Author: Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1482
Book Description
Bibliography of the History of Medicine
Author: A History of Medicine
Author: Lois N. MagnerPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780824786731
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A non-technical, jargon-free presentation of the history of medicine from palaeopathology to recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It gives a wide-ranging overview of Western medicine and an introduction to the rich and varied medical traditions of the Near and Far East.;This text stresses the major themes in the history of medicine - placing the modern experience within the framework of historical issues - and it presents medical history as an important part of intellectual and social history, supplying students with an examination of the field that encourages them to question modern medical assumptions. Areas that are less familiar to students are highlighted, and case histories represent broader issues and trends.
Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1712
Book Description
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science)
Author: Roy PorterPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393242447
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).
The Western Medical Tradition
Author: Lawrence I. ConradPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521475648
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
This text, written by members of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and first published in 1995, is designed to cover the history of western medicine from classical antiquity to 1800. As one guiding thread it takes, as its title suggests, the system of medical ideas that in large part went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC, and played a major role in the understanding and treatment of health and disease. Its influence spread from the Aegean basin to the rest of the Mediterranean region, to Europe, and then to European settlements overseas. By the nineteenth century, however, this tradition no longer carried the same force or occupied so central a position within medicine. This book charts the influence of this tradition, examining it in its social and historical context. It is essential reading as a synthesis for all students of the history of medicine.
National Library of Medicine Current Catalog
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
History Of Science In The U.S.
Author: Clark A. ElliottPublisher: Garland Science
ISBN: 1000524957
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
First published in 1996. The intention of this volume is two-fold: first, to give a chronologically arranged overview of selected data on the history of science in the United States, and second, to orient the reader to the substantial reference literature and research sources as guidance to further study of the topic. The subject areas that are covered include astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, and their related disciplines; areas such as anthropology and psychology are covered to a lesser extent. Science is the central focus, but the content of the work recognizes that the boundaries between subjects or activities are not absolute and certainly not when coverage spans several centuries.
A History of Public Health
Author: George RosenPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421416018
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.
Encyclopedia of Health Information Sources
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Category : Information storage and retrieval systems
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Health Information Sources
Author: Paul WassermanPublisher: Gale Cengage
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Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
"Approximately 13,000 citations for publications, organizations, and other sources of information on more than 450 health-related subjects." Arranged under both general and specific subjects. Each subject entry lists bibliographical information for abstract services and indexes; annuals, reviews, and yearbooks; associations and professional societies; handbooks and manuals; online databases; periodicals; popular works and patients education; research centers, institutes, and clearinghouses; and textbooks and general works. Many cross references.