History of medicine

Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, Ruth Rogaski reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Shane Crotty's biography of David Baltimore details the life and work of one of the most brilliant, powerful, and controversial scientists of our time.

This book is a lively commentary on the eighteenth-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "e;customers"e;), and its patrons, viewed through the unique lens of the private case book kept by the most famous mad-doctor in Augustan England, Dr.

Tales about organ transplants appear in mythology and folk stories, and surface in documents from medieval times, but only during the past twenty years has medical knowledge and technology been sufficiently advanced for surgeons to perform thousands of transplants each year.

Why does the human brain insist on interpreting the world and constructing a narrative?

Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness.

Focusing on the history of one medical field-rehabilitation medicine-this book provides the first systematic analysis of the underlying forces that shape medical specialization, challenging traditional explanations of occupational specialization.

This study places Galen more firmly in the intellectual life of his period of the second century AD.

This study places Galen more firmly in the intellectual life of his period of the second century AD.

The story of how Moses, the rabbis, and other Jewish thinkers came to be understood as medical authorities.

Plague was a key factor in the waning of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Janis McLarren Caldwell investigates the impact of medical science and the Romantic interest in material culture on nineteenth-century literature.

An innovative, interdisciplinary study of the refashioning of reactions to leprosy in the modern colonial period.

A 2006 translation of four treatises by Galen on the classification and causation of diseases and symptoms.

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

In this study, first published in 2004, Nobel laureate Robert Fogel examines health, nutrition and technology over the last three centuries.

This book traces the careers of Roy Vagelos, who eventually became the CEO of Merck and Co.

Collection of essays exploring the strong connections between ancient philosophy and ancient medicine.

This 2005 book presents a panoramic view of the challenges, ethical issues and rewards surrounding biomedical advances in human biology.

An introductory history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth century.

Full translation together with detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.

2003 collection of international essays exploring the rise of the lunatic asylum in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

A major synthesis of the knowledge and practice of early modern English medicine.

A broad, panoramic study of the divergence in public health policies across Europe, 1830–1930.

Explores the epidemics of the past with modern epidemiological and computer-modelling.

Examines the affinities between the British Romantic movement and the early history of neuroscience.

A comprehensive analysis of public and private welfare in France 1914–1947.

"e;An exciting, well-researched work, which should appeal to anyone with an interest in the nature and progress of the human race.

Who were the scientific geniuses behind some of the most innovative and important discoveries in modern medicine?

The 17th Century Parisian doctor who made blood transfusion history.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) is the detection and screening of genetic abnormality in gametes prior to fertilisation and embryos fertilised in vitro prior to implantation.

This book describes the current state of the art in the field of palliative care in children and adults.

Neural tube defects are the second most common cause of perinatal death from birth defects in the United Kingdom.

A lively account of fluoridation and its discontents Since its first implementation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945, public drinking water fluoridation and its attendant conflicts, controversies, and conspiracy theories serve as an object lesson in American science, public health, and policymaking.

A unique, integrative look at information-based medicine The convergence of medical science, biology, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, healthcare, and information technology is revolutionizing medical and scientific practice, and has broader social implications still being understood.

Tabak ist mehr als eine Pflanze – er ist eine Kultur, die Jahrhunderte überdauert hat.

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge again—perhaps, in another form.

Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine - scientific and heterodox, domestic and professional - in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times.

Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine - scientific and heterodox, domestic and professional - in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times.

The first major scholarly investigation into the rich history of the marked body in the early modern period, this interdisciplinary study examines multiple forms, uses, and meanings of corporeal inscription and impression in France and the French Atlantic from the late sixteenth through early eighteenth centuries.

The first major scholarly investigation into the rich history of the marked body in the early modern period, this interdisciplinary study examines multiple forms, uses, and meanings of corporeal inscription and impression in France and the French Atlantic from the late sixteenth through early eighteenth centuries.

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise.

The biggest challenges in public health today are often related to attitudes, diet and exercise.

Written over several decades and collected together for the first time, these richly detailed contextual studies by a leading historian of science examine the diverse ways in which cultural values and political and professional considerations impinged upon the construction, acceptance and applications of nineteenth century evolutionary theory.

Written over several decades and collected together for the first time, these richly detailed contextual studies by a leading historian of science examine the diverse ways in which cultural values and political and professional considerations impinged upon the construction, acceptance and applications of nineteenth century evolutionary theory.

Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks - local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular - as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world.

Empires of Knowledge charts the emergence of different kinds of scientific networks - local and long-distance, informal and institutional, religious and secular - as one of the important phenomena of the early modern world.

Written in a personal and engaging style, this book provides a fascinating and informative introduction to the development of surgery through the ages.

Written in a personal and engaging style, this book provides a fascinating and informative introduction to the development of surgery through the ages.

The Architecture and Landscape of Health explores buildings and landscapes that were designed to treat or prevent disease in the era before pharmaceuticals and biomedicine emerged as first line treatments.