Curriculum Vitae of Peter Karl Lewin

Dr.Lewin was born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1935, and grew up in Alexandria, Egypt. From 1940 to 1953 Dr.Lewin attended Victoria College in Alexandria, the foremost British public school in the Middle East.

Dr. Lewin graduated from St.Mary’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, England, in 1959.
He is a staff physician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Assistant Professor in Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and also in private practice.In addition to clinical practice Dr.Lewin is involved in medical research, and has published many scientific papers, particularly on his pioneering work with infectious proteins causing neurodegenerative disease in animals (Scrapie and BSE) and humans (Kuru,Creutzfeld-Jakob).

In 1976 Dr.Lewin organized the first overseas exhibition of CONTEMPORARY WOODLAND NATIVE INDIAN ART in Europe. Dr. Lewin met most of the Native artists who pioneered this art movement in the Sioux Lookout Zone of Northwestern Ontario, while being associated as a visiting Paediatrician to the Zone’s Indian and Northern Affairs hospital since 1970.

Since 1960 Dr.Lewin has been associated with the Canadian Forces Medical Services. From 1960 to 1963 he was in the Royal Canadian Army medical Corps, as a regular Medical Officer serving in Canada and Germany. He then joined the Militia, and as Area Surgeon, Land Forces Central Area since may 1982 he was the Senior Reserve Medical Officer (Colonel) in Ontario. After 31 years of service with the military Dr.Lewin retired at the end of August 1991. Past President, Defence Medical Association of Canada 1978-1979.

Since 1966 Dr. Lewin has been actively involved in Medical Archeology having pioneered electron microscopy and the latest imaging techniques in this field. He is a founding member of the international PALEOPATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION and a fellow of the EXPLORERS CLUB, USA.

Dr. Lewin was the LLOYD MORGAN LECTURER at the centennial meeting of the Alumni Association the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, June 1975, and invited speaker , Exploration Lecture Series, Explorers Club, New York March 1987.In March 1990, he gave the 1990 HISTORY OF MEDICINE Lecture at Memorial University in St.John, Newfoundland. In 1994 was the WELLMARK lecturer, at the annual meeting of the Canadian association of clinical microbiologists and infectious disease (CACMID) in Montreal, and in 1997 was the H.GARFIELD KELLY visiting lecturer at the Medical Faculty of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. In June 1997 was the Annual DR.PERCY WILLIAMS Lecturer of the Paediatric section of the Academy of Medicine in Hamilton,Ontario. Received a 1998 WILLIAM B. SPAULDING Cerificate Award from theCanadian Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine.

In June 1974 he was appointed the Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, during her Toronto visit.

He has received the Canadian Decoration with Clasp, the Order of St.John of Jerusalem (Serving Brother ) on October 1985 and the Special Services Medal with NATO bar in 1994. In December 1991 Dr.Lewin received the Canadian Order of Military Merit, in the rank of Officer (O.M.M.).

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DATE OF BIRTH: August 22, 1935 (Jerusalem)
NATIONALITY: Canadian
CHILDREN: Michelle Elizabeth Ann, Martin David

EDUCATION:
VICTORIA COLLEGE, ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (1940-1953)
Initiated the 80th Anniversary Celebration and reunion of Victoria College ( Alexandria ), and held during September 1983 in Alexandria, Egypt.

ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (1953-1959)

Exchange in Surgery to University of Pittsburgh, USA (June-September, 1957)

UNIVERSITY HONOURS: St. Mary's Hospital Prize: Biology 1954
: Anatomy 1955-1956
Certificates of Merit: Histology 1955
: Senior Pathology and Bacteriology 1958
: Psychological Medicine 1959

DEGREES: M. B. , B. S. University of London (England) 1959
M. R.C.S. (England) ,L. R. C. P. (London) Conjoint Board 195 9
L. M. C. C . Canada July 1965
M.Sc.(Pathology), University of -Toronto,May 1968
M. D.,University of London (Eng.) Sept 1968
C.R. C. P. (C),Paediatrics, December 1969
F.R. C. P. (C) Paediatrics, March 1970 (Fellow Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada)

REGISTERED:
1) General Medical Council: England, April 1960
2) College of Physicians and Surgeons: Newfoundland, 1960
3)College of Physicians and Surgeons: Ontario, July, 1965

APPOINTMENTS:
a) House Surgeon and Casualty Officer-St. Andrew's Hospital,
Billericay, Essex, England. (June-December 1959)
b) House Physician-Paddington Green Children's Hospital,
St. Mary's Hospital Group, London, Dr. Stapleton (December, 1959-June, 1960)
c) Resident Medical Officer, Chest Unit, Central Middlesex Hospital, London. (September 1963-June 1964) Dr. Touissaint
d) Assistant Resident, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (July 1964-July 1965)
e) Medical Research Council of Canada, Research Fellow, Banting Institute, Toronto (July 1965-July 1968)
f) Resident, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (July 1968-July 1969)
g) Staff Physician, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, July 1970-
h) Courtesy Staff-. Mount Sinai Hospital, Women's College Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Wellesley Hospital
i) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, July 1973-
j) Visiting Consultant Physician: Sioux Lookout Indian Hospital, Sioux Lookout, Northern Ontario, 1971-1982
k) Board of Governors, Canadian Academy of Physician Assistants 2000-

