History of medicine Books

Book SynopsisThis leather-bound version of the original 1858 first edition of Gray’s Anatomy is ideal for students and those with a keen interest in medicine.In 1858, Dr. Henry Gray published the first edition of what has become known as “the doctor’s Bible,' with assistance from his colleague at St. George’s Hospital in London, the anatomist and medical illustrator Henry Vandyke Carter. Their efforts led to the most famous reference book on human anatomy, which continues to be updated and revised today. This leather-bound edition of Gray’s Anatomy contains the original text and black-and-white illustrations from the first edition, providing valuable historical insights into the study and discussion of human anatomy. Also included is an insert with several key illustrations presented in full color. Dr. R. Shane Tubbs, Neurosurgery Professor and Anatomical Research Director at Tulane University Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, provides a scholarly introduction with details about Henry Gray’s life and career, and examines the impact that the text has had on generations of medical practitioners, students, and the general public. 

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Book SynopsisQueen Victoria''s son, Prince Leopold, died from haemophilia, but no member of the royal family before his generation had suffered from the condition. Medically, there are only two possibilities: either one of Victoria''s parents had a 1 in 50,000 random mutation, or Victoria was the illegitimate child of a haemophiliac man. However the haemophilia gene arose, it had a profound effect on history. Two of Victoria''s daughters were silent carriers who passed the disease to the Spanish and Russian royal families. The disease played a role in the origin of the Spanish Civil War; and the tsarina''s concern over her only son''s haemophilia led to the entry of Rasputin into the royal household, contributing directly to the Russian Revolution. Finally, if Queen Victoria was illegitimate, who should have inherited the British throne? The answer is astonishing.Table of ContentsGod save you! where's the princesse?; dynastic climbers; Victoire and Victoria; the ugly ducking; the bleeders; mutation or bastard?; crowns rolling about the floor; the pretenders; the Coburgs and haemophilia in Iberia; later generation; a breed apart.

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Book SynopsisDrawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients and their families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of the widespread acceptance of this controversial procedure. The rise and widespread acceptance of psychosurgery constitutes one of the most troubling chapters in the history of modern medicine. By the late 1950s, tens of thousands of Americans had been lobotomized as treatment for a host of psychiatric disorders. Though the procedure would later be decried as devastating and grossly unscientific, many patients, families, and physicians reported veritable improvement from the surgery; some patients were even considered cured. The Lobotomy Letters gives an account of why this controversial procedure was sanctioned by psychiatrists and doctors of modern medicine. Drawing from original correspondence penned by lobotomy patients andtheir families as well as from the professional papers of lobotomy pioneer and neurologist Walter Freeman, the volume reconstructs how physicians, patients, and their families viewed lobotomy and analyzes the reasons for its overwhelming use. Mical Raz, MD/PhD, is a physician and historian of medicine.Trade ReviewIf you have read Jack Pressman's Last Resort, you may have concluded that you had read all you need to about the history of lobotomy. Mical Raz's book will make you think again. Through a close and thoughtful examination of lobotomist Walter Freeman, and especially his relations with patients, Raz has made a major contribution. * BULLETIN OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE *This volume provides a novel perspective on Walter Freeman's early training, linking it convincingly to his later professional practices and views. Highlighting that the efficacy of medical procedures is a complex and to some degree context-bound business, Raz's work is an important contribution to the history of twentieth-century American psychiatry. -- Andrew Scull, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsIntroduction From French Neurology to American Lobotomy Locating Holism Between the Ego and the Ice Pick An Active Docility: Reconstructing the Clinical Encounter A Surgically Induced Childhood Lobotomized, in Good Working Condition Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDoctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan.Trade ReviewThis text provides renewed insight into the irrational world of humans, where we engage in endless efforts to kill one another while mustering immense energy to save and repair those injured and harmed in the process. -- M. W. Carr, US Army Watercraft & Riverine Operations, US Coast Guard and US Navy Diving * Choice *The book turns reflexive when, back home, de Rond finds himself ‘disillusioned with what I felt was a pedestrian, low-status, egocentric game of academia’ (p. 133). Confronted with the human consequences of war, academia can seem hopeless (p. 128). Once again academics are faced with the question, does our work matter? And once again the moment can turn existential. If academics do immerse themselves in de Rond’s book, they will find themselves on firmer ground no matter what they conclude about what matters. -- Karl E. Weick * Administrative Science Quarterly *This is an amazing and fast read that tears at the reader’s every emotion. It leaves one ready to serve and be thankful for the sacrifice of so many in the medical community. -- Lt. Col. Jason E. Pelletier, U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas * Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army *[de Rond's talent at describing places, spaces, and objects is nothing short of amazing.... Doctors at War should be read by anyone who hasn't seen a war. -- Barbara Czarniawska * Organization *Mark de Rond brilliantly presents the human side of those doctors, making them incredibly relatable. So relatable, that we might for one second forget about the barbarity they witness and how emotionally strong they must be, to imagine ourselves wanting to embrace the same challenges and purpose. * Symbolic Interaction *Table of ContentsBy Way of Introduction1. Hawkeye2. Reporting for Duty3. Camp Bastion4. A Reason to Live5. Legs6. Apocalypse Now and Again7. Boredom8. Christmas in Summer9. A Record-Breaking Month10. Kandahar11. War Is Nasty12. Way to Start Your Day13. Back HomeEpilogueBy Way of Acknowledgment

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Book SynopsisConsiders the origins, development and history of medicines that generate high media interest and have a huge social and economic impact on society. This title provides coverage of pre-twentieth century drugs, the huge advances made in the twentieth century and the developments in drug research.Trade Review"... the book is of great value for everybody wanting to get brief, reliable information as well as for those using it as a starting point for further research." Die Pharmazie - An International Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction. Part 1 Legacy Of The Past. Chapter 2 The Prehistoric Period. Chapter 3 Pre-Hellenic Civilisations. Chapter 4 Greece and Rome. Chapter 5 The Arab World. Chapter 6 Herbals. Chapter 7 Chemical Medecines. Chapter 8 Systematic Medicine. Part 2 Drugs From Naturally Occurring Prototypes. Section I Phytochemicals. Chapter 9 Alkaloids. Chapter 10 Non-Alkaloid Plant Products. Chapter 11 Plant Product Analogues and Compounds Derived From Them. Section II Biochemicals. Chapter 12 The Origins Of Hormone Therapy. Chapter 13 Neurohormones. Chapter 14 Peptide Hormones. Chapter 15 Sex Hormones. Chapter 16 Adrenal Cortex Hormones. Chapter 17 Prostaglandins. Chapter 18 Hormone Analogues. Chapter 19 Vitamins. Chapter 20 Antimetabolites. Chapter 21 Blood and Biological Products. Section III Drugs from Microorganisms. Chapter 22 Antibiotics. Chapter 23 Antibiotic Analogues. Chapter 24 Pharmacodynamic Agents from Microorganisms. Chapter 25 Analogues of Pharmacodynamic Agents from Fungi. Part 3 Synthetic Drugs. Chapter 26 The First Synthetic Drugs and Their Analogues. Chapter 27 Drugs Originating from the Screening of Dyes. Chapter 28 Drugs Originating from the Screening of Organic Chemicals. Chapter 29 Drugs Discovered through Serendipitous Observations Involving Humans. Chapter 30 Drugs Disocvered through Serendipity in the Laboratory. Chapter 31 Concluding Remarks.

