History of medicine

When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight.

Cholera is a frightening disease.

As scientists confidently look forward to average life expectancies hitting 100+ years in some Western societies, it's easy to forget how precarious our grasp on good health has been.

A History of the Royal Hospital Chelsea looks at the hospital's beginnings, with its Royal patronage and heritage which dates back to King Charles ll in 1682.

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19.

Here David Oshinsky tells the gripping story of the polio terror and of the intense effort to find a cure, from the March of Dimes to the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines--and beyond.

2015 ALA Notable BookWould you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life?

Troubled by toothache?

Troubled by toothache?

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Everyone knows what is feels like to be in pain.

Thalassaemia is the most common type of genetic disorder in the human population, and one of the first whose genetic basis was established.

Everyone knows what is feels like to be in pain.

Thalassaemia is the most common type of genetic disorder in the human population, and one of the first whose genetic basis was established.

Although Charles Best is known for discovering insulin, the story of his life neither begins nor ends with that one moment.

This pop-science volume is Paul de Kruif's classic account of microscopic discoveries, and it presents a history of the most important figures in medicine.

Fall from Grace is a candid, personal history of an academic physician and biotechnology executive that reflects on medicine as it was in the mid-twentieth century and chronicles the changes in society and medicine during the second half of that century.

This book highlights the huge advances made in prevention of infectious disease(s) in Victorian Britain.

Forget the stereotype!

This vintage book contains a history of the Society of Apothecaries of the City of London, first published in 1885.

An essential history of a taste that shaped the world.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects.

As a five-year-old, Shelley Fraser is known for mischief.

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is rapidly becoming a major concern of medical practitioners worldwide.

It's everywhere: from the laws of citizenship to the detection of doping in sport, from the books of the Old Testament and the acts of Macbeth to the mudbloods of Harry Potter and the vampires of Twilight.

Frederick Banting was a surgeon and a decorated war hero when he had the idea to develop insulin in 1920, This achievement earned him the 1923 Nobel Prize for medicine, a knighthood, and the gratitude of diabetics around the world.

The first instalment of a captivating trilogy set against the backdrop of the English Civil War.

Asthma is a familiar and growing disease today, but its story goes back to the ancient world, as we know from accounts in ancient texts from China, India, Greece and Rome.

According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis.

According to the World Health Organization we are in the midst of a global obesity crisis.

Asthma is a familiar and growing disease today, but its story goes back to the ancient world, as we know from accounts in ancient texts from China, India, Greece and Rome.

The Sunday Times bestseller'Delivering my first baby is a memory that will stay with me forever.

The human body is thought of conventionally as a biological entity, with its longevity, morbidity, size and even appearance determined by genetic factors immune to the influence of society or culture.

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists.

In 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death.

"e;Principles of Duality: The Quest for Balance in the World"e;Discover the profound connections of duality that shape our lives and the world we live in.

In 2008 it was believed that HIV/AIDS was without doubt the worst epidemic to hit humankind since the Black Death.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes.

Public health is a term much used in the media, by health professionals, and by activists.