History and humanities

Medical history 20 Nov 2023

100 years on: the first use of insulin in Australia

Sophie Templer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 457-460

Reflection 1 May 2023

Reflections on the life and career of Professor Dame Valerie Beral AC DBE FRS FRCOG FMedSci (1943–2022)

Karen Canfell, Bette Liu and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 352-353 Free

Obituary 1 Aug 2022

The Honourable Dr Donald James Grimes AO

Michael Kirby and Patti Warn

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 136-137

Medical history 2 May 2022

From wipeout to drill out: a history of exostosis management and Australian surfing

Alon Taylor, Hannah North, Narinder P Singh and Paul A Fagan

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (8): 401-404

Reflection 21 Mar 2022

Avatars: colleagues in the time of the pandemic

Mark Lavercombe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 233-234 Free

Christmas competition 13 Dec 2021

The CRECHE study: testing the urban myth that chocolate Santa Clauses are re‐wrapped Easter Bunnies

Dirk Stengel, Alexander Hönning, Stephan Just, Sven Mutze, Axel Ekkernkamp, Tobias Ohmann, Hajo Haase, Patric Kröpil and Leonie Gölz

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 531-535 Free

Reflection 15 Nov 2021

Being towards death

Isobel Yeap

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 456-457

Medical history 21 Jun 2021

Budgies and bugs: our homegrown contribution to pandemics

Robert M Kaplan

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (11): 509-510.e1

Christmas competition / Third place 14 Dec 2020

The year of the ‘rona: an uncontrolled trial in verse

Rob D Mitchell

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 524-524 Free

Christmas competition 14 Dec 2020

For sale: rare piece of polar paradise

Katrina JR Watson

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 525-525

Christmas competition 14 Dec 2020

My love affair with the pleural space

John Massie

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 526-528.e1

Reflections 14 Dec 2020

The breakfast tray

Jillian Chau

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 504-504

Medical history 23 Nov 2020

Meningitis and the military: the remarkable story of the first use of penicillin in Australia (1943)

Ameneh Khatami, Philip N Britton, Glendon Farrow, Megan Phelps and Alyson Kakakios

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 508-510.e1

Medical history 12 Oct 2020

From opposite sides of the trenches: the two pioneers of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, 1920–1974

Catherine E Storey

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 511-513.e1

Letters 7 Sep 2020

Citation metrics for appraising scientists: misuse, gaming and proper use

Jaime A Teixeira da Silva

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 237-237.e1

Media review 17 Aug 2020

A tribute to Australian military medical practitioners

Karl James

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (4): 166-166

Reflections 29 Jun 2020

A hidden danger of COVID‐19

John S Fox

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (11): 505-506.e1 Free

Reflections 9 Dec 2019

Ophthalmia and the toponymy of outback Australia

D Ashley R Watson

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 503-506.e1

Reflections 9 Dec 2019

Remembering why I chose medicine

Zhenghong Liu

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 509-509

Christmas competition 9 Dec 2019

Medical references and curiosities in the Sherlock Holmes stories

Jan D Kampmann

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (11): 525-527

Medical education 17 Jun 2019

Defining the often‐misunderstood specialty of adolescent medicine

Michelle M Telfer

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 491-491

Obituary 4 Mar 2019

Emeritus Professor Beverley Raphael AM, MB BS, MD, FRANZCP, FRCPsych, Hon MD, FASSA

Penelope L Burns and Patricia Delaney AM

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (4): 157

Editorials 10 Dec 2018

From the curious case of Patient K to TOP GEAR and Bond

Nicholas J Talley AC

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 468-471 Free

Reflections / Medical history 10 Dec 2018

Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818–1865): herald of hygienic medicine

Edward A Carson and Nadeem Toodayan

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 480-482

Reflections 10 Dec 2018

The guilty pleasure of Christmas cookies

Ranjana Srivastava

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (11): 485-486

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