History of medicine

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.

Examines the transnational development of rehabilitation initiatives for disabled ex-servicemen of the First World War.

Comprehensive study of the social and medical history of dissection in classical antiquity and the parallel development of anatomical texts.

Comprehensive study of the social and medical history of dissection in classical antiquity and the parallel development of anatomical texts.

This multidisciplinary volume offers new insights into the development of genres of medical discourse in changing socio-cultural contexts.

This multidisciplinary volume offers new insights into the development of genres of medical discourse in changing socio-cultural contexts.

The first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating a wide range of types of evidence.

The first comprehensive study of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity, integrating a wide range of types of evidence.

A fascinating biography of the world''s pioneer neurosurgeon, his influence on the discipline and the social issues he championed fiercely.

A fascinating biography of the world''s pioneer neurosurgeon, his influence on the discipline and the social issues he championed fiercely.

Explores Galen''s contributions to (mainly scientific) epistemology and their legacy in the Islamic world.

Explores Galen''s contributions to (mainly scientific) epistemology and their legacy in the Islamic world.

A landmark study in the history of sexuality which redefines thinking about sex and gender in nineteenth-century France and beyond.

A landmark study in the history of sexuality which redefines thinking about sex and gender in nineteenth-century France and beyond.

The forgotten history of Russian disabled veterans'' political struggle for equal rights, specialised care, education and adapted work.