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Book SynopsisTheophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions.Trade Review“Historians of science, medicine, and magic along with Reformation historians will benefit from this work.”--American Historical Review * American Historical Review *"Here it is at last, the Paracelsus book that some of us have been waiting for for years. . . . All in all this new account of that mysterious but compelling character Paracelsus will be widely welcome and will provide the stimulus for further study of this fascinating period of revolutionary strife in Europe, which its participants believed to be a turning point in world history."—Andrew Cunningham, The British Journal for the History of Science -- Andrew Cunningham * The British Journal for the History of Science *"In Webster's skillful hands, Paracelsus (1493-1541) is transformed from an alchemical quack into an engaging and sympathetic radical religious and medical reformer...Webster's erudite account is a wake-up call for scholars of the Radical Reformation to become acquainted with the ideas of reformers in other fields, such as medicine and philosophy."--Gary K. Waite, The Mennonite Quarterly Review -- Gary K. Waite * The Mennonite Quarterly Review *"This is a fascinating book, which shows vividly the urgency with which Paracelsus engaged with the world in which he lived, and the complexity of that world. It will doubtless become a standard work for those dealing with this complex figure."--Charlotte Methuen, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History -- Charlotte Methuen * The Journal of Ecclesiastical History *"[A] masterful new book, integrating Paracelsus's various pursuits as a coherent and urgent mission to reform a world in crisis on the brink of the End Times. . . . This learned, engaging, and comprehensive study will certainly remain the standard study of Paracelsus for some time, and deservedly so."—Tara Nummedal, Renaissance Quarterly -- Tara Nummedal * Renaissance Quarterly *"Webster's portrayal of Paracelsus reveals a multidimensional and more comprehensible figure. Webster is able to reshape our understanding of Paracelsus as a revolutionary reformer. . . . Webster's book is a substantial work that contextualizes Paracelsus, and entrenches the figure as a man worthy of note not only for his contributions to medicine and science, but also as relevant to discussions of sixteenth-century German religious reform."—Katherine Walker, The Sixteenth Century Journal -- Katherine Walker * The Sixteenth Century Journal *"A valuable resource."—Eric Lund, Church History -- Eric Lund * Church History *

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Book SynopsisPrinted in 1247, this is the oldest extant book on forensic medicine in the world. Written as a guide for magistrates in conducting inquests, the book is a major source on early Chinese knowledge of pathology and morbid anatomy. Includes a lengthy introductory essay by the translator.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China. It traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. It features a preface which details the ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines.Trade Review"Unschuld has accomplished monumental labours of translation and annotation. He has a fine historical sense . . . and a colourful and easy style which makes these esoteric subjects more accessible." * Nature *"Successfully weaves the evolution of medical ideas with the prevalent socio-political events of the past three and one-half millennia. . . . The reward is immense." * Medical Anthropology *"Undeniably valuable." * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisThis illustrated history is a comprehensive introduction to Chinese healing practices across time and cultures. Global contributions from 58 scholars in archaeology, history, anthropology, religion, and medicine make this a vital resource for those working in East Asian or world history, medical history, anthropology, biomedicine, and healing arts.Trade ReviewCovering over 3,000 years of medical history, the volume demonstrates how successive schools of medical thought adopted new practices, accommodated old ones, and diverged from their own ideological and institutional roots in response to new sociopolitical contexts… The book examines the complex relationship between Chinese medicine and the West… While the sheer breadth of information contained within the volume might appear daunting, the book itself is actually quite approachable. The authors assume little foreknowledge of Chinese history on the part of the reader, and do a nice job of integrating general contextual information with specific examples of medical practice (often offset from the main text in gray boxes). The use of visual imagery, including maps, anatomic charts, and photographs of practitioners in action, further reinforces the multiplicity of ways in which Chinese medicine has been deployed in a range of settings and geographic contexts. By culling from a wide variety of primary and secondary sources and recruiting over 50 scholars to contribute to the volume, Barnes and Hinrichs are able to create a book that is thorough and comprehensive, yet not intimidating… Chinese Medicine and Healing can serve as a reference for students, scholars, and anyone looking to understand the historical roots of contemporary Chinese medical practices. -- Emily Baum * Los Angeles Review of Books *Taking a historical, sociological, and anthropological approach, this expansive survey makes a scholarly pursuit accessible, with crisply edited essays and fascinating illustrations that break down a complex medical tradition whose relevance has not diminished… Hinrichs and Barnes present a rich exploration of the evolution and impact of Chinese medicine… Medical professionals and alternative medicine aficionados will find plenty to appreciate in this compelling study. * Publishers Weekly *Hinrichs and Barnes have produced a large, ambitious, blockbusting volume that provides both encyclopedic range and contextual historical detail. The book is a great reference for a wide range of readers, including students, scholars, clinicians, and anyone seeking to better understand a medicine that is uniquely embedded in a civilization’s specific cultural history. -- Charlotte Furth, Professor Emerita of Chinese History, University of Southern CaliforniaVery impressive! An extraordinarily broad and rich compendium, Hinrichs and Barnes have orchestrated a vast collection of history and anthropological observations of professional and popular practice which will be useful for the expert and the general reader. -- Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[…] this book, without wasting words, persuasively demonstrates its major thesis. It will be of great interest for historians of literature, medicine and theology in the Enlightenment.- H-France Review, Vol. 12, No. 76‘[Kozuls’s] evidence is impressively wide-ranging, well marshalled, and convincing. Eleven thematic chapters move confidently among medical treatises, theological commentary, and libertine fiction, exploring the articulation of images of the body in a cross-section of texts […]’- Oxford Journals, French StudiesCette remise en perspective par la littérature du corps érotique et religieux au XVIIIe siècle peut […] constituer un apport intéressant pour une meilleure compréhension des confrontations autour de la définition morale du corps, qui finalement, transposées dans un registre plus moderne, demeurent encore actuellement.- Bulletin bibliographique des Archives de science sociale des religionsTable of ContentsIntroduction I. Corps sacré, corps érotisé1. Histoire de la sexualité et roman érotique2. Le religieux, le romanesque, l’érotique: amour de Dieu, amour de la créature3. Oraisons sublimes et intrigues de Vénus: de Pierre-Valentin Faydit à Lenglet Du Fresnoy4. Agapè et éros5. De la polémique antireligieuse à la fiction libertine: Voltaire, d’Holbach, Parny et l’érotisme sacré6. L’attrait du corps religieux: séduction et conversion dans Les Liaisons dangereusesConclusion de la première partieII. Corps peccamineux, corps jouissif, corps malade7. Physiologies érotiques et religieuses8. Délires hybrides: mélancolie et inceste dans Cleveland de Prévost9. Physiologie, interdits et violences: autour du corps christique10. L’attrait du corps déchiré: humorisme, érotisme et pénitence11. Toxicologie et épidémiologie sadiennesConclusion de la deuxième partieConclusion généraleBibliographieIndex

