FIRM

Columbia Dentoform Training Teeth
Columbia Dental and X-Ray—Dentoform, New York

USA, New York

Columbia Dentoform, established in 1917 by Ben Spitzer, a Columbia University Engineering School graduate, began as the Columbia Dental and X-Ray Company in Manhattan, New York. Initially, the company provided x-ray equipment for dental offices and sold articulators and attachments to dental laboratories. Ben Spritzer In 1917, it introduced metal typodonts—his first phantoms for dental teaching and practice. Today, as part of the DentalEZ family of brands, Columbia Dentoform continues to develop and provide high-quality simulation products, maintaining its commitment to improving the instructional process and learning experience for dental students globally.

MUSEUM

The Building of the Museum of Medicine, Campus Erasme of the Free University of Brussels
Museum of Medicine of Brussels

Belgium, Anderlecht

The Museum of Medicine in Brussels is located on the campus of the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles / Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Free University of Brussels) founded in 1994 is located in Anderlecht (Brussels-Capital Region). The exhibits are logically grouped into the following sections on four floors: Medicine in Egyptian Art; General History of Medicine (from Antiquity until the 20th Century); Pharmacy; Anatomical Waxes I (Anatomy, Obstetrics, Venereal Diseases); Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art.

Articles

The frontpiece of Purmann's book
Origin of Blood Transfusion — Chirurgia Infusoria

Despite extensive research into the history of blood transfusion, the earliest steps in the field of hemotransfusion are sometimes interpreted differently and historical priorities are assessed differently. This article summarizes the main milestones of the so-called Chirurgia Infusoria and provides references to primary sources.