History of medicine

This important collection of Margaret Pelling's essays brings together her key studies of health, medicine and poverty in Tudor and Stuart England - including a number published here for the first time.

This important collection of Margaret Pelling's essays brings together her key studies of health, medicine and poverty in Tudor and Stuart England - including a number published here for the first time.

This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era.

This book is about the ethics of nursing and midwifery, and how these were abrogated during the Nazi era.

This wide-ranging yet detailed study describes and assesses the many-faceted cultural achievement of an area remote from Athens, the Dorian islands.

This wide-ranging yet detailed study describes and assesses the many-faceted cultural achievement of an area remote from Athens, the Dorian islands.

From their beginnings as the asylum attendants of the 19th century, mental health nurses have come a long way.

From their beginnings as the asylum attendants of the 19th century, mental health nurses have come a long way.

This volume explores the variable meanings and discourses of historical and contemporary pandemics to rethink theories and practices of planetary health.

It wasn't only combat that killed during the Civil War!

It wasn't only combat that killed during the Civil War!

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

In this book, public health ethicist Daniel S.

A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day.

A History of the Brain tells the full story of neuroscience, from antiquity to the present day.

Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men.

Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men.

Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups have led historians and social scientists to engage with the issue of the medical complaint.

Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups have led historians and social scientists to engage with the issue of the medical complaint.

This volume on medical tourism includes contributions by anthropologists and historians on a variety of health-seeking modes of travel and leisure.

This volume on medical tourism includes contributions by anthropologists and historians on a variety of health-seeking modes of travel and leisure.

This innovative volume analyzes the historical entanglement of gender, technosciences, and government/governance.

England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the use of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly two-hundred years behind other European authorities.

England has traditionally been understood as a latecomer to the use of forensic medicine in death investigation, lagging nearly two-hundred years behind other European authorities.

A key volume on a central aspect of the history of medicine and its social relations, The History of Healthcare in Public and Private examines how the modernisation of healthcare resulted in a wide variety of changing social arrangements in both public and private spheres.

A key volume on a central aspect of the history of medicine and its social relations, The History of Healthcare in Public and Private examines how the modernisation of healthcare resulted in a wide variety of changing social arrangements in both public and private spheres.

The Hippocratic Corpus comprises some sixty medical works of varying length, style and content.

The Hippocratic Corpus comprises some sixty medical works of varying length, style and content.

This volume examines early modern representations of women's reproductive knowledge through new readings of plays, monstrous birth pamphlets, medical treatises, court records, histories, and more, which are often interpreted as depicting female reproductive bodies as passive, silenced objects of male control and critique.

This volume examines early modern representations of women's reproductive knowledge through new readings of plays, monstrous birth pamphlets, medical treatises, court records, histories, and more, which are often interpreted as depicting female reproductive bodies as passive, silenced objects of male control and critique.

First published in English in 1973, The Royal Touch explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power.

First published in English in 1973, The Royal Touch explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power.

The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history.

The Routledge History of the Twentieth-Century United States is a comprehensive introduction to the most important trends and developments in the study of modern United States history.

Madness: A History is a thorough and accessible account of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western civilization.

Madness: A History is a thorough and accessible account of madness from antiquity to modern times, offering a large-scale yet nuanced picture of mental illness and its varieties in western civilization.

Does it make you a better parent if you have pioneered scientific theories of child development?

Does it make you a better parent if you have pioneered scientific theories of child development?

The American Civil War is the most read about era in our history, and among its most compelling aspects is the story of Civil War medicine - the staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict.

The American Civil War is the most read about era in our history, and among its most compelling aspects is the story of Civil War medicine - the staggering challenge of treating wounds and disease on both sides of the conflict.

Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact.

Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact.

First published in 1925, this book explores public health and its administration.

First published in 1925, this book explores public health and its administration.

Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging modern Japanese empire and conditioned key elements of post-war development.

Science, technology, and medicine all contributed to the emerging modern Japanese empire and conditioned key elements of post-war development.

First published in 1936, this book is a continuation of Sir Arthur Newsholme's Fifty Years in Public Health and covers a wide variety of topics in relation to the subject.

First published in 1936, this book is a continuation of Sir Arthur Newsholme's Fifty Years in Public Health and covers a wide variety of topics in relation to the subject.

First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems.

First published in 1889, this book provides a guide to vital statistics- the science of numbers applied to the life-history of communities and nations- in relation to medical problems.