LAnno 3000 (The Year 3,000) is a book written by Italian writer and physician Paolo Mantegazza in 1897. ... Silas Weir Mitchell Silas Weir Mitchell (b. ... Mungo Park Title illustration of (1859) Mungo Park (September 10, 1771 – 1806) was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. ... João Guimarães Rosa (27 June 1908 – 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, probably the greatest Brazilian novelist born in the 20th century. ... Ronald Ross Sir Ronald Ross (May 13, 1857 – September 16, 1932) was a Scottish physician. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. ... Theodore Isaac Rubin (born April 11, 1923) is an American psychiatrist and author. ... Oliver Sacks in 2005. ... Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965), was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. ... Frank Gill Slaughter (1908-2001), pseudonym C.V. Terry, was an American bestseller novelist and physician, whose books sold more than 60 million copies. ... Tobias Smollett Tobias George Smollett (March 19, 1721 - September 17, 1771) was a Scottish author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as Roderick Random and Peregrine Pickle. ... Dr. Spock with his grand-daughter Susannah in 1967 Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 - March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. ... Baby and Child Care may refer to: The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock. ... Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993) was a physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher. ... Sir Henry Thompson (1820-1904), British surgeon and polymath, was born at Framlingham, Suffolk, on August 6, 1820. ... Leonardo da Vinci, a polymath, is seen as the epitome of the Renaissance Man A polymath (Greek polymathēs, πολυμαθής, meaning having learned much)[1], Renaissance man or Homo universalis are common terms to describe a person well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields. ... Vladislav Vančura in Giant Mountains, Bohemia, 1930s Vladislav Vančura (23 June 1891, Háj near Opava – 1 June 1942, Prague) was one of the most important Bohemian (Czech) writers of the 20th century. ... This list is poorly defined, permanently incomplete, or has become unverifiable or an indiscriminate list or repository of loosely associated topics. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Francis Brett Young (June 29, 1884 - March 28, 1954) was a British novelist and poet. ...

