Mashio Chiri 1909-1961

The early history (1909-1961) of Epilepsia, the journal of the International League Against Epilepsy, and its echoes today.

This paper records the history of Epilepsia, the journal of the International League Against Epilepsy, from its inception in 1908/1909 until the beginning of its fourth series in 1961. During this time, publication was interrupted on three occasions and so the journal appeared in four series, with a complex numbering system. Over the years, the content and format of the journal has varied. Its ...

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)

Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed...

Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)

Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed...

Medical Examination Questions, 1909

Cornelia Isabella Bargmann (1961- )

Cornelia Isabella Bargmann studied the relationship between genes [4], neural circuits, and behavior in the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans [5] (C. elegans) during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the US. Bargmann?s research focused on how the sense of smell (olfaction) in the nematode word Caenorhabditis elegans [6]. She provided a model to study how neural circuits develop and fun...