History of medicine

Tucked away in a corner of the University of Texas Medical Branch campus stands a majestic relic of an era long past.

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

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.

A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Tucked away in a corner of the University of Texas Medical Branch campus stands a majestic relic of an era long past.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAILA WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK Plunge into this rich and thought-provoking A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as bestselling author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and present, the psychological and social, the personal and the political.

*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour**A Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022*'Excellent .

WINNER OF THE BREAD & ROSES PRIZE FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2023 'Important and ambitious' Observer, Book of the Day 'An illuminating and powerful intersectional analysis of health inequalities and racism' i-D Magazine'Prepare to be blown away' Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General at WHOIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all too aware of the urgent health inequalities that plague our world.

From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media.

From the early 1990s, allegations that servicemen had been duped into taking part in trials with toxic agents at top-secret Allied research facilities throughout the twentieth century featured with ever greater frequency in the media.

In this groundbreaking and absorbing book Dr.

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A rich and wonderful history of quinine - the cure for malaria.

This ebook contains a limited number of illustrations.

Reprinted in the original for the first time in 75 yearsListen to Dr.

Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser is a compelling and unique exploration of the profound, often underestimated, role of infectious diseases, particularly typhus, in shaping human civilisation.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing.

"e;This book is an attempt to give a brief account of the life of the men of Ambulance Company Number 139 during their services in the Great War.

'I start to see my own experience not as a woeful result of a system or a body that has let me down, but as a birth experience as ancient, rich and potent as any other kind of birth.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

A doctor grapples with the challenges of mother-and-child health in the developing world.

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician, and pioneer of modern nursing.

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.

This book tells the story of John, who has an intellectual disability.

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.

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.

One of the most rewarding jobs I ever accomplished was working with cancer patients at a radiation center in Austin, Texas.

A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

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

Based on interviews with women who are HIV positive, this sobering pandemic brings to light the deeply rooted and complex problems of living with HIV.

The collective principle asserts that.

For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses.

Many times you will hear people say that they dont fear death but they do fear what they may have to endure before they reach that final passage.

This version of the original 1858 first edition ofGray's Anatomyis ideal for students and those with a keen interest in medicine.

Michigans Upper Peninsula is one of Americas hidden treasures.

"e;After this war, there will be many other wars, and in the intervals there will be peace.

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes.

The biography of an American pioneer of medical surgery, Physick was responsible for huge advances during his lifetime, designing several new instruments and one of the first people to commonly use autopsy as a regular means of observation.

Durante siglos, el corazón humano parece haber estado más allá de nuestra comprensión.

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

En los últimos años, el estudio de la evolución de los discursos y las prácticas psiquiátricas durante el franquismo se ha convertido en un capítulo relevante de la historiografía de la ciencia.

En los últimos años, el estudio de la evolución de los discursos y las prácticas psiquiátricas durante el franquismo se ha convertido en un capítulo relevante de la historiografía de la ciencia.

Winner of the 2002 BMA Popular Medicine Book Prize: This is a haunting literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was discovered in 1964.