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These essays illustrate the power of gender stereotypes to shape how medicine is practiced and perceived. The chapters investigate gendered perceptions of healers and patients in narratives across fiction, memoir, film, new media, and visual art.
These essays illustrate the power of gender stereotypes to shape how medicine is practiced and perceived. The chapters investigate gendered perceptions of healers and patients in narratives across fiction, memoir, film, new media, and visual art.
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Transnational Psychiatries
Social and Cultural Histories of Psychiatry in Comparative Perspective c. 1800-2000
This book offers a new, transnational history of psychiatry. Through original case studies from South America, Asia, the Pacific, and Europe, it explores the global transfer of practices, revealing commonalities, contrasts, and interconnections.
This book offers a new, transnational history of psychiatry. Through original case studies from South America, Asia, the Pacific, and Europe, it explores the global transfer of practices, revealing commonalities, contrasts, and interconnections.
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This book examines how doctors responded to trench diseases in the Great War. Faced with "new" conditions, a majority view emerged that they were a product of the trenches. This enabled an effective response using public health methods and military discipline.
This book examines how doctors responded to trench diseases in the Great War. Faced with “new” conditions, a majority view emerged that they were a product of the trenches. This enabled an effective response using public health methods and military discipline.
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The Proceedings of the 18th Annual History of Medicine Days Conference 2009
The University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada
This peer-reviewed volume collects papers from the History of Medicine Days conference, exploring topics from Ancient Medicine to Eugenics, Military Medicine, and Surgery. The book features the keynote address on the misuse of genetics by Dr. Garland E. Allen.
This peer-reviewed volume collects papers from the History of Medicine Days conference, exploring topics from Ancient Medicine to Eugenics, Military Medicine, and Surgery. The book features the keynote address on the misuse of genetics by Dr. Garland E. Allen.
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Disease, Class and Social Change
Tuberculosis in Folkestone and Sandgate, 1880-1930
This history of tuberculosis treatment demonstrates how class shaped responses to the disease. It analyses the conflict between viewing TB as a disease of poverty requiring social reform, and a focus on isolating those deemed to possess an hereditary taint.
This history of tuberculosis treatment demonstrates how class shaped responses to the disease. It analyses the conflict between viewing TB as a disease of poverty requiring social reform, and a focus on isolating those deemed to possess an hereditary taint.
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On Resentment
Past and Present
Resentment has a history. With the French Revolution as a turning point, this volume explores its evolution from a social passion for justice to a pathological symptom, revealing how this cultural experience has shaped social movements and the present world.
Resentment has a history. With the French Revolution as a turning point, this volume explores its evolution from a social passion for justice to a pathological symptom, revealing how this cultural experience has shaped social movements and the present world.
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“Attached Files”
Anthropological Essays on Body, Psyche, Attachment and Spirituality
In this selection of lectures and papers, medical anthropologist Imre Lázár explores the synergic logic of human bonds. Using attachment as a core concept, he connects anthropology, health sciences, religious studies, and ecology.
In this selection of lectures and papers, medical anthropologist Imre Lázár explores the synergic logic of human bonds. Using attachment as a core concept, he connects anthropology, health sciences, religious studies, and ecology.
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The Proceedings of the 20th Anniversary History of Medicine Days Conference 2011
The University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada
This volume from the History of Medicine Days conference comprises insights into the histories of Women, Health and Reproduction; Institutes and Deinstitutionalization; and the Brain, Mind, and Mindlessness. It includes Dr. George Weisz’s keynote on chronic disease.
This volume from the History of Medicine Days conference comprises insights into the histories of Women, Health and Reproduction; Institutes and Deinstitutionalization; and the Brain, Mind, and Mindlessness. It includes Dr. George Weisz’s keynote on chronic disease.
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Medical Education in Western India
Grant Medical College and Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy’s Hospital
“Medical knowledge is not communicable to the natives.” Despite this 1832 declaration, Governor Sir Robert Grant, Dr Charles Morehead, and philanthropist Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy created a medical college in Bombay that went on to rival those in Europe and America.
“Medical knowledge is not communicable to the natives.” Despite this 1832 declaration, Governor Sir Robert Grant, Dr Charles Morehead, and philanthropist Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy created a medical college in Bombay that went on to rival those in Europe and America.
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Roman Military Medicine
Survival in the Modern Wilderness
An illuminating text on the understudied topic of medicine and its use in the Roman military, this study explores the workings of the ancient healthcare system, the methods of care by its physicians, and the treatments it offered for different ailments and injuries.
An illuminating text on the understudied topic of medicine and its use in the Roman military, this study explores the workings of the ancient healthcare system, the methods of care by its physicians, and the treatments it offered for different ailments and injuries.
