History of medicine

Presents the historical process by which statistics became the language for health institutions working in China, Taiwan, and the World.

Presents the historical process by which statistics became the language for health institutions working in China, Taiwan, and the World.

The first monograph on the construction and treatment of disability across Britain and its Empire from 1800 to 1914.

The first monograph on the construction and treatment of disability across Britain and its Empire from 1800 to 1914.

The book analyses how depopulation anxieties and transimperial connections shaped medical, demographic and administrative interventions in Portuguese Angola.

The book analyses how depopulation anxieties and transimperial connections shaped medical, demographic and administrative interventions in Portuguese Angola.

An innovative analytical account of the changing place of emotions in British surgery in the long nineteenth century.

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

An innovative analytical account of the changing place of emotions in British surgery in the long nineteenth century.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Medicinal plants and the natural products within them, still remain the starting point for breakthroughs in the development of safe, pharmacologically active synthetic molecules for use in a wide variety of clinical situations.

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.

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

The full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicine's most important drugs features information on plants from which we obtain modern prescription medicines.

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.

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