Guido Majno

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Guido Majno was an Italian-born American physician who served as a chairman of Department of Pathology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. [1]

Majno, the grandson of the lawyer Luigi Majno, was born and raised in Milan, Italy. In 1947, he completed his doctorate degree from the University of Milan School of Medicine in medicine and surgery. [2] After receiving his education, he started his career with University of Geneva’s Institute of Pathology. [2]

In 1952, he moved to the United States and started working at Tufts University School of Medicine. [2]

In 1953, he joined Harvard Medical School as an instructor. [2]

In 1975, he published his book The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World which was reviewed by notable medical journals. [3] [4]

In 1999, he received Humanism in Medicine Award. [2]

In 2010, he died at the age of 88. [2]

A June 4, 1982 article on Majno in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) [5] provides more extensive background and a description of Dr. Majno's research for The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Healing Hand — Guido Majno". www.hup.harvard.edu.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GLOBE, THE BOSTON. "Former leading pathologist at UMass, Guido Majno, dies in Switzerland". telegram.com.
  3. ↑ Cohn-Haft, Louis (June 1, 1978). "The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World. Guido Majno". Isis. 69 (2): 282–283. doi:10.1086/352029 – via journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon).
  4. ↑ "The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World". Annals of Internal Medicine. 117 (3): 270. August 1, 1992. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-117-3-270_1. PMC   1081878 – via acpjournals.org (Atypon).
  5. ↑ Macek, Catherine (1982). "Guido Majno, MD: raconteur of medical lore". JAMA. 247 (21): 2882–2884. doi:10.1001/jama.1982.03320460010003. PMID   7045411.
  6. ↑ Morse, Dan (September 28, 1978). "The healing hand: Man and wound in the ancient world. By Guido Majno. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1975. xxiii + 571 pp., figures, bibliography, index. $25.00 (cloth)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 48 (2): 257–258. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330480224 – via Wiley Online Library.
  7. ↑ "The healing hand. Man and wound in the ancient world". Medical History. 20 (4): 461. October 28, 1976. PMC   1081878 .


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