Despite the immense literature on the social history of industrialization and workers' political movements, there had been virtually no published work on the social history of health hazards and of work-related diseases.
First published in 1968, The Development of Socio-Medical Care in the Netherlands examines the evolution of socio-medical provision in the Netherlands.
First published in 1968, The Development of Socio-Medical Care in the Netherlands examines the evolution of socio-medical provision in the Netherlands.
Despite the immense literature on the social history of industrialization and workers' political movements, there had been virtually no published work on the social history of health hazards and of work-related diseases.
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves to develop students' historical sensibilities, as well as their critical thinking, critical reading skills and their ability to perform historical document analysis.
Die Erbforscher Heinrich Poll, Günther Just und Fritz Steiniger haben vor und während der NS-Zeit umfangreich publiziert, sind jedoch bisher wenig beachtet worden.
Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports readers in making sense of the material themselves to develop students' historical sensibilities, as well as their critical thinking, critical reading skills and their ability to perform historical document analysis.
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.
Discover Spain’s Hidden Legacy in Global MedicineThe history of modern medicine is often told through the achievements of scientists from the UK, Northern Europe, the United States, and Italy.
Discover Spain’s Hidden Legacy in Global MedicineThe history of modern medicine is often told through the achievements of scientists from the UK, Northern Europe, the United States, 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.
This book offers a critical historical analysis of the People’s Health Movement in West Bengal, India, situating it within the broader context of health policy and public health developments in the region.
This book offers a critical historical analysis of the People’s Health Movement in West Bengal, India, situating it within the broader context of health policy and public health developments in the region.
By focusing on the politics of disability as a pillar of Czechoslovak identity, The Politics of Disability in Interwar and Socialist Czechoslovakia: Segregating in the Name of the Nation reflects upon the vicissitudes of nation building over the twentieth century that led to extreme forms of institutional violence against minorities, mainly the Roma, such as forced sterilization.
This book examines the environment and society of North Africa during the late Roman period (fourth and fifth centuries CE) through the writings of Helvius Vindicianus, Theodorus Priscianus, Caelius Aurelianus, and Cassius Felix.
This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge.
By focusing on the politics of disability as a pillar of Czechoslovak identity, The Politics of Disability in Interwar and Socialist Czechoslovakia: Segregating in the Name of the Nation reflects upon the vicissitudes of nation building over the twentieth century that led to extreme forms of institutional violence against minorities, mainly the Roma, such as forced sterilization.
What can anthropological and folkloristic approaches to food, gender, and medicine tell us about these topics in the Middle Ages beyond the textual evidence itself?
