History of medicine

The maintenance of human health and the mechanisms by which this is achieved - through medicine, medical intervention and care-giving - are fundamentals of human societies.

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal explores the history of mental health in Senegal, and how psychological difficulties were expressed in the terms of spiritualism, magic, witchcraft, spirit possession, and ancestor worship.

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal explores the history of mental health in Senegal, and how psychological difficulties were expressed in the terms of spiritualism, magic, witchcraft, spirit possession, and ancestor worship.

Winner of the 2023 American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize!

Winner of the 2023 American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize!

Originally published in 1977, this book explored some of the major problems besetting the Health Service during the second half of the twentieth century.

Originally published in 1977, this book explored some of the major problems besetting the Health Service during the second half of the twentieth century.

This updated edition collects an extensive range of evidence for how people in the European Middle Ages thought about the emotional state of love, the physical act of sex, and the social institution of marriage.

This updated edition collects an extensive range of evidence for how people in the European Middle Ages thought about the emotional state of love, the physical act of sex, and the social institution of marriage.

Originally published in 1988, the essays in this book focus primarily on colonial medicine in the British Empire but comparative material on the experience of France and Germany is also included.

Originally published in 1988, the essays in this book focus primarily on colonial medicine in the British Empire but comparative material on the experience of France and Germany is also included.

First published in 2013.

This edition provides an insight into the dark areas between Victorian science, medicine and religion.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

This edition provides an insight into the dark areas between Victorian science, medicine and religion.

First published in 2013.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

Sanitary reform was one of the great debates of the nineteenth century.

This book offers a general introduction to historical sources in the history of psychiatry, delving into the range of sources that can be used to investigate this dynamic and exciting field.

This book offers a general introduction to historical sources in the history of psychiatry, delving into the range of sources that can be used to investigate this dynamic and exciting field.

This unique volume provides the reader with an outline of ancient Egyptian civilization, history and culture.

The book is a developed history of the radiological sciences - covering the back-story to Rontgen's discovery, the discovery itself and immediate reception the early days of radiology leading to classical radiology (the pre-digital world).

The book is a developed history of the radiological sciences - covering the back-story to Rontgen's discovery, the discovery itself and immediate reception the early days of radiology leading to classical radiology (the pre-digital world).

This volume offers a comprehensive historical survey of medicine in sixteenth-century Europe and examines both medical theories and practices within their intellectual and social context.

This volume offers a comprehensive historical survey of medicine in sixteenth-century Europe and examines both medical theories and practices within their intellectual and social context.

This book explores how the pregnant body is portrayed, perceived and enacted in Shakespeare's and his contemporaries' drama by means of a phenomenological analysis and a recourse to early modern popular medical discourse on reproduction.

This book explores how the pregnant body is portrayed, perceived and enacted in Shakespeare's and his contemporaries' drama by means of a phenomenological analysis and a recourse to early modern popular medical discourse on reproduction.

This unique volume provides the reader with an outline of ancient Egyptian civilization, history and culture.

The history of neurology as seen through the lens of the filmmaker is fascinating and extraordinary.

The history of neurology as seen through the lens of the filmmaker is fascinating and extraordinary.

Disease and Society in Premodern England examines the impact of infectious disease in England from the everyday to pandemics in the period c.

Disease and Society in Premodern England examines the impact of infectious disease in England from the everyday to pandemics in the period c.

This book offers a substantial examination of how contemporary authors deal with the complex legacies of authoritarian regimes in various Spanish-speaking countries.

This book offers a substantial examination of how contemporary authors deal with the complex legacies of authoritarian regimes in various Spanish-speaking countries.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013The history of health care is complex, confusing, and contested.

Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013The history of health care is complex, confusing, and contested.

Written by two anaesthetists, one British and one American, this unique book focuses on the transatlantic story of anaesthesia.

Written by two anaesthetists, one British and one American, this unique book focuses on the transatlantic story of anaesthesia.

This book covers the work of psychoanalysts in post WWII France with patients beset by somatic problems with little manifest fantasy life, and how their concept of operatoire continues to inform the theory and practice of working with patients in crisis.

This book covers the work of psychoanalysts in post WWII France with patients beset by somatic problems with little manifest fantasy life, and how their concept of operatoire continues to inform the theory and practice of working with patients in crisis.

This book looks at the institutionalisation and refashioning of Ayurveda as a robust, literate classical tradition, separated from the assorted, vernacular traditions of healing practices.

This book looks at the institutionalisation and refashioning of Ayurveda as a robust, literate classical tradition, separated from the assorted, vernacular traditions of healing practices.

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease.

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease.

Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c.

Forty Days: Quarantine and the Traveller, c.