In The Product of Medicine, Caitjan Gainty traces the history of the early twentieth-century medical efficiency movement in the United States, restoring it as a significant driver of medicine's modernization while also revealing its broader significance as a cultural force shaping modern American life.
This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.
From the beginning of mankind, health and health issues have played a major role in life, but the issues and care have evolved enormously from the time when the first settlers set foot in America to the present.
For centuries prior to the development of an effective vaccination against rabies, the bite of a mad dog was linked to a horrific ailment marked by convulsions, an utter dread of swallowing liquids, uncontrollable thrashing, and even the tendency to bark and attempt to bite othersa horrid prelude to an agonizing death.
During the American Civil War, disease and infection caused by poor medical care and lack of proper hygiene were the main causes of death to both Confederate and Union soldiers.
This remarkably insightful book gives true meaning to the apocryphal moan from the pharmaceutical CEO as he traveled home after an FDA slap down: Drug development aint for sissies.
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes give you just what you need to succeed in school: Complete Plot Summary and AnalysisKey Facts About the WorkAnalysis of Major CharactersThemes, Motifs, and SymbolsExplanation of Important QuotationsAuthor's Historical ContextSuggested Essay Topics25-Question Review QuizThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks features explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols including: humanity; immortality and legacy; scientific racism; racialized poverty; hela cells; red nail polish.
The precepts laid down are the result of the experience acquired in the war in the Peninsula, from the first battle of Rolia in 1808, to the last in Belgium, of Waterloo in 1815They have been the means of saving the lives, and of relieving, if not even of preventing, the miseries of thousands of our fellow-creatures throughout the civilized world.
From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper - legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great 'Herbal'.
Der Band widmet sich der Verstrickung der Berliner Psychiatrie in die nationalsozialistische Erbgesundheitspolitik während der Jahre von 1933 bis 1945.
This work, composed originally for a lay audience and for popular consumption, will be to the aspiring medical student and the hardworking practitioner a lift into the blue, an inspiring vista or "e;Pisgah-sight"e; of the evolution of medicine, a realization of what devotion, perseverance, valor and ability on the part of physicians have contributed to this progress, and of the creditable part which our profession has played in the general development of science.
Using contemporary documents, police files, Home Office papers and newspaper reports, 'Jack the Ripper: The Facts' recreates the notorious crimes and police investigation of 1888 to provide the best available overview of the 'Great Victorian Mystery', the greatest unsolved, true crime story of all time.
In this exciting book, Issa Iskandar Al-Maalouf takes us on a journey through the roots of medicine since the ancient civilizations of Egypt, passing through the Hebrews, Persians, Greeks, Christians and Muslims, reviewing the development of medicine, its origins and concepts in an interesting manner that highlights the importance of medical study and anatomy.
Analysen zur Frage, ob Individualerkrankungen einen Einfluss auf die Universalgeschichte haben können, sind grundsätzlich problematisch und liegen auch kaum vor.
This book provides an overview of a diverse array of preventive strategies relating to mental illness, and identifies their achievements and shortcomings.