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Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War by Margaret Humphreys 9780801886966
£40.75Black soldiers in the American Civil War were far more likely to die of disease than were white soldiers. In Intensely Human, historian Margaret Humphreys explores why this uneven mortality occurred and how it was interpreted at the time. In doing so,... -
Archiving Medical Violence: Consent and the Carceral State by Christopher Perreira 9781517907129
RRP: £19.99£17.54A major new reading of a U.S. public health system shaped by fraught perceptions of culture, race, and criminality At the heart of Archiving Medical Violence is an interrogation of the notions of national and scientific progress, marking an advance in... -
Medical America in the Nineteenth Century: Readings from the Literature by Gert H. Brieger 9780801892684
£31.38Students of the history of medicine and of American history in general will welcome this collection of thirty papers originally published in nineteenth-century medical journals and lay publications. Each highlights a specific problem or medical attitude... -
Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition by Sarah W. Tracy 9780801881190
£52.60Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one... -
Do I Know You?: From Face Blindness to Super Recognition by Sharrona Pearl 9781421447537
RRP: £29.00£26.08A fascinating history of how we recognize faces-or fail to recognize them.In Do I Know You? Sharrona Pearl explores the fascinating category of face recognition and the "the face recognition spectrum," which ranges from face blindness at one end to super... -
Patients and Social Practice of Psychiatric Nursing in the 19th and 20th Century by Sylvelyn Hahner-Rombach 9783515117166
RRP: £78.00£72.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783515117166Author Sylvelyn Hahner-RombachFormat PaperbackPage Count 211Imprint Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbHPublisher Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden... -
The Body's Keepers: The Kidney’s Essential Place in Modern Science, Medicine, and Life by Paul L. Kimmel 9798887700304
RRP: £20.99£18.50The kidney is an extraordinary organ – in many ways the regulator, the metronome, the keeper of the human body’s delicate equilibrium. On a given day, minute by minute, it purifies the body of toxins it encounters from diet, climate, activity, and... -
The Filth Disease: Typhoid Fever and the Practices of Epidemiology in Victorian England Dr Jacob Steere-Williams (Royalty Account) 9781648250811
RRP: £27.99£27.38Shows how the investigation of local outbreaks of typhoid fever in Victorian Britain led to the emergence of the modern discipline of epidemiology as the leading science of public health Typhoid fever is a food- and water-borne infectious disease that... -
Alcohol, Psychiatry and Society: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives, c. 1700-1990s by Waltraud Ernst 9781526159403
RRP: £95.00£67.39The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of alcohol and drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon. Emphasising medical attitudes... -
Disease in the History of Modern Latin America: From Malaria to AIDS by Diego Armus 9780822330578
RRP: £89.00£77.62Challenging traditional approaches to medical history, Disease in the History of Modern Latin America advances understandings of disease as a social and cultural construction in Latin America. This innovative collection provides a vivid look at the... -
Medical Blunders: Amazing True Stories of Mad, Bad, and Dangerous Doctors by Robert Youngson 9780814796788
£89.88A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and... -
Feminizing Venereal Disease: The Body of the Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Medical Discourse by Mary Spongberg 9780814780602
£89.88In 1497 the local council of a small town in Scotland issued an order that all light women--women suspected of prostitution-- be branded with a hot iron on their face. In late eighteenth- century England, the body of the prostitute became almost... -
Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine by Wendy Chapkis 9780814716663
£89.88Dying to Get High with Susie Bright on Boing Boing! Warring Wines; 'You Want to Fight?'; Nurse Mary Jane in Santa Cruz High Times interviews the authors Alternet excerpt of the book ("How Pot Became Demonized") Discussion from the Santa... -
Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health by Jeanne E. Abrams 9780814789193
RRP: £58.00£50.57An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death,... -
Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery by Ilana Lowy 9780801893643
£49.99Modern scientific tools can identify a genetic predisposition to cancer before any disease is detectable. Some women will never develop breast or ovarian cancer, but they nevertheless must decide, as a result of genetic testing, whether to have their... -
Epidemics Laid Low: A History of What Happened in Rich Countries by Patrice Bourdelais 9780801882951
£22.48Justinian's Plague, the Black Death, the Great Plague, cholera, influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDS-these diseases and others have devastated human lives and society for generations, decimating populations, creating panic, and wrecking social and economic... -
Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History by James Stuart Olson 9780801869365
£32.97"Breast cancer may very well be history's oldest malaise, known as well to the ancients as it is to us. The women who have endured it share a unique sisterhood. Queen Atossa and Dr. Jerri Nielsen-separated by era and geography, by culture, religion,... -
In the Eye's Mind: Vision and the Helmholtz-Hering Controversy by R. Steven Turner 9780691632216
RRP: £155.00£119.36One of the most persistent controversies of modern science has dealt with human visual perception. It erupted in Germany during the 1860s as a dispute between physiologists Hermann von Helmholtz, Ewald Hering, and their schools. Well into the twentieth... -
To See with a Better Eye: A Life of R. T. H. Laennec by Jacalyn Duffin 9780691606965
RRP: £85.00£66.86Rene Theophile Hyacinthe Laennec (1781-1826) is best known for his invention of the stethoscope, one of medicine's most powerful symbols. Histories, novels, and films have cloaked his life in hagiography and legend. Jacalyn Duffin's fascinating new... -
The Therapeutic Perspective: Medical Practice, Knowledge, and Identity in America, 1820-1885 by John Harley Warner 9780691606040
RRP: £65.00£50.51This new paperback edition makes available John Harley Warner's highly influential, revisionary history of nineteenth-century American medicine. Deftly integrating social and intellectual perspectives, Warner explores a crucial shift in medical history,... -
