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BULLETIN FOR THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY

Volume 47, Number 3, 2022

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TITLE Author Page
Number
Ancient Analogues of Chemical Equations
Francesco Di Giacomo
265
Role for Hypochlorite Saponification in Semmelweis's Suppression of Puerperal Fever Epidemics
Michael Witty and
Theppawut Ayudhya
270
The Trouble with Thermodynamics
William B. Jensen
276
Development of Chemistry at Ohio University and Its First Women Graduates
Howard D. Dewald
281
Eda Bachman Walden: What Were Her Contributions?
Anne M. Wilson
290
Sir William Ramsay: Pioneering Advocate for Woman Chemists
Marelene Rayner-Canham and
Geoff Rayner-Canham
296
Marguerite Catherine Perey (1909-1975): The Discovery of Francium and the Election of the First Woman to the French Academy of Sciences
Ivoni de Freitas-Reis and
Beatriz Gatti de Castro
302
HIST Centennial Memories Paul Raymond Jones (1930-2019)
Sarah Cummings, Amy Robinson,
and Martin Saltzman
310
     
Book Reviews    
A Cultural History of Chemistry, in 6 volumes Peter J. T. Morris and
Alan Rocke, Gen. Eds.
2022
316
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 1, A Cultural History of Chemistry in Antiquity
Reviewed by Mary Virginia Orna
Marco Beretta, Ed. 316
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 2, A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Middle Ages
Reviewed by Carmen Giunta
Charles Burnett and
Sébastien Moureau, Eds.
319
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 3, A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Early Modern Age
Reviewed by Jennifer Rampling
Bruce T. Moran, Ed. 321
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 4, A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century
Reviewed by Leonardo Anatrini
Matthew Daniel Eddy and
Ursula Klein, Eds.
322
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 5, A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century
Reviewed by Ann E. Robinson
Peter J. Ramberg, Ed. 323
A Cultural History of Chemistry, Vol. 6, A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Modern Age
Reviewed by Roald Hoffmann
Peter J. T. Morris, Ed. 325
     
March of the Pigments: Color History, Science and Impact
Reviewed by Nicholas Zumbulyadis
Mary Virginia Orna
2022
327
Science in London: A Guide to Memorials
Reviewed by James Marshall
Istvan Hargittai and
Magdolna Hargittai
2021
328
Wilhelm Ostwald: The Autobiography
Reviewed by William B. Jensen
Robert S. Jack and Fritz Scholz, Eds.
2017
330
Pioneers of Magnetic Resonance
Reviewed by Joseph B. Lambert
E. Thomas Strom and
Vera V. Mainz, Eds.
2021
332
Science: Has its Present Past a Future? Selected Essays by Arnold Thackray
Reviewed by Arthur Greenberg
Jeffrey L. Sturchio and
Bruce Lewenstein, Eds.
2022
335
     
The Back Story
Vladimir Prelog, Albert Eschenmoser and I. A Friend of a Friend is a Friend
Jeffrey I. Seeman
339
     
Bulletin Instructions for Authors   338
Bulletin Editorial Staff  
2022 HIST Officer's Directory  

The Cover. . .Eda Bachman Walden: What were her contributions? See p290.