There is little written about the history of women in dermatology. In this paper, we summarize the information obtained from archival records from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, one of the first medical schools for women, where several of the early prominent women in dermatology obtained their medical degrees and practiced. Among others, graduates include Rose Hirschler, MD, and M...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To examine the nature, scope and significance of virtues in the biographies of medical practitioners and to determine what kind of virtues are at play in their ethical behaviour and reflection. METHODS A case study involving 19 medical practitioners associated with the Sydney Medical School, using semi-structured narrative interviews. Narrative data were analyse...

In the research strand ‘Virtual Biography’ the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for the History and Theory of Biography explores the methods and possibilities of arranging biographical data online in ‘bits and pieces’. In two pilot projects on the Austrian writers Ernst Jandl (1925-2000) and Karl Kraus (1874-1936), heterogeneous concepts of structuring and linking big biographical data sets are being...