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John Warner, PhD

Avalon Professor in the History of Medicine and Professor of American Studies and of History; Chair, History of Medicine

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John Warner, PhD
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Research Summary

History of medicine; Medical education; Professionalism; Public health; Clinical medicine; Experimental life science, Visual cultures of medicine

Extensive Research Description

  • Current research:
    • A book with the working title The Quest for Authenticity in Modern Medicine.
    • A study of the transformation of the hospital patient chart, 19th through 21st centuries, tentatively titled Bedside Stories: Clinical Narrative and the Grounding of Modern Medicine.
    • A book-length study tentatively titled The Death of James Jackson, Jr. and the Birth of the American Clinic.

Research Interests

History; History of Medicine; Public Health

Selected Publications

  • Translating the Body: The History of Medical Education in Southeast Asia,co-edited with Hans Pols and Michele Thompson (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2017).
  • "Health, Healing, and Medical Education in Southeast Asia,"in Hans Pols, Michele Thompson, and John Harley Warner, eds., "Translating the Body: The History of Medical Education in Southeast Asia" (Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2017), with Hans Pols and Michele Thompson.
  • Making the Case for History in Medical Education.Jones DS, Greene JA, Duffin J, Harley Warner J. Making the Case for History in Medical Education. Journal Of The History Of Medicine And Allied Sciences 2015, 70: 623-52. PMID: 25395574, DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jru026.
  • "The Art of Medicine in an Age of Science: Reductionism, Holism, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the United States,1890-1960,"in Nanami Suzuki, ed., Healing Alternatives: Care and Education as a Cultural Lifestyle (Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 2014), Senri Ethnological Reports, No. 120: 55-91.
  • Boundary Crossings in the History of Health CareWarner JH. Boundary Crossings in the History of Health Care Nursing History Review 2014, 22: 102-106. PMID: 24032238, DOI: 10.1891/1062-8061.22.102.
  • The Fielding H. Garrison Lecture: The Aesthetic Grounding of Modern MedicineWarner JH. The Fielding H. Garrison Lecture: The Aesthetic Grounding of Modern Medicine Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine 2014, 88: 1-47. PMID: 24769801, DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2014.0010.
  • Epistemology in the Time of CholeraWarner J. Epistemology in the Time of Cholera Science 2013, 342: 1448-1449. DOI: 10.1126/science.1243728.
  • The Doctor in early Cold War AmericaWarner JH. The Doctor in early Cold War America The Lancet 2013, 381: 1452-1453. PMID: 23630986, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60915-0.
  • The Humanizing Power of Medical History: Responses to Biomedicine in the 20th-Century United StatesWarner J. The Humanizing Power of Medical History: Responses to Biomedicine in the 20th-Century United States Procedia - Social And Behavioral Sciences 2013, 77: 322-329. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.03.090.
  • "Remapping the History of Medicine,"Health and History 15 (2013): 1-4. With Naomi Rogers.
  • The humanising power of medical history: responses to biomedicine in the 20th century United StatesWarner JH. The humanising power of medical history: responses to biomedicine in the 20th century United States Medical Humanities 2011, 37: 91. PMID: 21807650, DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2011-010034.
  • Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media Images and Popular Attitudes in America (review)Warner J. Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio: A History of Mass Media Images and Popular Attitudes in America (review) Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine 2011, 85: 151-153. DOI: 10.1353/bhm.2011.0002.
  • "Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930,"2009; with James M. Edmonson.
  • Anatomical dissection and the professional formation of American doctors: historical perspectivesWarner J. Anatomical dissection and the professional formation of American doctors: historical perspectives The FASEB Journal 2006, 20: a1300-a1300. DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.a1300-d.
  • "Locating Medical History: The Stories and Their Meanings,"Baltimore and London, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, March 2004, co-edited with Frank Huisman, paperback edition, 2006.
  • "Against the Spirit of System: The French Impulse in Nineteenth-Century American Medicine,"Princeton University Press, 1998. New paperback edition (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, Fall 2003)
  • In memoriam: Stanley Webber Jackson, 17 November 1920-24 May 2000.Warner J. In memoriam: Stanley Webber Jackson, 17 November 1920-24 May 2000. Journal Of The History Of Medicine And Allied Sciences 2001, 56: 278-83. PMID: 11552402, DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/56.3.278.
  • "Major Problems in the History of American Medicine and Public Health,"Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001; co-editor with Janet A. Tighe.
  • Managing clinical uncertaintyWarner J. Managing clinical uncertainty Nature 1997, 390: 669-670. DOI: 10.1038/37750.
  • The case books of Dr. John Snow Medical HistoryWarner J. The case books of Dr. John Snow Medical History Medical History 1996, 40: 382-383. PMCID: PMC1037134, DOI: 10.1017/s002572730006138x.
  • Companion encylopedia of the history of medicineWarner J. Companion encylopedia of the history of medicine Medical History 1994, 38: 471-473. PMID: 16562309, PMCID: PMC1036918, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300036966.
  • A history of medicineWarner J. A history of medicine Medical History 1993, 37: 355-356. PMCID: PMC1036766, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300058646.
  • Reconstructing clinical activities: patient records in medical history.RISSE G, WARNER J. Reconstructing clinical activities: patient records in medical history. Social History Of Medicine 1992, 5: 183-205. PMID: 11623085, DOI: 10.1093/shm/5.2.183.
  • Motherhood in the Old South: pregnancy, childbirth, and infant rearingWarner J. Motherhood in the Old South: pregnancy, childbirth, and infant rearing Medical History 1991, 35: 373-374. PMCID: PMC1036504, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300054028.
  • Chandos Michael Brown, Benjamin Silliman: A Life in the Young Republic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi + 377. ISBN 0-691-08533-1. $29.95.Warner J. Chandos Michael Brown, Benjamin Silliman: A Life in the Young Republic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. Pp. xvi + 377. ISBN 0-691-08533-1. $29.95. The British Journal For The History Of Science 1991, 24: 104-105. DOI: 10.1017/s0007087400028521.
  • Technology and American medical practice 1880–1930: an anthology of sourcesWarner J. Technology and American medical practice 1880–1930: an anthology of sources Medical History 1990, 34: 353-354. PMCID: PMC1036165, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300052662.
  • Studies in the history of alternative medicineWarner J. Studies in the history of alternative medicine Medical History 1990, 34: 223-225. PMCID: PMC1036084, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300050791.
  • Doctor Dock: teaching and learning medicine at the turn of the centuryWarner J. Doctor Dock: teaching and learning medicine at the turn of the century Medical History 1989, 33: 138-138. PMCID: PMC1035783, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300049097.
  • Fifty years of medicine at the University of Michigan, 1891–1941Warner J. Fifty years of medicine at the University of Michigan, 1891–1941 Medical History 1988, 32: 479-480. PMCID: PMC1139936, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300048766.
  • Inventing the NIH: federal biomedical research policy, 1887–1937Warner J. Inventing the NIH: federal biomedical research policy, 1887–1937 Medical History 1988, 32: 337-338. PMCID: PMC1139888, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300048298.
  • ”Hydropathic Highway to Health”: women and water-cure in antebellum AmericaWarner J. ”Hydropathic Highway to Health”: women and water-cure in antebellum America Medical History 1987, 31: 380-381. PMCID: PMC1139769, DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300047141.
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