Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
Volume 52, Number 3, Summer 2009
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The Insulin Immunoassay After 50 Years: A Reassessment
pp. 343-354
A New Curriculum to Link the Basic Science of Aging with Geriatric Practice
pp. 355-363
Genetic Counseling for Thalassemia in the Islamic Republic of Iran
pp. 364-376
Revisiting the Beginning of Bioethics: The Contribution of Fritz Jahr (1927)
pp. 377-380
Subject Headings:
- Jahr, Fritz. Bio-Ethik: Eine Umschau über die ethischen Beziehungen des Menschen zu Tier und Pflanze.
- Bioethics -- Philosophy -- History -- 20th century.
- Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- 20th century.
- Human-plant relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- 20th century.
The Avoidance of Human Suffering
pp. 381-391
Homage to Robert Hooke (1635–1703): New Insights from the Recently Discovered Hooke Folio
pp. 392-399
“More Fatal than Powder and Shot”: Dysentery in the U.S. Army During the Mexican War, 1846–48
pp. 400-413
Henry James’s “The Ambassadors”: The Promise to Lonely Adolescents that There Will Be a Future
pp. 414-423
Subject Headings:
In Sickness and in Health Care: A Student’s Thoughts Before Beginning His Medical Training
pp. 424-434
I Was a Mole in an IRB
pp. 435-441
Essay Reviews
Dissecting Vision in Early Science and Medicine
pp. 448-453
Book Reviews
From Embryology to Evo-Devo: A History of Developmental Evolution (review)
pp. 458-462
Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research (review)
pp. 464-469
Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in Biology (review)
pp. 470-471
Biomedicine in the Twentieth Century: Practices, Policies, and Politics (review)
pp. 472-474
Promising Genomics: Iceland and deCODE Genetics in a World of Speculation (review)
pp. 477-479
Public Health: The Development of a Discipline. Volume 1: From the Age of Hippocrates to the Progressive Era (review)
pp. 482-484