Edith Cavell, 4 December 1865

Edith Cavell

Several of them are well known: C. W. Hufeland's, 'Begriffund Wesen der Krankheit' (1975); Virchow's, 'Tber die heutige Stellung der Pathologie' (1869); Ribbert's, 'Das Wesen der Krankheiten' (1909); Canguilhem's, 'Essai sur quelques problemes concernant le normal et le pathologique' (1950); Freud's, 'Die Arzt und der Kranke' (1927); Rather's, 'Zur Philosophie des Begriffs "Krankheit"' (1958); ...

Edith Bülbring: 27 December 1903-5 July 1990.

Cover vol.6, no.4, December 2009

Using Stanley Cavell

Ode to Edith

Small viruses, we could not see And so relied on CPE To find them as they multiplied And thus they were identified. But Edith, who pursued the tracks Of polio, and saw its plaques Could tell them from Coxsackie B By Clinical Virology Which sorted out Pandora's Box From paraflu to chickenpox. Now, in this golden age of plastic Progress since has been fantastic Probes and RIA and kits Are quite e...