English Almanacs, Astrology and Popular Medicine, 1550-1700
ISBN: 9780719069291 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Early modern almanacs have received relatively little academic attention over the years, despite being the first true form of British mass media. While their major purpose was to provide annual information about the movements of the stars and the corresponding effects on Earth, most contained a range of other material, including advice on preventative and remedial medicine for humans and animals. Based on the most extensive research to date into the relationship between the popular press, early modern medical beliefs and practices, this study argues that these cheap, annual booklets played a...
Early modern almanacs have received relatively little academic attention over the years, despite being the first true form of British mass media. Whil...
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101,29 zł |
War's Waste: Rehabilitation in World War I America
ISBN: 9780226143354 / Angielski / Miękka / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle.At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as Beth Linker reveals in her provocative new book, "War s Waste."Linker explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with...
With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms wi...
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138,68 zł |
Bargaining for Life: A Social History of Tuberculosis, 1876-1938
ISBN: 9780812231205 / Angielski / Twarda / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of patients and families, and by the turn of the century, fears of infectiousness compounded their anguish. Historians have usually focused on the changing medical knowledge of tuberculosis or on the social campaigns to combat it. In Bargaining for Life, Barbara Bates documents the human story by chronicling how men and women attempted to cope with the illness, get treatment, earn their living, and maintain social relationships.
Tuberculosis was the most common cause of death in the United States during the nineteenth century. The lingering illness devastated the lives of pati...
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339,51 zł |
A History of Epidemics in Britain: Volume 2, from the Extinction of Plague to the Present Time
ISBN: 9781107621954 / Angielski / Miękka / 896 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this second volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton continues his examination of diseases in Britain from the time of Charles II to the time of the volume's publication in 1894. The work is broken down by disease, ranging from typhus to childhood diseases, as well as examining the origin and consequences of specific outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Ireland and among British troops abroad. This work will be of value to medical historians and those with an interest in epidemiology.
In this second volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton continues his examination of diseases in Brita...
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187,44 zł |
Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780253014917 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health patterns in Southeast Asia have changed profoundly over the past century. In that period, epidemic and chronic diseases, environmental transformations, and international health institutions have created new connections within the region and the increased interdependence of Southeast Asia with China and India. In this volume leading scholars provide a new approach to the history of health in Southeast Asia. Framed by a series of synoptic pieces on the "Landscapes of Health" in Southeast Asia in 1914, 1950, and 2014 the essays interweave local, national, and regional perspectives.... Health patterns in Southeast Asia have changed profoundly over the past century. In that period, epidemic and chronic diseases, environmental trans... |
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111,43 zł |
La Matiere Brute et la Matiere Vivant, Etude sur l'Origine de la Vie et de la Mort: (Recherches sur le processus de vieillissement humain - Gérotonlog
ISBN: 9781495307805 / Francuski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dans ce livre, le savant Joseph Delboeuf reflechit avec une grande originalite sur l'origine de la vie et de la mort et sur la difference entre la matiere brute et la matiere vivante. L'argumentation et les conclusions de l'auteur ouvrent des horizons de reflexions que les chercheurs et philosophes modernes oublient bien souvent de parcourir. Ceux-ci trouveront dans cet ouvrage une occasion de prendre du recul pour peut-etre pouvoir mieux eclairer a leur tour ces grandes questions humaines: Qui sommes-nous? D'ou venons nous? Ou allons-nous? Pourquoi mourons-nous? Pourquoi et comment...
Dans ce livre, le savant Joseph Delboeuf reflechit avec une grande originalite sur l'origine de la vie et de la mort et sur la difference entre la mat...
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112,73 zł |
Medical Monopoly: Intellectual Property Rights and the Origins of the Modern Pharmaceutical Industry
ISBN: 9780226108186 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During much of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who prescribed patented drugs could be, and were, ostracized from the medical community. In the decades following the Civil War, however, complex changes in patent and trademark law intersected with the changing sensibilities of both physicians and pharmacists to make intellectual property rights in drug manufacturing scientifically and ethically legitimate. By World War I, patented and trademarked drugs...
During much of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers u...