MILITARY APPOINTMENTS:
1) Commissioned Medical Officer (Capt.) Royal Canadian Medical Corps (Aug.60-Oct.63)
a) R. M. 0. to 1st Can. Regt. , Ipperwash, Ontario (1960-1961)
b) Surgical Service, British Military Hospital, Iserlohn, Germany (1961-1962)
c) Medical Officer in Command of Dependent's Clinic, Soest, Germany (1962-1963)
2) Canadian Armed Forces: Reserve Element
a) Medical Officer since August 1964
b) Commanding Officer, Medical Section, Toronto Service Batallion and District
c) Surgeon, Toronto District (June 1969-March 1974)
d) Area Surgeon,Land Forces Central Command (May1982-Sept.1991)
Retired Sept.1991

MEMBER OF:
1) Ontario and Canadian Medical Association
2) Defence Medical Association of Canada, Past President Central Ontario Branch 1971-1973.
3) Defence Medical Association of Canada, Past National President, November,1977 to November, 1978. Council Member November 1978-
4) Royal Candian Military Institute
5) Royal Canadian Regiment Association
6) Founding member of the International Paleopathology Association
7) Founding member Tropical and International Health Assn.Canada.
8) The Explorer’s Club (New York), and Founding member of The Explorers Club Canadian Chapter. Canadian Chapter Vice-Chair 2003-2005, Director 2005 to Present.
9) Old Victorian Association (Re: Victoria College, Alexandria )

Chief of Paediatrics, Canadian Forces Europe in Lahr, Germany , July 1978 to July 1980
(During leave of absence (sabbatical) from Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto)
July, 1980: terminated sabbatical with Canadian Forces, Europe Resumed position as: Staff physician, Hospital for Sick Children Assistant Professor in Paediatrics,
. Trustee and Governor (representing Defence Medical Association of Canada), Camp Borden Military Museum (Camp Borden, Ontario) since 1974

APPOINTMENT: HONORARY PHYSICIAN TO QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER, DURING HER TORONTO VISIT 25TH JUNE TO 1ST JULY, 1974

HONOURS AND DECORATIONS

1): CANADIAN DECORATION (October 1973)
2): SERVING BROTHER OF THE ORDER OF ST.JOHN. SANCTIONED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, 6TH FEBRUARY 1985.
3): RECEIVED BAR TO CANADIAN DECORATION, MAY 1985.
4): APPOINTED AREA SURGEON LAND FORCES CENTRAL AREA PROMOTED: COLONEL 1 OCTOBER 1990
5): Received the ORDER OF MILITARY MERIT of Canada, in the rank of OFFICER, 19 NOVEMBER 1991, Presented at an investiture by HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE RAY HNATYSHYN, the GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA at RIDEAU HALL, OTTAWA, ON 20 MAY 1992
6): AWARDED THE SPECIAL SERVICES MEDAL,CANADA,NATO BAR, IN RECOGNITION FOR ACTIVE SERVICE WITH NATO WHILE STATIONED IN GERMANY.(FEB.1994)

ACADEMIC HONOUR
1:ELECTED FELLOW, "EXPLORERS CLUB OF NEW YORK", SEPT. 26, 1979 FOR PIONEERING WORK IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
(Explorers Club of New York is one of the foremost institutions in the world relating to geographical and scientific exploration.)
2:UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO: RECEIVED THE GOLD UNIVERSITY PIN FOR 25 YEARS SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY.

SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY FILM, 1974
INITIATOR, MEDICAL CONSULTANT AND PARTICIPANT
CBC FILM DOCUMENTARY ON EGYPTIAN MUMMIES (NATURE OF THINGS SERIES) TITLE- A TRAVELLER FROM AN ANCIENT LAND, 1974

ORGANIZED AND DIRECTED:
FIRST EUROPEAN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE “WOODLAND INDIAN”, OF NORTH AMERICA, 1976
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A. Aula (City Hall, Conference Room) Luisenschule, Lahr, Germany, March, 1976

B. Canada House Gallery, England, April-May, 1976

C. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, August-December, 1976 Associated with above, a definitive, illustrated catalogue was published. This is recognized as the authoritative document on this new art movement.


ORGANIZED THE FIRST "SYMPOSIUM ON THE HISTORY OF MILITARY MEDICINE IN CANADA" TO COMMEMORATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CANADIAN FORCES MEDICAL SERVICE.HELD AT CAMP BORDEN, ONTARIO, ON JUNE 13 1984.

CONTRIBUTOR TO TEXTBOOKS ON MUMMIES

MUMMIES, DISEASE AND ANCIENT CULTURES EDITORS DR. AIDAN COCKBURN AND EVE COCKBURN Cambridge University Press, 1980
Chapter 5 (pages 71--85) ROM 1: Mummification For The Common People. Millet, N.B., Hart, G.D., Reyman,T.A., Zimmerman, M.R. and Lewin, Peter K.

SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES
Shelley Tanaka
Scholastic Press 1998

CONVERSATIONS WITH MUMMIES
Rosalee David and Rick Archbold
William Morrow 2000

ACADEMIC LECTURESHIPS
1: THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN COMBINED CENTENNIAL MEETING 1975
LLOYD MORGAN LECTURE, (HSC ALUMNI) Toronto, 8 June, 1975
Subject-
" MUMMIES" THAT I HAVE KNOWN - A PAEDIATRICIAN'S VIEW OF DEATH AND DISEASE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

2: ANNUAL LECTURER, HISTORY OF MEDICINE FOR 1990.
MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY, ST.JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. March 1990.

3: INTERNATIONAL MUMMY SYMPOSIUM.INNSBRUCK/AUSTRIA,15-18/9/93
" CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN THE EXAMINATION OF ANCIENT MAN".

4: CLEVELAND HEALTH AND EDUCATION MUSEUM LECTURE: “THE EGYPTIAN MUMMY”, SECRETS AND SCIENCE.Jan.27th 1985

5: EXPLORERS CLUB (NEW YORK).
EXPLORATION LECTURE SERIES March 1987
THE RIDDLE OF THE MUMMIES: MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL ARCHEOLOGY

6: 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETIES.ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA 24-31 JULY 1988.
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ANCIENT PRESERVED MAN.
COLLEGIUM ANTHROPOLOGICUM.1988,VOL.12,SUPPLEMENT:ABSTRACT:22.3.PAGE 340..

7: WELLMARK LECTURE, Main guest lecture given at the Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious disease.Montreal,22 Nov.1994.
" VENTURES INTO PALEOPATHOLOGY-'MUMMY' RIDDLES UNRAVELLED

8: H.GARFIELD KELLY visiting lecturer at the Medical Faculty of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. February 1997

9: DR.PERCY WILLIAMS Lecturer, Paediatric Section Academy of Medicine, Hamilton,Ontario June 1997

INVITED LECTURES AND SYMPOSIA

1. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF FLUORESCENT NUCLEAR SEX TEST. XIII INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC CONGRESS. VIENNA, AUGUST 1971.

2. SYMPOSIUM ON "DEATH AND DISEASE IN ANCIENT EGYPT" ORGANISED BY SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, FEBRUARY, 1973. (REPORTED IN SCIENCE 181:470-471, 1973)

3.PAEDIATRIC TRAVEL CLUB (NORTH AMERICA) - TORONTO, SEPTEMBER, 1975. SUBJECT:DISEASE IN ANCIENT MAN


4. DELEGATE (REPRESENTING CANADA) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCHISTOSOMIASIS (BILHARZIA) CAIRO, EGYPT, OCTOBER 18-23, 1975

5. RAPID DETECTION OF BACTERIA AND PARASITES USING ACRIDINE ORANGE FLUORESCENCE 42ND ANNUAL MEETING, LABORATORY DIVISION, CANADA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OTTAWA, DECEMBER, 1974 PAGE 72.

6. GUEST PANELIST WITH DR, MICHAEL WOOD (KENYA)
Annual dinner of African Medical Research Foundation (I October, 1976) Toronto.
Subject- Sioux Lookout Zone Medical Services

7. SECOND CONGRESS INTERNATIONAL DES EGYPTOLOGUES.
GRENOBLE, FRANCE SEPTEMBER 10--15, 1979 (TABLE RONDE SUR L'ANTHROPOLOGIE DES ANCIENS EGYPTIENS) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHAEOLOGY

8. SECOND EUROPEAN MEETING OF THE PALEOPATHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
TURIN, ITALY OCTOBER 20--22, 1978 "MUMMIES THAT I HAVE KNOWN

9. SYMPOSIUM: SCIENCE IN EGYPTOLOGY
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY, MANCHESTER (ENGLAND)
JUNE 26--30, 1979

10. SPECIAL LUNCHTIME LECTURER
PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA CONFERENCE, TORONTO, CANADA
NOVEMBER 9--11, 1979
" A PAEDIATRICIAN'S VENTURE IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL ARCHAEOLOGY"

11. INVITED LECTURER, CENTER OF DISEASE CONTROL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA,. U.S.A. NOVEMBER 15, 1979
" A PAEDIATRICIANS ADVENTURES IN PALEOPATHOLOGY"

12. GUEST PANELISTS NATIONAL.,CANADIAN BROADCASTING SERVICE
THE BOB MCLEAN SHOW, FEBRUARY 12, 1981,SUBJECT-.- MUMMIES.

13. GUEST SPEAKER. 9TH ANNUAL MEETING OF PALEOPATHOLOGY ASSN., TOLEDO, OHIO. 3-4. APRIL 1982.bb
A) AIDAN COCKBURN MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM.
ROM: Preliminary and Continuing Discoveries.
First use of CAT SCAN in Archeology.
B) RAMSES V: Smallpox Victim? C) Exhibit: Decapitated Canadian Indian Head from New Brunswick, Canada, about 2000 years old preserved by oxidized copper.

14. GUEST LECTURER DECEMBER 1987
SYDENAM MEDICAL CLUB OF TORONTO.
DISEASES OF ANTIQUITY

15. GUEST LECTURER MARCH 1989
TRENT UNIVERSITY, PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO
"MUMMY RIDDLES UNRAVELLED", LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL ARCHEOLOGY.

