History of medicine

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAILA WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK Plunge into this rich and thought-provoking A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as bestselling author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and present, the psychological and social, the personal and the political.

WINNER OF THE BREAD & ROSES PRIZE FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2023 'Important and ambitious' Observer, Book of the Day 'An illuminating and powerful intersectional analysis of health inequalities and racism' i-D Magazine'Prepare to be blown away' Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General at WHOIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all too aware of the urgent health inequalities that plague our world.

From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media.

From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media.

In this groundbreaking and absorbing book Dr.

This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.

A rich and wonderful history of quinine - the cure for malaria.

Reprinted in the original for the first time in 75 yearsListen to Dr.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER | BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicator Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

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

In 1927 in the field of health care an unusual event occurred.

Michigans Upper Peninsula is one of Americas hidden treasures.

One of the most rewarding jobs I ever accomplished was working with cancer patients at a radiation center in Austin, Texas.

A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.

'I start to see my own experience not as a woeful result of a system or a body that has let me down, but as a birth experience as ancient, rich and potent as any other kind of birth.

The biography of an American pioneer of medical surgery, Physick was responsible for huge advances during his lifetime, designing several new instruments and one of the first people to commonly use autopsy as a regular means of observation.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

This book tells the story of John, who has an intellectual disability.

The collective principle asserts that.

"e;After this war, there will be many other wars, and in the intervals there will be peace.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing.

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

Many times you will hear people say that they dont fear death but they do fear what they may have to endure before they reach that final passage.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing.

Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser is a compelling and unique exploration of the profound, often underestimated, role of infectious diseases, particularly typhus, in shaping human civilisation.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

Literary muses meet medical complaints in this marvellous look at the Bard, the Bronts, Milton, Swift, Joyce, and moreThe doctor suddenly appeared beside Will, startling him.

Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure.

The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed.

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns.

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns.

When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains.

The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women - or so they were diagnosed.

When so much in Russia has changed, the banya remains.

When a couple plans for a child today, every moment seems precious and unique.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same.

You could be forgiven for thinking that the smile has no history; it has always been the same.

By the mid-twentieth century, two things appeared destined for extinction in the United States: the practice of home birth and the profession of midwifery.

When a couple plans for a child today, every moment seems precious and unique.

In this riveting narrative, Barron H.

In this riveting narrative, Barron H.

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed.

Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed.

By the mid-twentieth century, two things appeared destined for extinction in the United States: the practice of home birth and the profession of midwifery.