Im spaten achtzehnten Jahrhundert gelang der britischen Marine ein beispielloser medizinischer Triumph: Durch die strikte Ausgabe von frischem Zitrussaft wurde der todliche Skorbut scheinbar fur immer von den Weltmeeren verbannt.
In the dimly lit laboratories of the nineteenth century, scientists faced a profound barrier: the human brain was a gelatinous, featureless mass under a microscope.
The British Navy famously conquered the devastating plague of scurvy in the eighteenth century by mandating daily rations of citrus juice, seemingly solving maritime medicine's greatest mystery.
Originally published in 1973, Thomas Szasz's collection of aphorisms, definitions and maxims strikes at the heart of confusion, mystification and humbug, in the areas of human relations, language, thought and psychiatry.
For centuries forced confinement, cruel 'cures', political repression and ritualized personal degradation have all been rationalized and justified by appeals to the dogmas of psychiatry.
Originally published in 1973, Thomas Szasz's collection of aphorisms, definitions and maxims strikes at the heart of confusion, mystification and humbug, in the areas of human relations, language, thought and psychiatry.
In April 1955, the United States celebrated the ultimate medical triumph: Jonas Salk had developed a vaccine that would finally eradicate the terror of polio.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
For centuries forced confinement, cruel 'cures', political repression and ritualized personal degradation have all been rationalized and justified by appeals to the dogmas of psychiatry.
This work explores the interconnectivity of Southern Appalachia with other regions of the United States through a historical examination of nearly 40 health resorts that once operated in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
For centuries, the brightest medical minds in the world believed that diseases like cholera, the plague, and malaria were caused by "e;miasma"e;-a toxic, foul-smelling vapor emanating from rotting organic matter.
Die Erbforscher Heinrich Poll, Gunther Just und Fritz Steiniger haben vor und wahrend der NS-Zeit umfangreich publiziert, sind jedoch bisher wenig beachtet worden.
Plague, the epidemic disease whose ravages are the subject of this book, originally published in 1985, was both a personal affliction and a social calamity.
Plague, the epidemic disease whose ravages are the subject of this book, originally published in 1985, was both a personal affliction and a social calamity.
Diabetes Ancient and Modern: The Evolution of Diabetes as a Metabolic Disease is written for patients, families, carers, and health professionals to provide a historical understanding of advances in the treatment of this serious disease.
This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
Diabetes Ancient and Modern: The Evolution of Diabetes as a Metabolic Disease is written for patients, families, carers, and health professionals to provide a historical understanding of advances in the treatment of this serious disease.
Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) is recognized as an accomplished botanist but, as author Graeme Menzies has discovered, that is only a part of his story.
It is generally known that the most important medical contributions to the world have been made by scientists from the UK, Northern Europe, America, and Italy.
It is generally known that the most important medical contributions to the world have been made by scientists from the UK, Northern Europe, America, and Italy.
Schlafwandeln fasziniert Menschen damals wie heute als Grenzphanomen zwischen Schlafen und Wachsein, Traum und Realitat, Genialitat und gefahrlichem Wahnsinn.
Schlafwandeln fasziniert Menschen damals wie heute als Grenzphanomen zwischen Schlafen und Wachsein, Traum und Realitat, Genialitat und gefahrlichem Wahnsinn.
Early Modern Bodies is a wide-ranging and detailed introduction to a variety of different approaches to and perspectives on bodies in the early modern period, circa 1500-1750.