16. INVITED SPEAKER JUNE 1989
CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANNUAL MEETING,QUEBEC CITY .” REMOVAL OF THE BRAIN FROM THE FORAMEN MAGNUM OF THE SKULL DURING MUMMIFICATION. A PREVIOUSLY UNREPORTED METHOD FROM ANCIENT EGYPT.”

17: INVITED SPEAKER
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGISTS.KITCHENER,ONTARIO, 4 OCT.1989.
MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY


18: INVITED SPEAKER MARCH 1990
TORONTO JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
BIBLICAL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL ARCHEOLOGY.

19: INVITED SPEAKER
SYMPOSIUM ON PALEOPATHOLOGY
XVIII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PATHOLOGY,BUENOS AIRES,ARGENTINA
9 SEPT.1990
MUMMY RIDDLES UNRAVELLED, A PAEDIATRICIANS VENTURE.


20. FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MUMMY STUDIES,PUERTO DE LA CRUZ, TENERIFE, CANARY ISLANDS. 3-6 FEB.1992
" MUMMY" RIDDLES UNRAVELLED. A PAEDITRICIANS VENTURE IN MEDICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. Program abstract 3.8 page 101

21. INVITED SPEAKER: THE 1994 SYMPOSIUM OF THE SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES AND THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES
" THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS"
LECTURED ON "ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIESTESS' PAINFUL DEMISE DEMONSTRATED BY THE LATEST NON-DESTRUCTIVE IMAGING TECHNIQUES." 9TORONTO, 5 NOV.1994

22. INTERVIEW ON SUMMERSIDE (MORNINGSIDE) CBC PROGRAM
TUES. JUNE 9 1993, at 9,45a.m. by RALPH BEN MURGHY
Related to the controversy of destroying the last remains of preserved SMALLPOX VIRUS , a decision I am strongly against.

23: MODERATOR AND SPEAKER

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY:ANNUAL MEETING OF PALEOPATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (TORONTO 13/14 APRIL 1993)
" TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN PALEOPATHOLOGY AND MEDICAL ARCHEOLOGY, PAST AND FUTURE.

24: CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION
THE JOURNAL: NOVEMBER 2ND, 1982.
SUBJECT: DEBATE WITH MR BEN. WEIDER RELATING TO THE DEATH OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

25: NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: IN DER KANADIER NEWSPAPER, CANADIAN FORCES, EUROPE 15/6/79, PAGE 5
" DIERSBURG: A FLICKER OF COMMUNAL REVIVAL IN AN OLD JEWISH GERMAN COMMUNITY" (REPRINTED IN THE CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS, VOL. XX, NO. 19, PAGE 4, JUNE 28, 1979.)

26: INVITED SPEAKER AND PARTICIPANT
PALEOPATHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (DETROIT, NOVEMBER, 1976
Subj ect:
1. Autopsy of An Egyptian Mummy
2. Anemias of Antiquity

27: INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF PATHOLOGY, TORONTO, MARCH 1995
PALEOPATHOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
“ ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PRIESTESS’ PAINFUL DEMISE ”

28: ARTICLE ON MUMMY PROJECT INITIATED AND DIRECTED BY DR. LEWIN
ROTUNDA: MAGAZINE OF THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, TORONTO

The Faces of DJED, A CT-Scan of a ROM mummy illuminates life from Ancient Egypt.
By Lee-Anne Jack, Rotonda:1995/96, 28,3:30-37

29: INVITED SPEAKER:
JUNE 1975 : EXPLORATION LECTURE SERIES, EXPLORERS CLUB, New York March 1987.
30: MARCH 1990: 1990 HISTORY OF MEDICINE LECTURE AT MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY in St.John, Newfoundland.

30: In 1994 was the WELLMARK lecturer, at the annual meeting of the Canadian association of clinical microbiologists and infectious disease (CACMID) in Montreal

31: THE 13th H.GARFIELD KELLY VISITING LECTURESHIP, January 1997
Medical Faculty, Queen’s University, Kingston,Ontario
Sponsored by the Aesculapian Medical undergraduate Society
“ MUMMY DEAREST”
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A PAEDIATRICIAN’S PERSPECTIVE ON THE FIELD OF ANTHROPOLOGY.

32: INVITED SPEAKER
A)Wellesley health center, Toronto, 26 September 1996:Diseases of Ancient Man
B)Ontario Society of Medical Technologists, Toronto 2 October 1996 Unravelling the Mummy
C) BCCentre of Disease Control, Grand Rounds Vancouver 7 October 1996 Mummy Pathology

33: INVITED SPEAKER
In June 1997 was the Annual DR.PERCY WILLIAMS Lecturer of the Paediatric section of the ACADEMY OF MEDICINE in Hamilton,Ontario.

34: INVITED SPEAKER, National Symposium on Sheep Research and Technology Transfer. Guelph Oct.24-25,1997
Lewin PK: The need for a rapid Screening test for Scrapie. Proceedings, Page 66.

