History of medicine books

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This book attempts to blaze a trail for the cross-disciplinary humanistic study of pain and pleasure, with literature...  Read More >>

Thomas Cowan brings to light the various ways in which scientists and government officials work to promote a vaccine...  Read More >>

"The health care system in Jamaica has always been one in which scholars, policy makers, health planners, health...  Read More >>

Drawing on a lifetime of experience as a practicing psychiatrist, he examines how the system has shifted in response...  Read More >>

"This book is a rhetorical analysis of the ""Seybert Report,"" based on the findings of the Seybert Commission formed...  Read More >>

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Mandeville’s aim was to delineate his own cure for hypochondria and hysteria, which consisted of a talking cure...  Read More >>

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure...  Read More >>

Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, the acclaimed author of Doctored and Intern...  Read More >>

Deftly alternating between key historical episodes and his own work, the acclaimed author of Doctored and Intern...  Read More >>

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Pain Medicine, a relatively new specialty, has proven increasingly relevant to medical practitioners in every field....  Read More >>

This history of medicine in Indonesia widens its scope to cover the social role of the medical profession. Pols'...  Read More >>

A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began....  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Influence of the Moon in Fevers The full and change of the moon are no lefs remarkable...  Read More >>

Die Laufbahn des Goettinger Flugmediziners Hermann Rein (1898-1953) steht stellvertretend fur die Karrieren einer...  Read More >>

Fighting Fat is a comprehensive study of approaches to obesity from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. It examines the health...  Read More >>

This collection of essays addresses the belly and the bowels as key elements in our understanding of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Descriptive Account of a New Method of Treating Old Ulcers of the Legs The very frequent occurrence...  Read More >>

Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge in China from the demise of eunuchism to the emergence of...  Read More >>

Fighting Fat is a comprehensive study of approaches to obesity from 1920 to 1980 in Canada. It examines the health...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Pictorial History of Ancient Pharmacy: With Sketches of Early Medical Practice German Pharmacy Laws...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Treatise on Mensuration, Both in Theory and Practice: The Second Edition, With Many Additions Sec}....  Read More >>

This book focuses on an important but neglected aspect of the Spanish Civil War, the evolution of medical and surgical...  Read More >>