Physicians famous as politicians

Dr Bashar al-Assad (Arabic: , ) (born 11 September 1965) is the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Regional Secretary of the Baath Party, and the son of former President Hafez al-Assad. ... Ibrahim al-Jaafari Dr. Ibrahim abd al-Karim Hamza al-Ashaiqir al-Jaafari (Arabic: ) (born 1947) is the former Prime Minister of Iraq in the Iraqi Transitional Government following the elections of January 2005. ... Allawi at a ceremony for the transfer of governmental authority to the Iraqi Interim Government. ... Salvador Allende Gossens[1] (July 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his suicide during the coup détat of September 11, 1973. ... Emilio Alvarez Montalván Emilio Alvarez Montalván (born July 31, 1919) is a Nicaraguan ophthalmologist and the former Foreign Minister of Nicaragua. ... Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid (August 15, 1901 – August 10, 1988 in Miami, Florida) was president of Panama on three occasions: 1940–41, 1949–51, and for two weeks in October 1968. ... Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951) is a center-left politician and the current President of Chile—the first woman to hold this position in the countrys history. ... Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898? - November 25, 1997) was the founding President and former dictator of Malawi. ... Louis Auguste Blanqui (February 8, 1805 - January 1, 1881) was a French political activist. ... The Honourable Sir Frederick William Borden Sir Frederick William Borden, PC (May 14, 1847 – January 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician. ... Dr. Robert James Brown (born December 27, 1944), is an Australian Senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. ... Gro Harlem Brundtland [IPA: gro hÉ‘É­É›m brʉntlÉ‘nd] (born April 20, 1939) is a Norwegian politician, diplomat, and physician, and an international leader in sustainable development and public health. ... The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. ... Georges Clemenceau, by Nadar. ... Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun OBE, JP, MSc. ... Look up who in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... York Chow Yat Ngok (周一獄)is the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ... The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, and heads the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). ... Thomas Allen Tom Coburn, M.D. (born March 14, 1948) is a medical doctor and a Republican U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal      The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the... Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. ... Dr. François Duvalier, known as Papa Doc (April 14, 1907 – April 21, 1971[1]), was the President of Haiti from 1957 and later dictator (President for Life) from 1964 until his death. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Antonio Palocci. ... Freiherr Christian Friedrich von Stockmar (22 August 1787-9 July 1863) was an Anglo-Belgian statesman, born in Coburg of a Swedish family, who was a leading player in the affairs of Victorian England. ... William Harrison Bill Frist, Sr. ... The Senate Majority Leader is a member of the United States Senate who is elected by the party conference which holds the majority in the Senate to serve as the chief Senate spokesman for his or her party and to manage and schedule the legislative and executive business of the... Hedy Fry, PC, MP, MD (born August 6, 1941) is a Canadian politician, physician, and best Queen Canada has ever had - although some poindexter at McGill may think otherwise. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... George Habash (Arabic جورج حبش) (born August 2, 1926 in Lod), sometimes known by his nom de guerre Al-Hakim, الحكيم, meaning the doctor, is a Palestinian politician, formerly a militant, and the founder and former Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sir John Pope Hennessy, KCMG (Chinese Translated Name: 軒尼詩) (1834 - 1891) was a British politician and Colonial Administrator, who became the 8th Governor of Hong Kong. ... Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong, 1959–1997 The Governor of Hong Kong (Traditional Chinese: ; abbreviated 港督) was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex-officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ... The Honourable Dr. Grant Hill, PC , MD (born September 20, 1943) was a Canadian Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party of Canada (2004), and a former member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2004) and the Reform Party of Canada (1993-2000). ... Wilbert Joseph Keon The Honourable Wilbert Joseph Keon, BSc, MD (born May 17, 1935) is a heart surgeon, researcher and Canadian Senator. ... Mohammad Reza Khatami Seyyed Mohammad Reza Khatami (محمد رضا خاتمی), also known as Reza Khatami (born in 1959 in Ardakan), is a Persian politician. ... Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (JK) (September 12, 1902 – August 22, 1976) was a prominent Brazilian politician who was President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. ... Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793), was a Swiss-born French scientist and physician who made much of his career in the United Kingdom, but is best known as an activist in the French Revolution. ... Keith P. Martin, PC, MP, BSc, MD (born April 13, 1960, in London, UK) is a Canadian physician and politician. ... // History of Portuguese in Canada During the 1950s, a large number of immigrants from the Azores, fleeing political conflict with the regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, moved into the area and further west along Dundas Street. ... Dr. William J. McGuigan (July 18, 1853-December 25, 1908) was the tenth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, serving one term in 1904. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (b. ... Dr. Brendan John Nelson (born 19 August 1958), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Bradfield, New South Wales. ... António Agostinho Neto (September 17, 1922–September 10, Angola (1975–1979), a poet and nationalist leader. ... The MPLA flag The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (Movimiento Popular de Libertação de Angola) is an Angolan political party that has ruled the country since independence in 1975. ... David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, CH, PC (born July 2, 1938) is a British politician, Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and one of the founders of the British Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a 10th-term congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a member of the Republican Party, a physician, and a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential election. ... Andrew Refshauge was born on the 16 April 1949, in Melbourne. ... Navinchandra Ramgoolam (नवीन चन्‍द्र रामगुलाम) (born July 14, 1947) is the current Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius. ... For places, institutions and objects named after this person, see Rizal (disambiguation). ... Hon. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. ... Hélio de Oliveira Santos is a physician graduated in the Medical School of the State University of Campinas, federal representative, and current mayor of the municipality of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil, since January 2005. ... Nickname: Motto: Labore virtute civitas floret(Latin) Labour and virtue make the city blossom Location of Campinas Country Brazil State São Paulo Government  - Mayor Hélio de Oliveira Santos (Democrat Labour Party (Brazil)) Area  - City 797. ... Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (pron IPA: ) (born 17 January 1940) is the current President of Uruguay. ... Dr. Bette M. Stephenson (July 31, 1924—), O.Ont. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman - Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 106 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area [1] Ranked... Sun Yat-sen (November 12, 1866 – March 12, 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the father of modern China. Sun played an instrumental role in the eventual overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. ... Donald Matheson Sutherland, PC (December 3, 1879 - June 4, 1970) was a Canadian physician and politician. ... Not to be confused with Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper who was Sir Charles Tuppers son Sir Charles Tupper, P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., M.D. (July 2, 1821 - October 30, 1915) was the sixth Prime Minister of... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... Categories: Stub | Nova Scotia premiers ... Ali Akbar Velayati Ali Akbar Velayati (علی‌اکبر ولایتی; born June 25, 1945 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and a pediatrician, currently an Advisor in International Affairs to the Supreme Leader. ... The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Motamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. ... William Walker William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was a U.S. physician, lawyer, journalist, adventurer, and soldier of fortune who attempted to conquer several Latin American countries in the mid-19th century. ... David Joseph Weldon, M.D., (born August 31, 1953, Amityville, New York) is an American politician. ... Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction and communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior, all exhibited before a child is three years old. ... Calvin Coolidge Ray Lyman Wilbur Ray Lyman Wilbur (April 13, 1875–June 26, 1949) was a medical doctor, the 3rd President of Stanford University, and the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior. ... “Stanford” redirects here. ... Dr. Thomas Wynne (1627-1691), was personal physician of William Penn and one of the original settlers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... William Penn William Penn (October 14, 1644 – July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Yeoh Eng-kiong was Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food in Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council between 1999 and 2004. ...