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165,35 zł |
Classification, Disease and Evidence: New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine
ISBN: 9789401788861 / Angielski / Twarda / 211 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, i.e. define classes of diseases and recognize that an instance X of disease belongs to a given class B? (d) How do we assess and choose cure/ therapy? The book is divided into three sections: classification, disease and evidence. In general, attention is focused on statistics in medicine and... This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (in... |
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194,97 zł |
The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, etc.
ISBN: 9781480140400 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the following pages I have attempted to bring together from the pens of several authors who have written expressly for this book, the more interesting phases of the history, literature, folk-lore, etc., of the medical profession. If the same welcome be given to this work as was accorded to those I have previously produced, my labours will not have been in vain.
In the following pages I have attempted to bring together from the pens of several authors who have written expressly for this book, the more interest...
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73,23 zł |
Bethune in Spain
ISBN: 9780773543836 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a man who had everything, and yet had nothing. Although he had achieved international prominence as a surgeon, he was unhappy in his personal life and deeply frustrated by a failed attempt to introduce medicare to Canada. An uncompromising humanitarian in search of a cause, Bethune became immersed in the Spanish Civil War. In Bethune in Spain, Roderick Stewart and Jesus Majada recount Bethune's achievements in Spain and the events that led to his decision to assist the Loyalist forces. The narrative contains Bethune's letters and reports, some of them reproduced...
Norman Bethune (1890-1939) was a man who had everything, and yet had nothing. Although he had achieved international prominence as a surgeon, he was u...
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127,96 zł |
Pestilence in Medieval and Early Modern English Literature
ISBN: 9780415762663 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By examining different readings of specific illnesses, this study shows how the social construction of epidemic diseases formed a kind of narrative wherein man attempts to take the control of the disease out of God's hands by connecting epidemic diseases to the sins of carnality.
By examining different readings of specific illnesses, this study shows how the social construction of epidemic diseases formed a kind of narrative wh...
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263,45 zł |
One Doctor: Close Calls, Cold Cases, and the Mysteries of Medicine
ISBN: 9781476726359 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Told by a unique voice in American medicine, this epic story recounts life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physician, and is described by The New York Times as "a true service to history]. Dr. Reilly deserves a resounding bravo for telling it like it is." Malcolm Gladwell agrees: "Brendan Reilly has written a beautiful book about a forgotten subject--what it means for a physician to truly care for a patient." Every review of One Doctor noted its beautiful writing and compelling story, the riveting tension and suspense. "Remarkable with...
Told by a unique voice in American medicine, this epic story recounts life-changing experiences in the career of a distinguished physician, and is des...
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85,89 zł |
Die Gefaeßchirurgie Im Ersten Weltkrieg
ISBN: 9783631646465 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bereits Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte man sich mit allen heute gangigen Methoden der Gefasschirurgie auseinandergesetzt und in diesem Bereich der Chirurgie binnen weniger Jahre wichtige Erkenntnisse gewonnen. Gemass der oftmals aufgestellten These, ein Krieg bringe fur die Medizin, speziell die Chirurgie, Fortschritte, bot sich den Medizinern mit Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges die Gelegenheit, dieses Wissen zu festigen und zu erweitern. Zeitgenossische Berichte damals tatiger Kriegschirurgen stellen jedoch deutlich die widrigen Bedingungen an der Front dar, die es nahezu unmoglich machten,...
Bereits Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte man sich mit allen heute gangigen Methoden der Gefasschirurgie auseinandergesetzt und in diesem Bereich der Ch...