State of Immunity: The Politics of Vaccination in Twentieth-Century America by James Colgrove 9780520247499
RRP: £71.00£55.45This first comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. One hundred years ago,... -
Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Sources by C. Pierce Salguero 9780231189361
RRP: £125.00£97.06Over the centuries, Buddhist ideas have influenced medical thought and practice in complex and varied ways in diverse regions and cultures. A companion to Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources, this work presents a collection of modern... -
Invasion of the Body: Revolutions in Surgery by Nicholas L. Tilney 9780674062283
RRP: £35.95£29.36In 1913, the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston admitted its first patient, Mary Agnes Turner, who suffered from varicose veins in her legs. The surgical treatment she received, under ether anesthesia, was the most advanced available at the time. At... -
Origin of Diseases by Yun-Chul Hong 9781634857819
RRP: £101.99£82.41While covering human history, civilization, and diseases to reveal why humans are sick with many ailments, this book provides the answers to the questions: "When, why, and how did humans contract all kinds of infectious and chronic diseases?"... -
Popular Guide to Homeopathy for Family and Private Use by Smith & Worthington 9781633915664
RRP: £10.20£8.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633915664Author Smith & WorthingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Westphalia PressPublisher Westphalia PressWeight(grams) 204g -
Vital Signs in Charleston: Voices Through the Centuries from the Medical University of South Carolina by Caroline B Matalene 9781596295797
RRP: £21.99£14.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596295797Author Caroline B MataleneFormat HardbackImprint History Press (SC)Publisher History Press (SC)Weight(grams) 408g -
Sweetness in the Blood: Race, Risk, and Type 2 Diabetes by James Doucet-Battle 9781517908485
RRP: £83.00£72.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517908485Author James Doucet-BattleFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint University of Minnesota PressPublisher University of Minnesota PressWeight(grams)... -
Epidemics and the Modern World by Mitchell Hammond 9781487593735
RRP: £40.00£35.37Epidemics and the Modern World explores the relationships between epidemics and key themes in modern history. Our institutions, colonial structures, relationships to animals, and perceptions of suffering, sexuality, race, and disability have all shaped -... -
Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health by Jeanne E. Abrams 9781479880577
RRP: £23.99£20.84An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one's life could be abruptly shattered by contagion and death,... -
White Coat Tales: Medicine's Heroes, Heritage, and Misadventures by Robert B. Taylor 9781441916198
£47.14This collection of intriguing stories offers profound insights into medical history. It highlights what all health professionals should know about the career path they have chosen. Each chapter presents a number of fascinating tales of legendary medical... -
The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen by Warwick Anderson 9781421433608
RRP: £30.50£27.37This riveting account of medical detective work traces the story of kuru, a fatal brain disease, and the pioneering scientists who spent decades searching for its cause and cure.Winner, William H. Welch Medal, American Association for the History of... -
Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence by Jacqueline H. Wolf 9781421425528
RRP: £43.00£38.52Between 1965 and 1987, the cesarean section rate in the United States rose precipitously-from 4.5 percent to 25 percent of births. By 2009, one in three births was by cesarean, a far higher number than the 5-10% rate that the World Health Organization... -
Instrumental Intimacy: EEG Wearables and Neuroscientific Control by Melissa M. Littlefield 9781421424651
RRP: £39.00£34.68A critical examination of the rise of wearable EEG monitors.From Fitbits to GPS trackers, wearables promise to help us understand and improve ourselves in quantified ways. We count our steps, track our location, and even monitor our brain waves as we... -
Artificial Hearts: The Allure and Ambivalence of a Controversial Medical Technology by Shelley McKellar 9781421423555
RRP: £47.50£42.37Artificial hearts are seductive devices. Their promissory nature as a cure for heart failure aligned neatly with the twentieth-century American medical community's view of the body as an entity of replacement parts. In Artificial Hearts, Shelley... -
Nature's Path: A History of Naturopathic Healing in America by Susan E. Cayleff 9781421419039
RRP: £35.00£31.64An alternative medical system emphasizing prevention through healthy living, positive mind-body-spirit strength, and therapeutics to enhance the body's innate healing processes, naturopathy has gained legitimacy in recent years. In Nature's Path-the... -
Notes on Nursing; What It Is, and What It Is Not (Dodo Press) by Florence Nightingale 9781406549584
RRP: £13.99£12.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781406549584Author Florence NightingaleFormat PaperbackImprint Dodo PressPublisher Dodo PressWeight(grams) 204g -
Medical Firsts: Innovations and Milestones That Changed the World by Tish Davidson 9781440877339
£61.47Profiling 60 medical innovations and milestones from the 11th through 21st centuries, this book highlights the people and stories behind these key moments while also exploring their historical context and enduring legacy. Medical Firsts: Innovations and... -
The South Carolina State Hospital: Stories from Bull Street by William Buchheit 9781467144728
RRP: £23.99£15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467144728Author William BuchheitFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago's Public Hospital by David A. Ansell 9780897336208
RRP: £29.95£19.61The amazing tale of "County" is the story of one of America's oldest and most unusual urban hospitals. From its inception as a "poor house" dispensing free medical care to indigents, Chicago's Cook County Hospital has been renowned as a teaching hospital... -
The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine: Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease by Keith Wailoo 9780801883255
£59.95Why do racial and ethnic controversies become attached, as they often do, to discussions of modern genetics? How do theories about genetic difference become entangled with political debates about cultural and group differences in America? Such issues are...