Physicians famous for other activities

Abdallatif, Abd-el-latif or Abd-Ul-Latif (1162-1231), a celebrated physician and traveller, and one of the most voluminous writers of the East, was born at Baghdad. ... Anderson Ruffin Abbott (7 April 1837 – 29 December 1913) was the first Black Canadian to become a physician after being granted a medical licence from the Medical board of Upper Canada in 1861. ... Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) won the Nobel Peace Prize and was a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement. ... Georg Agricola Georgius Agricola (March 24, 1494 – November 21, 1555) was a German scholar and man of science. ... David Alter (born December 3, 1807 - died September 18, 1881) was a very prominent scientist of the 19th century. ... Oswald Theodore Avery (October 21, 1877–1955) was a Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher. ... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a nucleic acid molecule that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. ... Aaron Ali Bacher (b. ... Josiah Bartlett (November 21, 1729–May 19, 1795), was an American physician and statesman who, as a delegate to the Continental Congress for New Hampshire, signed the Declaration of Independence. ... T. Romeyn Beck Theodric Romeyn Beck M.D. LL.D (April 11, 1791 - November 19, 1855) (alternatively Theodoric Romeyn Beck or T. Romeyn Beck) was an American physician in Albany, New York specializing in medical jurisprudence who authored the first significant American book on forensic medicine, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence... Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system. ... Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (August 22, 1867 – January 24, 1939) was a Swiss physician and a pioneer in nutritional research. ... Herman Boerhaave (December 31, 1668 - September 23, 1738) was a Dutch humanist and physician of European fame. ... Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: , Aleksandr Porfirevič Borodin) (31 Oct. ... Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825), an English physician, who published The Family Shakespeare, is best known as the source of the eponym bowdlerize (or bowdlerise[1]), the process of expurgation, censorship by removal, of material thought to be unacceptable to the intended audience, especially children or religious... Lafayette Houghton Bunnell (1824-1903), a noted explorer of Yosemite Valley, was born in Homer, Minnesota. ... Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the distance. ... Gerolamo Cardano. ... John Caius [Anglice Kees, Keys, etc. ... Graham Chapman (8 January 1941–4 October 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer and physician. ... Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. ... Laurel Blair Salton Clark (March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a medical doctor, United States Navy Captain, NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle mission specialist of STS-107 (Columbia) who was killed when the shuttle disintegrated after re-entry into the Earths atmosphere. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earths atmosphere, shortly before concluding its 28th mission, STS-107. ... Arthur Dee (1571-1651) was the eldest son of Dr John Dee. ... Sextus Empiricus (fl. ... Dr. Gordon Samuel Fahrni, (April 13, 1887 - November 3, 1995) was born in Gladstone, Manitoba. ... Niels Ryberg Finsen (December 15, 1860 – September 24, 1904) was a Icelandic/Faroese/Danish physician and scientist. ... Luigi Galvani - Italian physician famous for making frogs legs twitch. ... Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631. ... William Gilbert (Colchester, England, May 24, 1544 – London, England, November 30, 1603; less commonly known as William Gilberd) was an English physician to Elizabeth I and James I and natural philosopher known for his investigations of magnetism and electricity. ... William Gilbert WG Grace (July 18, 1848 – October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ... Nehemiah Grew. ... Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann (10th April 1755 in Meißen, Saxony, Holy Roman Empire - 2nd July 1843 in Paris, France) was a physician who, beginning with an article he published in a German medical journal in 1796, coined homoeopathic medicine. ... John Hall (died 1635) was a physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Dr. Armand Hammer Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an enigmatic Jewish-American industrialist and art collector. ... Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 - January 9, 1876) was a prominent 19th century United States physician, abolitionist, advocate of education for the blind, and husband of Julia Ward Howe. ... Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. ... Jan Baptist van Helmont. ... Mae Carol Jemison, M.D. (born 17 October 1956) is an American astronaut. ... Stuart Alan Kauffman (born September 28, 1939) is a theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher, who has given much thought to the origin of life on Earth. ... John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American medical doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular focus on nutrition, enemas and exercise. ... Cesare Lombroso Cesare Lombroso (Verona, November 6, 1835 - Turin, October 19, 1909) was a historical figure in modern criminology, and the founder of the Italian Positivist School of criminology. ... Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. ... Physiognomy (Gk. ... John Edward Jack Lovelock (January 5, 1910-December 28, 1949) was a New Zealand athlete, and a 1936 Olympic champion. ... Sean Victor McAndrew - or John as he is known - was born in the small County Mayo town of Bangor Erris on the 8th July 1927. ... June McCarroll was a nurse (later a doctor) with the Southern Pacific Railroad in the early 20th Century who is credited with the simple but revolutionary idea of delineating busy highways with a painted line separating lanes of traffic, a safety standard now in use all over the world. ... The word lane has two meanings: a portion of a paved roadway which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by white or yellow lines. ... James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was an early American statesman. ... The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... Archibald Menzies (March 15, 1754 - February 15, 1852) was a Scottish physician and naturalist. ... Franz Anton Mesmer His Grave Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) discovered what he called animal magnetism and others often called mesmerism. ... Hypnosis, as defined by the American Psychological Association Division of Psychological Hypnosis, is a procedure during which a health professional or researcher suggests that a client, patient, or experimental participant experience changes in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, or behavior. ... Animal magnetism (French: magnétisme animal) is also known eponymously as mesmerism after Franz Mesmer who postulated the existence of a magnetic fluid or ethereal medium as a therapeutic agent. ... Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller, CBE (born 21 July 1934) is a British neurologist, theatre and opera director, television presenter, humourist and sculptor. ... Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring ( July 21, 1710 - October 28, 1792) was a German physician, botanist and zoologist. ... Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) was an Italian physician, educator, philosopher, humanitarian and devout Catholic; she is best known for her philosophy and method of education of children from birth to adolescence. ... Boris V. Morukov (b. ... Lee Final Table Nelson, M. D. (born January 19, 1943 in the United States) is a retired New Zealander doctor and now a professional poker player, based in Auckland. ... Dr. Haing S. Ngor (March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian American physician and actor who is best known for winning a 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie The Killing Fields, in which he portrayed journalist and refugee Dith Pran in... Nostradamus: original portrait by his son Cesar Michel de Nostredame (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566), usually Latinized to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous world-wide. ... Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers. ... Caspar Peucer (6 January 1525 - 25 September 1602) was a German reformer, physician, and scholar. ... Christian Hendrik Persoon (February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus mushroom taxonomy. ... Though Claude Perrault (Paris, 1613 - Paris, 1688) is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Pope John XXI (1215 – May 20, 1277), born Pedro Julião, a Portuguese also called Pedro Hispano (Latin, Petrus Hispanus), was Pope from 1276 until his death. ... 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Subspecialties

