History of medicine

This is a comprehensive reference work which surveys all aspects of the history of medicine, both clinical and social, and reflects the complementary approaches to the discipline.

Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "e;Bedlam"e;, is a unique institution.

Bethlem Hospital, popularly known as "e;Bedlam"e;, is a unique institution.

This compelling book brings together many of the major papers published by Andrew Scull in the history of psychiatry over the past decade and a half.

This compelling book brings together many of the major papers published by Andrew Scull in the history of psychiatry over the past decade and a half.

At times mirroring and at times shockingly disparate to the rise of traditional white American medicine, the history of African-American health care is a story of traditional healers; root doctors; granny midwives; underappreciated and overworked African-American physicians; scrupulous and unscrupulous white doctors and scientists; governmental support and neglect; epidemics; and poverty.

At times mirroring and at times shockingly disparate to the rise of traditional white American medicine, the history of African-American health care is a story of traditional healers; root doctors; granny midwives; underappreciated and overworked African-American physicians; scrupulous and unscrupulous white doctors and scientists; governmental support and neglect; epidemics; and poverty.

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere.

From grocery store to doctor's office, alternative medicine is everywhere.

Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period.

Health and the Modern Home explores shifting and contentious debates about the impact of the domestic environment on health in the modern period.

This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century.

This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century.

Health and medicine in colonial environments is one of the newest areas in the history of medicine, but one in which the Caribbean is conspicuously absent.

Health and medicine in colonial environments is one of the newest areas in the history of medicine, but one in which the Caribbean is conspicuously absent.

In this comprehensive and stimulating volume, the history of medicine is approached from a variety of perspectives to develop a well-rounded, objective overview.

In this comprehensive and stimulating volume, the history of medicine is approached from a variety of perspectives to develop a well-rounded, objective overview.

First Published in 1994.

First Published in 1994.

This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space.

This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space.

Celebrating a century of revolutionary contributions to our understanding of life, the world, and the universe, this encyclopedic desk reference traces the discoveries that earned nearly 500 distinguished scientists Nobel honors in the areas of chemistry, physics, and medicine.

Celebrating a century of revolutionary contributions to our understanding of life, the world, and the universe, this encyclopedic desk reference traces the discoveries that earned nearly 500 distinguished scientists Nobel honors in the areas of chemistry, physics, and medicine.

In The Product of Medicine, Caitjan Gainty traces the history of the early twentieth-century medical efficiency movement in the United States, restoring it as a significant driver of medicine's modernization while also revealing its broader significance as a cultural force shaping modern American life.

This second edition of the popular Classics in Clinical Dermatology with Biographical Sketches, first published in 1953, has been expanded considerably.

Leonard Sowerby's self-healing manual for women, TheLadies' Dispensatory, emerged in England in 1652 amidst an abundance of medical self-help books for the lay citizen.

Leonard Sowerby's self-healing manual for women, TheLadies' Dispensatory, emerged in England in 1652 amidst an abundance of medical self-help books for the lay citizen.

The Origins of Criminology: A Reader is a collection of nineteenth-century texts from the key originators of the practice of criminology - selected, introduced, and with commentaries by the leading scholar in this area, Nicole Rafter.

The Origins of Criminology: A Reader is a collection of nineteenth-century texts from the key originators of the practice of criminology - selected, introduced, and with commentaries by the leading scholar in this area, Nicole Rafter.

This is a revised critical edition of philosopher and scientist, Francesco Patrizi's manuscript, Il Delfino, overo del bacio (c.

In 1918, a devastating world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States.

In 1918, a devastating world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States.

A Social History of Medicine traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution right through to the twentieth century.

A Social History of Medicine traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution right through to the twentieth century.

The tremendous changes in the role and significance of religion during Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation affected all of society.

The tremendous changes in the role and significance of religion during Reformation and the Catholic Counter-Reformation affected all of society.

In the early modern centuries a body of popularized medical writings appeared, telling ordinary people how they could best take care of their own health.

In the early modern centuries a body of popularized medical writings appeared, telling ordinary people how they could best take care of their own health.

Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world.

Disease and crime are increasingly conflated in the contemporary world.

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application of concepts and methods from the social sciences to original sources.

In recent years the study of nursing history in Britain has been transformed by the application of concepts and methods from the social sciences to original sources.

The ancient Greek medical thinkers were profoundly influenced by Ionian natural philosophy.

The ancient Greek medical thinkers were profoundly influenced by Ionian natural philosophy.

British Medicine in an Age of Reform, charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occurred between 1780 and 1850 - a great turning point in British medicine.

British Medicine in an Age of Reform, charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occurred between 1780 and 1850 - a great turning point in British medicine.

An eye-opening look at how incarcerated people, health professionals, and others behind and beyond bars came together to problem-solve incarceration.

Sophia Jex-Blake led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession.

Sophia Jex-Blake led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession.

Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society.