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This collection highlights and nuances some of the recent critical advances in scholarship on death and disease, across and beyond the pre-modern Mediterranean world, Christian, Islamic and Jewish h……続きを見る

In Souls under Siege**, Nicole Archambeau explores how the inhabitants of southern France made sense of the ravages of successive waves of plague, the depredations of mercenary warfare, and the viol……続きを見る

CONTENTS: Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble “Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby “Zemis and Zombies: Amerin……続きを見る

This book is a collection of stories, often suggested by a patient encounter. Patients are our best teachers. Each story aims to educate, entertain and inspire. You might be faced with issues like t……続きを見る

Zgodovina medicine je del študijskega programa študentov medicine, njeno poznavanje pa je neizogibno za vsakega bodočega zdravnika. Vedenje o preteklosti medicine namreč posreduje predstave in znanj……続きを見る

Winner of the History of Science category of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards given by the Association of American Publishers Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, ……続きを見る

This book provides an important examination into the role of evolution of human traits of dominance as central to understanding social and political events, proposing a new view on human social evol……続きを見る

In Clifford Whittingham Beers' groundbreaking memoir 'A Mind That Found Itself,' the author delves into the harrowing experiences of living with mental illness in the early 20th century. Written in ……続きを見る

Part of the bestselling Capstone Classics Series edited by Tom Butler-Bowdon, this collectible, hard-back edition of The Interpretation of Dreams provides an accessible and insightful edition of thi……続きを見る

”Grunden til, at den psykologiske bevisførelse kan behøve en særegen undersøgelse, er naturligvis ikke den, at der gælder en anden logik over for psykiske fænomener end for fysiske. Foreligger en ræ……続きを見る

In 'The Pocket Lavater; or, The Science of Physiognomy,' readers are invited to explore a comprehensive anthology that traces the historical and philosophical underpinnings of physiognomy. This coll……続きを見る

Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of medicine from classical times to the present. Focussing on the key tu……続きを見る

Hyper (more) Baric (pressure). This could be the most important book written in the 21st century about hyperbaric science. Inside, you'll discover the untold stories of the pioneers of the hyperbari……続きを見る

"The Pocket Lavater; or, The Science of Physiognomy" by Giambattista della Porta, Johann Caspar Lavater. Published by e-artnow. e-artnow publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre……続きを見る

"L'uomo delinquente in rapporto all'antropologia, alla giurisprudenza ed alla psichiatria" di Cesare Lombroso. Pubblicato da e-artnow. e-artnow pubblica un grande numero di titoli, di ogni tipo e ge……続きを見る

“A tour de force: an assessment of the ‘culture’ of mind–brain relations beginning with the ancients and ending in the present.” ーEdward Shorter, PhD, National Book Award finalist and author of A H……続きを見る

Este libro da cuenta de los procesos de construcción y profesionalización de la medicina y de la salud pública en la Real Audiencia de Quito y en el Virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada, y de la fo……続きを見る

Bethlem Hospital is the oldest mental institution in the world, to many famously known as ' Bedlam': a chaotic madhouse that brutalised its patients. Paul Chambers explores the 800-year history of B……続きを見る

This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: ”You have to know the past to understand the present.” This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in t……続きを見る

By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. Yet the glory of this achievement was……続きを見る

In the past few decades, the humanities and social sciences have developed new methods of reorienting their conceptual frameworks in a 'world without frontiers'. In this book, Bernadette M. Baker of……続きを見る

The Fontana History of Chemistry, which draws on both the author’s own original research and that of other scholars, is an unrivalled work of synthesis. Beginning with the first tentative chemical e……続きを見る

Until the early 1960s, cancer treatment consisted primarily of surgery and radiation therapy. Most practitioners then viewed the treatment of terminally ill cancer patients with heroic courses of ch……続きを見る

Although Charles Best is known for discovering insulin, the story of his life neither begins nor ends with that one moment. Not only did he make many other discoveries, he was also one half of an ex……続きを見る

Abortion Care as Moral Work brings together the voices of abortion providers, abortion counselors, clinic owners, neonatologists, bioethicists, and historians to discuss how and why providing aborti……続きを見る

Motivation provides an accessible introduction to motivation and emotion, combining classic studies with current research and uses numerous real-world examples to engage the student and make, often ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence the treatme……続きを見る

Our Necessary Shadow is the first attempt in a generation to explain the whole subject of psychiatry, from the UK's leading expert, Tom Burns A lot is written about psychiatry and the things it deal……続きを見る

The author investigates historic springs, leading to an underground history of the Niagara, New York region, presenting the colorful stories of Bootleg Spring, Devil's Cave Spring, Hollow Log Salt S……続きを見る

This updated edition includes a new afterword that identifies the role the Buck story plays in the Supreme Court's review of emerging state laws that seek to limit access to abortion. "Three generat……続きを見る