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Book SynopsisIndeed, all the Church Fathers were convinced that healing sometimes came from evil sources: Satan and his demons were able to heal, for example, and Asclepius was a demon "to be taken very seriously indeed."Trade ReviewA cause for celebration for all students of ancient and medieval medicine and for those interested in the interaction between medicine and the Christian faith, institutions, and ethics... Amundsen's articles show the scope of the contribution by the cultural history of medicine to ancient and medieval history in general. Nobody working on late antiquity, early Christianity, and the Middle Ages, or interested in religion, healing, and medical ethics, can afford to overlook it. Medieval Review

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Book SynopsisThe history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society.Trade Review"[Who Wrote the Book of Life] offers a convincing and historically rich analysis of the origins and ongoing negotiations involved in the production of the genetic code. . . . Kay is doing the work of mapping cultural shifts through tracing discursive circles of influence—not an easy task. The book has many strengths."—Canadian Journal of Communication"Who Wrote the Book of Life? is, in general, carefully researched and technically accurate. It is a veritable treasure trove of quotations, citations and interesting information relating to its historical period."—American Scientist"The entire book is fascinating and well written, unfolding more as a grand epic of the ways in which scientists work and think, rather than as a standard philosophical or historical treatise. The book is also an invaluable resource due to its exhaustive notes and reference sections. Highly recommended for all interested readers, undergraduates and up."—ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations 1. The genetic code: imaginaries and practices 2. Spaces of specificity: the discourse of molecular biology before the age of information 3. Production of discourse: cybernetics, information, life 4. Scriptural technologies: genetic codes in the 1950s 5. The Pasteur connection: Cyberne;tique Enzymatique, Gene Informateur, and Messenger RNA 6. Matter of information: writing genetic codes in the 1960s 7. In the beginning was the wor(l)d Conclusion Notes Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Royal College of Physicians celebrates its 500th anniversary in 2018, and to observe this landmark is publishing this series of ten books. Each of the books focuses on fifty themed elements that have contributed to making the RCP what it is today, together adding up to 500 reflections on 500 years. Some of the people, ideas, objects and manuscripts featured are directly connected to the College, while others have had an influence that can still be felt in its work.This, the seventh book in the series looks at the history of the Royal College.

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Book SynopsisHippocrates is a towering figure in Greek medicine. Dubbed the ''father of medicine'', he has inspired generations of physicians over millennia in both the East and West. Despite this, little is known about him, and scholars have long debated his relationship to the works attributed to him in the so-called ''Hippocratic Corpus'', although it is undisputed that many of the works within it represent milestones in the development of Western medicine. In this Companion, an international team of authors introduces major themes in Hippocratic studies, ranging from textual criticism and the ''Hippocratic question'' to problems such as aetiology, physiology and nosology. Emphasis is given to the afterlife of Hippocrates from Late Antiquity to the modern period. Hippocrates had as much relevance in the fifth-century BC Greek world as in the medieval Islamic world, and he remains with us today in both medical and non-medical contexts.Table of Contents1. Introduction Peter E. Pormann; 2. The 'Hippocratic question' and the nature of the Hippocratic Corpus Elizabeth Craik; 3. Textual history Jacques Jouanna; 4. Body Brooke Holmes; 5. Aetiology Jim Hankinson; 6. Epistemologies Lorenzo Perilli; 7. Ethics and deontology Karl-Heinz Leven; 8. Nosology Amneris Roselli; 9. Therapeutics Laurence Totelin; 10. Surgery Mathias Witt; 11. Female patients Lesley Dean-Jones; 12. Doctors and patients Chiara Thumiger; 13. Galen's Hippocrates Véronique Boudon-Millot; 14. Late antiquity Daniella Manetti; 15. Arabo-Islamic tradition Peter E. Pormann; 16. Western medicine since the Renaissance David Cantor.

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Book SynopsisCovers the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and HIV/AIDS, along with data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics. This book chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history.Trade Review"Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays's book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses." * Isis *"Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally. A masterly and reliable synthesis." * American Historical Review *"This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire—and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine." -- M. Jeanne Peterson * Indiana University *"In The Burdens of Disease J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues." -- Gerald Grob * Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University *"An impressive text. Hays has presented us with a well-researched and insightful thesis, which deserves a wide readership not only among the microbiologically inclined, but also among all those concerned with the impact of microbial disease on public policy." * Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists *Table of ContentsList of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1One: The Western Inheritance: Greek and Roman Ideas about Disease 9Two: Medieval Diseases and Responses 19Three: The Great Plague Pandemic 37Four: New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62Five: Continuity and Change: Magic, Religion, Medicine, and Science, 500–1700 77Six: Disease and the Enlightenment 105Seven: Cholera and Sanitation 135Eight: Tuberculosis and Poverty 155Nine: Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179Ten: The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214Eleven: The Apparent End of Epidemics 243Twelve: Disease and Power 283 Notes 315 Suggestions for Further Reading 341 Index 357

