History of medicine books

43385 books were found.

Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States

Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities...

Author: Anne Pollock ,  Kirsten Potter
ISBN: 9798212081917
Format: Audio
$176.85

An event-by-event look at how institutionalized racism harms the health of African Americans in the twenty-first...  Read More >>

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine

Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War...

Author: Jim Downs ,  David Colacci
ISBN: 9798212071659
Format: Audio
$176.85

Standard histories of infectious disease celebrate brilliant minds...  Read More >>

The Anatomy of Jewish Law

The Anatomy of Jewish Law

Author:
ISBN: 9781592645794
Format: Hardback
$92.27

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Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine, 1614-1790: Corpuscularianism, Technology and Experimentation

Santorio Santori and the Emergence of Quantified Medicine,...

Author: Jonathan Barry ,  Fabrizio Bigotti
ISBN: 9783030795863
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book examines the life and works of Santorio Santori and his impact on the history of medicine and natural...  Read More >>

Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought: Presocratic and Hippocratic Approaches

Sleep and Dreams in Early Greek Thought: Presocratic...

Author: Stephanie Holton
ISBN: 9780367209162
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the...  Read More >>

As a Matter of Course

As a Matter of Course

Author: Annie Payson Call
ISBN: 9789355891464
Format: Paperback
$20.91

One of several books by the Waltham author who mainly wrote about mental health.  Read More >>

Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375-1500

Middle English Medical Recipes and Literary Play, 1375-1500...

Author: Hannah Bower (Junior Research Fellow, Churchill College, University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9780192849496
Format: Hardback
$189.95

This volume is the first detailed, book-length study of Middle English medical recipes in their literary, imaginative,...  Read More >>

Psychotherapie als soziale Praxis

Psychotherapie als soziale Praxis

Author: Thomas Nölle
ISBN: 9783847113959
Format: Paperback
$62.07

Nowadays, psychotherapy is usually understood as a part of medicine. In the past, however, mental health care was...  Read More >>

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine

The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought...

Author: Janice P. Nimura
ISBN: 9781324020202
Format: Paperback
$32.25

"New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Biography ""Janice P. Nimura has resurrected...  Read More >>

In Search of Madness: A psychiatrist’s travels through the history of mental illness

In Search of Madness: A psychiatrist’s travels through...

Author: Brendan Kelly
ISBN: 9780717193783
Format: Paperback
$49.14

In this fascinating new exploration of mental illness, Professor Brendan Kelly examines 'madness' in history and...  Read More >>

Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and its Institute of Neurology

Queen Square: A History of the National Hospital and...

Author: Simon Shorvon (Institute of Neurology, University College London) ,  Alastair Compston (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781009214162
Format: Paperback
$67.25

This book provides a detailed history of the first hospital dedicated to neurology and neurosurgery in the world:...  Read More >>

Disorder Contained: Mental Breakdown and the Modern Prison in England and Ireland, 1840 – 1900

Disorder Contained: Mental Breakdown and the Modern...

Author: Catherine Cox (University College Dublin) ,  Hilary Marland (University of Warwick)
ISBN: 9781108834551
Format: Hardback
$194.06

A major study into mental disorder in English and Irish prisons between 1840 and 1900, Disorder Contained investigates...  Read More >>

Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine

Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19...

Author: David Heath
ISBN: 9781546000907
Format: Hardback
$49.99

This is the incredible story of the scientists who created a coronavirus vaccine in record time.  Read More >>

First Patients: The incredible true stories of pioneer patients

First Patients: The incredible true stories of pioneer...

Author: Rod Tanchanco
ISBN: 9798985393712
Format: Paperback
$28.46

What was it like to be that patient that sparked a medical milestone? First Patients reads with the pace and excitement...  Read More >>

Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A Monkey's Head, the Pope's Neuroscientist, and the Quest to Transplant the Soul

Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher: A Monkey's Head, the Pope's...

Author: Brandy Schillace
ISBN: 9781982113780
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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Know Your Remedies: Pharmacy and Culture in Early Modern China

Know Your Remedies: Pharmacy and Culture in Early Modern...

Author: He Bian
ISBN: 9780691200132
Format: Paperback
$49.99

A cultural history of the concept of pharmacy, both the material nature of drugs and the trade in medicine, in early...  Read More >>

First Patients: The incredible true stories of pioneer patients

First Patients: The incredible true stories of pioneer...

Author: Rod Tanchanco
ISBN: 9798985393729
Format: Hardback
$38.79

What was it like to be that patient that sparked a medical milestone? First Patients reads with the pace and excitement...  Read More >>

Disease and Society in Premodern England

Disease and Society in Premodern England

Author: John Theilmann
ISBN: 9781032104133
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Disease and Society in Premodern England examines the impact of infectious disease in England from the everyday...  Read More >>

Galen and the Early Moderns

Galen and the Early Moderns

Author: Matteo Favaretti Camposampiero ,  Emanuela Scribano
ISBN: 9783030863074
Format: Hardback
$284.60

In fact, even though Galenism was gradually dismissed as a system, several of his ideas spread through the modern...  Read More >>

The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA

The End of Genetics: Designing Humanity's DNA

Author: David B. Goldstein
ISBN: 9780300219395
Format: Hardback
$41.95

An urgent plea for a broader understanding and awareness of the unconsidered dangers of new genetic technologies...  Read More >>

World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One

World War C: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic and...

Author: Sanjay Gupta MD ,  Kristin Loberg
ISBN: 9781432896577
Format: Hardback
$92.37

CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, MD, offers accessible, data-packed answers to our biggest questions...  Read More >>

Disease and Society in Premodern England

Disease and Society in Premodern England

Author: John Theilmann
ISBN: 9781032104126
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Disease and Society in Premodern England examines the impact of infectious disease in England from the everyday...  Read More >>

Science in London: A Guide to Memorials

Science in London: A Guide to Memorials

Author: Magdolna Hargittai ,  Magdolna Hargittai
ISBN: 9783030623357
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book introduces the reader to the statues, busts, and memorial plaques of scientists, explorers, medicine men...  Read More >>

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