35: GUEST SPEAKER: 1998 Lung Association, BETTER BREATHING 98, Respiratory Health for the next Millennium. A Paediatrician’s Venture in the Field of Paleopathology Toronto, 6 February 1998

36: AWARD
Received a 1998 WILLIAM B SPAULDING Certificate
For Contributions to the History of Medicine in the Community
Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine
Associated Medical Services Incorporated

37: Was one of the scientists involved in exhuming 6 miners who died in 1918 of the "Spanish Flu". The exhumation took place in Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen(Svalbard,Norway) during August and September 1998.

38: Organized the 1998 Defence Medical Association of Canada
Clinical Conference, Toronto 3rd October 1998.
Medical Support to UN Peacekeeping Missions

39: Instrumental in proposing a HISTORIC MARKER to commemorate the Institute of Aviation Medicine and the development of the world's first anti gravity flying suit and the human centrifuge in 1940 by Dr.Wilbur Franks in Toronto. The dedication of the plaque produced by Heritage Toronto occurred on October the third in Toronto and was directed by Dr.Lewin.

40: OXOID LECTURE 66TH Meeting of CACMID (10 Nov.1998)
Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiologists and Infectious Diseases
Frozen in time: Spanish Flu and other Diseases.

41: Invited Dinner Speaker.
May 14,1999
INVESTIGATIVE CHALLENGES OF ANCIENT MAN IN THE PAST MILLENIUM.
60th Anniversary Symposium of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Univ.of Western Ontario. London

42: EUROPEAN PALEOPATHOLOGY CONFERENCE
Chieti, Italy September 2000
Invited speaker: Human PreColumbian Carved Bone demonstrating ante-mortem trauma.

44: Invited Speaker
Windsor-Essex Infection Control and Preverntion committee
Windsor-Essex Public Health Department
THE FLU AND YOU
P.Lewin:
The 1918 Flu Revisited/Pandemic Influenza
September 13, 2000

45: Invited Speaker
Marshall McLuhan Centre, University of Toronto
Digitized Bodies:Virtual Spectacles Public Lectures(7 Nov. 2000)
My Theme: Numbers,Binary Codes and the Transistor, producing images in digital format leading to virtual reality.

46: Invited Speaker
Pathology Grand Rounds
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
January 24, 2001

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

1: The abuse of hashish in Egypt. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette, May 1957.

2: Post-operative blindness with complete recovery in a patient with sickle cell anaemia.
Brit. Med. J. 2:1373, 1962.

3: The endocrine cells of the kidney. Med. Services J. , Canada 10: 836-840, 1963

4: Cardiac myoglobin in myoglobinuria.. C. M.A. J. 94:129-131, 1966.

5: Palaeo-electronmicroscopy of mummified tissues. Nature 213:416-417, 1967.

6: Liver ultrastructural and biochemical changes in the prenephrotic stage of amnionucleoside nephrosis. Exp. Molec. Path. 8:21-33, 1968.

7: The ultrastructure of mummified skin cells. C.M.A.J. 98:1011-1012, 1968.

8: Nucleolar changes in HeLa cells in the presence of aminonucleoside.
Lab. Invest. 19:267-272, 1968.

9: Iatrogenic rickets in low-birthweight infants. J. Paediatrics 78:207-210, 1971.

10: Rapid Y chromosome identification in human blood smears. C. M.A. J. 104:925-926, 1971.

11: Fluorescent Y Screening in hospitalised newborn males. Nature 233:334, 1971.

12: Value of fluorescent Y chromosome and sex chromatin tests..
Acta Cytologica 17:220-223, 1973

13: Rapid detection of microorganisms, particularly malarial parasites, by quinacrine fluorescence. I.R.C.S. March, 1973, 26-3:-l.

14: Rapid Detection of Bacteria and Parasites using Acridine Orange Fluorescence.
I.R.C.S. (International Research Communication System) 2:1599. 1974

15: Nakht: A Weaver of Thebes, Rotunda (Royal Ontario Museum) 7,l4, 1974

16: Hair Zinc Concentrations in Children with Pica(Compulsive Soil Eaters)
Annual Reports Slowpoke Nuclear Reactor (University of Toronto) August, 1974

17: Electron Microscopy of Ancient Egyptian Skin
British Journal of Dermatology, 9 (573 -- 76) May, 1976,

18: Mummies That I Have Known -- A Paediatrician's Venture in the Field of Paleopathology
American Journal of Diseases of Children, 131 (349-350),1977

19: Computerized Axial Tomography of an Ancient Egyptian Brain I.R.C.S. (International Research Communication System) 5s78, 1977

20: Oral Cromolyn Therapy in Patients with Food Allergy. A Preliminary Report.
Annals of Allergy, 39(No. 2), 102 -- 105, August, 1977

21: Autopsy of an Egyptian Mummy: Histopathologic Investigation
C.M.A.J, 117 (1977) 470--471

23: Autopsy of an Egyptian Mummy. Electron Microscopy of
Mummified Tissue C.M.A.J. 117 (1977), 72

24: Bile Acids of a 3200 Year Old EgyptianMummy , Kuksis, Child, Mythers Marai, Yousef and Lewin Can. J. Biochem (1978) 56; 1141--1148

25: Preliminary Studies in the Extraction of Human Sounds Engraved Accidentally into Ancient Vessels
Speculation in Science and Technology (Elsevier, Holland) vol- 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1980), 337--338

26: Ultrastructural changes in the pre-nephrotic liver in experimental nephrosis.
Proc. Can. Fed. of Biol. Soc. 10:131, 1967.

