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Introducing Darwinism to Toronto's Post-1887 Reconstituted Medical School (2011)

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Darwinism Universities and colleges Evolution Medical schools 19th century Toronto (Ontario) Wright, Robert Ramsay

Charles Darwin's scientific paradigm was largely welcomed in Canadian academic biology and medicine, while reaction among other faculty and laypeople ranged from interest to outrage. In 1874, Ramsay Wright, a Darwinian-era biologist from Edinburgh, was appointed to the University of Toronto's Chair of Natural History. Over his 38-year career Wright integrated the evolutionary perspective into medical and biology teaching without accentuating its controversial source. He also applied the emerging German experimental research model and laboratory technology. This study identifies five categories of scientific and personal influences upon Wright through archival research on biographical sources and his writings. Résumé. Les théories de Charles Darwin ont été largement acceptées au Canada en médecine et en biologie, alors que les réactions au sein d'autres disciplines et parmi la population allaient de l'intérêt à l'indignation. En 1874, Ramsay Wright, un biologiste d'Édinbourg, devint titulaire de la chaire d'histoire naturelle à l'Université de Toronto. Pendant 38 ans de carrière, Wright a intégré la perspective évolutionniste dans son enseignement en médecine et en biologie, mais sans faire part de sa source controversée. Il a aussi utilisé la technologie de laboratoire et le modèle de recherche expérimentale allemands, alors en émergence. Cette étude identifie cinq catégories d'influences personnelles et scientifiques perceptibles chez Wright, partant de ses écrits et de documents d'archives à caractère biographique.

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Authors & Contributors
Lampard, Robert
Hogan, David
Stahnisch, Frank W.
Wright, James R., Jr.
Anderson, Warwick H.
Barabanschikov, Boris I.
Journals
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Istoriko-Biologicheskie Issledovaniia
Social History of Medicine
Social Studies of Science
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
University of Calgary Press
Franz Steiner Verlag
Texas State Historical Association
University of Toronto Press
University of Massachusetts Boston
Concepts
Universities and colleges
Medical schools
Medical education and teaching
Physicians; doctors
Hospitals and clinics
Medicine
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
McLeod, Lionel E.
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Watanabe, Mamoru
Feasby, Thomas E.
Gall, D. Grant
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Modern
Places
Canada
Germany
United States
Toronto (Ontario)
Massachusetts (U.S.)
Texas (U.S.)
Institutions
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine
Royal Commission on Health Services (Canada)
Universität Greifswald
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
Universitet Kazan
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