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Book SynopsisHow vermin went from being part of everyone's life to a mark of disease, filth, and lower status. For most of our time on this planet, vermin were considered humanity's common inheritance. Fleas, lice, bedbugs, and rats were universal scourges, as pervasive as hunger or cold, at home in both palaces and hovels. But with the spread of microscopic close-ups of these creatures, the beginnings of sanitary standards, and the rising belief that cleanliness equaled class, vermin began to provide a way to scratch a different itch: the need to feel superior, and to justify the exploitation of those pronounced ethnicallyand entomologicallyinferior. In Getting Under Our Skin, Lisa T. Sarasohn tells the fascinating story of how vermin came to signify the individuals and classes that society impugns and ostracizes. How did these creatures go from annoyance to social stigma? And how did people thought verminous become considered almost a species of vermin themselves? Focusing on Great Britain and Table of ContentsIntroduction: Getting Under Our Skins: Vermin in History1. "That Nauseous Venomous Insect": Bed Bugs in Early Modern Britain2. Bed Bugs Creeping Through Modern Times3. Praying Lice: Creeping into Religion, Science and Sexuality4. Lousy Societies: Infesting the Lower Classes and Foreigners5. THe Perils of Lice in the Modern World6. The Flea in Humanity's Ear7. Modern Fleas: Literal and Linguistic Weapons8. Attacking Rodents: Rats in Early Modern Times9. The Two Cultures of Rats: 1800-2020Conclusion: The Power of Vermin

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Book SynopsisChinese Medicine constantly refers back to its sources in order to initiate the new. Its source code is in the Han Dynasty medical classics, and in this handbook esteemed practitioner and educator Professor Z'ev Rosenberg shares the knowledge from his study of these classic texts and his experiences treating difficult cases.In the tradition of the scholar-physician commentaries, Z'ev Rosenberg comments on the Simple Questions that introduce the core principles of the Inner Canon; explaining how these inform his methodology of diagnosis and advising on how biomedical diseases can be retranslated into sophisticated Chinese medical diagnoses including patterns of differentiation, sequential diagnosis, synchronicity, season, climate and environment. He discusses how Chinese medicine can use unique diagnostic parameters to rebalance the landscape and chronobiology of the body and address the greatest clinical challenges of our time, including the contemporary epidemic of autoimmune disorders.Trade ReviewAn invaluable encouragement to budding practitioners and seasoned experts alike. -- Arnaud Versluys, PhD, MD (China), LAc, Director, Institute of Classics in East Asian MedicineSpiced up liberally with enlightening quotations from Chinese medical literature ... This book is a powerful distillation of the key messages from the ancient Chinese medical classics, as relevant today as they were two thousand years ago. -- from the foreword, by Dr Sabine WilmsTable of ContentsPraise for Returning to the Source. Dedication. Foreword by Sabine Wilms. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Philosophy and medical education: The missing piece. 2. Ecological medicine: The heart of the Su wen medical philosophy. 3. Chinese medicine and the internal pharmacy: The body/mind's self healing tools and substances. 4. The Picasso Principle: Developing multivalent diagnostic acumen. 5. The technician and scholar physician. 6. Thermodynamics and autoimmune disease: Essential principles of treatment. 7. Mài xiàng ??/Pulse image: The core of Chinese medical diagnosis. 8. Zàng xiàng ??/Visceral manifestation: The core of Chinese medical diagnostic systems. 9. The perfect storm: An approach to time in Chinese medicine. 10. Gan yìng ??/Resonance: An essential principle of classical Chinese medicine. 11. Case histories. Afterword by Ken Rose. Appendix I: Drugs and their effects on the pulse. Appendix II: The importance of terminology and language in grasping Chinese medicine. Appendix III: Resources for learning medical Chinese language. Appendix IV: Pulse maps from classical texts and physicians' schools. Appendix V: Abdominal Algorithms/Qualities of Palpation. Appendix VI: Nan jing 18 pulse model. Glossary of terms and classical texts. References.

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Book SynopsisThis book helps us evaluate more critically the narratives we tell ourselves about exhaustion. By uniting the mind with the body and society , we attach larger questions of agency, willpower, and well-being to its symptoms. Exhaustion finds in our struggle to overcome weariness a more significant effort to master ourselves.Trade ReviewExhaustion is fluently written and brilliantly argued, and it will provoke thoughtful minds with the suggestion that exhaustion has a history. -- Edward Shorter, author of How Everyone Became Depressed: The Rise and Fall of the Nervous Breakdown Exhaustion is an impressive, accomplished, and original book, one that promises to command a wide cross-disciplinary readership. A formidable amount of reading and research has gone into this work, which stretches from classical antiquity to the present day, yet Anna Katharina Schaffner marshals her material confidently and carries her learning lightly. Her book is a pleasure to read. -- Michael Greaney, author of Conrad, Language, and Narrative Schaffner's imaginative and ambitious work offers rich materials with which to think about exhaustion. -- Thomas Dixon Times Literary Supplement When Exhaustion does bring theory and experience together, it becomes engrossing-which makes it all the more regrettable that for so many centuries, our exhausted ancestors remained silent. -- Hanna Rosefield New Republic A fascinating study of the ways in which doctors and philosophers have understood the limits of the human mind, body - and energy.BBC Futures -- David Robson BBC Futures A timely contribution to a neglected field of study. BMJ Medical Humanities BlogTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Humors 2. Sin 3. Saturn 4. Sexuality 5. Nerves 6. Capitalism 7. Rest 8. The Death Drive 9. Depression 10. Mystery Viruses 11. Burnout Epilogue: The Future Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the impact of Greek (as well as Indian and Persian) medical heritage on the evolution of Arab medicine and pharmacology, investigating it from the perspective of 'materia medica' a reliable indication of the contribution of this medical legacy.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn editing the new scholarly edition of Backwash, Wachtell added illuminating introductory and biographical essays robustly researched from primary sources; a bibliography; timeline; photographs; and three wartime essays by La Motte . . . More than a century after its appearance, Backwash remains a truth bomb.—Rosemary Hutzler Raun, Johns Hopkins MagazineThe Wachtell edition - a fascinating mix of history, literature and women's studies - is a very important piece of scholarship, deserving of a wide audience . . . When one thinks of literary classics of WWI, Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and perhaps E.E. Cummings' The Enormous Room usually come to mind . . . And now there's this one, The Backwash of War: An Extraordinary American Nurse in World War I, which came before any of those others . . . My congratulations to Dr. Wachtell. My highest recommendation.—Tim Bazzett, Library ThingThe most comprehensive and authoritative edition of a classic . . . The editor's exhaustive research has resulted in a rounded, impressive and sympathetic portrait of a fascinating woman who was a great humanitarian and whose claim to fame is not confined to The Backwash of War. The book should be compulsory reading for anyone considering joining the military and also their dearest and nearest.—Peter van den Dungen, Bertha von Suttner Peace Institute, The Hague, Medicine, Conflict and SurvivalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionBiographyChronologyThe Backwash of War: The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse Introduction to 1916 Edition Introduction to 1934 Edition Heroes La Patrie Reconnaissante The Hole in the Hedge Alone A Belgian Civilian The Interval Women and Wives Pour la Patrie Locomotor Ataxia A Surgical Triumph At the Telephone A Citation An Incident Esmeralda War Essays by Ellen N. La Motte An American Nurse in Paris Under Shell-Fire at Dunkirk A Joy Ride Significant Publications by Ellen N. La Motte Notes IndexIllustrations follow page

