History of medicine books

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Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion

Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion...

Author: Richard Conniff ,  Tom Beyer
ISBN: 9798212965200
Format: Audio
$65.97

"""From the discovery of microorganisms to the end of smallpox, the story of how we came to understand the infectious...  Read More >>

Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood

Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood

Author: Anne Mendelson
ISBN: 9780231188180
Format: Hardback
$49.95

Spoiled is an unflinching and meticulous critique of the glorification of fluid milk and its alleged universal benefits....  Read More >>

The Malleable Body: Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees in Early Modern Germany

The Malleable Body: Surgeons, Artisans, and Amputees...

Author: Heidi Hausse
ISBN: 9781526160652
Format: Hardback
$115.00

This invaluable study reveals how practices for treating the loss of limbs in early modern Germany transformed western...  Read More >>

History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian to the Present, Volume I: Insights to Specific Cross-Cutting Aspects of the Disease in the Americas

History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian...

Author: Charles E. Rupprecht
ISBN: 9783031250514
Format: Hardback
$284.60

The Americas is the only region with bat rabies virus, including vampire bat rabies.  Read More >>

The Edinburgh Seven: The Story of the First Women to Study Medicine

The Edinburgh Seven: The Story of the First Women to...

Author: Janey Jones
ISBN: 9781399099233
Format: Hardback
$59.99

This biography celebrates the intrepid efforts of the Seven to...  Read More >>

American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life

American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt,...

Author: Jennifer Lunden ,  Anna Caputo
ISBN: 9798212709224
Format: Audio
$190.05

"A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author's...  Read More >>

Humanembryologische Schnittseriensammlungen um 1900 am Beispiel der Marburger Gasser-Strahl'schen Sammlung

Humanembryologische Schnittseriensammlungen um 1900...

Author: Irmtraud Sahmland ,  Caroline Maria Stiel
ISBN: 9783631893081
Format: Hardback
$113.85

Die Publikation zeigt, weshalb humanembryologische Schnittseriensammlungen um 1900 zu zentralen Forschungsobjekten...  Read More >>

The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease

The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease

Author: Michaela Binder (Novetus GmbH Archaeological Services) ,  Charlotte A. Roberts (Durham University)
ISBN: 9781108480345
Format: Hardback
$206.97

Evidence for cardiovascular diseases found with ancient skeletons and mummies shows that they are not just a modern...  Read More >>

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity's Deadliest Diseases

The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the...

Author: Andrew Lam
ISBN: 9781637742631
Format: Hardback
$65.00

An in-depth look at the mavericks, moments, and mistakes that sparked the greatest medical discoveries in modern...  Read More >>

Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey

Circumcision and Medicine in Modern Turkey

Author: Oyman Basaran
ISBN: 9781477327029
Format: Hardback
$145.20

An investigation of how the expansion of modern medicine in Turkey transformed young boys’ experiences of circumcision....  Read More >>

Living Medicine

Living Medicine

Author: Adama Campbell
ISBN: 9781589373143
Format: Paperback
$52.51

A sweeping biography of the visionary behind bone marrow transplantation and the story of the diseases cured by...  Read More >>

Psychedelic New York: A History of LSD in the City

Psychedelic New York: A History of LSD in the City

Author: Chris Elcock
ISBN: 9780228016717
Format: Hardback
$343.20

A hub for the production, distribution, investigation, and consumption of psychedelics, New York City gave birth...  Read More >>

The Medieval Hospital: Literary Culture and Community in England, 1350-1550

The Medieval Hospital: Literary Culture and Community...

Author: Nicole R. Rice
ISBN: 9780268205119
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Nicole Rice's original study analyzes the role played by late medieval English hospitals as sites of literary production...  Read More >>

Medicine and Integration of Frontier Tribes: The British and After in Arunachal Pradesh

Medicine and Integration of Frontier Tribes: The British...

Author: Tajen Dabi
ISBN: 9789356870444
Format: Hardback
$118.67

Medicine and Integration of Frontier Tribes: The British and After in Arunachal Pradesh traces the use of medicine...  Read More >>

Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World

Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change...

Author: Sarah DiGregorio ,  Ann Marie Gideon
ISBN: 9798212708968
Format: Audio
$176.85

In this sweeping cultural history of nursing from the Stone Age to the present, the critically acclaimed author...  Read More >>

Patient and Staff Voices in Primary Care: Learning from Dr Ockrim and her Glasgow Medical Practice

Patient and Staff Voices in Primary Care: Learning from...

Author: Kenneth E. Collins
ISBN: 9781032432137
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This unique work represents the recording and analysis of oral history interviews conducted by the pioneering general...  Read More >>

From Hippocrates to COVID-19: A Bibliographic History of Medicine

From Hippocrates to COVID-19: A Bibliographic History...

Author: Dale A. Stirling
ISBN: 9789814968355
Format: Hardback
$597.71

The book is a one-stop resource that cites literature related to the historical aspects of medicine. It also acknowledges...  Read More >>

Patient and Staff Voices in Primary Care: Learning from Dr Ockrim and her Glasgow Medical Practice

Patient and Staff Voices in Primary Care: Learning from...

Author: Kenneth E. Collins
ISBN: 9781032439013
Format: Hardback
$200.00

This unique work represents the recording and analysis of oral history interviews conducted by the pioneering general...  Read More >>

Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS

Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS...

Author: Celia Farber ,  Caroline White
ISBN: 9781666635942
Format: Audio
$92.37

This reissue includes a new foreword and afterword.  Read More >>

Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS

Serious Adverse Events: An Uncensored History of AIDS...

Author: Celia Farber ,  Caroline White
ISBN: 9781666635997
Format: Audio
$65.97

This reissue includes a new foreword and afterword.  Read More >>

Historical Explorations of Modern Epidemiology: Patterns, Populations and Pathologies

Historical Explorations of Modern Epidemiology: Patterns,...

Author: Heini Hakosalo ,  Katariina Parhi
ISBN: 9783031206702
Format: Hardback
$232.85

The book identifies significant historical changes and the driving forces behind them, charting forms of science-society...  Read More >>

American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life

American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt,...

Author: Jennifer Lunden
ISBN: 9780062941374
Format: Hardback
$84.48

"""A literary, historical exploration about the way in which our industrialized lives have made us sick--from diarist...  Read More >>

Galen: Works on Human Nature: Volume 1, Mixtures (De Temperamentis)

Galen: Works on Human Nature: Volume 1, Mixtures (De...

Author: P. N. Singer (Birkbeck, University of London) ,  Philip J. van der Eijk (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
ISBN: 9781009382540
Format: Paperback
$64.66

In this book, the Graeco-Roman doctor Galen sets out his influential theory of the 'mixtures' of the human body...  Read More >>

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