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Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), commonly called Paracelsus, was both one of the most original medical thinkers of the sixteenth century and was the man who made opium (as laudanum), arsenic, copper sulphate, iron, lead, mercury, potassium sulphate, and sulphur part of the pharmacopoeia. A man of many parts, but a pioneer chemist, Paracelsus can be regarded as the originator of a body of work which was the precursor of chemical pharmacology and therapeutics. To no small extent he stands, therefore, as a father figure of the modern pharmaceutical industry. Today's physician who wants to look at that industry since the days of Paracelsus and weigh the great gains agai...
A Chronology of Medicine and Related Sciences arranges historically important events in medicine and the related sciences in chronological order. Entries cover: historical events, including Nobel Prizes, the establishment of institutions, hospitals, societies and journals; significant publications in periodicals or monographs; biographical information for individuals; and deaths during the year, with the date of birth and keywords indicating the discipline. Indexes of personal names and subjects are provided, and, when available, the citation number in Morton's Medical Bibliography (fifth edition edited by Jeremy M. Norman, Scolar Press, 1991) is given.
Includes entries for maps and atlases
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Ocean and coastal law has grown rapidly in the past three decades as a specialty area within natural resources law and environmental law. The protection of oceans has received increased attention in the past decade because of sea-level rise, ocean acidification, the global overfishing crisis, widespread depletion of marine biodiversity such as marine mammals and coral reefs, and marine pollution. Paralleling the growth of ocean and coastal law, climate change regulation has emerged as a focus of international environmental diplomacy, and has gained increased attention in the wake of disturbing and abrupt climate change related impacts throughout the world that have profound implications for ...