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Oct212021

Catalan physicians’ contributions to medicine: a historical view through eponyms

Elena Guardiola / Josep E. Baños

In medicine, it is common to name physical symptoms, syndromes or diseases after those personalities who first described them. It is what is known as eponyms. For almost 20 years, the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation has compiled a hundred contributions from Catalan doctors to the history of medicine thanks to the work of doctors Elena…

Oct222017

La ciencia oculta (The Hidden Science)

Sergio Erill

Galileo, Newton, Gauss, Einstein. If we review the list of the great heroes of science, something attracts attention. There are practically no women. We naturally meet Marie Curie, but we do not know the name of many other scientists who had to face all kinds of difficulties to carry out their discoveries due to her…

Feb152017

Els medicaments i jo – Interactive version

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Dec192014

Diccionari de recerca clínica de medicaments (Dictionary of clinical medicine research)

F. Bosch / JE. Baños / A. Cobos

Fifteen years of work, 200 pages, seven subject areas, almost 900 terms, 150 of of them standardized in Catalan. These are some of the figures concerning the Diccionari de recerca clínica de medicaments (Dictionary of clinical medicine research), the work tool for clinical research experts, which was presented in Barcelona on 18 December 2014. The…

Jul22014

Els medicaments i jo

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Apr282014

Los misterios del sistema inmunitario. Cómo protege nuestro cuerpo

M. Miyasaka

After the success of the Catalan version, of which 3,000 copies have been distributed free of charge in libraries and education centres, the Esteve Foundation and the Spanish Society for Immunology is now publishing the Spanish version of the international book, Your amazing? immune system. How it protects your body, which seeks to bring immunology closer…

Mar252010

Els misteris del sistema immunitari. Com protegeix el nostre cos

M. Miyasaka

In 2008, The Japanese Immunology Foundation published a book to help young people aged 10 to 14 years better understand the functioning of the immune system. After being impressed by its educational potential, European researchers decided to finance an English translation of the book. Your Amazing immune system was published in 2009 by the European…

Apr252006

Bertomeu JR, Nieto A. Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime. Mateu J.B. Orfila (1787-1853) and his times. Science History Publications, Watson Publishing International 2006

Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger (1787-1853) was a well-known figure in European medical circles in the nineteenth century. His active participation in famous poisoning trials meant that his name echoed far beyond the boundaries of the academic community, and even appeared in novels, plays, films, and popular biographies. Orfila combined his forensic research and…