Sir William Osler's Arab and other Middle Eastern contacts.

Classified and Annotated Bibliography of Sir William Osler's Publications. (Based on the Chronological Bibliography by Minnie Wright Blogg)

Arab nations lagging behind other Middle Eastern countries in biomedical research: a comparative study

BACKGROUND Analysis of biomedical research and publications in a country or group of countries is used to monitor research progress and trends. This study aims to assess the performance of biomedical research in the Arab world during 2001-2005 and to compare it with other Middle Eastern non-Arab countries. METHODS PubMed and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded) were searched systema...

Sir William Osler revisited.

The basis of Sir William Osler's fame is elusive to almost all and the appropriateness of such recognition is questioned by many. His many contributions as a practitioner, teacher, writer, and scientist in medicine do not adequately explain his prominence 60 years following his death. It was his participation in the covenant of medicine and the special components of that relationship that may a...

Sickle cell disease in Middle East Arab countries

The sickle cell (HbS) gene occurs at a variable frequency in the Middle Eastern Arab countries, with characteristic distribution patterns and representing an overall picture of blood genetic disorders in the region. The origin of the gene has been debated, but studies using β-globin gene haplotypes have ascertained that there were multiple origins for HbS. In some regions the HbS gene is common...

Osler's English school.

To ADDRESS the Osler Club on a topic to do with Osler suggests a temerity that I am acutely conscious ofnot possessing. It seemed inappropriate, however, tocommemorate Sir William's birthday by discussing such a macabre subject as the effect of smoking, such an indigestible subject as the cause of peptic ulcer, or such an indelicate subject as the use of contraceptives-or indeed any of the medi...