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Book SynopsisWhen the new HIPAA privacy rules regarding the release of health information took effect, medical historians suddenly faced a raft of new ethical and legal challenges - even in cases where their subjects had died years, or even a century, earlier. In Privacy and the Past, medical historian Susan C. Lawrence explores the impact of these new privacy rules.Trade Review"With sound scholarship, and a clear, accessible writing style, Privacy and the Past serves as a critical analysis, an important piece of advocacy, and a practical field guide." -- Scott Podolsky * director, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine *“'HIPPA' is a word historians have come to hate, and in this timely and provocative book, Susan Lawrence explains why. This book is a must read for anyone interested in promoting a more bottom-up, patient-centered view of the history of medicine, disease, and social welfare." -- Nancy Tomes * SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University *Table of Contents Acknowledgments1 Introduction: The Historians, the County and the Dead2 Research, Privacy and Federal Regulations3 Historians, the First Amendment and Invasion of Privacy4 Archivists at the Gates5 Managing Privacy: Historians at Work6 Conclusion: Resistance Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTraces the history of the study of tumor viruses and its role in driving breakthroughs in cancer research. Worldwide, approximately one-fifth of human cancers are caused by tumor viruses, with hepatitis B virus and HPV being the leading culprits. While the explosive growth in molecular biology in the late twentieth century is well known, the role that the study of tumor viruses has played in driving many of the greatest breakthroughs is not. Without the insights gained by studying tumor viruses, many significant theoretical advancements over the last four decades in cellular and molecular biology would not have been made. More practically, the study of tumor viruses has saved thousands, if not millions, of lives. In Cancer Virus Hunters, Gregory J. Morgan traces the high points in the development of tumor virology, from Peyton Rous's pioneering work on chicken tumors in 1909 to the successful development of an HPV vaccine for cervical cancer in 2006. Morgan offers a novel approach Trade ReviewThis is an impressively well-researched book.—Erling Norrby, MetascienceThis engaging book is written for a wide audience, and I would recommend it highly to investigators and students in the fields of virology and cancer biology. Researchers will enjoy learning the biographical background of the leaders in their field, and science historians will find it a useful adjunct to books and articles that provide more detailed scientific information.—Deborah H. Spector, FASEB JournalCancer Virus Hunters is an impressive work of history of medical research, deeply and extensively researched.—Social History of MedicineA wide-ranging, original, and captivating work.—EndeavourTable of ContentsGlossary and AbbreviationsIntroduction. The Untold Story of How a Century of Tumor Virology Changed BiomedicineChapter 1. The Beginnings: Peyton Rous and Chickens, Richard Shope and Rabbits, and John J. Bittner and MiceChapter 2. True Believers: Ludwik Gross, Sarah Stewart, Bernice Eddy, and PolyomavirusChapter 3. The Importance of Measurement: Renato Dulbecco, Marguerite Vogt, and the Rise of Quantitative Animal VirologyChapter 4. Cell Lines and Cat Leukemia: Michael Stoker, Bill Jarrett, and the Early Fruit of the Glasgow Institute of VirologyChapter 5. Insights from the Field: Anthony Epstein, Denis Burkitt, Werner and Gertrude Henle, and the First Human Tumor VirusChapter 6. Persistence despite Political Challenges: Jan Svoboda and Tumor Virology behind the Iron CurtainChapter 7. A Surprising Discovery in the Blood: Baruch Blumberg, Harvey Alter, and Hepatitis B VirusChapter 8. A Breakthrough and a New Tool: Howard Temin, David Baltimore, and Reverse TranscriptaseChapter 9. The Molecular-Genetic Basis of Cancer: Michael Bishop, Harold Varmus, Dominique Stehelin, and Hunting of the Oncogene srcChapter 10. Mecca for Tumor Virology: James Watson, Joe Sambrook, SV40, and the Growth of Tumor Virology at Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryChapter 11. Control Mechanisms beyond Viruses: Louise Chow, Phillip Sharp, Richard Roberts, and the Discovery of RNA Splicing in AdenovirusChapter 12. A Second Cancer Gene: Edward Scolnick, Robert Weinberg, Geoffrey Cooper, Michael Wigler, and the Oncogene rasChapter 13. A Molecular Brake on Cancer: David Lane, Arnold Levine, and the Tumor Suppressor p53Chapter 14. Unplanned Practical Payoffs: Robert Gallo, Luc Montagnier, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, HTLV, and HIVChapter 15. Planned Practical Payoffs: Harald zur Hausen, Jian Zhou, Ian Frazer, Douglas Lowy, John Schiller, HPV, and the Cervical Cancer VaccineConclusion. Patterns in a Century of ResearchAcknowledgmentsInterviews and Archival SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExploring a wide variety of visualizations of pregnancy and fetuses through 300 years of history, this timely volume offers a fresh look at the influential feminist concept of the "public fetus." Images of pregnant and fetal bodies are today visible everywhere. Through ultrasound screenings at maternity clinics, birth videos on social media platforms, or antiabortion propaganda, visualizations of pregnancy are available and accessible as never before. The origins of today's visual culture of pregnancy are often traced back to the 1960s, when Swedish photographer Lennart Nilsson's stunning photographs of human development were published in Life magazine and widely disseminated over the world. But the public display of pregnant and fetal bodies actually has a much longer and more complex history. In this timely book, a group of scholars from a range of disciplines explores this multifaceted history by highlighting visualizations of pregnant and fetal bodies in a variety of geographical and cultural contexts, spanning a period of more than 300 years. By reengaging with the crucial concept of the "public fetus," coined by feminist scholars in the 1980s and 1990s, the volume aims to revitalize the scholarly discussion on the visual culture of pregnancy and demonstrate the constructed nature of fetal images. Including chapters on a wide variety of representations in different media, such as wet specimen collections, papier-mâché models, sculpture, film, and photography, the book provides a much-needed argument against the widespread notion of the "universal" fetus. On publication this title is available as an Open Access ebook under the Creative Commons License: CC-BY-NC-ND.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Rethinking the Public Fetus: An Introduction Elisabet Björklund and Solveig Jülich 1. The Monsters of Peter and Wolff: Anatomical Preparations and Embryology in Eighteenth-Century St. Petersburg - Sara Ray 2. "What Does the Eye Have to Do with Obstetrics?" The Fetus between Sight and Touch in Eighteenth-Century Italy - Jennifer Kosmin 3. Paper Pregnancies: Visualizing the Maternal Body, 1870-1900 - Jessica M. Dandona 4. Biological Bodies, Unfettered Imaginations: The 1939 Dickinson-Belskie Birth Series Sculptures and the Unexpected Origins of Modern Antiabortion Imagery - Rose Holz 5. Creating a Public for Visualized Pregnancies: The Swedish Version of the American Sex Hygiene Film Mom and Dad (1944) - Elisabet Björklund 6. The Drama of the Fetoplacental Unit: Reimagining the Public Fetus of Lennart Nilsson - Solveig Jülich 7. The Public Fetus in Franco's Spain: Women, Doctors, and Feminists in the Circulation of Pregnancy Images - María Jesús Santesmases 8. Visual Strategies of Antiabortion Activism and Their Feminist Critique: The Public Fetus in the United States - Nick Hopwood 9. Public Menstruation: Visualizing Periods in Art, Activism, and Advertising - Camilla Mørk Røstvik 10. From "Anatomical Specimen" to "Almost Child": Pictures of Dead Fetuses in France - Anne-Sophie Giraud 11. Reproducing Bodies in the Medical Museum: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Fetus on Display - Manon S. Parry 12. The Public Fetus: A Traveling Concept - Solveig Jülich and Elisabet Björklund List of Contributors Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA global history of malaria that traces the natural and social forces that have shaped its spread and made it deadly, while limiting efforts to eliminate it. Malaria sickens hundreds of millions of peopleand kills nearly a half a millioneach year. Despite massive efforts to eradicate the disease, it remains a major public health problem in poorer tropical regions. But malaria has not always been concentrated in tropical areas. How did malaria disappear from other regions, and why does it persist in the tropics? From Russia to Bengal to Palm Beach, Randall M. Packard's far-ranging narrative shows how the history of malaria has been driven by the interplay of social, biological, economic, and environmental forces. The shifting alignment of these forces has largely determined the social and geographical distribution of the disease, including its initial global expansion, its subsequent retreat to the tropics, and its current persistence. Packard argues that efforts to control and eliminTable of ContentsForeword, by Charles E. RosenbergPreface: MulandaIntroduction: Constructing a Global Narrative1. Beginnings2. Malaria Moves North3. A Southern Disease4. Tropical Development and Malaria5. The Making of a Vector-Borne Disease6. Malaria Dreams7. Malaria Realities8. Rolling Back Malaria9. Malaria Eradication ReduxConclusion: Ecology and PolicyAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Breathing Race into the Machine brilliantly tracks the remarkable story—lasting to the present—of how ‘correcting for race’ in measures of lung capacity became unremarkable scientific practice. This eye-opening account demonstrates that precision technologies and statistical techniques that supposedly measure biological differences accurately can mask racial myths and wreak devastating consequences for black people’s health and legal rights. Essential reading for everyone concerned about the impact of race on science and technology."—Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century"Lundy Braun illuminates how the development of a new machine to measure lung capacity could begin with a benign purpose to assess the impact of working conditions in the coal mines in the early 19th century, but would later ‘morph’ into a justification for the putative relationship between difference and hierarchy that has remained intact for nearly two centuries. Braun documents how the social, economic and political fabric of each period is interwoven into the science of measurement—a theme that deftly carries throughout the book, and will establish Breathing Race into the Machine as a landmark contribution to the social studies of science."—Troy Duster, author of Backdoor to Eugenics"In Breathing Race into the Machine, Lundy Braun powerfully reinvigorates our understanding of how racial formation happens. An incisive, considered study of a seemingly conventional physiology instrument, this book reveals science as a foundational feature of the social construction of race. We create our own difference engines, but Braun’s astute book reminds us that we do not have to remain captive to them."—Alondra Nelson, author of Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination"A fascinating read."—Choice"Ultimately, Breathing Race into the Machine disrupts ideas about technology’s objectivity to show the pernicious persistence of racial bias."—African American Review"Great value to those with an interest in the history of science and technology, occupational health and disease, and the construction of whiteness and blackness."—Social History of Medicine"Intellectually provocative, original, and extensively researched."—American Historical Review"This book reminds us that tools have a history and that their history matters."—Journal of American History"Lundy Braun provides her readers with the most meticulously detailed, and I should add sophisticated, historical analysis. . . her account of the career of the technical device of the spirometer offers surprising and valuable insights."—Science as Culture"Breathing Race into the Machine is theoretically informed, well researched, and well written. Its compelling account contributes to the scholarship of racialization in science and medicine."—ISISTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Measuring Vital Capacity1. “Inventing” the Spirometer: Working-Class Bodies in Victorian England2. Black Lungs and White Lungs: The Science of White Supremacy in the Nineteenth-Century United States3. Filling the Lungs with Air: The Rise of Physical Culture in America4. Progress and Race: Vitality in Turn-of-the-Century Britain5. Globalizing Spirometry: The “Racial Factor” in Scientific Medicine6. Adjudicating Disability in the Industrial Worker7. Diagnosing Silicosis: Physiological Testing in South African Gold MinesEpilogue: How Race Takes RootNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Method of Medicine, Galen provides a comprehensive and influential account of the principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and personal reflections.