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Shell Shock Doctors
Neuropsychiatry in the Trenches, 1914-18
Shell shock was WWI's signature injury. Military doctors witnessed psychiatric states never seen before, evolving interventions still in use today. This text reconsiders their forgotten writings. Neuropsychiatry was founded in the shell craters of Flanders.
Shell shock was WWI’s signature injury. Military doctors witnessed psychiatric states never seen before, evolving interventions still in use today. This text reconsiders their forgotten writings. Neuropsychiatry was founded in the shell craters of Flanders.
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This volume publishes work by emerging researchers in the history of medicine, exploring topics from medical classics and the effects of war to conceptions of blood. It features the paper by keynote speaker Dr Thomas Schlich and is well-illustrated.
This volume publishes work by emerging researchers in the history of medicine, exploring topics from medical classics and the effects of war to conceptions of blood. It features the paper by keynote speaker Dr Thomas Schlich and is well-illustrated.
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A History of Cardiac Surgery
An Adventurous Voyage from Antiquity to the Artificial Heart
This book narrates the fascinating and dramatic history of cardiac surgery. It details the pioneers who defied the belief that the heart was inoperable and the innovations that led to open-heart surgery, valve replacements, and heart transplantation.
This book narrates the fascinating and dramatic history of cardiac surgery. It details the pioneers who defied the belief that the heart was inoperable and the innovations that led to open-heart surgery, valve replacements, and heart transplantation.
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This book explores the unique medical heritage of Portugal's National Palace of Mafra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It presents innovative studies on its collection of medical texts and items, covering topics from Paracelsan alchemy to the lives of 18th-century physicians.
This book explores the unique medical heritage of Portugal’s National Palace of Mafra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. It presents innovative studies on its collection of medical texts and items, covering topics from Paracelsan alchemy to the lives of 18th-century physicians.
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The History of Medicine and Healthcare
Selected Papers
This well-illustrated volume covers topics such as the history of psychiatry, biomedical ethics, and public health. Of special note is a paper by internationally renowned historian Dr Peter L. Twohig.
This well-illustrated volume covers topics such as the history of psychiatry, biomedical ethics, and public health. Of special note is a paper by internationally renowned historian Dr Peter L. Twohig.
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Dr Samways Writes to the Editor
The Life and Times of an Exceptional Physician (1857-1931)
After early achievements in physics and medicine, Dr Daniel Samways’s prestigious career was thrown off course by tuberculosis. He turned to general practice, but his undiminished scientific curiosity was revealed in prolific writings that continue to resonate today.
After early achievements in physics and medicine, Dr Daniel Samways’s prestigious career was thrown off course by tuberculosis. He turned to general practice, but his undiminished scientific curiosity was revealed in prolific writings that continue to resonate today.
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This book describes 100 years of change in American medicine through the extraordinary and inspiring life of Halsted Reid Holman. A visionary leader, he challenged orthodoxy and injustice, navigating the tension between healthcare as a basic human right and as a business.
This book describes 100 years of change in American medicine through the extraordinary and inspiring life of Halsted Reid Holman. A visionary leader, he challenged orthodoxy and injustice, navigating the tension between healthcare as a basic human right and as a business.
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In an era of biomedical technology, how do we account for the subjective experiences of illness and suffering? This unique book offers an international medical anthropology perspective on the ethics of care and the importance of the patient's voice in healthcare.
In an era of biomedical technology, how do we account for the subjective experiences of illness and suffering? This unique book offers an international medical anthropology perspective on the ethics of care and the importance of the patient’s voice in healthcare.
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Selected Articles and Letters of Stewart R. Roberts, MD (1878-1941)
The Osler of the South
Stewart R. Roberts, MD, was the first cardiologist in the South of the United States and was frequently called ‘the Osler of the South.’ This book presents a selection of 20 articles by Roberts, providing insights into his work and his environment.
Stewart R. Roberts, MD, was the first cardiologist in the South of the United States and was frequently called ‘the Osler of the South.’ This book presents a selection of 20 articles by Roberts, providing insights into his work and his environment.
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The Complete History of Plague in Norway, 1348-1654
The Second Pandemic
This unique book provides a complete history of the entire Second Plague Pandemic in Norway, from the Black Death to 1654. It studies how plague epidemics evolve by comparing their spread and dynamics in late medieval society versus early modern society.
This unique book provides a complete history of the entire Second Plague Pandemic in Norway, from the Black Death to 1654. It studies how plague epidemics evolve by comparing their spread and dynamics in late medieval society versus early modern society.
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