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309,37 zł |
Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective
ISBN: 9781472531407 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latin eugenics was a scientific, cultural and political program designed to biologically empower modern European and American nations once commonly described as 'Latin', sharing genealogical, linguistic, religious, and cultural origins. Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective offers a comparative, nuanced approach to eugenics as a scientific program as well as a cultural and political phenomenon. It examines the commonalities of eugenics in 'Latin' Europe and Latin America. As a program to achieve the social and political goals of modern welfare systems, Latin eugenics... Latin eugenics was a scientific, cultural and political program designed to biologically empower modern European and American nations once commonly... |
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658,75 zł |
The Prince's Body: Vincenzo Gonzaga and Renaissance Medicine
ISBN: 9780674725454 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Defining the proper female body, seeking elective surgery for beauty, enjoying lavish spa treatments, and combating impotence might seem like today's celebrity infatuations. However, these preoccupations were very much alive in the early modern period. Valeria Finucci recounts the story of a well-known patron of arts and music in Renaissance Italy, Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua (1562-1612), to examine the culture, fears, and captivations of his times. Using four notorious moments in Vincenzo's life, Finucci explores changing concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and... Defining the proper female body, seeking elective surgery for beauty, enjoying lavish spa treatments, and combating impotence might seem like today... |
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213,10 zł |
Od Szkoły Babienia po Uniwersytet
ISBN: 9788362993147 / Polski / Miękka ze skrzydełka / 666 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Monografia Od Szkoły Babienia po Uniwersytet. Dzieje kształcenia położnych w Warszawie 1802-2012 to długa przeszło 210-letnia historia kształcenia położnych, która wiernie została opisana na podstawie dokumentów i badań, ale i własnych obserwacji, doświadczeń, kontaktów i wywiadów z osobami znaczącymi dla kształcenia położnych.
Wieloletnie doświadczenia zawodowe autorów oraz ich rola w kształceniu położnych, szacunek do przeszłości i ogromne utożsamianie się z nowatorską rolą zawodową pozwoliły na interesujące przedstawienie dziejów, szczególnie minionego... Monografia Od Szkoły Babienia po Uniwersytet. Dzieje kształcenia położnych w Warszawie 1802-2012 to długa przeszło 210-letnia historia kształce...
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65,80 zł |
"Die Arznei Ist Goldes Wert": Mittelalterliche Frauenrezepte
ISBN: 9783110147032 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 421 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In dieser Geschichte der Gynakologie des Spatmittelalters wertet Britta-Juliane Kruse bislang unbekannte Rezeptsammlungen und Traktate aus, auf deren Grundlage Arztinnen und Hebammen Krankheiten therapierten oder die zur Eigenbehandlung von Frauen dienten. Das Alltagsleben von Frauen, das Geschlechterverhaltnis, Sexualitat, Menstruation, Unfruchtbarkeit, Schwangerschaft und Geburt werden in diesen Texten ebenso thematisiert wie die medizinische Praxis von Frauen im Spatmittalalter. Kruse kann zeigen, wann und wo Arztinnen praktizierten, welche Tatigkeiten Hebammen ausfuhrten und wie sie... In dieser Geschichte der Gynakologie des Spatmittelalters wertet Britta-Juliane Kruse bislang unbekannte Rezeptsammlungen und Traktate aus, auf der... |
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217,74 zł |
Otfrid Foerster - Arzt Und Naturforscher: 9.11.1873 - 15.6.1941
ISBN: 9783662268810 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Am 15. Juni 1966 jahrt sich zum 25. Male der Todestag von OTFRID FOERSTEl'.. FOER STER war einer jener Wissenschaftler, die schon in jungen Jahren zu internationaler Anerkennung gekommen sind. Er muB unter den gri:: iBten deutschen Neurologen und den bahnbrechenden Neurophysiologen unseres Landes genannt werden und steht in einer Reihe mit den GroBen del' Welt, die das Bild der Neurologie gepragt haben, mit HUGHLINGS JACKSON, CHARCOT, DUCHENNE DE BOULOGNE, DEJERINE, ERB, Sir HENRY HEAD und v. MONAKOW. Obwohl Kliniker, war er wie SHERRINGTON ein Meister der Physiologie und Pathophysiologie des...
Am 15. Juni 1966 jahrt sich zum 25. Male der Todestag von OTFRID FOERSTEl'.. FOER STER war einer jener Wissenschaftler, die schon in jungen Jahren zu ...
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Der Stoffaustausch Zwischen Mutter Und Frucht Durch Die Placenta
ISBN: 9783662317297 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben."
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen...
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200,43 zł |
Neuere Harnuntersuchungsmethoden Und Ihre Klinische Bedeutung
ISBN: 9783662319499 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 38 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben."
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen...
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200,43 zł |