Medical Journals and Medical Knowledge: Historical Essays

Abstract

This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Until recently, few historians paid close attention to the ways in which medical journals helped to shape modern medicine. Instead, it was generally assumed that the journals simply reflected the medicine of their time and place. Almost 30 years ago, however, Marshall McLuhan became famous for the phrase "the medium is the message," and ever...