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Book SynopsisThe body has come to occupy a central place in cultural history, with historians consistently exploring such themes as the history of disease, disability, beauty, and sexuality. This engaging and concise book offers a clear introduction to the history of the body, introducing a wide array of conceptual approaches to the field. It delineates the topic of body history and its origins in cultural history and gender history, distinguishing it from related disciplines such as the history of the self, the history of medicine, the history of emotion and gender history. Bringing in a wealth of thought-provoking examples from historical writing, it goes on to explore a range of themes, including racism, anorexia, gender and sexuality, psychoanalysis and agency. With further reading and explanations of key concepts provided throughout, this wide-ranging yet accessible text is the first introductory book to address this vibrant field from a theoretical perspective. It is ideal for students of hisTrade ReviewIn History of the Body, Willemijn Ruberg provides an accessible, clearly written overview of the key concepts relating to the history of the body. This book will become an invaluable resource for students and academics alike. * Ian Miller, Ulster University, UK *Willemijn Ruberg’s overview of the history of the body is comprehensive, conceptually astute, and, most importantly, useful. Cogently surveying how body history has been theorized and practiced, her concise account elegantly tracks the past of the field while charting its present and potential futures. Essential reading for those seeking solid grounding in the subject. * Christopher E. Forth, University of Kansas, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Body, Mind and Self: Historical Perspectives 2. The Modern Body, Discipline, and Agency 3. The Social Construction of Body and Disease 4. The Body, Gender and Sexuality 5. Experiencing the Body 6. Materialist Approaches to the Body Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisExamines the textured interrelations between medical writing about generation and childbirth - what we now call reproduction - and emerging notions of selfhood in early modern England. This book looks at the particular assumptions about bodies and selves that medical language inevitably enfolds.Trade Review"Keller's finely detailed investigation . . . . is a brilliant example of how early modern history can benefit from a thorough and sustained engagement with the best scholarship in the fields of cultural theory and science studies." * Medical History *"The scholarship is exemplary and exact, so this is a useful contribution to the history of literature and philosophy and the history of midwifery and medicine. Here is a sound topic honestly handled." * Bibliotheque d'Humanisme et Renaissance *"Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves compellingly shows how medical writing took part in formulating emergent ideas about the self during the early modern period. Both in its larger thesis and in its readings of individual texts, Keller's book is a welcome addition to the study of early modern conceptions of medical knowledge, gender, and subjectivity." * Early Modern Literary Studies *"Keller's book offers a compelling series of close readings of selected texts, undertaking detailed analyses of their language to reveal implicit ways of thinking in early modern England. . . . Generating Bodies and Gendered Selves will thus be of most interest to literary scholars concerned with the emergence of the modern subject in written texts, but it should also appeal to historians of medicine as a companion to the historical accounts." * ISIS *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. On Either Side of the Early Modern: Posthuman and Premodern Bodies and Selves ANCIENT REVISIONS 2. Subjectified Parts and Supervenient Selves: Rewriting Galenism in Crooke's Microcosmographia 3. Fixing the Female: Books of Practical Physic for Women MODERN MODULATIONS 4. Making Up for Losses: The Workings of Gender in Harvey's De generatione animalium 5. Embryonic Individuals: Mechanism, Embryology, and Modern Man 6. The Masculine Subject of Touch: Case Histories form the Birthing Room Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together the latest findings in Holocaust studies, the history of religion, and the history of sexuality in postwar - and now also postcommunist - Europe, Unlearning Eugenics shows how central the controversies over sexuality, reproduction, and disability have been to broader processes of secularization and religious renewal.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1 Abortion and Disability: Western Europe, 1960s–1970s 2 Moral Reasoning in the Wake of Mass Murder: The Singer Affair and Reproductive Rights in Germany, 1980s–1990s 3 Time Well Wasted: Sexual, Political, and Psychological Subjecthood in the European Union, 20s–2010s Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian comes a riveting history of New York''s iconic public hospital that charts the turbulent rise of American medicine. Bellevue Hospital, on New York City''s East Side, occupies a colorful and horrifying place in the public imagination: a den of mangled crime victims, vicious psychopaths, assorted derelicts, lunatics, and exotic-disease sufferers. In its two and a half centuries of service, there was hardly an epidemic or social catastrophe—or groundbreaking scientific advance—that did not touch Bellevue.     David Oshinsky, whose last book, Polio: An American Story, was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, chronicles the history of America''s oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation''s preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution. From its origins in 1738 as an almshouse and pesthouse, Bellevue today is a revered public hospital bringing first-class care to anyone in need. With its diverse, ailing, and unprotesting patient population, the hospital was a natural laboratory for the nation''s first clinical research. It treated tens of thousands of Civil War soldiers, launched the first civilian ambulance corps and the first nursing school for women, pioneered medical photography and psychiatric treatment, and spurred New York City to establish the country''s first official Board of Health.      As medical technology advanced, voluntary hospitals began to seek out patients willing to pay for their care. For charity cases, it was left to Bellevue to fill the void. The latter decades of the twentieth century brought rampant crime, drug addiction, and homelessness to the nation''s struggling cities—problems that called a public hospital''s very survival into question. It took the AIDS crisis to cement Bellevue''s enduring place as New York''s ultimate safety net, the iconic hospital of last resort. Lively, page-turning, fascinating, Bellevue is essential American history.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Agnes Warner joins the roster of only a handful of books that recount the firsthand experiences of Canadian nursing sisters in the First World War and is a worthy addition to that literature." -- John Boileau * Chronicle Herald *

