History of medicine

Uncovers a powerful relationship between pathology and money: beginning in the nineteenth century, the severity of mental illness was measured against a patient's economic productivity.

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), who has been described as "e;the most original figure in American psychiatry"e;.

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), who has been described as "e;the most original figure in American psychiatry"e;.

"e;Paris is the centre of the cult,"e; wrote Robert Hichens in Felix, his 1902 novel on the rising number of morphine addictions in Europe.

The project to create a 'New Man' and 'New Woman' initiated in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc constituted one of the most extensive efforts to remake human psychophysiology in modern history.

Acht fast 200 Jahre alte homöopathische Haus- und Taschenapotheken, die bisher alle Hahnemann zugeschrieben wurden, stehen im Zentrum dieser Arbeit.

Exploring 18th-century medicine's construction of individuals with non-standard sexual anatomy as hermaphrodites , this book focuses on the genre of the case history from three different languages and national contexts-British, French, and German.

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.

Highlights local history to tell a national story about the evolution of the women's health movement, illuminating the struggles and successes of bringing feminist dreams into clinical spaces.

Vital to the acceptance of medical women was the willingness of patients - largely women and children - to be treated by them.

Lange Zeit hat man in Louis Appia einfach "einen der Gründer des Internationalen Roten Kreuzes" gesehen.

Women came through the doors at a community-based birthing center in the South Bronx seeking prenatal care.

This book explores the connection between melodrama and medicine from multiple perspectives.

Discover the captivating history of medicine through the all-encompassing lenses of a large language model (GPT-4).

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From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

The first book to map William James's preoccupation with medical ideas, concerns, and values across the breadth of his work.

First published in 1966, The Manor House Hospital is a short history of the hospital, from its difficult early days to its modern avatar with operating theatres, spacious and airy wards, comfortable waiting rooms, and all other appurtenances which were often lacking in other institutions.

Starting with a brief history of western naval medical care from the ancient Greeks and proceeding to modern times, this book chronicles the evolution of the Navy's first west coast hospital, the Mare Island Naval Hospital, as it grew from a "e;palatial"e; but primitive facility in the 1860s to the Navy's premier amputee center for Marines and sailors returning from the brutal Pacific war.

James Parsons' work "e;A Mechanical and Critical Enquiry into the Nature of Hermaphrodites"e; can be seen as a pioneering text in the study of hermaphroditism.

There is a long history of inventing illness, such as pretending to be sick for attention or accusing others of being ill.

There is a long history of inventing illness, such as pretending to be sick for attention or accusing others of being ill.

A murder in Main Quad, a near demise high on Mont Blanc, the lady who survived hanging and became a celebrity, Lord Nuffield's dreadful visits to the dentist, and the surgeon who operated on his own hernia using strychnine: all pointers to medical mysteries and advances.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

Fritz Hartmann gilt neben Rudolf Schoen als geistiger Vater der 1965 eröffneten Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (MHH); er war ihr erster gewählter Rektor und der langjährige Direktor ihrer rheumatologischen Abteilung.

Die Kölner Universitätsmedizin war in der NS-Zeit an Unrecht und Verbrechen beteiligt.

600 Jahre Medizin an der Universität Rostock sind ein schöner Anlass auf ihre Geschichte zurückzuschauen.

This book comprehensively reviews the 10 most influential epidemics in history, going beyond morbid accounts of symptoms and statistics to tell the often forgotten stories of what made these epidemics so calamitous.

Uncovers a powerful relationship between pathology and money: beginning in the nineteenth century, the severity of mental illness was measured against a patient's economic productivity.

This book provides a broad overview of diagnostic pathology, integrating historical perspectives with the current practice of diagnostic pathology across various sub-fields such as surgical pathology,  cytopathology, autopsy and forensic pathology, neuropathology and more.

This book explores the connection between melodrama and medicine from multiple perspectives.

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great's (c.

Emerging in colonial India, the fitness fad that was Indian Club Swinging became a global exercise practice in the early 19th century.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great's (c.

This book provides a broad overview of diagnostic pathology, integrating historical perspectives with the current practice of diagnostic pathology across various sub-fields such as surgical pathology,  cytopathology, autopsy and forensic pathology, neuropathology and more.

From the earliest days of medicine to the present, case reports have been a critical aspect of clinical education and knowledge development.

The first book to show how the concept of bodily organs emerged and how ancient tools influenced conceptualizations of human anatomy and its operations.

First published in 1966, The Manor House Hospital is a short history of the hospital, from its difficult early days to its modern avatar with operating theatres, spacious and airy wards, comfortable waiting rooms, and all other appurtenances which were often lacking in other institutions.

A spectacularly illustrated history of an enigmatic surgical diagramThe Wound Mana medical diagram depicting a figure fantastically pierced by weapons and ravaged by injuries and diseaseswas reproduced widely across the medieval and early modern globe.

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient worldThe second-century Greek physician Galenthe most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocratesis a central figure in Western medicine.

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient worldThe second-century Greek physician Galenthe most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocratesis a central figure in Western medicine.

The virus that changed how we think about cancer and its culprits-and the vaccine that changed how we talk about sex and its risks.