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Some notable episodes in the History of Medicine in Sri Lanka. TCCP 1973;6(1):77-96. Anasthesiology Jayawardena ATWP. The Impact Of Anesthesiology On The Progress Of Surgery And Medicine. CMJ 1991;36:141-46. Family Planning De Silva CC. A History Of Family Planning In Sri Lanka. Colombo: Silver Jubilee Souvenir Of The Family Planning Association of Sri Lanka 1978;215p Forensic Medicine Cameron JM. Forensic Medicine-Past, Present and the Future. JCGH 1973;4(2):59-68. Subramaniam S. Presidential Address 1984-85 JMJ 1984;19(2):65-74. Dentistray Cooray H. History of General Dental Practice in Sri Lanka. SLDJ 1982;13:12-13. Tillekeratna L. A short history of Dental School at Peradeniya. SLDJ 1982;13:17-19. Anonymous Government Dental Service-A chronicle of some events. SLDJ 1982;13:20-21. Cooray HWM. History of development of Oral Surgery as a specialty of Dentistry. SLDJ 1996;25(1):28-30. Dermatology Uragoda CG. Some historical aspects of Dermatology in Sri Lanka. JCCP 1986-87;19-20:13-24 General Practice Heennilame GM. History of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka SLFP 1979;1(1): 29-31. Cooray MPM. History of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka. SLFP 1984;7(1):17-20. Fernando AM. History of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka - a personal view. SLFP 1984;7(1):21-22. Gooneratne WR. A History Of General Practice In Sri Lanka. SLFP 1988;11:1-7. Aloysius DJ. A History of the Independent Medical Practitioners Association of Sri Lanka. SLFP 1989;12:17-23. Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) GMOA: the past, present and the future Journal of The Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka 1978, 1(2):47-48. Hospitals: Colombo General Hospital (National Hospital of Sri Lanka) Uragoda CG. History Of Teaching Hospitals In Sri Lanka: General Hospital Colombo (1). CMJ 1991;36:27-32. Uragoda CG. History Of Teaching Hospitals In Sri Lanka: General Hospital Colombo (2). CMJ 1991;36:79-82. Uragoda CG. History Of Teaching Hospitals In Sri Lanka: General Hospital Colombo (3). CMJ 1992;37:29-34. Uragoda CG. History Of Teaching Hospitals In Sri Lanka: General Hospital Colombo(4): Surgery. CMJ 1993;38:36-42. Hospitals: Dutch Hospital Uragoda CG, Paranavithana KD. The Seventeenth Century Dutch Hospital In Colombo. Medical History 1985;29:182-192 Hospitals: Eye Hospital Wirasinghe PA. Eye Hospital: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. TOSC 1986;28(1):23-25. Sivasubramanium P. A tale of two Eye Hospitals. TOSC 1978-79;21-22:39-40. Hospital: Green Hospital Manipay Green Hospital Manipay Centenary Souvenir. 1950. Hospital: for Women Fernando L. Laying in Home to Castle Street - a tale of two hospitals. SLJOG 1994;17:8-16. Malaria Edirisinghe JS. Historical References To Malaria In Sri Lanka And Some Notable Episodes Up To Present Times. CMJ 1988;33:110-117. Wijesundera A. Malaria - The Scourge Of Polonnaruwa. CMJ 1989;34:11-124. Medical Education Wijerama EM. Ceylon Medical School TCCP 1975, 8(1):29-39. Fonseka C. History Of The Colombo Medical School. Colombo Medical School Centenary Volume 1970. Amirthanayagam Mills B. Dr. Samuel F Green. JCGH 1971;2(4):145-156. Cabraal SA. Development of Medical Education in Sri Lanka. SLFP 1985;8(1);83-98. Medical Libraries Uragoda CG, Aloysius DJ, Lional NDW. A History Of The Sri Lanka Medical Library. CMJ 1982;27:49-65. Medical Research Institute Gunasekera S. History of the Medical Research Institute. JMRI 1985;1:1-8. Mental Health Carpenter J. The History Of Mental Health In Sri Lanka-Colombo. Marga 1988;85p Cooray MPM. A historical study of Mental Disease with a view to considering a new concept of treatment. SLFP 1985;8(1):45-52. Nephrology Sheriff MHR. Development of Renal Medicine or Nephrology in Sri Lanka: Induction Address 1994. JCCP 1994;27:12-21. Obstetrics & Gynaecology De Zilwa L. Birth and Infancy of Gynaecology in Ceylon. JCOGA 1994;1:3-6. Paediatrics Anonymous. Sri Lanka Paediatrics Association. CJC 1990,19(1):1-2. Pathology Attygalle D. Gleanings from the past - of men and matter concerning the history of Pathology in Sri Lanka. SLJP 1985;1:3-10. Perera RN. The College- How it all began. SLJP 1985;1:11-16. Physiology Fonseka C. History Of Physiology In Sri Lanka And Prof. A.L.C.Koch. CMJ 1989;34:17-25. Sri Lanka Medical Association - SLMA Atukorala DN. The Centenary Of The Sri Lanka Medical Association. CMJ 1987;32:225-37. Karunaratne GW. One Hundred Years And Looking Ahead. CMJ 1987;32:1-13. Otolaryngology Soysa A. The History of Otolaryngology in Ceylon. SLJS 1985;6-18. Surgery Uragoda CG. Surgery In Sri Lanka-The Past. CMJ 1996;41:111-114. Paul, MA. Surgery In Jaffna Civil Hospital 1931- 33. JMJ 1979; 14(2):10-19. Ophthalmology Uragoda CG. Inaugural address - 24th annual congress. TOSC 1958;27:1. Weerakoon CM. A short history of Ayurvedic Ophthalmology. TOSC 1958;1:6-12. Dev Adittya KJL De S. 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