History of medicine

What I am really anxious to hear is the final cause of your monstrous fiction.

"e;I want to die at a hundred years old after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour.

The story of frankincense and myrrh runs in tandem with man's evolution.

Full of inspiring stories of patients who have achieved remissions and miraculous cures for illnesses such as mulitple sclerosis and cancer, Dr Siegel shows us how emotions such as love, hope, joy and peace of mind have strong physiological effects on each of us, as do depression and dispair.

The engaging and eye-opening story of how we and our ancestors entered the world.

A tearaway young man from Norfolk, Astley Cooper (1768-1841) became the world's richest and most famous surgeon.

In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'.

This unique book is the first to fully explore the history of autism - from the first descriptions of autistic-type behaviour to the present day.

This unique book is the first to fully explore the history of autism - from the first descriptions of autistic-type behaviour to the present day.

Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.

This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which questions the conventional boundaries of medical history.

The History of Medicine is an amiable amble through medicine's past, designed as a primer for those taking history of medicine modules as part of their studies and for the wider public seeking a relaxed yet informative read.

From ancient scourges to modern-day pandemics!

"e;Today, this very day, 5,500 Africans will die of AIDS.

A gripping tale that traces medicine's extraordinary historyKill or Cure tells the riveting history of medicine from chipping holes in skulls to the latest gene therapy and revolutionary cancer treatments.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2015 As recently as thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category.

Read this gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can fight the current Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

The Symptom and the Subject takes an in-depth look at how the physical body first emerged in the West as both an object of knowledge and a mysterious part of the self.

A unique account of a peasant girl's mental illness in nineteenth-century FranceHysteria Complicated by Ecstasy offers a rare window into the inner life of a person ordinarily inaccessible to historians: a semiliterate peasant girl who lived almost two centuries ago, in the aftermath of the French Revolution.

This book presents an engaging, detailed portrait of the people, ideas, and beliefs that made up the world of English medieval medicine between 750 and 1450, a time when medical practice extended far beyond modern definitions.

For more than a century, the American medical profession insisted that doctors be rigorously trained in medical science and dedicated to professional ethics.

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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.

Take a trip into the world of hallucinogenic plants in this latest addition to Kew's Witch's Garden series.

Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.

The author uses decades of experience and interviews with experts in precision medicine to explain past, present, and future of precision medicine.

The author uses decades of experience and interviews with experts in precision medicine to explain past, present, and future of precision medicine.

A unique biographical review of the global contributors to field of anatomy Knowledge of human anatomy has not always been an essential component of medical education and practice.

A unique biographical review of the global contributors to field of anatomy Knowledge of human anatomy has not always been an essential component of medical education and practice.

Im November 1863 wurde in Deutschland, im Königreich Württemberg, mit dem "Württembergischen Sanitätsverein" die weltweit erste Hilfsgesellschaft gegründet, die das Rotkreuzzeichen führt.

After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian.

Healing with Herbs and Rituals is an herbal remedy-based understanding of curanderismo and the practice of yerberas, or herbalists, as found in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

Two doctors offer a guide for terminal patients to help them take control of their final days and die with dignity.

When Mollie stepped off the train in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1890, she knew she had to start a new life.

A Financial Times Best Book of the Year The most timely and informative history book you will read this year, tracing a century of pandemics, with a new chapter on COVID-19.

Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500.

This book presents an engaging, detailed portrait of the people, ideas, and beliefs that made up the world of English medieval medicine between 750 and 1450, a time when medical practice extended far beyond modern definitions.

Hans Sloane was a young doctor from Northern Ireland who made his way in London and eventually become physician to the king and much of London society.

Nose reconstructions have been common in India for centuries.

This book tells the story of German nurses who, directly or indirectly, participated in the Nazis' "e;euthanasia"e; measures against patients with mental and physical disabilities, measures that claimed well over 100,000 victims from 1939 to 1945.

A cultural history of the concept of pharmacy, both the material nature of drugs and the trade in medicine, in early modern China Know Your Remedies presents a panoramic inquiry into China's early modern cultural transformation through the lens of pharmacy.

"e;Delightfully horrifying.

"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.

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.