Erstbetreuung bzw. Begutachtung einer Auswahl von Masterarbeiten in Medical History and Medical Humanities von Studierenden der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften und der Humanmedizin an der Newcastle University (aus datenrechtlichen Gründen ohne Namensnennung der KandidatInnen)
‘Lessons from Dachau: Anglo-American Perceptions of Nazi Aviation Atrocities 1945-1955’; 2019
‘Maintaining Galen’s Ideal: Complementary Representations of the Female Anatomical Body in Early Modern Europe 1500-1690’; 2018; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine Programme 2017-2018
‘The Exhumation, Medico-scientific Instrumentalisation and Exhibition of the Eighteenth Century Mummies Discovered at Vác, Hungary’; 2018
‘Clinical Experiments, Histories, and Dissections by Francis Home, 1719-1813: Evaluating the culture of clinical “experimentation” at the Royal Infirmary, 1760-1785’; 2017
‘The Debate on the Origin of Syphilis Between 1901 and 1934’; 2012
‘Medicalising the ‘Troubles’: Revealing the GP perspective of the Northern Ireland conflict during 1990-1993’; 2012; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine MA Programme 2011-2012
‘Benedict Lust and Naturopathic Medicine during the American Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-1919’; 2012; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine MA Programme 2011-2012
‘Fantastic Voyages into the Human Body: from Robert Underwood to Isaac Asimov’, 2012
‘Giovanni Donati’s commentary on Hippocrates’ De Morbis Virginum’; 2012
‘Medicine in the Diaries of Samuel Pepys’; 2011; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine MA Programme 2010-2011
‘The Experience of Healthcare Professionals in the Portuguese Colonial War 1961-74’; 2011
‘For What Reasons Were the Nazi Human Experiments Into the Efficacy of Sulphonamides Undertaken and Did Any Rationale Alleviate the Means?’; 2011
‘The Politicisation of Medicine in the Third Reich. Illustrated by the Biography of Franz Gerl’; 2010
‘Healing at Saints’ Cults and Relic Sites in Late Merovingian and Early Carolingian Gaul’; 2009
‘Viriditas of Hildegard of Bingen: Its Scientific Roots and Religious Implications’; 2009
‘The Use of Mistletoe in the Treatment of Cancer: a Legacy of Rudolf Steiner?’; 2008
‘On the usage of the Hippocratic Oath in the debate between Sylvius and Vesalius’; 2008
‘The dismissal of Antoine Daquin from his post as premier médecin to Louis XIV in 1693’; 2008; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine MA Programme 2007-2008
‘Characteristics of Medicine in a Shame Culture as Exemplified by the Ancient Greeks’; 2007
‘Sex Variants in Britain’; 2007
‘Can life history events be interpolated from accentuated striae of Retzius in tooth enamel?’; 2006 (first marker und second supervisor)
‘The Ceroplastica and the Teatro Anatomico in Bologna’; 2006
‘Coercion in Medical Ethics’; 2006
‘Cholera in Gateshead’; 2006; Pybus Prize for Outstanding Performance in the History of Medicine MA Programme 2005-2006
‘Eustathius Quercetanus’ commentary on the Hippocratic treatise De natura hominis, 1549’; 2005
‘Giovanni Battista Donati’s Commentary on On the Diseases of Young Girls: A Hippocratic text read through Galenic Eyes?’; 2005
Die VerfasserInnen der insgesamt 30 von mir betreuten Arbeiten kamen aus England (18), den USA (4), Deutschland (3), Neuseeland (1), Japan (1), Portugal (1), Italien (1) und Irland (1). Ein Drittel von ihnen studierte Humanmedizin. Mindestens sechs von ihnen schlossen erfolgreich ein PhD an. Eine Studentin arbeitete nach ihrem Masterexamen für Christian Aid in Kenia. Ein Student arbeitet inzwischen als Academics Coordinator an der Bilingual European School (BES) in Mailand. Eine weitere Studentin absolvierte nach ihrem Masterstudium ein Law Conversion Programme am College of Law in London, bewarb sich mit einem Gutachten von mir bei der Kanzlei Leigh Day auf die Stelle eines Administrative Assistant im Clinical Negligence Department und arbeitet inzwischen als Senior Associate in der globalen Kanzlei Hill Dickinson, Health Litigation