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Tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health.
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The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks... Læs mere
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Tells the largely forgotten story of German measles epidemic of early 1960s and how it created national anxiety about dying,... Læs mere
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A commentary on the 18th-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "customers"), and its patrons, viewed through the unique lens of the private case book kept by the most famous mad-doctor in Augustan England, Dr. John Monro (1715-1791).
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Traces the seminal ideas that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, when the fundamental concepts of modern neurophysiology and anatomy were formulated in a period of unprecedented scientific discovery.
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Caused by the lack of a minute quantity of the chemical thiamin, or vitamin B1 in the diet, beriberi is characterized by weakness and loss... Læs mere
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This reissue offers an opportunity to consider the state of the American health-care system. The text chronicles the development of the medical profession and shows how increasing emphasis on specialization has influenced medical education and public policy.
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Presents essays which describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Representing diverse fields and professions, the 23 contributors use historical... Læs mere
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A study of gender in the history of Chinese medicine. The book examines the tradition of "fuke", or medicine for women, evolving... Læs mere
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The aims of evidence-based medicine cannot be reconciled with its outcomes, yet this impossible practice persists at the intersection of professional medical regulation and liberal governance strategies.
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The first historical study of morality and science in Canadian medicine, Medicine and Morality shows how moments of doubt in doctors’ impartiality resulted in changes to how medicine was done, and even to the very definition of medical practice itself.