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This website contains links to various sites that come under the broad subject of medicine. All links on this site have been classified using the MeSH classification scheme as described below. This site is designed to help people from all backgrounds to obtain knowledge about different areas of medicine.

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A. Anatomy

C. Diseases

Descending The Magic Mountain: How the MRC's
early clinical trials transformed the treatment of tuberculosis [C01.252.410.040.552.846]

The Sanatoriums of pre WWI times are a thing of the past due to the discovery of antibiotics and the early clinical trials of the drug Streptomycin. This early clinical trials showed that tuberculosis could be cured and done quite simply and quickly in the patients own home. Although the disease then became immune to the streptomycin other drugs were found to cure tuberculosis and so the sanatoriums were no longer needed saving governments big money.

In Search of an Enigma: The "Spanish Lady" [C08.730.310]

"The Spanish Lady", the affectionate name of the influenza strain that infected one billion people in the period 1918-19 during WWI. This pandemic killed forty to fifty million people yet the true nature of this disease continues to elude us. It was originally believed to be a bacteria, but was later discovered to be a virus. Research on the "Spanish Lady" continues in hope to find a clue as to what determines the severity of an influenza outbreak.

Insulin and Diabetes [C19.246]

There are two types of diabetes, juvenile or insulin-dependant diabetes. Symtoms of which have been descibed in writings of the Ancient Egyptians, Indians and Greeks. The other type of diabetes is referred to as adult onset, or non-insulin-dependant diabetes. In the nineteenth century it was identified that the pancreas had a role to play in the effects of diabetes. It was not until 1921 that a secretion from the pancreas that controlled blood sugar levels was isolated and named Insulin.

D. Chemicals and Drugs

F. Psychiatry and Psychology

The Ghost in the Machine [F02.463.188.409]

One of the great mysteries of the universe is located right behind the eyes, and between the ears of every normal human being: the origin of our own consciousness. Unlike other animals the human mind has enabled us to transend our immediate physical environment. This leads to the development of concepts such as language and the written word, which no other species has. In the new millennium, we hope to enter, fully, the age of Neurobiology. Perhaps we will, at last, come face-to-face with the elusive ghost in the machine.

G. Biological Sciences

Medicine On-Line [G02.403]

MedWebPlus [G02.403]

H. Physical Sciences

L. Information Science

National Network of Libraries of Medicine [L01.346.596.563]

OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information [L01.700]

M. Persons

N. Health Care

American Medical Association [N03.540.828.589.274]

The Ethical Conduct of Scientific Research [N05.350.340]

Scientists are human beings, and are subject to the same foibles as any member of other sections of society. So why should we believe anything that they say? The code of conduct by which scientists exist, the ethics of the profession, is not tabulated so that it can be consulted, like the United States Constitution. Althought there are three Cardinal sins in scientific research are, fabrication, falsification and plagerism. It si a credit to the profession that so little wrong doing actually comes to light.

Z. Geographic Locations

MeSH Classification Scheme

This is the classification scheme used to classify the links on this website. It is an alpha-numeric scheme with each letter being a different area of medicine. The scheme was followed from the MeSH website, which enables you to search for medical terms, returning the resulting classification number and other details.

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