The ''Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences'' is a quarterly

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that was originally published by the Department of the History of Medicine at

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and now is continued by

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. It covers research on the

history of medicine The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies. More than just histo ...

and was established in 1946. The

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is Christopher Crenner (

University of Kansas School of Medicine The University of Kansas School of Medicine is a public medical school located on the University of Kansas Medical Center campuses in Kansas City, Kansas, and also Salina, Kansas, and Wichita, Kansas. The Kansas City campus is co-located wi ...

). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2011

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of 0.714.

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