History of medicine books

Medicine in the 19th century may strike us as primitive by today's standards, but widespread social change of the...  Read More >>

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From Hippocrates to William Osler, biographies of famous physicians that changed the direction of medicine throughout...  Read More >>

Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada.  Read More >>

The manuscript of Sir William Osler's lectures on the Evolution of Modern Medicine, delivered at Yale University...  Read More >>

In the 12th and 13th cent., Western Europe became possessed of Latin versions of most of the works of Greco-Arabic...  Read More >>

In a penetrating new biography of the Mauritian-born neurologist whose discoveries changed the scientific landscape,...  Read More >>

"""This history of Knight U.S. General Hospital, chosen because of available medical expertise, access to rail and...  Read More >>

Offers new insights into the early modern sickness experience, through a study of the medical history of Wales  Read More >>

A comprehensive history of the development of British sports medicine as a medical specialism, and of the changing...  Read More >>

This collection of essays looks at issues of health and citizenship in Europe across two centuries. Contributors...  Read More >>

This volume explores the nature of interactions between the East and the West in the field of medicine.It focuses...  Read More >>

How did modern medicine come about?  Read More >>

In this engaging first-person narrative, Dr. Brendan Reilly takes listeners inside the medical profession as he...  Read More >>

And what does the tragic history of thalidomide and its recent reintroduction for new medical treatments tell us...  Read More >>

The art of cookery in imitation of Horace's Art of poetry. With some letters to Dr. Lister, and others. Occasion'd...  Read More >>

Though the publication of Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions seemed to herald the advent of a unified study...  Read More >>

Explores in detail the efforts made by men and women in late Renaissance Italy to stay healthy and prolong their...  Read More >>

And what does the tragic history of thalidomide and its recent reintroduction for new medical treatments tell us...  Read More >>

Welche ethischen Grundsätze sollten Praktiker für ihre tägliche Arbeit aus der Geschichte des Faches ableiten, damit...  Read More >>

This book provides wide ranging and comprehensive biographical sketches of forty-two doctors who are best known...  Read More >>

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

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