History of medicine books

This book traces the development of British answers to the problem of childhood cancer. The establishment of the...  Read More >>

This book examines the striking way in which medical and scientific work on hearing in 18th and 19th-century France...  Read More >>

A history of the convergence of Western and Chinese medical practices in modern China.  Read More >>

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Broad in scope and sweep, Hamlin's study is a reflection of how the meanings of diseases continue to shift, affecting...  Read More >>

Rassenpolitische Massnahmen wie Zwangssterilisation und die Ermordung der wegen einer Erkrankung oder Behinderung...  Read More >>

This biography brings to life a figure, Dr. John Moore, who was famous in his day but has since been forgotten....  Read More >>

This book contains over forty authoritiative essays, focusing on the political economy of medicine and health, understandings...  Read More >>

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"Durfen Patienten fur den medizinischen Erkenntnisgewinn als bloe Objekte missbraucht werden? Anna Bergmann geht...  Read More >>

Anglo-Saxon England was governed by the discourses of illness, spirituality, power, and community. The concepts...  Read More >>

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Epidemics have caused terror across the world throughout history. This book describes how South Africa has faced...  Read More >>

Examines the ongoing, worldwide epidemiological transition from acute infectious diseases to chronic diseases as...  Read More >>

Greene's history sheds light on the controversies shadowing the success of generics: problems with the generalizability...  Read More >>

"One of the twentieth century's most controversial sexologists, John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist...  Read More >>

While the coerced human experiments are notorious among all the atrocities under National Socialism, they have been...  Read More >>

"One of the twentieth century's most controversial sexologists, John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist...  Read More >>

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This book traces the development of British answers to the problem of childhood cancer. The establishment of the...  Read More >>

While the coerced human experiments are notorious among all the atrocities under National Socialism, they have been...  Read More >>

This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon...  Read More >>