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Book SynopsisAn incomparable compendium of tinctures, poultices, salves, plasters, and tonics will fascinate and often mortify.Trade Review"Early Ukrainian settlers didn't have the luxury of running to the doctor for every cut or sniffle. Instead, they looked in their gardens for their own medicinal remedies to cure infection, fevers and hangovers. Those kitchen remedies from early Ukrainian pioneers are captured in University of Alberta professor Michael Mucz's new book, Baba's Kitchen Medicines: Folk Remedies of Ukrainian Settlers in Western Canada. Many of the home remedies are from the late 1800s to early 1900s when modern medicine was still in its infancy and pioneers had little money and almost no access to doctors. Puffball spores kept in a bag year round were used as a simple antibiotic. More serious infections would be treated with fresh cow manure. Both puffballs and cow manure contain natural antibiotics. Simple garden plants and weeds were an important part of the home remedies, said Mucz, who included several interview transcripts in the book to give a sense of the illness and remedies... Eighty-five percent of the world's population still uses home remedies. Mucz said the early pioneers knew that the body has a tremendous healing capacity." Mary MacArthur, The Western Producer, March 23, 2012 [Full article at http://bit.ly/GVeKDV] -- Mary MacArthur * The Western Producer *"When he set out to research and document uses of plants by early Ukrainian settlers in western Canada, Michael Mucz had no idea just how much his project would blossom and bear fruit. But Mucz's resulting book-20 years in the making-is a lovingly detailed chronicle that wraps science, Ukrainian culture and western Canadian history into one quirky package and flexes the boundaries of traditional scientific research.... Mucz's newly released Baba's Kitchen Medicines is a testament to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of western Canada's Ukrainian settlers, who used what was at hand to deal with just about every ailment, including frostbite, diaper rash, anxiety, kidney stones and infected limbs.... A hybrid mix of botany, history and anthropology, Mucz's research is as much a story about hardship and endurance as it is a scientific record..." Bev Betkowski, University of Alberta News, April 10, 2012# 1 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on April 15, 2012"[Michael Mucz's] research, which began in 1992, was conducted by speaking to more than 200 children of Ukrainian settlers. It unearthed the practical use of plants and household items as the cure to everyday ailments. The result was Baba's Kitchen Medicines ... equal parts history, anthropology and botany.... The settler population may not have known medically why the remedies worked, but they knew there was value in the traditions passed down to them.... The average age of the people Mucz interviewed was 81. Today, few of them are living to see the completed work. Readers have said to him the book let them reconnect with their families' pasts." Shaamini Yogaretnam, Edmonton Journal, April 30, 2012, [Full article at http://bit.ly/IEbvqr]# 3 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week on April 29, 2012Edmonton Journal, #5 in the Edmonton Non-Fiction bestsellers"Using a tape recorder and a notebook, Mucz personally conducted 200 interviews in Alberta's east-central communities, visiting seniors in their own homes as well as in lodges of nursing homes. He painstakingly gathered one-on-one remembrances of healing remedies and treatments used on isolated homesteads and farms." Bev Betkowski, Folio# 5 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of May 20, 2012"History is full of examples of civilization passing traditions down from generation to generation, and for one Camrose man that tradition was a calling that he pursued for more than 20 years.... [Michael Mucz ] is the author of Baba's Kitchen Medicines: Folk Remedies of Ukrainian Settlers in Western Canada, a book that is receiving high accolades for its exploration of home remedies in the Ukrainian culture.... The book was published earlier this month and is very practical in nature. Mucz wanted it to bring back memories as people read it.'I didn't want it to be a cerebral thing,' he said. 'I wanted it to be a heart thing.' And since his book was published at the start of April, the feedback he is receiving has convinced Mucz that he has achieved that goal." Mark Crown, Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser, April 2012 [Full article at http://bit.ly/JAb5T1]#2 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestseller list, May 27, 2012.# 5 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 02, 2012# 3 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 10, 2012# 7 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 17, 2012.#6 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list for the week of June 24, 2012."An unusual gem, this scholarly volume is one of the few works in English on traditional healing practices of Ukrainian immigrants.... Detailed information on wild and cultivated plants used in healing includes their preparation and administration. A section on common ailments lists traditional treatments used for each. Squeamish readers should be warned that remedies include the use of cow manure, leeches, dog saliva, and other unsavory substances.... This work can also serve as a model of ethnomedical research methodology. Appendixes contain interview forms, a glossary of botanical terms, and transliterations from Ukrainian to English. For libraries supporting research in ethnobotany, pharmacy, North American history, or Slavic studies. Recommended." J. S. Whelan, Harvard Medical School, Choice Magazine, September 2012"Mucz, thankfully, begins his book with a strongly worded disclaimer. This is not a medical or herbalist text by any stretch; he aims to document the lives of those early settlers. The book focuses on medical treatments, but the milieu in which they were practised looms large.... The list of treatments is varied and fascinating; one imagines the babas springing into action to sooth aching muscles, to calm a cough with honey or to deliver babies. The liberal use of homebrewed alcohol, pickle juice and garlic evoke powerful scents." Mari Sasano, Alberta Views, September 2012# 7 on the Edmonton Journal's Bestsellers list (Edmonton Non-fiction) for the week of June 28, 2013.“With his focus on the early period of Ukrainian settlement in western Canada, ethnobotanist Michael Mucz points to an understudied aspect of pioneering and tackles his data with all the tools at his command.… Mucz and his Baba’s Kitchen Medicines make an important contribution to this bank of knowledge. In the meantime I recommend that you take the time to scan the index, pick your favourite ailment, and check out the remedy. You may be surprised!” -- Robert B. Klymasz * Journal of Ukrainian Studies 37 *"From Olena Boriak’s listing of ethnographic research proposals...we learn that Ukrainian folk medicine took root as a field of serious investigation in the second half of the nineteenth century.... Mucz and his Baba’s Kitchen Medicines make an important contribution to this bank of knowledge.... I recommend that you take the time to scan the index, pick your favourite ailment, and check out the remedy. You may be surprised!" -- Robert B.Klymasz * Journal of Canadian Studies 37 *Table of ContentsIntroduction - America's First Nations; Discovery, Exploration and Colonisation; Revolution and Independence; The Young Republic; Jefferson and the Democratic Republic; The Age of Jackson; The West (Pre-Civil War); Sectional Conflict; Civil War and Reconstruction; The West (Post-Civil War); The Gilded Age and Imperial America; Populism, Progressivism and the Great War; Boom, Bust and the New Deal; World War II and the Origins of the Cold War; Post-war America: The Fifties and Sixties; Retrenchment: The Seventies and Eighties; Post-Cold War America: Cold War Ends, War on Terror Begins; Index.

