Oxford Medical Histories – serie
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The Antibody Molecule
From antitoxins to therapeutic antibodies
Inbunden, 2014
1501 kr
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The Antibody Molecule follows the extraordinary journey of the medics and scientists who shaped the course of medical advances in the field of immunology. One of the oldest of the medical sciences, immunology has a history that has seen chemists, physicists and biologists alike seeking to unravel …
A History of Haematology
From Herodotus to HIV
Inbunden, 2016
1266 kr
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Blood has long been an object of intrigue for many of the world's philosophers and physicians, and references to it have existed since the earliest studies of human anatomy. Herodotus of Halicarnassus, whose writings 500 years before the birth of Christ drew on stories collected during his …
The End of Epilepsy?
A history of the modern era of epilepsy research 1860-2010
Av Dieter Schmidt, Simon Shorvon
Inbunden, 2016
1356 kr
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Epilepsy is more than just a physical condition, the fact of simply having epileptic seizures, it has cultural, geographic and historical meaning and significance which go beyond that of a neurological disorder, and which defy a single perspective. The End of Epilepsy? is a beautifully illustrated, …
The History of a Genetic Disease
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Meryon's Disease
Av Alan E. H. Emery, Marcia L. H. Emery
Inbunden, 2011
2692 kr
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a disease that only affects males, with an incidence of around 1 in 3500 new-born baby boys. Its relentless progress is characterized by loss of the ability to walk by around the age of 10 or 11, leading to a wheelchair life, and death from cardiac and respiratory …
The History of Radiology
Av Adrian M. K. Thomas, Arpan K. Banerjee
Inbunden, 2013
1690 kr
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In 1890, Professor Arthur Willis Goodspeed, a professor of physics at Pennsylvania USA was working with an English born photographer, William N Jennings, when they accidentally produced a Röntgen Ray picture. Unfortunately, the significance of their findings were overlooked, and the formal …
To Comfort Always
A history of palliative medicine since the nineteenth century
Av David Clark
Inbunden, 2016
1266 kr
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Palliative medicine was first recognised as a specialist field in 1987. One hundred years earlier, London based doctor William Munk published a treatise on 'easeful death' that mapped out the principles of practical, spiritual, and medical support at the end of life. In the intervening years a …
