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Journal of Medical Biography


eISSN: 17581087 | ISSN: 09677720 | Current volume: 32 | Current issue: 1 Frequency: Quarterly

A fresh perspective on historical figures and their impact on medicine.

A highly illustrated look at the lives of extraordinary people who have shaped the world of medicine today, The Journal of Medical Biography covers medical personalities and many others in the field of health care, hospitals, instruments, techniques and so on. It features original research on persons and places, legendary and less well known, and provides a fresh new perspective on life and lives.


This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

This peer reviewed international quarterly publication focuses on the lives of people in or associated with medicine, those considered legendary as well as the less well known. The journal includes much original research about figures from history and their afflictions, thus providing an interesting, fresh and new perspective which can lead to greater understanding of each subject.

Journal of Medical Biography is a fascinating and compelling read, providing an insight into the origins of modern medicine and the characters and personalities that made it what it is today.

Editor
Hilary Morris University of Brighton, UK
Editorial Board
Henry Connor Hon Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
Andreas Demetriades Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spinal Surgeon, Edinburgh UK
Harold Ellis King's College London, UK
John M T Ford Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, UK
Christopher Gardner-Thorpe Consultant Neurologist, Faculty of the History and Philosophy of Medicine and Pharmacy, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, UK
Sean Hughes Imperial College London, UK
Andrew Larner The Walton Centre, UK
Iain Macintyre Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
Advisory Editorial Board
Kalyanbrata Bhattacharyya R G Kar Medical College, India
Charles S Bryan University of South Carolina, USA
Max Cooper Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK
Colonel (retd) David Vassallo FRCSEd MA(History of Warfare), L/RAMC - UK/Military
Gary Ferngren Oregon State University, USA
AJ Larner The Walton Centre, UK
Morrice McCrae UK
Katriona Munthe Clinical Psychologist, Ospedale della Misericordia di Grosseto, Italy
Jock Murray Dalhousie University, Canada
John Pearn Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia
William Schupbach Wellcome Library, UK
Robrecht Van Hee Algemeen Ziekenhis Stuivenberg, Belgium
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