ALAN R RUSHTON

Biographic Data

ID5236327
NAMEALAN R RUSHTON
GIVEN NAMESALAN R
FAMILY NAMERUSHTON
SIGNATURERUSHTON A R
AFFILIATIONSHunterdon Medical Center
ORCID0000-0002-7654-4763
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1995
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • A work in progress

    Open AccessALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEHistory & Philosophy of the Life…2024References: 1

  • The Tyranny of Distance

    Open AccessALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEJournal of the History of…2022

    Before 1900, diphtheria was a deadly infection in Canadian children. Clinical trials in Europe demonstrated that “antitoxin” decreased mortality of the disease. Canadian physicians first utilized the new medication in 1894 and found it most efficacious when administered early in the illness. Two factors hindered the widespread application of the new medication. Imported antitoxin was expensive, and physicians frequently purchased it themselves ra…

  • Professionalisation and Professionalism

    Open AccessALAN R RUSHTONARTICLESocial History of Medicine2019

    The evolution of professionalism in Minnesota began when allopathic and homeopathic physician leaders organised medical societies and colleges to define and perpetuate their styles of practice. The epidemics of diphtheria that ravaged the state demanded prompt public health measures of quarantine to reduce the spread of the disease. Then the successful utilization of diphtheria antitoxin in Europe encouraged its local production in Minnesota and …

  • William Bateson and the chromosome theory of heredity

    Open AccessALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEThe British Journal for the…2014Cited by: 2References: 78

    William Bateson vigorously objected to the assumptions within the chromosome theory of heredity proposed by T. H. Morgan because he perceived inadequate experimental data that could substantiate the theory. Those objections were largely resolved by 1921, and Bateson reluctantly accepted the basic assumption that chromosomes carried the genetic factors from one generation to the next. Bateson's own research at that time on developmental genetics s…

  • Leopold

    ALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEJournal of the History of…2012

    Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder inherited by males born of unaffected female carriers of the trait. British physicians became knowledgeable about this hereditary disease early in the nineteenth century as they investigated families transmitting the character through several generations. Prince Leopold (b. 1853), the fourth son of Queen Victoria, experienced recurrent bleeding episodes and was diagnosed with hemophilia during childhood. His…

  • Nettleship, Pearson and Bateson

    ALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEJournal of the History of…2000

    Journal Article Nettleship, Pearson and Bateson: The Biometric-Mendelian Debate in a Medical Context Get access ALAN R. RUSHTON ALAN R. RUSHTON Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 55, Issue 2, April 2000, Pages 134–157, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/55.2.134 Published: 01 April 2000

  • Genetics and Medicine in the United States, 1800 to 1922

    Janet Golden, ALAN R RUSHTONARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Genetics and Medicine in the United States, 1800 to 1922. By Alan R. Rushton. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. xiv, 209 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-8018-4781-8.) Get access Janet Golden Janet Golden Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 2, September 1995, Page 708, https://doi.org/10.2307/2082241 Publishe…