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Gerhard Aumüller

Gerhard Aumüller

2nd from bottom: Gerhard Aumüller Gerhard Aumüller (born November 19, 1942 in Arolsen) is a German physician and was a professor of anatomy and cell biology at the Philipps University of Marburg. He has also distinguished himself as an organ historian. Aumüller has also researched historical organ building and published primarily on classical organ building in Hesse and Westphalia. He has been a member of the Historical Commission for Hesse since 2000 and was elected to the advisory board Read more [...]
Paolo Mantegazza

Paolo Mantegazza

Paolo Mantegazza (October 31, 1831 in Monza, Austrian Empire – August 28, 1910 in San Terenzo) was an Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist, as well as a prominent physician and consciousness researcher. Mantegazza published several works on the effects of psychotropic plants on human consciousness, numerous other scientific writings, and several novels that were bestsellers in their time but have since been largely forgotten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK9xWe_USJg Mantegazza Read more [...]
Martin Nweeia

Martin Nweeia

Jane O’Brien, an anchor of BBC World News, joins Martin Nweeia, D.D.S., ’77, right, and Nweeia’s wife, Pamela Peeters, at the Smithsonian. Photo by Ryan Lavery Dr. Martin Nweeia is the world's leading expert on the narwhal's tusk and tooth system. He is a National Foundation Scientist and has led over 20 High Arctic expeditions and carried 15 expedition flags to study the elusive narwhal. He holds doctorates in dentistry and surgery and is a member of the dental faculties of Harvard University Read more [...]
Cecil G. Helman

Cecil G. Helman

Cecil Helman (4 January 1944 – 15 June 2009) was a South African doctor, author, and medical anthropologist.[1][2][3][4][5] He published poetry, essays, and short stories, as well as academic books and papers. Adam Kuper, a sometime professor of anthropology at Brunel University, was lecturing on the topic at UCL when he first got to know Helman. “It was very unusual then for a medical person to do a social science course”, Read more [...]