Max J. Cooper - Publications

Social prescribing: strategic bridge or semantic barrier?

Journal: Perspectives in public health

Published: July 29, 2026

'An Old Welsh Custom': What does the bloodletting practice of Torri'r Llech reveal about vernacular medical practice in Wales?

Journal: Medical history

Published: June 17, 2026

Horses, hounds and hydrophobia: Henry Bracken's 'strict enquiry' to compare two treatments for rabies in dogs (1737).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: March 31, 2026

The 'law of curriculum drift from generalism to specialism': addressing the 'generalist deficit' in undergraduate teaching.

Journal: Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors

Published: March 31, 2026

'No cure no money': Reverend William Vickers' account of the perils of private medicine in eighteenth century London (1711).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: March 30, 2026

Green tea, sage, water and wine: Thomas Short's comparative experiment on speed of digestion (1730).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: February 13, 2026

George Fordyce's (1736-1802) controlled trial using mercury at St Thomas' Hospital, London.

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: February 04, 2026

William Woodville's experiment on smallpox inoculation using case selection by alternation (c1795).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: January 27, 2026

'This noble method in physic': Peter Shaw's proposal for a controlled trial of an 'antidote' for rabies (1723).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: January 19, 2026

Lay tests, storytelling and anecdotes: Lessons from a London gentleman's comparison of treatments for leg ulcers (pre-1726).

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: January 06, 2026

Microplastic ingestion: an overlooked ticking time bomb?

Journal: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Published: November 27, 2025

Alexander Blackrie's proposed comparison of two treatments for the 'gravel and stone' (1763): A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial?

Journal: Journal of medical biography

Published: November 06, 2025