Department in Liverpool. Eine andere Studentin, die nach dem F1 (foundation year 1) ihre klinische Ausbildung in der Humanmedizin unterbrochen hatte, setzte diese nach dem Abschluss ihres Masterstudiums an der Newcastle University fort, arbeitete danach als Clinical Fellow in der Geriatrie und als Honorary Clinical Research Associate am Institute for Ageing and Health derselben Universität und promovierte ebenda in Medical Education. Sie arbeitet heute an der Sunderland Medical School. Sie schaffte, was keinem unserer Magisterstudierenden vorher oder nachher gelungen ist: sie publizierte sämtliche Essays und ihre Magisterarbeit, die sie während ihres Magisterstudiums geschrieben hatte, in überarbeiteter Form in Fachzeitschriften: ‘Plague of Icy Breath: Cholera and the Gateshead Community 1831-1832’, Gesnerus 67 (2010) 6-29 (“I would like to thank my supervisor, Dr. Thomas Rütten, who has offered ongoing patient support and invaluable advice.”); ‘Duke Ferdinand: patient or possessed? The reflection of contemporary medical discourse in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi’, Medical Humanities 36 (2010) 19-22; ‘Trepanation and Roman Medicine: A comparison of osteoarchaeological remains, material culture and written text’, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 40 (2010) 165-171. Eine andere Studentin arbeitete nach ihrem Masterstudium als Undergraduate Public Health and Science Writing Teaching Fellow an der Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, war im Department of International Affairs der American Society for Microbiology (ASM) in Washington, DC, tätig und promovierte anschließend am Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics an der University of Edinburgh. Inzwischen ist sie als postdoctoral researcher am Oxford Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology der University of Oxford tätig. Sie schrieb 2012 über den Magisterstudiengang in Medizingeschichte in Newcastle: “History of Medicine at Newcastle offers a great combination of small size and big thinking. The small size of the department encouraged (and often forced!) me to voice my ideas and helped foster lots of one-on-one discussions with professors. It also allowed me to cultivate a cohesive group of friends who shared my passion for quirky historical topics. Yet, perhaps most importantly, the professors stimulated students to think ‘big’. I was supported when I had research and dissertation ideas that fell outside of their direct field of expertise. In my experience, such flexibility is a rare treat in academia. Through this stimulation, I was able to develop my archival research experience, and I learned to write more succinctly and read more critically. Ultimately, I wrote original research papers on topics as diverse as artificial insemination in Early Modern Europe, naturopathic medicine during the American influenza pandemic, and cholera satire in Victorian England – and I had a lot of fun in the process.”
Zweitbetreuer und/oder -gutachter:
Zwischen 2005 und 2022 fungierte ich als Zweitgutachter/Zweitbetreuer bei mindestens 40 medizinhistorischen Master-Dissertations. Einige Titel aus dem Jahr 2022: ‘“The French are all coming to pillage and burn us, And with desperate rage from our houses to turn us; But our Englishmen no such vile practice depraves; They are only for turning us out of our graves”: Fear and Humour in the Representations of Dissection in Britain 1750-1850’ (2022); ‘From Animals to Humans: The Influence of the American Breeders’ Association on Rural Communities’ (2022); ‘“That some further terror and peculiar mark of infamy be added to the punishment of death”: an enquiry into emotional responses about dying badly under the Murder Act, 1752-1800’ (2022); ‘The Experience of Female Patients on their Breast Cancer Journey between 1840-1870’ (2022).
MLit (Master of Letters) in Classics:
‘How far does Plato interact with Hesiod’s creationary model in Timaeus, in view of his acceptance of Theogony at 40d-41a?’ (Master of Letters in Classics; second supervisor; 2019)