Winner of the Radomir Luza Prize, German Studies Association and The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, 2024Chosen for the George L.
Winner of the Radomir Luza Prize, German Studies Association and The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance, 2024Chosen for the George L.
In eighteenth-century Britain the worlds of literature and medicine were closely intertwined, and a diverse group of people participated in the circulation of medical knowledge.
Ein Buch für Frauen und Männer, in den mittleren bis höheren Lebensjahren, für die die Prostata des Mannes plötzlich und unerwartet ein wichtiges körperliches Thema sein wird.
In eighteenth-century Britain the worlds of literature and medicine were closely intertwined, and a diverse group of people participated in the circulation of medical knowledge.
Medicinal plants and the natural products within them, still remain the starting point for breakthroughs in the development of safe, pharmacologically active synthetic molecules for use in a wide variety of clinical situations.
In ›Die Erfindung der Prä-Astronautik‹ nimmt der Autor den Leser mit auf eine fesselnde Reise durch die faszinierende Geschichte und Entwicklung einer der kontroversesten Ideen des 20.
As an exciting, challenging, and for some, repulsive, novelty and phenomenon, the medical woman was fictionalised swiftly in the second half of the nineteenth century.
The book examines inebriety from a wide range of angles: although that caused by alcohol is the main focus, he also explores use of opium (popular at the time), tobacco, nitrous oxide, and also other various poisons, such as hemlock, "e;bangue"e; (cannabis), foxglove and nightshade.
Mit der Angliederung des Zahnärztlichen Instituts an die Universität Bern im Jahr 1921 begann ein langes Ringen um die Stellung des Fachs innerhalb der Hochschule und der Medizinischen Fakultät.
The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds, written by the foremost expert on the subject, has been updated to incorporate the many new discoveries made in the field over the past decade.
This book charts the journey of British General Practitioners (GPs) towards professional self-realisation through the development of a political consciousness manifested in a series of bruising encounters with government.
This book charts the journey of British General Practitioners (GPs) towards professional self-realisation through the development of a political consciousness manifested in a series of bruising encounters with government.
Within the framework of a global political and sanitarian crisis that broke out in March 2020, this book proposes a new contemporary look at the great pandemic of the 20th century, the Spanish flu of 1918-1919.
Within the framework of a global political and sanitarian crisis that broke out in March 2020, this book proposes a new contemporary look at the great pandemic of the 20th century, the Spanish flu of 1918-1919.
En una investigación que cubre cien años de nuestra historia republicana, Catalina Saldaña nos revela de manera elocuente y rigurosamente documentada, el reconocimiento de la sífilis, el seguimiento de los casos y el registro de una práctica clínica estricta, la puesta en práctica de tratamiento curativos y preventivos, el debate en torno a la literatura internacional y su confrontación con los casos locales.
"e;Recommended for high-school students as an introduction to the topic, and to general readers interested in browsing brief but fascinating medical history.
In diesem Buch wird die Kunsttherapie, ein spezifisches Instrument zur Erhaltung der Gesundheit im Bereich der affektiven Entwicklung, der Rehabilitation, der Motorik und der kognitiven Funktionen, eingehend analysiert und diskutiert.
Mit der Angliederung des Zahnärztlichen Instituts an die Universität Bern im Jahr 1921 begann ein langes Ringen um die Stellung des Fachs innerhalb der Hochschule und der Medizinischen Fakultät.
The third edition of this magisterial account of medicine in the Greek and Roman worlds, written by the foremost expert on the subject, has been updated to incorporate the many new discoveries made in the field over the past decade.
This book traces the career of pioneering South African plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Jack Penn, from its beginnings during the Second World War.
Canadian Literature and Medicine breaks new ground by formulating a series of frameworks with which to read and interpret a national literature derived from the very fabric of that literature - in this case Canadian.
Canadian Literature and Medicine breaks new ground by formulating a series of frameworks with which to read and interpret a national literature derived from the very fabric of that literature - in this case Canadian.
This three-volume set provides a comprehensive yet concise global exploration of health and medicine from ancient times to the present day, helping readers to trace the development of concepts and practices around the world.
Although the history of epilepsy, one of the most common serious neurological disorders, can easily be traced back to ancient times, the modern understanding of the disease only began in the middle of the 19th century.
This study adds to the small but growing literature on Black health history--the rise of hospital care and hospital services provided to Blacks from the antebellum era to the integration era, a period of some 150 years.
