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Presents information on the 26th annual German Association for Stable Isotope Research (GASIR) meeting on October 6-8, 2003 in Cologne, Germany. Topics discussed in the meeting; Impact of isotope research in biomedicine and biochemistry; Information on the scientific programs of GASIR in the field of ecology, geology and hydrology.

Summary: This paper is a personal narrative of involvement with the revelations of the use of anatomical and pathological specimens of victims of Nazi terror. The narrative documents responses to the question of the retention and use of anatomical and pathological specimens from victims of Nazi terror by leading academic and scientific institutions and organizations in Germany and Austria including the government of the Federal Republic of (West) Germany, the University of Tübingen, the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Society and the Anatomische Gesellschaft. It begins with the public revelations of 1989 and concludes with the September 2010 Symposium on the History of Anatomy during the Third Reich at the University of Würzburg. The narrative documents a 22-year transition in attitude and responses to the investigation and documentation of the history of anatomy and pathology during the Third Reich. The chronicle includes the 1989 proposed “Call for an International Commemoration” by the author, together with the bioethicist Professor Arthur Caplan, on the occasion of the planned burial of the misbegotten specimens and the responses to that proposal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the essay "Jakob von Uexküll's Umwelt-Theorie miterlebt" by Thure von Uexküll which profiles visionary social activist Jakob von Uexküll and the significance of his Umwelttheory for medicine. The paper was read at the International symposium "Signs and the Design of Life — Uexküll Significance Today," which was held on January 9, 2004 in the University of Hamburg in Germany.

This article synopsizes the topics of the major papers presented at the International Symposium on Medicinal Plants in Marburg, which was held from December 12-13, 2006, at Marburg's City Hall under the auspices of the Institute of the History of Pharmacy of the Philipp University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg) and chaired by Dr. Christoph Friedrich.

Focuses on the 7th Conference of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine held in Halle, Germany in September 2003. Link between medicine and engineering; Countries which participated during the event; Information on the conference venue.

This article focuses on various meetings related to dermatology. The Hispano-Portuguese Congress of Medico-Surgical Dermatology will be held in Granada, Spain from October 22-25, 1969. The official themes of the Congress will be: Occupational Diseases of the Skin, Mycology, Dermatological Plastic Surgery and Lupus Erythematosus. The University Hospital of Dermatology in Munich, Germany will hold its Sixth Convention for Continuing Education in Dermatology and Venereology from July 27 to August 2, 1969.