27: Rapid Y chromosome identification in blood smears.
Am. J. Human Genetics 22:22a, 1970.

27: Fluorescence Y test on blood smears.
Annals Roy. Coll. Phys. & Surg. , Canada 4:37, 1971.

28: Accurate nuclear-sexing of amniotic fluid cells.
Annals Roy. Coll. Phys. & Surg, , Canada 4:60, 1971.

29: Antenatal identification of fetal sex.
Genetics Society of Canada Meeting, Quebec City. June 1971.

30: New advances in paleopathological investigations of Egyptian mummified material. Clinical Research Society of Toronto. March 1973.

31: "MUMMY" DEAREST. Clues to Ancient Maladies, Explorers Journal,
(Official quarterly of the explorers club of New York), Vol. 60, Pg. 110 - 111, Sept. 1982.

32: "NAPOLEON BONAPARTE"
No evidence of arsenic poisoning. Nature, 14 Oct 1982 :299 ,627-628

33: INFECTIOUS PEPTIDES: POSTULATED MECHANISMS OF PROTOVIRIN REPLICATION IN SCRAPIE,
C.M.A.J. (1982) 15 Sept. 127 P.471-472

34: LEWIN PK "The use of Modern Technology in Medical Archeology."
Proceedings of the round table on the Physical Anthropology of the Ancient Egyptians. Paris 1982. Bull. et Mem. de la Soc. D'anthrop. de Paris t8 Serie XIII, 1981, 339-34

35: LEWIN P.K., TROGADIS E.K. AND STEVENS J.K.
THREE DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM SERIAL X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED HEAD.
CLINICAL ANATOMY (1990) 3: 215-218.

36: LEWIN PETER K.
COMPUTERIZED RECONSTRUCTION OF FACIAL FEATURES FROM HUMAN SKULL FRAGMENTS.
IN: SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE, (THE 1990 ROLEX AWARDS) BURI (BERN)1990, 157.

37: LEWIN P.K.
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND DISCOVERIES IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ANCIENT PRESERVED MAN
In HUMAN PALEOPATHOLOGY: CURRENT SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE OPTIONS. Editors ORTNER D.J. and AUFDERHEIDE A.C. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1991. Page 90-91

38: LEWIN P.K. AND EDWARDS V.
MITOCHONDRIAL INCLUSIONS IN CREUTZFELD-JAKOB-LIKE DISEASE
LANCET 1991,337, 236-237.

39: BURNS G. and LEWIN P.K.
ECO-ARCHEOMETRY; THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN ARCHEOLOGY AND PALEOPATHOLOGY
J. of the Irish colleges of Physicians and Surgeons 1992:21(no2),98-100

40: LEWIN P.K. and McGREAL D.
ISONIAZID TOXICITY WITH CEREBELLAR ATAXIA IN A CHILD.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL(CMAJ) 1993,148, 49-50

41 : M.HUESCA, B.GOLD, P.SHERMAN,P.LEWIN AND C.LINWOOD
THERAPEUTICS USED TO ALLEVIATE PEPTIC ULCERS INHIBIT H.PYLORI RECEPTOR BINDING IN VITRO. ZBL.BAKT. (SEPT..1993) 280(NO.1-2),244-252

42: LEWIN PK
VENTURES IN PALEOPATHOLOGY-”MUMMY” RIDDLES UNRAVELLED
Germs and Ideas(Journal of the Canadian association of clinical microbiologists and Infectious disease) 1995:1,1,10-14.

43: LEWIN PK
CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN THE EXAMINATION OF ANCIENT MAN
In HUMAN MUMMIES, A global surcvey of their status and their techniques of conservation
THE MAN IN ICE SERIES, Volume 3, page9 to 14 SpringerWienNewYork 1996

44: LEWIN PK
INVESTIGATIONS 0F THE ORIGINS OF “SPANISH FLU” PANDEMIC
Paleopathology Newsletter ( September 1996) Number 95, page3-4.

45: DAVIS JL et al including LEWIN PK
GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SURVEYS TO LOCATE 1918 SPANISH FLU VICTIMS BURIED IN THE PERMAFROST
JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES (2000) 45(1), 68-76

