James M Edmonson
Biographic Data
| ID | 2071504 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James M Edmonson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James M |
| FAMILY NAME | Edmonson |
| SIGNATURE | EDMONSON J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Case Western Reserve University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Museum Review
Museum Review: Berlin Museum of Medical History James M. Edmonson Medical museums that inspire by example are lamentably few in number. A shining exception is the Berlin Museum of Medical History, which despite its comparative youth has set a high standard for such institutions. Its benchmark is set high not just by the caliber of artifacts and specimens, but also by its success in contextualizing those objects. Individually arresting or intrigui…
Health and Medicine on Display
Journal Article Health and Medicine on Display: International Expositions in the United States, 1876–1904 Get access Julie K. Brown. Health and Medicine on Display: International Expositions in the United States, 1876–1904.Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009. xi, 326 pp., illus. $45.00. James M. Edmonson James M. Edmonson Ph.D. Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1714. Search for other…
Medicine Man
Reviewed by: Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome James M. Edmonson Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen , eds. Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome. London: British Museum Press, 2003. 397 pp. Ill. £19.99 (paperbound, 0-7141-2794-9). In this beautiful book, scholars assess the legacy of Henry Wellcome's vast collection of artifacts of medicine and medical belief. The sheer magnitude and range of Wellcome's collection are…
Manifesting Medicine
By fostering a high level of curatorial scholarship, the Smithsonian Institution has long been known as a "university without students." It is, therefore, fitting that the Smithsonian, in association with London's Science Museum and the Deutsches Museum in Munich, should take the lead in presenting the fruit of recent scholarship in the history of medical technology and medical museology. Manifesting Medicine is the inaugural volume in their join…
The Cambridge Meeting, November 1-4, 1984
Organizational Notes THE CAMBRIDGE MEETING, NOVEMBER 1-4, 1984 More than 250 people attended the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,. Cambridge, November 1-4, 1984. Jeffrey Sturchio (Center for History of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania) chaired the Program Committee, which included Susan Douglas (Hampshire College) and Stuart W. Leslie ( Johns Hopkins Univ…
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The Cambridge Meeting, November 1-4, 1984
Organizational Notes THE CAMBRIDGE MEETING, NOVEMBER 1-4, 1984 More than 250 people attended the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,. Cambridge, November 1-4, 1984. Jeffrey Sturchio (Center for History of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania) chaired the Program Committee, which included Susan Douglas (Hampshire College) and Stuart W. Leslie ( Johns Hopkins Univ…
Manifesting Medicine
By fostering a high level of curatorial scholarship, the Smithsonian Institution has long been known as a "university without students." It is, therefore, fitting that the Smithsonian, in association with London's Science Museum and the Deutsches Museum in Munich, should take the lead in presenting the fruit of recent scholarship in the history of medical technology and medical museology. Manifesting Medicine is the inaugural volume in their join…
Medicine Man
Reviewed by: Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome James M. Edmonson Ken Arnold and Danielle Olsen , eds. Medicine Man: The Forgotten Museum of Henry Wellcome. London: British Museum Press, 2003. 397 pp. Ill. £19.99 (paperbound, 0-7141-2794-9). In this beautiful book, scholars assess the legacy of Henry Wellcome's vast collection of artifacts of medicine and medical belief. The sheer magnitude and range of Wellcome's collection are…
Health and Medicine on Display
Journal Article Health and Medicine on Display: International Expositions in the United States, 1876–1904 Get access Julie K. Brown. Health and Medicine on Display: International Expositions in the United States, 1876–1904.Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2009. xi, 326 pp., illus. $45.00. James M. Edmonson James M. Edmonson Ph.D. Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1714. Search for other…
Museum Review
Museum Review: Berlin Museum of Medical History James M. Edmonson Medical museums that inspire by example are lamentably few in number. A shining exception is the Berlin Museum of Medical History, which despite its comparative youth has set a high standard for such institutions. Its benchmark is set high not just by the caliber of artifacts and specimens, but also by its success in contextualizing those objects. Individually arresting or intrigui…
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