History of medicine

The seventeenth century witnessed profound reforms in the way French cities administered poor relief and charitable health care.

Physick and the family offers new insights into the early modern sickness experience, through a study of the medical history of Wales.

Presents the historical process by which statistics became the language for health institutions working in China, Taiwan, and the World.

Feminist mental health activism in England, c.

In the course of the 20th century, cancer went from being perceived as a white woman's nemesis to a "e;democratic disease"e; to a fearsome threat in communities of color.

Originally published 1995 The Making of Man-Midwifery looks at how the eighteenth century witnessed a revolution in childbirth practices.

The first critical book on "e;appropriate technology,"e; Developing to Scale shows how global health came to be understood as a problem to be solved with the right technical interventions.

The British Pharmacopoeia has provided official standards for the quality of substances, medicinal products and articles used in medicine since its first publication in 1864.

An exceptional showcase of interdisciplinary research, Critical Inquiries for Social Justice in Mental Health presents various critical theories, methodologies, and methods for transforming mental health research and fostering socially-just mental health practices.

The maintenance of human health and the mechanisms by which this is achieved - through medicine, medical intervention and care-giving - are fundamentals of human societies.

The contents of the letters published here, again show the great range of subjects that occupied Van Leeuwenhoek: from sugar candy, the shape and crystal structure of diamonds, the dissolution of silver crystals in aqua fortis to gold dust from Guinea dissolved in aqua regia and the dissolution and separation of gold, silver, and copper.

This book follows the lives of female Jewish refugees who fled Nazi persecution and became nurses.

This book is an annotated translation of Xu Shuwei's (1080-1154) collection of 90 medical case records - Ninety Discussions of Cold Damage Disorders (shanghan jiushi lun ?

Between the years 1918 and1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans.

Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British society's response to the threat of disease.

Born at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

Accessible and up-to-date introduction to the legacy of Hippocrates, the man and the writings attributed to him.

The history of sex education enables us to gain valuable insights into the cultural constructions of what different societies have defined as 'normal' sexuality and sexual health.

Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions.

Malaria and Rome is the first comprehensive study of malaria in ancient Italy since the research of the distinguished Italian malariologist Angelo Celli in the early twentieth century.

Written by a public health practitioner and a medical historian, Viral Pandemics explores the terrifying world of viruses as the cause of all acute pandemics since 1900, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the Unites States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold.

Originally published in 1980, this book explores how the NHS confronts perennial stresses and problems, considering in particular the allocation of the scarce resources within the health service.

How did skilled nursing practice develop to become an essential part of the modern health system?

One of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal laws and truths that would help illuminate the workings of the universe.

In 1918 the Spanish flu epidemic swept the world and killed an estimated 20 to 40 million people in just one year, more than the number that died during the four years of the First World War.

This is a complete, medically reliable dictionary of congenital malformations and disorders.

Patients with advanced cancer may develop a number of clinical complications related to tumor progression or a variety of aggressive treatments.

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A major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine.

This fascinating guide to medical education introduces the reader to the historical development of this important subject through 100 powerful images from the prestigious Wellcome Library Collection that highlight key figures in the field and innovations that have taken place, not just in the recent past but over the centuries.

Melancholy is rightly taken to be a central topic of concern in early modern culture, and it continues to generate scholarly interest among historians of medicine, literature, psychiatry and religion.

Originally published in 1980, this book focusses attention on various aspects of disease ecology.

This book traces the historical roots of psychology''s ''developmental idea'' back to Christian beliefs from the past two millennia.

A compassionate, honest, and illuminating look at the dying process .

Using contemporary theories drawn from health humanities, this volume analyses the nature and effects of disability, medicine, and health discourse in a variety of early Christian literature.

Even for the most experienced healthcare professional, managing the last few days of life can be difficult.

Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including such things as the community, Poor Law authorities, local government and the voluntary sector.

The Enlightenment period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789, is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality.

Mining a series of previously uncharted conversations springing up in 16th- and 17th-century popular medicine and culture, this study explores early modern England's significant and sustained interest in the hysterical diseases of women.

The world's leading source of evidence-based guidance on caring for patients at the end of life.

Originally published in 1985, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of mental health policy and practice in the USA during the latter part of the 20th Century by focussing on 3 main themes: political-economic structures, the pitfalls of professionalism and institutional obstacles to adequate care.

In Trying to Give Ease, John K.

The history of medicine in the United States military.

During the First World War, delousing became routine for soldiers and civilians following the recent discovery that the louse carried typhus germs.

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Sexually transmitted infections remain a global health concern with the World Health Organization reporting over 340 million new cases of bacterial and protozoal STI every year, worldwide.

Over five centuries, a global archipelago of quarantine stations came to connect the world's oceans from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific, from Atlantic coasts to the Red Sea.