History of medicine

A history of the global spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, when millions of children were saved from smallpox.

Demonstrates how Britain''s black soldiers helped shape the very idea of race in the nineteenth century Atlantic world.

Demonstrates how Britain''s black soldiers helped shape the very idea of race in the nineteenth century Atlantic world.

A transnational history of the 1720 French plague epidemic and its ramifications in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world.

Rob Boddice explores the transnational defence of medical experimentation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

A transnational history of the 1720 French plague epidemic and its ramifications in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world.

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin''s acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

An updated edition of Jacques Pépin''s acclaimed account of the events that transformed a chimpanzee virus into a global pandemic.

Charts the development of Australian medicine in WWI and the provision of medical care to Australian soldiers.

Charts the development of Australian medicine in WWI and the provision of medical care to Australian soldiers.

Rob Boddice explores the transnational defence of medical experimentation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Explores the connection between medicine and gothic literature examining disease, psychiatry and supernatural in the nineteenth century.

Explores the connection between medicine and gothic literature examining disease, psychiatry and supernatural in the nineteenth century.

Provides the first dedicated study of Frances Burney''s medical writings which are now viewed as foundational to modern illness narratives.

Provides the first dedicated study of Frances Burney''s medical writings which are now viewed as foundational to modern illness narratives.

A comprehensive history of the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its Institute, placed within the context of British neurology.

A subtle yet wide-ranging study confirming the importance of rhetoric in physicians'' rise to medical dominance and prestige.

Examines Aristotle''s doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.

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

Examines Aristotle''s doctrine of hylomorphism and its importance for understanding the process by which substances come into being.

Exploring links between sexuality, society, and state formation, this is the first history of prostitution and its politics in Peru.

Offers an original and holistic approach to understanding the impact of the plague in late sixteenth-century Spain.

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

Offers an original and holistic approach to understanding the impact of the plague in late sixteenth-century Spain.

Exploring links between sexuality, society, and state formation, this is the first history of prostitution and its politics in Peru.

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

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

Offers an innovative study of visual traditions in modern medical history through debates about the causes, impact and spread of AIDS.

A comprehensive history of the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its Institute, placed within the context of British neurology.

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

This engaging interdisciplinary study integrates the deep histories of infectious intestinal disease transmission, the sanitation revolution, and biomedical interventions.

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

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.