Guido Majno

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 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.

Books
  • The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World (1975)[6][7]
  • Cells, Tissues, and Disease — Principles of General Pathology[2]

References
  1. "The Healing Hand — Guido Majno". www.hup.harvard.edu.
  2. 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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