PEER REVIEWED CORRESPONDENCE, LETTERS AND ABSTRACTS

1. Drug therapy in dysmenorrhoea . C. M. A. J. 91:5 69, 19 64.

2. Origins of asthma. Lancet 2:973, 1966.

3. Staining the Y chromosome. Lancet 1:596, 1971.

4. Pathogenesis of nephrosis. Brit. Med. J. 2:49, 1970.

5. Cataracts in chronic headbanging. Arch. of Ophthalmology. 85:768, 1971.

7. Ritual Circumcision Sequel.. Clinical Paediatrics. October 1971. 583.

8. In support of D. D. T., C. M. A. J. 10 6:13, 19 7 2.

9. SCRAPIE: ? AN INFECTIVE PEPTIDE. Lancet 1:748, 1972.

10. HOSPITAL BATTERED SYNDROME. N. E. J .M : November 1973. 104,

11. Phenytoin teratogenicity with Y chromosome variant. Lancet 1:559, 1973.

12. POSSIBLE- HEPATITIS AFTER INTRADERMAL ALLERGY SKIN TESTING. N. E. J. M. 291:533, 1974

13. Fetal sex identification without amnioncentesis.. Clinical Research Society of Toronto, May 1971.

14. Parasitic Bowel Infestation in a 3000 Year Old Mummy Clinical Research Society of Toronto, April, 1975

15. Pork Tapeworm Infestation in an Egyptian Mummy Joint Meeting of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Canadian Society of Tropical Medicine, London, May, 1975

16. Rapid Y Chromosome Screening in Evaluation of Bone Marrow Transplantation (46)
Clinical Research Society of Toronto, March 1977
.
17. Abstract: Lewin: WHOLE BODY SCAN OF AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY USING X-RAY COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY
Annual Meeting of Paleopathology Association. Paleopathology Newsletter, April, 1978.

18. "CINDERELLA SYNDROME"
C.M.A.J. (1976 ) 115, page 109

19. "Irrigation of Eyes of Newborns Following Instillation
of Silver Nitrate"
C.M.A.J., 119, page 120, 1978

20. Anaesthesia in Sickle Cell Anemia B.M.J: 1979,vol 2, page 493

21. "Cinderella Syndrome -- Coining the Term"
Am. J. Psychiatry 138: 7. page 1000, July, 1981

22. "INFECTIOUS PEPTIDES IN SLOW VIRUS INFECTIONS: A HYPOTHESIS" C.M.A.J. 124, page 1436, June 1, 1981
23: "BATTERED PARENT SYNDROME
Can Med.Ass.J. (C.M.AJ.) 1982. (15 March 1982) Vol. 126/6 pg. 593-594.
24 : "Infectious peptides (Protovirins): postulated mechanisms of replication
Annual Meeting of the Clinical Research Society of Toronto - 24 April 1982.

25: Quinacrine Skin Discolouration is Associated With Fluorescence of "Y" Chromosome in Male Cells and Malarial Parasites in Malaria (Correspondence) Pediatrics.1982:70,1015.

26: Napoleon Bonaparte : What is the real evidence of Arsenic poisoning?
10th Annual Meeting, Paleopathology Assn. Indianapolis, Indiana, 6 April 1983.

27: Canadian Woodland Indian Art.
Can.Med. Ass. J.(1983) 129: 537-538 (Correspondence)

28: Report ( Dr.P.Lewin )
Use of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Archeological specimens.
Paleopathology Newsletter (Sept. 1983) 43:9

29: "Mummy Riddles Unravelled", review of the present status of medical Archeology.
BULLETIN( Microscopical society of Canada )
May 1984 issue. Vol.12 N0:2.(4-8).

30: Lewin P.K. (Preliminary report)
D.N.A extraction from Ancient Egyptian mummified tissue using hybridization techniques to determine its viability to express its original genome (Genetic code).
Paleopathology Newsletter September 1984, Number 47 ,5.

31: Lewin P.K. (Letter)
Central Middlessex Hospital.
St.Mary's Gazette(J.of St.Mary's Hospital Medical School,London, England) october 1984,90,4.

32: Lewin P.K. (Letter)
Non adsorbed vaccine as an option.
Ontario Medical Review, November 1984,51,605-606.


33: Lewin P.K. (Letter)
Possible origin of human AIDS.
Can.Med.Ass.Journal
Vol 132 (15 May 1985), page 1110


34: Lewin.P.K. (Letter)
MUMMIFIED, FROZEN SMALLPOX: IS IT A THREAT.
J.A.M.A( Journal of the American Medical Association) 1985 (June 7 ), 253 (No.21) page 3095.

35:Lewin P.K. (Letter)
Veni-Puncture in Small Patients
Canadian Paediatric Society News Bulletin Vol.16 No:3, July 1985 page 4.

36:Lewin P.K. (Correspondence)
DISGRACEFUL NEGLECT (RELATING TO THE MENTALLY ILL IN URBAN AREAS).
Globe and Mail(Toronto) August 9,1985, page 7.

37: Lewin P.K. (Letter)
Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal failure in Sickle Cell Anaemia.
British Medical Journal 1985.291,page 413.

38: Lewin P.K. ( Correspondence)
VISNA OF SHEEP AND AIDS
South African Medical Journal 1986.70(3) page 180.

39: Lewin P.K. ( INVITED SPEAKER )
PROGRESS IN SCRAPIE RESEARCH
WORKSHOP:AGRICULTURE CANADA SHEEP RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Ottawa 10-11dec.1986.

40: Lewin P.K.
A UNIQUE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFIED HEAD, DEMONSTRATING REMOVAL OF BRAIN FROM FORAMEN MAGNUM.
Paleopathology Newsletter 1987.(March 1987) 57, Page 12-13.

41: Lewin P.K. (Letter to the Editor)
CANADA'S LOW BIRTH RATE
Globe and Mail, Toronto. 30 April 1987,Page 6A.

