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Between Flesh and Steel: A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781612344201 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. Between Flesh and Steel traces the historical development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to modern times. Military historian Richard A. Gabriel focuses on three key elements: the modifications in warfare and weapons whose increased killing power radically changed the medical challenges that battle surgeons faced in dealing with casualties, advancements in medical techniques that increased the...
Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the fie...
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Taking the Medicine: A Short History of Medicine’s Beautiful Idea, and our Difficulty Swallowing It
ISBN: 9781845951504 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the last2,000 years doctors have killed patients far more often than they saved them, and patients have colluded because they trusted themthis book is about how little and how much has changedFor years patients have placed their trust in doctors and the drugs they prescribe; yet as this thought-provoking history of medicine demonstrates, thistrust has often been misplaced. Whether prescribing opium or thalidomide, aspirin or antidepressants, doctors have consistently failed to test their favorite ideasoften with catastrophic results. Only with the development of antibiotics after World...
Over the last2,000 years doctors have killed patients far more often than they saved them, and patients have colluded because they trusted themthis bo...
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Meat, Medicine and Human Health in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781848931039 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of essays explores some of the complex relations between meat and health in the twentieth century. It highlights a complicated array of contradictory attitudes towards meat and human health. They show how meat came to be regarded as a central part of a modern healthy diet and trace critiques of meat-eating and the meat industry.
This collection of essays explores some of the complex relations between meat and health in the twentieth century. It highlights a complicated array o...
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Chocolate as Medicine: A Quest Over the Centuries
ISBN: 9781849734110 / Angielski / Miękka / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mesoamerican population who lived near the indigenous cultivation sites of the "Chocolate Tree" (Theobromo cacao) had a multitude of documented applications of chocolate as medicine, ranging from alleviating fatigue to preventing heart ailments to treating snakebite. Until recently, these applications have received little sound scientific scrutiny. Rather, it has been the reputed health claims stemming from Europe and the United States which have attracted considerable biomedical attention. This book, for the first time, describes the centuries-long quest to uncover chocolate's potential...
The Mesoamerican population who lived near the indigenous cultivation sites of the "Chocolate Tree" (Theobromo cacao) had a multitude of documented ap...
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Can Onions Cure Ear-Ache?: Medical Advice from 1769
ISBN: 9781851243822 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What common condition was once treated with cow dung? How might oyster shells relieve heartburn? Can eels really cure deafness? Is the secret to stopping a stubborn case of hiccups a simple ingredient found in most pantries? If you were struck by illness or injury in the late eighteenth century, you would most likely have been referred to Scottish physician William Buchan's Domestic Medicine--and, as a result, you may have found yourself administering urine to your ears or drinking a broth made from sheep's brains. Originally published in 1769, Domestic Medicine was produced...
What common condition was once treated with cow dung? How might oyster shells relieve heartburn? Can eels really cure deafness? Is the secret to stopp...
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Cholera
ISBN: 9780786472420 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "King of Terrors" is more prevalent today than at any time throughout history. In seven major cholera pandemics beginning in 1817, hundreds of thousands of people have died. Although called "The disease of filth," the deadly effects of cholera spared no one, no matter their station in life.
This book presents a chronological depiction of the disease by those who suffered its ravages, using their own words from hundreds of newspapers and letters whenever possible. In so doing, the speculations, missteps, sidetracks and prevailing fears are emphasised. The authors describe the... The "King of Terrors" is more prevalent today than at any time throughout history. In seven major cholera pandemics beginning in 1817, hundreds of tho...
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249,07 |
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Stress, Shock, and Adaptation in the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9781580464765 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now applied in a variety of other fields and contexts, such as in the construction and expression of personal identity, social relations, building and engineering, and the various complexities of the competitive capitalist economy. In addition, scientists and medical experts use the concept to explore the relationship between an ever-increasing number of environmental stressors and the evolution of an expanding range of mental and chronic organic...
Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now...
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A Chemical and Medical Report of the Properties of the Mineral Waters: Of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, M
ISBN: 9781108062022 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In medical terms, 'mineral water' was, in the early nineteenth century, any water that appeared to have an effect on human health. British physicians often prescribed mineral waters from particular locations - most commonly those at Bath - for a variety of illnesses. However, there was little available information on the chemical composition of these waters, and extant manuals were often inaccurate. This report by the physician Charles Scudamore (1779 1849) appeared in 1820, the first of its kind for decades. Having visited several well-known spas and wells, including Bath, Buxton and...
In medical terms, 'mineral water' was, in the early nineteenth century, any water that appeared to have an effect on human health. British physicians ...
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Którędy do medycyny?
ISBN: 9788391752760 / Polski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prezentowana książka uzyskała przed laty pierwszą nagrodę w ogólnopolskim konkursie na wspomnienia lekarzy.
Jerzy Woy-Wojciechowski został uhonorowany między innym Alfred Jurzykowski Award w Nowym Jorku i Medalem Gloria Medicinae, a także jest kawalerem Krzyża Wielkiego Orderu Świętego Stanisława. Prezentowana książka uzyskała przed laty pierwszą nagrodę w ogólnopolskim konkursie na wspomnienia lekarzy.
