Contributions in Medical Studies – serie
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13 produkter
History of Modern Epilepsy
The Beginning, 1865-1914
E-bok, 2001
1178 kr
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Although the history of epilepsy, one of the most common serious neurological disorders, can easily be traced back to ancient times, the modern understanding of the disease only began in the middle of the 19th century. This history of the first fifty years of modern epileptology reflects the …
Golden Wand of Medicine
A History of the Caduceus Symbol in Medicine
E-bok, 1992
1123 kr
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The Caduceus, two entwined snakes set upon a rod, was the ancient symbol of Hermes, the Greek god of merchants. Today, it is a common and popular symbol of the medical and allied professions. This book traces the use of the caduceus symbol and answers the question of how it came to be the symbol of …
Sex, Diet, and Debility in Jacksonian America
Sylvester Graham and Health Reform
Inbunden, 1980
641 kr
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Photographing Medicine
Images and Power in Britain and America since 1840
Av Christophe Lawrence, Daniel M. Fox
Inbunden, 1988
1095 kr
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The book contains more than 250 photographs which are representative of the thousands that were studied. Each photograph is evaluated and interpreted in terms of the intended meaning and purpose of the images. . . . This book is a pleasure to read and represents the distillation of many hundreds of …
Pain, Pleasure, and American Childbirth
From the Twilight Sleep to the Read Method, 1914-1960
Inbunden, 1984
660 kr
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Tuberculosis Movement
A Public Health Campaign in the Progressive Era
Inbunden, 1988
1095 kr
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The Tuberculosis Movement presents a detailed description of the evolution of the American tuberculosis movement from its inception in the late 19th century to its maturity in 1917. As Teller demonstrates, the tuberculosis movement during this era pioneered many of the methods of contemporary …
Essays of Robert Koch
Inbunden, 1987
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
1095 kr
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This collection of translations of some of Koch's important essays represents an important first. It includes three of his essays on anthrax, three on tuberculosis, two on cholera, one on wound infections, and a relective essay entitled On Bacteriological Research. These papers clearly reflect the …
Romance, Poetry, and Surgical Sleep
Literature Influences Medicine
Av E M Papper
Inbunden, 1995
877 kr
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Pain and suffering, once associated with punishment for sin, became regarded as a purposeless evil that was hostile to human welfare. The works of Thomas Beddoes, Coleridge, and Shelley embody the change in attitude toward suffering and lay the groundwork for the general use of anesthesia in modern …
Sex, Disease, and Society
A Comparative History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Av Milton Lewis, Scott Bamber m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1095 kr
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This work identifies significant factors influencing, on the one hand, the historical pattern of sexually acquired diseases in 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific and, on the other hand, factors shaping the government and community responses to that pattern. Contributors analyze the role of …
Histories of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Av Milton Lewis, Maryinez Lyons m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1095 kr
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In a series of case studies of sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS from around Africa, contributors examine the social, cultural, and political-economic bases of risk, transmission, and response to epidemic disease. This book brings together major contributions to the historical study of …
Legend of Nietzsche's Syphilis
Inbunden, 2001
1129 kr
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In this unique exploration of Nietzsche's life and behavior, Dr. Richard Schain challenges the widely held view that this important philosopher's actions and erratic writings were due to general paresis, or syphilis of the brain. The author offers a detailed biography of Nietzsche's life, at each …
Childbed Fever
A Scientific Biography of Ignaz Semmelweis
Av K. Codell Carter, Barbara R. Carter
E-bok, 1994
1224 kr
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In the nineteenth century, tens of thousands of women died each year from childbed fever. The Carters describe birthing conditions and medical practices in Vienna during the time when young Semmelweis began to work in a maternity clinic there. He discovered that childbed fever arose because medical …
