History of medicine

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns.

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same.

The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed.

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed.

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same.

The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964.

In this riveting narrative, Barron H.

In this riveting narrative, Barron H.

Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all.

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present.

How does the brain work?

Locura y civilización es una obra que reconstruye la significación cultural, médica y social que ha adquirido la locura en distintas civilizaciones a lo largo del tiempo.

How does the brain work?

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present.

A riveting account, at once a reconstruction of the race to find a cure, a history of bubonic plague, and an investigation into the threat of plague today Plague.

Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all.

Hilarious miscellany of sex advice throughout the ages from seven-week long Balinese foreplay and Victorian Viagra to swinging tips from the 1970s.

From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper - legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great 'Herbal'.

The number of wounded in the First World War was unprecedented, and inadequate military planning presented the medical and voluntary community with huge and daunting challenges.

Depression is an experience known to millions.

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata.

Diabetes is a disease with a fascinating history and one that has been growing dramatically with urbanization.

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata.

Diabetes is a disease with a fascinating history and one that has been growing dramatically with urbanization.

A beautifully illustrated history of Britain's most revered and valued institution: the NHS.

A beautifully illustrated history of Britain's most revered and valued institution: the NHS.

Depression is an experience known to millions.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer-Preisträger und Autor des Bestsellers ›Der König aller Krankheiten: Krebs – eine Biographie‹, fragt sich in seinem TED Book, welchen Gesetzen die Medizin gehorcht.

Este volumen nos introduce históricamente en la relación entre medicina y filosofía, detalla la utilidad de una para la otra y analiza los problemas a medio camino entre la ciencia médica y la filosofía, como el concepto de persona, la dialéctica cuerpo-alma, la ética que propone la medicina, la neuroética o la muerte.

"He escrito este libro para mirar de cerca la profesión a la que me dedico y tal vez con la esperanza de despertar el interés del lector, ya que trato temas como la enfermedad y el sufrimiento que, tarde o temprano, nos afectarán a todos.

Die Neurowissenschaftlerin Cécile Vogt (1875–1962) gehört – wie Marie Curie oder Liese Meitner – zu den wichtigen Wegbereiterinnen für Frauenkarrieren in der Naturwissenschaft.

Segunda edicion de la biografia de Santiago Ramon y Cajal (Petilla de Aragon 1852-Madrid 1934), que ha sido sin lugar a dudas el mayor prestigio cientifico de Espana.

Es wird die generalistische Pflegeausbildung, explizit der pädiatrische Ausbildungsteil, in der ersten Ausbildungshälfte betrachtet.

Studies the burgeoning field of psychohistory - from Freud, its primogenitor, to its present-day academic practitioners - and argues that little, if any, psychohistory is good history.

The New York Times BestsellerThe triumphant story of three courageous women who become the first female doctors.

Every day millions of people take psychiatric drugs.

A study of how doctors and surgeons treated the brutal injuries and illnesses suffered by medieval combatants.

Every day millions of people take psychiatric drugs.

His family survived famine-ravaged Ireland in the 1850s.

There can be little doubt that the Romans experienced many of the illnesses that are still encountered today, and individuals have always had to decide how best to deal with their health-related concerns.

Exceptional tales of emancipation and evolution at the birth of the modern era.

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later - one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.