History of medicine books

47157 books were found.

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton...

Author: Kathryn Olivarius
ISBN: 9780674295551
Format: Paperback
$38.95

In antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were...  Read More >>

The Politics of Disease: An American History from Columbus to Covid

The Politics of Disease: An American History from Columbus...

Author: David R. Petriello
ISBN: 9781476691107
Format: Paperback
$68.20

From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States....  Read More >>

Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America Before the Second World War

Subjected to Science: Human Experimentation in America...

Author: Susan E Lederer ,  Lisa S Ware
ISBN: 9798874778439
Format: Audio
$176.85

"The first full-length history of biomedical research with human subjects in the period ""before Tuskegee""--from...  Read More >>

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages: Volume 7

Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the...

Author: Gerrit Bos
ISBN: 9789004697713
Format: Hardback
$385.44

In Novel Medical and General Hebrew Terminology from the Middle Ages, Volume 7 Gerrit Bos offers more terms not...  Read More >>

Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History 10th Anniversary Edition Companion and Reference

Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten...

Author: Suzanne Humphries ,  Roman Bystrianyk
ISBN: 9798986936338
Format: Paperback
$76.56

This literary and scientific work is a treasure trove of intriguing quotes, fascinating facts, and hidden histories...  Read More >>

The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s war on vaccines

The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andrew Wakefield’s...

Author: Brian Deer
ISBN: 9781917189057
Format: Paperback
$33.61

A reporter uncovers the secrets behind the scientific scam of the century. The news breaks first as a tale of...  Read More >>

Learning to Lead, Learning to Care: The History of the Student National Medical Association (Snma)

Learning to Lead, Learning to Care: The History of the...

Author: Jeffrey E Sterling, MD MPH
ISBN: 9798350942729
Format: Paperback
$171.60

Since 1964, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) has been the guardian of the recruitment, retention,...  Read More >>

Osteoporosis Diet Cookbook 2024: Nutritional Recipes for Stronger Bones and Better Health

Osteoporosis Diet Cookbook 2024: Nutritional Recipes...

Author: Misty J Font
ISBN: 9798320548463
Format: Paperback
$29.01

Our thorough Osteoporosis Diet Cookbook will reveal the secret to stronger bones and a healthy lifestyle. This cookbook...  Read More >>

Herbal Alchemy: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Healing

Herbal Alchemy: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Healing

Author: Alex Carter
ISBN: 9798869203182
Format: Paperback
$52.77

"Welcome to ""Herbal Alchemy: Exploring the Secrets of Chinese Medicine - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Healing."" In...  Read More >>

Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India

Puruṣa: Personhood in Ancient India

Author: Matthew I. Robertson (Lecturer, Department of History, Lecturer, Department of History, Murray State University)
ISBN: 9780197693605
Format: Hardback
$228.00

"Personhood is central to the worldview of ancient India. Across voluminous texts and diverse traditions, the subject...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Disability in the Modern Age

A Cultural History of Disability in the Modern Age

Author: Professor David T. Mitchell (George Washington University, USA) ,  Sharon L. Snyder
ISBN: 9781350436671
Format: Paperback
$52.99

If eugenics -- the science of eliminating kinds of undesirable human beings from the species record -- came to overdetermine...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth Century

A Cultural History of Disability in the Long Eighteenth...

Author: Dr D. Christopher Gabbard (University of North Florida, USA) ,  Susannah B. Mintz (Skidmore College, USA)
ISBN: 9781350436732
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Eighteenth-century philosopher Edmund Burke wrote, ‘deformity is opposed, not to beauty, but to the complete, common...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance

A Cultural History of Disability in the Renaissance...

Author: Dr Susan Anderson (Sheffiled Hallam University, UK) ,  Dr Liam Haydon (United Kingdom Research and Innovation, UK)
ISBN: 9781350436749
Format: Paperback
$52.99

In Renaissance humanism, difference was understood through a variety of paradigms that rendered particular kinds...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages

A Cultural History of Disability in the Middle Ages...

Author: Dr Jonathan Hsy (George Washington University, USA) ,  Professor Tory V. Pearman (Miami University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350436756
Format: Paperback
$52.99

The Middle Ages was an era of dynamic social transformation, and notions of disability in medieval culture reflected...  Read More >>

Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis

Early Modern Medicine: An Introduction to Source Analysis...

Author: Olivia Weisser
ISBN: 9780367557232
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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The Body Collected in Australia: A History of Human Specimens and the Circulation of Biomedical Knowledge

The Body Collected in Australia: A History of Human...

Author: Eugenia Pacitti
ISBN: 9781350373723
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Offering insight into nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical school dissecting rooms and anatomy museums,...  Read More >>

Heroes of Progress: 65 People Who Changed the World

Heroes of Progress: 65 People Who Changed the World...

Author: Alexander C R Hammond
ISBN: 9781952223679
Format: Paperback
$38.99

Heroes of Progress: 65 People Who Changed the World takes readers on a journey through the lives of 65 pioneers...  Read More >>

Psychiatric Institutions and Society: The Practice of Psychiatric Committal in the “Third Reich,” the Democratic Republic of Germany, and the Federal Republic of Germany, 1941–1963

Psychiatric Institutions and Society: The Practice of...

Author: Stefanie Coché (University of Giessen, Germany)
ISBN: 9781032716176
Format: Hardback
$273.00

The book probes how the serious and sometimes fatal decision was made to admit individuals to asylums during Germany’s...  Read More >>

Rochester Adolescent Medicine: The Journey Has Just Begun

Rochester Adolescent Medicine: The Journey Has Just...

Author: Dr Meghan Plog ,  Dr Elizabeth McAnarney
ISBN: 9781648250781
Format: Paperback
$52.77

A celebration of the history and growth of the Adolescent Medicine program - Department of Pediatrics, University...  Read More >>

The Role of Wireless Technology in Future Education System

The Role of Wireless Technology in Future Education...

Author: Pooja Purohit
ISBN: 9798224771219
Format: Paperback
$84.45

The history of education in ancient India has a prosperous and extraordinary history. It is believed that in the...  Read More >>

Ordering the Human: The Global Spread of Racial Science

Ordering the Human: The Global Spread of Racial Science...

Author: Eram Alam ,  Professor Dorothy Roberts
ISBN: 9780231207331
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Ordering the Human presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the racialization of science...  Read More >>

Of Human Born: Fetal Lives, 1800–1950

Of Human Born: Fetal Lives, 1800–1950

Author: Caroline Arni ,  Kate Sturge
ISBN: 9781942130895
Format: Hardback
$89.76

A new history of the concept of fetal life in the human sciences At a time when the becoming of a human being in...  Read More >>

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