History of medicine

The history of medicine in the United States military.

This book examines the historical experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals facing discrimination in the early 20th-century military before same-sex acts were explicitly illegal.

Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art.

Tony Seed, Gilbert Thompson, Jackie Downs and John MacDermot at the book's launch in LondonThis book brings together in one volume fifteen Nobel Prize-winning discoveries that have had the greatest impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine during the 20th century and up to the present time.

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

The precepts laid down are the result of the experience acquired in the war in the Peninsula, from the first battle of Rolia in 1808, to the last in Belgium, of Waterloo in 1815They have been the means of saving the lives, and of relieving, if not even of preventing, the miseries of thousands of our fellow-creatures throughout the civilized world.

Throughout history, medical science has been at the helm of human development, from Neanderthals stitching their wounds with bone needles to modern organ transplantation.

"e;This eye-opening journey through centuries of medical care on the battlefield is a fascinating read.

For as long as there have been vaccines, there have been those who oppose them.

For as long as there have been vaccines, there have been those who oppose them.

Medical knowledge manifests in materials, and materials are integral to the reproduction of medical knowledge.

Medical knowledge manifests in materials, and materials are integral to the reproduction of medical knowledge.

Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals the pervasive extent of that complicity.

The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European political structures and national identities.

During the First World War, the Jewish population of Central Europe was politically, socially, and experientially diverse, to an extent that resists containment within a simple historical narrative.

An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth centuryScurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal.

A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine.

Antibiotics are familiar drugs to us all, so familiar that we may take them for granted.

Biotechnology harnesses cellular and biochemical systems to advance knowledge of the molecular cause of disease and to provide new diagnostic tools and more precisely targeted drugs.

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears.

Benedictow's magisterial study draws on records from across Europe to throw light on the nature of the disease, its origin, spread, mortality, and its impact on history.

Examines medical history in northern Europe from 1850 to 2015 and sheds new light on the circulation of medical knowledge in that regionThe Baltic Sea region in northern Europe, with its history of multiple cultural and social transformations, as well as mixture of national and regional scientific styles, has lately attracted much attention from scholars of various disciplines.

Examining the history of arterial repair, Of Life and Limb investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption ofa new operation.

Examining the history of arterial repair, Of Life and Limb investigates the process of surgical innovation by exploring the social, technological, institutional, and martial dynamics shaping the introduction and adoption ofa new operation.

The Book of Margery Kempe set in the context of medieval medical discourse.

Winner of the Best First Monograph from the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME) 2021.

Examines the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry during a period of national regeneration, demonstrating how sociopolitical negotiations can shape psychiatric professionalizationReasoning against Madness: Psychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 examines the emergence of Brazilian psychiatry, looking at how its practitioners fashioned themselves as the key architects in the project ofnational regeneration.

Examining the complex dynamics of medical treatment options and the variable character of surgical technologies, this volume broadens and transcends the notion of technological innovation.

Examines the impact and importance of the health education film in Europe and North America in the first half of the twentieth century.

The post-World War II era was a tumultuous period in the world of psychiatry.

The post-World War II era was a tumultuous period in the world of psychiatry.

In Middle Eastern and Islamic societies, the politics of sexual knowledge is a delicate and often controversial subject.

How did the Victorians view mental illness?

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war.

How did the Victorians view mental illness?

The Crimean War (1853-1856) was the first modern war.

Devastating epidemics of untreatable smallpox caused not only deaths but dire disfigurements of face and body as well as one third of all blindness.

';Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

Of the many medical specializations to transform themselves during the rise of National Socialism, anatomy has received relatively little attention from historians.

This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice.

This volume, published in honour of Egyptologist Professor Rosalie David OBE, presents the latest research on three of the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation: mummies, magic and medical practice.

This book examines the formation of colonial social identities inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New Zealand.

This is the first book devoted to the cultural history in the pre-modern period of people we now describe as having learning disabilities.

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

The First World War was the first 'total war'.

This book examines the formation of colonial social identities inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New Zealand.

This is the first book devoted to the cultural history in the pre-modern period of people we now describe as having learning disabilities.

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

Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive 'treatment' for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them.