Jerzy Woy-Wojciechowski został ... |
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Complaints, Controversies and Grievances in Medicine: Historical and Social Science Perspectives
ISBN: 9781138794900 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pressure groups have led historians and social scientists to engage with the issue of the medical complaint. As expressions of dissatisfaction, disquiet and failings in service provision, past complaining is a vital antidote to progressive histories of health care. This book explores what has happened historically when medicine generated complaints. This multidisciplinary collection comprises contributions from leading international... Recent studies into the experiences and failures of health care services, along with the rapid development of patient advocacy, consumerism and pre... |
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Recent Advances in Medical Science: A Study of Their Social and Economic Implications
ISBN: 9781107637078 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1939, this volume contains the text of the Rede Lecture for that year, delivered by Sir Edward Mellanby. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the advances in medical science and their social and economic implications.
Originally published in 1939, this volume contains the text of the Rede Lecture for that year, delivered by Sir Edward Mellanby. This book will be of ...
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Virus Diseases and Viruses
ISBN: 9781107659568 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1938, this volume contains the text of the Rede Lecture for that year, delivered by Sir Patrick Laidlaw. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in virology and the history of medicine.
Originally published in 1938, this volume contains the text of the Rede Lecture for that year, delivered by Sir Patrick Laidlaw. This book will be of ...
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Surgeon General's Warning: How Politics Crippled the Nation's Doctor
ISBN: 9780520272293 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What does it mean to be the nation's doctor? In this engaging narrative, journalist Mike Stobbe examines the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, emphasizing that it has always been unique within the federal government in its ability to influence public health. But now, in their efforts to provide leadership in public health policy, surgeons general compete with other high-profile figures such as the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Furthermore, in an era of declining budgets, when public health...
What does it mean to be the nation's doctor? In this engaging narrative, journalist Mike Stobbe examines the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, empha...
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Studies in the History of Ophthalmology in England: Prior to the Year 1800
ISBN: 9781107625495 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1933, this book presents a historical study of ophthalmology in Britain from its earliest phases during the Roman period up until the end of the eighteenth century. Numerous illustrative figures, detailed textual notes and an appendix section are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in ophthalmology and its history.
Originally published in 1933, this book presents a historical study of ophthalmology in Britain from its earliest phases during the Roman period up un...
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Hydrophthalmia or Congenital Glaucoma: Its Causes, Treatment, and Outlook
ISBN: 9781107625518 / Angielski / Miękka / 398 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1939, this book presents a comprehensive study of hydrophthalmia, also known as buphthalmia, incorporating information on causes, treatment and outlook as they were understood at the time of publication. An approach based on comparative anatomy and pathology is used, with analysis of Australian fauna such as ornithorhyncus, echidna, pseudochirus and dasyurus incorporated into the study. The text also provides descriptions of all the different methods of operative treatment which had been tried, with a thorough analysis of the results obtained by various surgeons....
Originally published in 1939, this book presents a comprehensive study of hydrophthalmia, also known as buphthalmia, incorporating information on caus...
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A Treatise on the Yellow Fever, as It Appeared in the Island of Dominica, in the Years 1793-4-5-6: To Which Are Added, Observations on the Bilious Rem
ISBN: 9781108065542 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1793, the Caribbean island of Dominica fell victim to the deadly yellow fever virus. The British physician James Clark (c.1737 1819), who practised on the island for many years, witnessed the outbreak at first hand. He published this descriptive account in 1797, using the work to discuss his methods of attempting to treat the disease, which was considered among the most lethal tropical ailments of the time. Long before the link between mosquitoes and disease transmission was made, Clark explains his hypothesis about the origins of the outbreak and discusses the symptoms of its sufferers as...
In 1793, the Caribbean island of Dominica fell victim to the deadly yellow fever virus. The British physician James Clark (c.1737 1819), who practised...
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Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize
ISBN: 9781783263837 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where the scientists involved have not been awarded a Nobel Prize. Its aim is to publicize the achievements of these lesser-known heroes of our time and thereby inform and entertain the reader, whether medical student, professor or scientifically-minded layman.
This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where t...
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519,16 |
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Pioneers of Medicine Without a Nobel Prize
ISBN: 9781783263844 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where the scientists involved have not been awarded a Nobel Prize. Its aim is to publicize the achievements of these lesser-known heroes of our time and thereby inform and entertain the reader, whether medical student, professor or scientifically-minded layman.
This book brings together in one volume fifteen discoveries that have had a major impact upon medical science and the practice of medicine but where t...
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Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The Biography of a Tormented Genius
ISBN: 9783319030197 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard, the bilingual physician and neurologist who succeeded Claude Bernard as the Chair of Experimental Medicine at the College de France in Paris after having practiced in Paris, London and in the USA, especially in Harvard. For most men, making one discovery of global importance would have sufficed to satisfy their curiosity and self-image. Not so Brown-Sequard. His explanation of the neurological disparity following the hemi-section of the spinal cord was a unique... Genius and dilettantism often go hand in hand. Nowhere is this truer than in the life of Charles-Edouard Brown-Sequard, the bilingual physician and... |
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Plural Medicine, Tradition and Modernity, 1800-2000
ISBN: 9780415758321 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Research into 'colonial' or 'imperial' medicine has made considerable progress in recent years, whilst the study of what is usually referred to as 'indigenous' or 'folk' medicine in colonized societies has received much less attention. This book redresses the balance by bringing together current critical research into medical pluralism during the last two centuries. It includes a rich selection of historical, anthropological and sociological case-studies that cover many different parts of the globe, ranging from New Zealand to Africa, China, South Asia, Europe and the USA.
Research into 'colonial' or 'imperial' medicine has made considerable progress in recent years, whilst the study of what is usually referred to as 'in...
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