Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary

Medical journals, like the Revista Médica de Chile, are the product of a long history of printing, literary styles, and scientific inquiry. They would not have developed without the craft of paper making, the invention of movable type, the need to communicate ideas and observations in a timely and d...

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Autor principal: Lee,Richard V
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Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070007000012007-09-06Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th AnniversaryLee,Richard V History of Medicine Journalism, medical Periodicals Medical journals, like the Revista Médica de Chile, are the product of a long history of printing, literary styles, and scientific inquiry. They would not have developed without the craft of paper making, the invention of movable type, the need to communicate ideas and observations in a timely and digestible format, and the growth of "natural philosophy" during the European Renaissance and Enlightenment. The proliferation of scientific and medical periodical literature during Europe's industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries followed the emergence of medical science and care as a separate discipline and the creation of common and worldwide professional expectations and credentials. Medical journals continue to evolve with the advent of digital paperless publishing. Prognostication remains uncertain but it seems to me unlikely that printed paper, so called "hard copy, "journals will become extinct any time sooninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.7 20072007-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007000700001en10.4067/S0034-98872007000700001
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topic History of Medicine
Journalism, medical
Periodicals
spellingShingle History of Medicine
Journalism, medical
Periodicals
Lee,Richard V
Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
description Medical journals, like the Revista Médica de Chile, are the product of a long history of printing, literary styles, and scientific inquiry. They would not have developed without the craft of paper making, the invention of movable type, the need to communicate ideas and observations in a timely and digestible format, and the growth of "natural philosophy" during the European Renaissance and Enlightenment. The proliferation of scientific and medical periodical literature during Europe's industrialization in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries followed the emergence of medical science and care as a separate discipline and the creation of common and worldwide professional expectations and credentials. Medical journals continue to evolve with the advent of digital paperless publishing. Prognostication remains uncertain but it seems to me unlikely that printed paper, so called "hard copy, "journals will become extinct any time soon
author Lee,Richard V
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title Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
title_short Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
title_full Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
title_fullStr Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
title_full_unstemmed Medical journals: Old, not senescent. A tribute to Revista Médica de Chile on its 135th Anniversary
title_sort medical journals: old, not senescent. a tribute to revista médica de chile on its 135th anniversary
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