The term 'minimally invasive'was coined in 1986 to describe a range of procedures that
involved making very small incisions or no incision at all for diseases traditionally treated by …

This open access book looks at the dramatic history of ovariotomy, an operation to remove
ovarian tumours first practiced in the early nineteenth century. Bold and daring, surgeons …

In 1881, luminaries of medicine from Joseph Lister to Louis Pasteur thronged to the
International Medical Congress in London for what was the largest meeting of the profession …

In this article we explore the historical antecedents and ongoing perpetuation of the idea that
medical professionals must adhere to a specific 'character'. In the late nineteenth century, an …

The origins of contemporary exclusion of surgical methods from patenting lie in the
complexities of managing credit claims in operative surgery, recognized in the nineteenth …

Most medical journals circulating at the beginning of the nineteenth century had connections
to one of the numerous societies that had sprung up during the eighteenth century to …

Ovariotomy provides a useful way of unpacking not just the process of surgical innovation
but also the usefulness of innovation as an analytical category in the history of medicine …

The usual story of medicine in the past couple of centuries is one of growing
professionalisation, and increasing distance between patients and practitioners. But is a …

Medical journalism in the 19th century was rarely seen as highstatus work. Medical
journalists were generally younger medical practitioners from poor and middling …

From the first days of The Lancet 200 years ago, surgery has had a central role in its
existence. The journal has acted as a nerve centre, linking surgical innovation by individuals …