History of medicine books

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Old-Time Makers of Medicine

Old-Time Makers of Medicine

Author: James J Walsh
ISBN: 9781617204586
Format: Paperback
$25.85

James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D. (1865-1942) was an American physician and author, born in New York...  Read More >>

From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression

From Melancholia to Prozac: A History of Depression...

Author: Clark Lawlor (Reader in English Literature, Northumbria University)
ISBN: 9786613624147
Format: Electronic book text
$142.45

Depression is an experience known to millions. But arguments rage on aspects of its definition and its impact on...  Read More >>

The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion, and DNA

The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess: Race, Religion,...

Author: Jeff Wheelwright
ISBN: 9780393081916
Format: Hardback
$44.95

A brilliant and emotionally resonant exploration of science and family history.  Read More >>

New Directions in Nursing History: International Perspectives

New Directions in Nursing History: International Perspectives...

Author: Susan McGann ,  Barbara Mortimer
ISBN: 9780415511117
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing...  Read More >>

Medicine, Government and Public Health in Philip II's Spain: Shared Interests, Competing Authorities

Medicine, Government and Public Health in Philip II's...

Author: Michele L. Clouse
ISBN: 9781409437949
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society since 1870

Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European...

Author: Roger Davidson ,  Lesley A. Hall (Wellcome Institute, London, UK)
ISBN: 9780415510783
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This volume brings together for the first time a series of studies on the social history of venereal disease in...  Read More >>

The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: New Perspectives

The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919: New Perspectives...

Author: David Killingray ,  Howard Phillips
ISBN: 9780415510790
Format: Paperback
$92.99

On a global, multidisciplinary scale, the book applies the insights of social and medical sciences to an investigation...  Read More >>

Dying for Victorian Medicine: English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929

Dying for Victorian Medicine: English Anatomy and its...

Author: E. Hurren
ISBN: 9781137405890
Format: Paperback
$169.00

The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned...  Read More >>

Dust and Its Dangers

Dust and Its Dangers

Author: T. Mitchell (Theophil Mitchell) Prudden
ISBN: 9781407685762
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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The Life of John Collins Warren, M.D., Comp. Chiefly From His Autobiography and Journals Volume 1

The Life of John Collins Warren, M.D., Comp. Chiefly...

Author: Edward Warren
ISBN: 9781407748801
Format: Paperback
$81.71

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this...  Read More >>

Dying for Victorian Medicine: English Anatomy and its Trade in the Dead Poor, c.1834 - 1929

Dying for Victorian Medicine: English Anatomy and its...

Author: E. Hurren
ISBN: 9780230219663
Format: Hardback
$169.00

The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned...  Read More >>

Golden Holocaust

Golden Holocaust

Author: Robert N Proctor
ISBN: 9786613587343
Format: Electronic book text
$158.24

The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling,...  Read More >>

Discours Des Maladies Melancoliques (1594)

Discours Des Maladies Melancoliques (1594)

Author: Andre Du Laurens ,  Radu Suciu
ISBN: 9782252035924
Format: Hardback
$163.68

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Medicine and Space: Body, Surroundings and Borders in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Medicine and Space: Body, Surroundings and Borders in...

Author: Patricia A. Baker ,  Han Nijdam
ISBN: 9789004216099
Format: Hardback
$657.36

The papers in this volume question how perceptions of space influenced understandings of the body and its functions,...  Read More >>

A Classified Bibliography of the History of Dutch Medicine 1900–1974

A Classified Bibliography of the History of Dutch Medicine...

Author: G.A. Lindeboom
ISBN: 9789401016995
Format: Paperback
$142.29

In some periods of the past Netherlands medicine has played a major role in the evolution of European medicine;...  Read More >>

Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences

Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform...

Author: Dominique Tobbell
ISBN: 9780520271142
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Offers a history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against...  Read More >>

Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences

Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform...

Author: Dominique Tobbell
ISBN: 9780520271135
Format: Hardback
$124.95

Offers a history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against...  Read More >>

The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism Controversy

The Panic Virus: The True Story Behind the Vaccine-Autism...

Author: Seth Mnookin
ISBN: 9781439158654
Format: Paperback
$42.24

A searing account of how vaccine opponents have used the media to spread their message of panic, despite no scientific...  Read More >>

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52: Alien Prescriptions?

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52:...

Author: Christopher Aldous ,  Akihito Suzuki (Keio University, Japan)
ISBN: 9780415681490
Format: Hardback
$326.00

This book critically examines public health reform during the Occupation of Japan and interrogates the reforms broader...  Read More >>

Chrétiens en terre d'Iran V: Lexique des termes de la pharmacopée syriaque

Chrétiens en terre d'Iran V: Lexique des termes de la...

Author: P. Gignoux
ISBN: 9782910640330
Format: Paperback
$66.00

La pharmacopée syriaque demeure encore aujourd'hui peu connue, malgré l'édition datant de 1913 d'un gros...  Read More >>

Rudolf Kingslake: A Life in Optics

Rudolf Kingslake: A Life in Optics

Author: Martin Scott (Person)
ISBN: 9781580463973
Format: Paperback
$52.67

If a single lens can form an image, why does our camera have several elements? A curious child, Rudolf Kingslake...  Read More >>

Frigidity: An Intellectual History

Frigidity: An Intellectual History

Author: P. Cryle ,  A. Moore
ISBN: 9780230303454
Format: Hardback
$169.00

This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars...  Read More >>

Environment, Health and History

Environment, Health and History

Author: V. Berridge ,  M. Gorsky
ISBN: 9780230233119
Format: Hardback
$84.99

The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern, but is often considered separately...  Read More >>

The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine

The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine

Author: K. Lee
ISBN: 9780230348295
Format: Hardback
$84.99

An exploration of the philosophical foundation of modern medicine which explains why such a medicine possesses the...  Read More >>

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