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In "Medical Essays, 1842-1882," Oliver Wendell Holmes presents a collection of insightful essays that navigate the intricate intersection of medicine, science, and philosophy during a transformative……続きを見る

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 m……続きを見る

How pagan women blended magic and medicineーand why their medieval recipes may help cure modern-day illnesses. In ninth-century England, Bishop lfheah the Bald is dabbling with magic. By collecting ……続きを見る

Byzantine medicine remains a little known and misrepresented field not only in the context of debates on medieval medicine, but also among Byzantinists themselves. It is often viewed as 'stagnant' a……続きを見る

In "Curiosities of Medical Experience," J. G. Millingen embarks on a captivating exploration of the peculiarities and anomalies within the medical field, presenting a collection of accounts that ble……続きを見る

Horrified by the Holocaust, social psychologist Stanley Milgram wondered if he could recreate the Holocaust in the laboratory setting. Unabated for more than half a century, his (in)famous results h……続きを見る

This open access book explores the question of who or what ‘the public’ is within ‘public health’ in post-war Britain. Drawing on historical research on the place of the public in public health in B……続きを見る

Covering the period from Antiquity to Early Modernity, A Historical Sociology of Disability argues that disabled people have been treated in Western society as good to mistreat and – with the rise o……続きを見る

We investigate the 1918 Spanish Flu, and compare it with older and newer flu pandemics, including the latest information on the current Covid-19. The Spanish Flu was unusual in killing mostly young ……続きを見る

This is the first book devoted to the cultural history in the pre-modern period of people we now describe as having learning disabilities. Using an interdisciplinary approach, including historical s……続きを見る

This work contains foreword by Ian R McWhinney, Emeritus Professor of General Practice, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine University of Western Ontario……続きを見る

Apresenta reflexões sobre a história, a prática e os saberes da psicologia decorrentes do XI Encontro do Clio-Psyché, evento produzido pelo Programa de Estudos e Pesquisas da História da Psicologia ……続きを見る

One of the main aims of modern mental health care is to understand a person's explicit and implicit ways of thinking and acting. So, it may seem like the ultimate paradox that mental health care ser……続きを見る

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Tobacco has become one of the most widely used and traded commoditites on the planet. Reflecting contemporary anthropological interest in material culture studies, Anthropology of Tobacco makes the ……続きを見る

One of Britain's leading psychoanalysts and pediatricians, Donald Woods Winnicott (1896 - 1971) was the creative mind behind some of the most enduring theories of the child and of child, adolescent ……続きを見る

Мемуары выдающегося украинского хирурга Виктора Степановича Карпенко (1923 – 2003) вышли в двух томах: «55 лет в хирургии» и «60 лет в хирургии» к 75-летию и 80-летию соответственно. Настоящая книга……続きを見る

Hippocrates is a towering figure in Greek medicine. Dubbed the 'father of medicine', he has inspired generations of physicians over millennia in both the East and West. Despite this, little is known……続きを見る

A forma como políticos, médicos, farmacêuticos e a população da Bahia se posicionaram diante da desconhecida doença que vitimou cerca de 30 milhões de pessoas nos anos de 1918/19, estrutura o livro.……続きを見る

With a focus on science in the ancient societies of Greece and Rome, including glimpses into Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China, The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World o……続きを見る

This volume interrogates the foundational categories that have come to define medical science in modern South Asia. It seeks to probe issues such as what constitutes the ‘medical’, in which context,……続きを見る

A Century of X-Rays and Radioactivity in Medicine: With Emphasis on Photographic Records of the Early Years celebrates three great discoveries-x-rays (1895), radioactivity (1896), and radium (1898)-……続きを見る

A autora demonstra o potencial da aplicação do que se poderia chamar de métodos 'clássicos' da pesquisa antropológica para além dos contextos sociais mais comumente explorados. A 'comunidade' estuda……続きを見る

In 'Sigmund Freud: Die Zukunft einer Illusion' präsentiert der renommierte Psychoanalytiker und Begründer der Psychoanalyse seine Gedanken zur Religion und den damit verbundenen Illusionen. Freud an……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Der Witz und seine Beziehung zum Unbewußten" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Der Witz und seine Beziehun……続きを見る

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, einer der Begründer der modernen Psychologie, präsentiert in seinem bahnbrechenden Werk 'Grundriss der Psychologie' einen umfassenden Überblick über die Grundlagen dieser i……続きを見る

First published in 2005, this encyclopedia demonstrates that the millennium from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance was a period of great intellectual and practical achievement and inno……続きを見る

A provocative survey of new research in the history of urban public health, Body and City links the approaches of demographic and medical history with the methodologies of urban history and historic……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Grundriss der Psychologie" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Vorwort: "Dies Buch ist zunächst aus ……続きを見る

To some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. To others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it i……続きを見る