Behavioral medicine • Biological psychiatry • Child and adolescent psychiatry • Cross-cultural psychiatry • Emergency psychiatry • Forensic psychiatry • Liaison psychiatry • Neuropsychiatry • Social psychiatry It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with list of fictional doctors. ... This list includes notable medical doctors specializing in the field of psychiatry. ... Categories: | | ... Categories: | | ... Medicine is the science and art of maintaining andor restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mind and mental illness. ... Behavioral medicine is an interdisciplinary field of medicine concerned with the development and integration of psychosocial, behavioral and biomedical knowledge relevant to health and illness. ... Biological psychiatry, or biopsychiatry is an approach to psychiatry that aims to understand mental disorder in terms of the biological function of the nervous system. ... A branch of psychiatry that specialises in work with children, teenagers, and their families. ... Cross-cultural psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry concerned with the cultural and ethnic context of mental disorder and psychiatric services. ... Emergency psychiatry is a branch of psychiatry and emergency medicine designed to respond to emergencies requiring psychiatric intervention. ... Forensic psychiatry is a subspeciality of psychiatry. ... Liaison psychiatry, also known as consultative psychiatry or consultation-liaison psychiatry is the branch of psychiatry that specialises in the interface between other medical specialties and psychiatry, and concerns itself with patients with problems in both physical and mental health, as well as patients who may report physical symptoms as... Neuropsychiatry is the branch of medicine dealing with mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Societies

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology • American Psychiatric Association • Royal College of Psychiatrists The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology was founded in 1934 following conferences of committees appointed by the American Psychiatric Association, the American Neurological Association, and the then Section on Nervous and Mental Diseases of the American Medical Association. ... Due to the epidemic of medical errors, readers are cautioned to be aware that the American Psychiatric Association isnt immune to this. ... The Royal College of Psychiatrists has been in existence in some form since 1841. ...

Related topics

Neuroimaging • Neurophysiology • Psychiatrist • Psychopharmacology • Psychosurgery • Psychotherapy Neuroimaging includes the use of various techniques to either directly or indirectly image the structure, function, or pharmacology of the brain. ... Neurophysiology is a part of physiology as a science, which is concerned with the study of the nervous system. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Psychopharmacology is the study of the effects of any psychoactive drug that acts upon the mind by affecting brain chemistry. ... Psychosurgery is a term for surgeries of the brain involving procedures that modulate the performance of the brain, and thus effect changes in cognition, with the intent to treat or alleviate severe mental illness. ... Psychotherapy is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living. ...

Lists

List of psychiatrists • List of figures in psychiatry • List of physicians • List of psychiatric medications • List of psychiatric medications by condition treated • List of neurological disorders • List of psychotherapies This list includes notable medical doctors specializing in the field of psychiatry. ... This is a list of notable figures who have been involved in the history of psychiatry. ... This is an alphabetical list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists to treat mental illness or distress. ... This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists to treat mental illness or distress. ... This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e. ... This is an alphabetical List of Psychotherapies. ...


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