A few weeks ago I discussed finger counting, fingerprints, and the words we use to name the digits of the hand, starting with the thumb. Now the index finger. The […]
Jeff Aronson’s Words
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Medical anniversaries in 2019
As last year, my list of medical anniversaries in 2019 is restricted to those that are multiples of 50 years. Thus, I have not included, for example, the 10th anniversary […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Treating convulsions in 1618—unicorn’s horn
Last week I discussed how the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis of 1618 described the use of human skull for treating convulsions. This week I describe an even more unusual method of treatment, […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Treating convulsions in 1618—human skull
Before 2018 ends, I want to celebrate again the grandfather of UK pharmacopoeias, the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, whose first edition was published in 1618 in two separate versions (Box 1). Its […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Naming the digits—the thumb
In the last two weeks I have discussed various aspects of our digits, including finger counting and fingerprints. This week I shall start looking at the names we give to […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Fingerprints
Last week, in my 200th blog in this series (200 = 2 × 10 × 10), I discussed the word “digit”, which means both a number and a finger or […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Digits
In my hundredth contribution under the “When I Use a Word” heading, I discussed powers of ten and official and unofficial SI (Système Internationale) prefixes used to denote thousand-fold divisions […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and advertising
Last week I discussed how the Medicines Act 1968 enabled the promulgation of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which replaced the Act and about 200 other pieces of secondary legislation. […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . Regime, regimen, regiment, and regulation
As I have been discussing in the last few weeks, the Medicines Act 1968, whose 50th anniversary we have been celebrating, had major effects on, among many other things, the […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I use a word . . . The Medicines Act 1968 and the British Pharmacopoeia
As I mentioned last week, the Pharmacopoeia Londinensis, the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, and the Dublin Pharmacopoeia were eventually combined, in 1864, to form the British Pharmacopoeia (Pharmacopoeia Britannica), as recommended and […]