History of medicine

Authoritative, accessible and abundantly illustrated, this book presents a broad history of reproduction over the long term.

Examines the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains in modern British medical research.

Examines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system to show how fear of disease drew Britain into a Continental biopolity.

Innovative examination of the early globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, arguing that colonialism was crucial to the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines.

Examines the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains in modern British medical research.

Examines British engagement with the Mediterranean quarantine system to show how fear of disease drew Britain into a Continental biopolity.

The first account of anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain, exploring hormones, diet, electrotherapy, exercise and skin care.

This examination of the formation of the Indonesian medical profession reveals the relationship between medicine and decolonisation, and its importance to understanding Asian history.

This volume explores the extraordinary life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, medieval writer, composer, visionary, and monastic founder.

Examines how Galen and his medieval Arabic successors invoke Plato''s Timaeus to reimagine medicine and philosophy.

Examines how Galen and his medieval Arabic successors invoke Plato''s Timaeus to reimagine medicine and philosophy.

Authoritative, accessible and abundantly illustrated, this book presents a broad history of reproduction over the long term.

A history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization''s internal tensions.

Annotated translation of a key text in the history of medical and philosophical thinking about the human body.

Accessible and up-to-date introduction to the legacy of Hippocrates, the man and the writings attributed to him.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

An accessible new exploration of the vibrant world of early modern Europe through a focus on magic, science, and religion.

A stimulating record chartering the history and pioneers of in-vitro fertilization, forty years after the birth of the first baby.

Examines the role of values in psychology and urges new directions of impact through interdisciplinary collaboration to face global issues.

Study of malaria in literature and culture illuminates the legacies of nineteenth-century colonial medicine within narratives of illness.

A stimulating record chartering the history and pioneers of in-vitro fertilization, forty years after the birth of the first baby.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

The first historical overview of the partnership between science and the state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II.

MacNamara reveals how ordinary women and men legitimized birth control through private moral action, as opposed to public advocacy, in the early twentieth century.

This book reveals the surprising impact of medicine stamp duty (1783–1941) on pharmaceutical practice and the interface of law and government.

Examines the struggle against rinderpest - a devastating cattle disease - and explores the history of international development.

Presents biographical details of 391 eponyms and names in the field, along with the context and relevance of their contributions.

Presents biographical details of 391 eponyms and names in the field, along with the context and relevance of their contributions.

Offers an authoritative account of literature and medicine at a vital point in their emergence during the eighteenth century.

Through the lens of polio, Dóra Vargha looks anew at international health, communism and Cold War politics.

Offers an authoritative account of literature and medicine at a vital point in their emergence during the eighteenth century.

Through the lens of polio, Dóra Vargha looks anew at international health, communism and Cold War politics.

Offers an authoritative account of literature and medicine at a vital point in their emergence during the nineteenth-century.

The first concise global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, covering the past 400 years.

Interrelated histories of colonial medicine, market and family reveal how Western homeopathy was translated and made vernacular in colonial India.

Chronicles the critical role the sciences have played in American foreign relations since World War II.

The first concise global history of veterinary medicine and animal healing, covering the past 400 years.

Offers an authoritative account of literature and medicine at a vital point in their emergence during the nineteenth-century.

Suman Seth reveals how histories of medicine, empire, race and slavery intertwined in the eighteenth-century British Empire.

Suman Seth reveals how histories of medicine, empire, race and slavery intertwined in the eighteenth-century British Empire.

Significant study of colonial Caribbean literatures in the context of the high rates of disease and death in the region.

This book examines the role of music and music-making in the medical, spiritual and civic management of plague in the Renaissance.

This book examines the role of music and music-making in the medical, spiritual and civic management of plague in the Renaissance.

An engaging and timely collection examining the impact of plagues, from early history to current medicine and the future.

An engaging and timely collection examining the impact of plagues, from early history to current medicine and the future.

In this study, first published in 2004, Nobel laureate Robert Fogel examines health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries.

Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.

This book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials.

This book teaches students and scholars of Greco-Roman medical history how to use and critically assess archaeological materials.

Im November 1863 wurde in Deutschland, im Königreich Württemberg, mit dem "Württembergischen Sanitätsverein" die weltweit erste Hilfsgesellschaft gegründet, die das Rotkreuzzeichen führt.