Historical Articles

1) Drozdov I, MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Golubinov VV. Nikolai Konstantinovich Kulchitsky (1865-1925). J Med Biography 2009; 17(1):47-54.
2) Drozdov I, MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Golubinov VV. From Leningrad to London: The saga of Kulchitsky and the legacy of the enterochromaffin cell. Neuroendocrinology 2009; 89(1):1-12.
3) Drozdov I, Kidd M, MODLIN IM. Hand Amputations and the Piano, or how diminuendo of the right hand led to fortissimo of the left. J Hand Surgery 2008; 33:780-6.
4) Malfertheiner MV, Fill S, Kidd M, MODLIN IM. The elucidation of peptic esophagitis: From Hamperl to Heartburn. Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie 2007; 45:1164-8.
5) Kloppel G, Dege K, Remmele W, Kapran Y, Tuzlali S, MODLIN IM. Siegfried Oberndorfer: a tribute to his work and life between Munich, Kiel, Geneva and Istanbul. Virch Arch 2007, Supp1:S3-7.
6) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Shapiro M, Eick G. Oberndorfer and the Evolution of Carcinoid Disease. Archives Surgery 2007; 142: 187-97.
7) MODLIN IM, Champaneria MC, Bornschein J, Kidd M. The evolution of the diffuse neuroendocrine system – clear cells and cloudy origins. Neuroendocrinology 2006; 84:69-82.
8) Champaneria M, MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Eick G. Frederick Feyrter: A precise intellect in a diffuse system. Neuroendocrinol 2006; 83:394-404.
9) MODLIN IM, Sachs G, Wright NA, Kidd M. Edkins and a Century of Acid Suppression. Digestion 2005; 72:129-145.
10) MODLIN IM, Shapiro MD, Kidd M. Siegfried Oberndorfer - Origins and Perspectives of Carcinoid Tumors. Human Pathology 2004; 35:1440-51.
11) MODLIN IM, M Kidd, K Lye. From the Lumen to the Laparoscope. Arch Surg 2004; 139: 1110-26.
12) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Lye KD. Historical perspectives on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am. 2003 Jan;13(1):19-55, vii-viii.
13) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Lye KD. Perspectives and reflections on integrated digestive surgery. Best Pract Res Clinical Gastroenterology 2002; 16:885-914.
14) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Lye KD. Amsterdam and Netherlands Gastroenterology: a historical perspective. Best Pract Res Clinical Gastroenterology 2002; 16:971-998.
15) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Hults C, Hinoue T. The surgery of chronic pancreatitis - A chronicle of confusion and despair? World J Surg 2002; 12:1382-1396.
16) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Hinoue T. Of Fibiger and fables: cockroaches and Helicobacter pylori. J Clin Gastroenterol 2001; 33:177-179.
17) MODLIN IM, Kidd M. Ernest Starling and the discovery of secretin. J Clin Gastroenterol 2001; 32: 187-193.
18) Kidd M, Modlin IM. Van Swieten and the Renaissance of the Vienna Medical School. World J of Surgery 2001; 25: 444-450.
19) MODLIN IM, Kidd M. Ernest Starling and the discovery of secretin. J Clin Gastroenterol 2001; 32:187-192.
20) MODLIN IM. The Quincunx of Surgery. Nippon Geka Gakkai Zasshi. 2000; 101:264-265.
21) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Farhadi J. Bayliss and Starling and the nascence of endocrinology. Reg Pep 2000; 25: 109-123.
22) MODLIN IM, Farhadi J. Rudolf Schindler - A Man for All Seasons. J Clin Gastroenterol, September 2000, v. 31:(2):95-102.
23) Kidd M, MODLIN IM. From Bontius to Boerhaave – The Leiden Luminati. World J of Surgery 1999; 23: 1307-1314.
24) Kidd M, MODLIN IM. Frederick Ruysch - Depictor of the surreality of death. J Med Biog 1999; 7: 69-77
25) Kidd M, MODLIN IM. A century of Helicobacter pylori. Paradigms Lost - Paradigms regained. Digestion 1998; 59:1-15.
26) MODLIN IM. Surgical triumvirate of Theodor Kocher, Harvey Cushing and William Halsted. World J Surg 1998; 22:103-113.
27) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Sandor A. The influence of Theodor Kocher on American Surgeons. Digestive Surgery 1997; 14:469-482.
28) MODLIN IM, Kidd M, Marks IN, Tang LH. The Pivotal Role of JS Edkins in the Discovery of Gastrin. World J Surg 1997, 21: 226-234
29) MODLIN IM. The Surgical Legacy of Arris and Gale. Journal of Medical Biography, 1996, 4: 191-199
30) MODLIN IM, Lawton GP. Observations on the Gastric Illuminati. Perspectives Biol Med 1996, 39 (4) 527-543
31) Sandor J, Sandor A and MODLIN IM. Eugene Pólya: The Billroth of Budapest. J Am Coll Surg 1995; 181:352-362.
32) MODLIN IM, Basson MD. The Lester Dragstedt Centennial. J Am Coll Surg 1994, 179(1) 84-102.
33) Begos DG, MODLIN IM, Ballantyne GH. A Brief History of Intestinal Surgery. In: Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1994; 7: (1):133-157.
34) MODLIN IM, Ahlman H. Oddi: The Paradox of the Man and the Sphincter. Arch Surg, 1994;129:549-556.
35) Waisbren SJ, MODLIN IM. Lester R. Dragstedt and His Role in the Evolution of Therapeutic Vagotomy in the United States. Am Jo Surg, Vol. 167 (3), 1994; 344-359.
36) John KD, MODLIN IM. A Brief Historical Perspective and A Comparison Of The Current Systems of Surgical Training in Great Britain, Germany and the United States of America. SGO Vol 177 (6):622-632, 1993.
37) MODLIN IM, Waisbren SJ. Pavlov in the USA. Gastro Int Vol 6(1):48-53, 1993.
38) MODLIN IM, Shin JH. Harvey Cushing: First Guest at "The Divine Banquet of the Brayne". Surgery 1993; 113:438-55.
39) Waisbren SJ, MODLIN IM. The Evolution of Therapeutic Vagotomy. Surg Gynecol & Obstet 1990; 170:261-272.
40) MODLIN IM. From Prout to the proton pump - a history of the science of gastric acid secretion and the surgery of peptic ulcer. Surg Gynecol & Obstet 1990; 170(1):81-96.

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