42: Lewin P.K.
STEREOSCAN IMAGES FROM COMPOSITE "CAT" SCANS.
PALEOPATHOLOGY NEWSLETTER, JUNE 1987.
" Papers presented at the 14th Annual Meeting, New York, April 1987, Page 17.

43: Lewin P.K. (Correspondence).
Psychiatry and the Law, Changing attitudes.
Ontario Medical Review, September 1987, Vol.54(9)47.

44 Lewin P.K. (Correspondence).
FIRST STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES FROM CT RECONSTRUCTION OF MUMMIES.
American J. of Roentgenology(AJR), December 1988,151,1249.


45: Lewin P.K. (Correspondence).
CHARITY SHOULD FIRST BEGIN AT HOME.
Globe and Mail, Toronto, December 8, 1988.(A4).

46: LEWIN P.K. (CORRESPONDENCE).
SCRAPIE AND HUMAN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE.
CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL MAY1, (1990) 142(9) 928.

47: LEWIN P.K. LETTER
UNTENABLE RESEARCH
(Questionable research on the African Pygmy.)
EQUINOX MAGAZINE (CANADA) July/August 1990,52,11.

48: LEWIN P.K. CORRESPONDENCE
DIAGNOSIS USING ACRIDINE ORANGE STAINING.
THE CANDIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1990:1, NO3, 127


49: LEWIN P.K. (Letter )
PNEUMONITIS FOLLOWING INGESTION OF "SAFE" HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS.
PAEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE 1991:7(2),125


50 : LEWIN PK AND EDWARDS V (LETTER)
MITOCHONDRIAL INCLUSIONS AND CREUTZFELD-JACOB DISEASE
LANCET 1991,337, 923.

51 : LEWIN PK (LETTER)
CAUTION URGED IN USE OF RESTRAINTS
CAN.MED.ASS.J. 1991, 145 ,12-13

52: LEWIN P.K. ( CORRESPONDENCE).
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY 1993;150:11,1754-1755

53: LEWIN P.K. (LETTER)
NON-EPILEPTIC ATTACK DISORDER,PSYCHOSEIZURES AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL 1994;70:595

54: LEWIN P.K. (LETTER)
POLYPHARMACY
CAN.J.CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 1994;1:86

55: PETER LEWIN (LETTER)
BONEY'S HAIR
NEW SCIENTIST (UK) 20 October 1994;144(No:1949):71

56: PETER K.LEWIN (correspondence)
DEATH IN A RESTRAINT JACKET
CAN.MED.ASS J.(CMAJ) 1995;152:14

57: LEWIN PK(Letter)
SYPHILIS AND 1492
NEJM 1995:332,1176

58: LEWIN PK ( Correspondence )
IMMIGRANTS “INADEQUATELY” SCREENED FOR DISEASE
The Medical Post (Canada) 1996,32(13)April 2,page 18

59: LEWIN PK
INVESTIGATIONS 0F THE ORIGINS OF “SPANISH FLU” PANDEMIC
Paleopathology Newsletter ( September 1996) Number 95, page3-4

60:LEWIN PK ( Letter to the Editor)
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH
Globe and Mail (Toronto) Saturday, December 28, 1996 D9

61:LEWIN PK (Correspondence)
‘ OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER’
Medical Post 1997, January 14.Page13

62: LEWIN PK (CORRESPONDENCE)
PSYCHIATRIC CUTBACKS
Globe and Mail(Toronto) Wednesday, March 5,1997 A14

63:LEWIN PK
PLIGHT OF MENTALLY ILL A NATIONAL DISGRACE
Toronto Star Friday, October 24, 1997, A 29

63: LEWIN PK (Correspondence)
BSE,VARIANT CJD AND INFECTIOUS PROTEINS
Can.. Medical Assn.J. CMAJ1988,159,302-303

64: LEWIN PK (Correspondence)
NAPOLEON DID NOT DIE OF ARSENIC POISONIONG
(Can.) THE MEDICAL POST 19 DEC,98 PAGES 302-303

65:`LEWIN PK (Reviewer)
Making Faces using Forensic and Archeological Evidence
John Prag and Richard Neave
The Explorers Journal (New York) 1998,76(1) 34-35

66: LEWIN PK (Abstract)
Invited Speaker
National Symposium on Sheep Research and Technology Transfer
Guelph, Ontario Oct.1997
THE NEED FOR A RAPID SCREENING TEST FOR SCRAPIE
Proceedings of the National Symposium, October 1997,104.

67: LEWIN PK ( CORRESPONDENCE)
THE USE AND ABUSE OF RESTRAINTS
Can.. Medical Assn.J. CMAJ 1998; 159(10):1239

68:LEWIN PK (CORRESPONDENCE)
TEMPORARY HENNA TATTOO WITH PERMANENT SCARIFICATION
Can.Medical Assn.J CMAJ 1999; 160(3):310

69: LEWIN P (CORRESPONDENCE0
MOTEL KIDS SYNDROME
Can.Medical Assn.J CMAJ 1999;161:17

70: Dr Peter Lewin
1918 Flu virus
Canadian Living, magazine , October 2000, page92

 

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