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5 entries match General Clinical Medicine [G02] · Physics, Math & Biomechanics [K01.900.400]

1969 CE

#10611

Computerized mapping of disease and environmental data. A report of the Mapping of Disease (MOD) Project.

This appears to be the earliest monograph on computerized disease mapping. At the time the research was conducted both computer graphics processing and data output in mainframe computers were inadequate for drawing al…

2013 CE

#10564

Design for information: An introduction to the histories, theories, and best practices behind effective information visualizations.

Visually splendid; includes frequent comparisons of modern computer representations with historical examples.

1979 CE

#9769

Health, medicine and mortality in the sixteenth century. Edited by Charles Webster.

Chapter 11 is an analysis of the life and work of librarian and key early pioneer in medical informatics, Sanford V. Larkey by Margaret Pelling. Another chapter, by Paul Slack, “Mirrors of health and treasures o…

1972 CE

#10505

Medical geography: Techniques and field studies. Ediited by N. D. McGlashan

Chapter 5: "Computers and mapping in medical geography" by R. W. Armstrong appears to be one of the earliest reviews of this subject.

2011 CE

#10563

Visual complexity: Mapping patterns of information.

An exceptionally beautiful graphic work with many historical examples showing how data in many fields, including medicine and biology, can be mapped and visualized.