Industrialists set up first school of molecular medicine

European School of Molecular Medicine Semm Site: Naples

University of Maryland School of Medicine: 200 years for nation's first public medical school.

BALTIMORE—In early December 1807, a mob opposed to dissection of human bodies razed the building where Baltimore surgeon John B. Davidge, MD, was teaching anatomy to aspiring physicians. The crowd carried off the cadaver. Outrage over the rampage spurred introduction of a resolution in the Maryland General Assembly to establish a medical college in Baltimore. At the time, Maryland had fewer tha...

School-based hepatitis B immunization program: follow-up of non-participants at first school clinic.

This research project was conducted in the Ottawa-Carleton region of Ontario to provide information on reasons why students did not participate in a Grade 7 hepatitis B school immunization project, and to determine whether telephone contact increased attendance at the community catch-up clinics above that achieved by a notice sent home with the child from school. A matched comparison group desi...

Medicine in Zoroastrian School

Medical history in ancient Iran began with the immigration of Aryans to Iran about 30 centuries before Christ. Zoroastrians believed that the first physician was Thirta and the great physician in Zoroastrian era called Thraetoon was the inventor of medical science and the killer of the wicked soul. Followers of Zoroaster claimed that Ahoramazda created goodness and Ahriman managed to create pai...

Medicine in Zoroastrian School

Medical history in ancient Iran began with the immigration of Aryans to Iran about 30 centuries before Christ. Zoroastrians believed that the first physician was Thirta and the great physician in Zoroastrian era called Thraetoon was the inventor of medical science and the killer of the wicked soul. Followers of Zoroaster claimed that Ahoramazda created goodness and Ahriman managed to create pai...