History of medicine

Hermann Oppenheim – Leben und Werk eines wirkungsmächtigen Neurologen.

Der Friedensnobelpreisträger Bernard Lown ist einer der bedeutendstenÄrzte unserer Zeit.

Der Friedensnobelpreisträger Bernard Lown ist einer der bedeutendstenÄrzte unserer Zeit.

Nominiert in der Shortlist zum »Besten Wissenschaftsbuch des Jahres«»Robin Lane Fox' neues meisterhaftes Buch kommt gerade im rechten Augenblick: eine lebendig geschriebene Geschichte der Medizin im antiken Griechenland.

Acht dramatische Jahrzehnte und der Kampf gegen Seuchen, Schmerz und TodAnschaulich und lebensnah erzählt Ronald D.

Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse 2020Die Diagnose »Krebs« war früher ein Todesurteil.

Von den antiken Anfängen der Medizin bis in die Gegenwart, von der »wandernden Gebärmutter« bis zur Entdeckung von Autoimmunerkrankungen und Endometriose: Die englische Feministin Elinor Cleghorn präsentiert eine bahnbrechende und aufwühlende Kulturgeschichte über das Verhältnis von Frauen, Krankheit und Medizin.

For 40 years, the author has counseled people with cancer and gained insight into the extent to which the disease reflects the energetic structure of the environment.

40 Jahre beriet der Autor Menschen mit einer Krebserkrankung und gewann Einblick darin, wie sehr die Krankheit die energetische Struktur der Umgebung widerspiegelt.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer-Preisträger und Autor des Bestsellers ›Der König aller Krankheiten: Krebs – eine Biographie‹, fragt sich in seinem TED Book, welchen Gesetzen die Medizin gehorcht.

Hypnosystemische Therapie, Beratung, Supervision, Coaching - interessante einführende Artikel und Erfahrungsberichte von Experten zum Thema Konzepte und Methoden aus dem Bereich hypnotherapeutischer und systemischer Methoden.

An intellectual history of scurvy in the eighteenth centuryScurvy, a disease often associated with long stretches of maritime travel, generated sensations exceeding the standard of what was normal.

';Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.

The searing, must-read feminist essay from the author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing'Fearless .

What happens when you reach the threshold of life and death - and come back?

Join Katharina Vestre on an adventure to relive your very first moments.

It's everywhere: from the laws of citizenship to the detection of doping in sport, from the books of the Old Testament and the acts of Macbeth to the mudbloods of Harry Potter and the vampires of Twilight.

As scientists confidently look forward to average life expectancies hitting 100+ years in some Western societies, it's easy to forget how precarious our grasp on good health has been.

A Sunday Times Book of the Year As featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric.

Literary muses meet medical complaints in this marvellous look at the Bard, the Bronts, Milton, Swift, Joyce, and moreThe doctor suddenly appeared beside Will, startling him.

Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.

The Power of Plagues presents a rogues' gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history.

The Power of Plagues presents a rogues' gallery of epidemic- causing microorganisms placed in the context of world history.

Die Elektroschocktherapie gilt als eine Ikone der technisierten Medizin des 20.

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*; Examines the success of homeopathic psychiatric asylums in the United States from the 1870s until 1920 *; Focuses on New York's Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital for the Insane, which had a treatment regime with thousands of successful outcomes *; Details a homeopathic blueprint for treating mental disorders based on Talcott's methods, including nutrition and side-effect-free homeopathic prescriptions In the late 1800s and early 1900s, homeopathy was popular across all classes of society.

And the humanitarianism took place during the heat of the battle.

This book isn't about dying.

Composed while its author was the ruler of Tibet, Mirror of Beryl is a detailed account of the origins and history of medicine in Tibet through the end of the seventeenth century.

The Little Book of Medical Breakthroughs explains over 100 seminal discoveries, inventions and theories that have shaped the history of medical practice.

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Covers the history of twelve important diseases and addresses public health responses and societal upheavals.

In ›Die Erfindung des ADHS-Syndroms‹ wird die faszinierende Geschichte dieser weit verbreiteten neurobiologischen Störung von ihren Anfängen bis zu den aktuellen Forschungsergebnissen beleuchtet.

The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern Americafrom eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of ';paleo posture'In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude ';posture' photos of college students.

Named a 2023 TOP BOOK ON CANNABIS by CBD Oracle 2020 GOLD MEDAL WINNER of the Nonfiction Book Awards (Nonfiction Authors Association) An Informative Read for an Audience Interested in Why and How Medical Cannabis Helps Treat a Range of IllnessesMaybe All of Them With cannabis approved in fourteen states (including the District and two US territories), medical cannabis approved in at least 35 states, and hemp (very-low-THC cannabis) off the controlled substances list, millions now treat their ills with medical cannabis or non-intoxicating cannabinoids like CBD.

A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England's medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering.

Many of the worlds most important and life-saving devices and techniques were often discovered purely by accident.

This ';comfortingthoughtful' (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of lifefrom resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breathby the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door is a ';roadmap to the end that combines medical, practical, and spiritual guidance' (The Boston Globe).

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Santiago Ramón y Cajal, premio Nobel de Medicina y el mayor genio científico español de todos los tiempos, es retratado por fin en toda su complejidad en esta emocionante biografía.

Medicine carries the burden of its own troubling history.

Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business.

At the beginning of the Second World War, medical experts predicted epidemics of physical and mental illness on the home front.

'This is history with a surgeon's touch: deft, incisive and sometimes excruciatingly bloody' The Sunday Times'Utterly eccentric and riveting' Mail on Sunday 'Eye-opening and, frequently, eye-watering .

"e;It's ok to be scared, to feel lonely.

**BBC DOCUMENTARY CONFESSIONS OF A BRAIN SURGEON IS OUT NOW**From the No.

It has been called the plague of the 21st century for its dramatic increase in numbers and the challenge it poses to health care.

'Thrilling.

Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic.

BOOK 1 in THE GAMES trilogy.