Primate suspects in Piltdown prank

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An analysis of the Piltdown man hoax and efforts to work out who was actually responsible for its perpetration. The Piltdown man hoax involves a collection of ancient bones that were discovered near Piltdown in Sussex, England between 1912 and 1914. The bones were purportedly those of the missing link been apes and men. However, in 1953 chemical and other analyses of the discoveries proved that a skull discovered was only 600 years old and that a jaw bone that had been discovered was actually that of an orang-utan. Some claim that Charles Dawson, and amateur geologist and antiquarian who had been present at the digs when all of the discoveries were made, was responsible for the hoax, while others claim that Martin Hinton, a curator at the Natural History Museum at the time of the fraud, was responsible.

Legal issues & crime, Company legal issue, Cases, Investigations, Piltdown forgery, Piltdown hoax, Dawson, Charles, Hinton, Martin

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Where Hippocrates meets Socrates

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Ray Tallis, philosopher and holder of the chair of geriatric medicine at Manchester University, discusses his interest of philosophy in the light of the publication of his latest book, "Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents". Tallis notes that he is amazed at the level of generosity people display towards him in regard to his philosophical work despite the fact that he has never received any formal training in philosophy.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Philosophy, Interview, Hippocratic Oaths: Medicine and its Discontents (Book), Tallis, Ray

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Would-be doctors' guides that make you better--or your money back

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An analysis of the work of a group of medical students who have, as a result of their dissatisfaction with the revision aids that rare on the market, started to produce their own study books. The product of the student's work is the "One Stop Doc" collection, of which the first four volumes have been published. The idea for the books came from Elliott Smock, a student at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School in London, UK.

Medical literature, Study guides, Smock, Elliott

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