Kety-Schmidt method — Ke·ty Schmidt method (keґte shmitґ) [Seymour Solomon Kety, American physiologist, 1915–2000; Carl Frederic Schmidt, American physician, 1893–1988] see under method … Medical dictionary
method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a … Medical dictionary
Kety-Schmidt method — a method of measuring perfusion flow of blood through brain tissue … Medical dictionary
Seymour S. Kety — (August 25, 1915 – May 25 2000) was an American neuroscientist who was credited with making modern psychiatry a rigorous and heuristic branch of medicine by applying basic science to the study of human behavior in health and disease. [Holzman,… … Wikipedia
Barbiturates — (1903 and after) Although the organic chemical industry had introduced numerous sedatives before the barbiturates (chloral hydrate, for example, was first used in psychiatry in 1869), the barbiturates enjoyed great popularity for half a… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
List of geneticists — This is a list of people who have made notable contributions to genetics. The growth and development of genetics represents the work of many people. This list of geneticists is therefore by no means complete. Contributors of great distinction to… … Wikipedia
Psychiatric Genetics — Since the eighteenth century, psychiatrists have suspected that family genetic history played something of a role in their patients’ illnesses. Articulated first as inheritance, then degeneration and eugenics, then finally after the Second… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Nitrogen narcosis — Inert gas narcosis [Nitrogen narcosis] Classification and external resources Divers breathe a mixture of oxygen, helium and nitrogen for deep dives to avoid the effects of narcosis. A cylinder label shows the maximum operating depth and mixture… … Wikipedia
List of physicians — This is a list of famous physicians in history: Contents 1 Physicians famous for their role in advancement of medicine 2 Physicians famous chiefly as eponyms 3 Physicians famous as criminals … Wikipedia
