Galenism, a rational, coherent medical system embracing all health and disease related matters, was the dominant medical doctrine in the Latin West during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
The opening studies in this volume, on the revival of Galenic medicine in Continental Europe, provide the context for its focus - England in the 17th century.
Jerry Stannard assembled a legendary collection of materials on the history of botany from Homer to Linnaeus, and his mastery of the field was acknowledged as incomparable.
The theme of this book is the growth of the European tradition of medical theory, from the early Middle Ages until its collapse in the seventeenth century.
Originally published in 1987, reissued here with a new preface, this book presented a history of the Queen's Nursing Institute on the occasion of the centenary of its founding in 1887.
This monograph presents a detailed analysis of the beginning and rapid establishment of blood group research in the first half of the twentieth century.
This monograph presents a detailed analysis of the beginning and rapid establishment of blood group research in the first half of the twentieth century.
Jerry Stannard assembled a legendary collection of materials on the history of botany from Homer to Linnaeus, and his mastery of the field was acknowledged as incomparable.
Die Frage nach der staatlichen Verantwortung für das Gesundheitswesen wird angesichts der Privatisierung vieler Krankenhäuser und Medizinischer Versorgungszentren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland bis heute intensiv diskutiert.
This new edition of Viral Pandemics illuminates how the increasing emergence of novel viruses has combined with intensifying global interconnectedness to create an escalating spiral of viral disease.
The articles in The World of the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800 describe the activities of people living on the coasts of the Indian Ocean, generously defined, during the early modern period.
In this collection of seven major essays (one of them published here for the first time), Monica Green argues that a history of women's healthcare in medieval western Europe has not yet been written because it cannot yet be written - the vast majority of texts relating to women's healthcare have never been edited or studied.
This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius' (1514-1564) De humani corporis fabrica.
This monograph presents a study of the most significant book in the history of anatomy, Fleming Andreas Vesalius' (1514-1564) De humani corporis fabrica.
Embryology Explained is an essential guide for medical students and residents, enriched with original illustrations by Dr Thomas Newman that navigate the complexities of embryonic development.
The essays examine how the study of facial features or expressions as indicative of character or ethnicity, has evolved from the crossroad of magic, religion and primitive medicine to present-day cultural concern for wellness and beauty.
Germs and governance brings together leading historians, practitioners and policy makers to consider the past, present and future of hospital infection control.
At the beginning of the 19th century, physicians teaching anatomy in New England medical schools expected students to have hands-on experience with cadavers.
Diese studentische Projektarbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Mordaktionen an psychisch Kranken und behinderten Menschen in der psychiatrischen Anstalt Meseritz-Obrawalde (Pommern) in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus.
British sleeping sickness control in colonial Uganda and Tanzania became a powerful mechanism for environmental and social engineering that defined and delineated African landscapes, reordered African mobility and access to resources.
For surgeons, physicians, and anatomists involved in the management and study of disorders of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas, eponyms are part of everyday communication.
Murky waters challenges the refined image of spa towns in eighteenth-century Britain by unveiling darker and more ambivalent contemporary representations.
Eine optimale Betreuung am Lebensende erfordert einen engen Austausch zwischen Medizin, Pflege, dem psychosozialen Bereich, der Seelsorge und allen anderen beteiligten Berufsgruppen.