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Book SynopsisLaurie Meijer Drees collected oral histories from people who experienced tuberculosis in Indigenous communities and the Indian Hospital System.Trade Review"Drees's balanced research provides evidence that good and caring work was done by some staff in these hospitals, despite much of it having been premised on assumptions of inferiority and a complete lack of respect for aboriginal culture.. According to Drees, 'the legacy of the authoritarian approaches' can no longer be ignored.. A lot of research remains to be done. Not only on abuses, but on our attitudes to First Nations and their problems." Gary Geddes, The Victoria Times Colonist, February 24, 2013 [Full article at http://bit.ly/V2F3UR]"A new book about the trials and tribulations in Indian hospitals is hitting close to home for aboriginals across Canada. Healing Histories chronicles the stories of Indian hospitals in Canada through the eyes of those who lived through it on a daily basis. Laurie Meijer Drees wrote the book to raise awareness on the medical issues facing our Indian population....and was inspired to share the story of native hospitals from her mother who previously worked at the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital in Edmonton. She says these stories have a significant connection with the issues in Alberta's native residential schools." 880 News, April 7, 2013"...Healing Histories is a strong addition to any Canadian history collection focusing on relations with first nations peoples." Wisconsin Bookswatch, April 2013"The author examines the roles of tubercular hospitals, primarily Nanaimo Indian Hospital and the Charles Camsell Indian Hospital at Edmonton. Included are stories and interviews both from staff and patients... The most serious impediments to recovery were the loneliness of the patients, enforced rest periods, boredom, and a great cultural and language gap between patients and staff... As a person who regularly visited the Camsell in the early 1950s, this reviewer can identify with much of what the author writes." Hugh Dempsey, Alberta History, Summer 2013"These accounts are poignant and at times heartbreaking; however, the stories are the primary strength of this book and serve as a model for 'new methodologies and ethics for researching and writing about indigenous peoples. Rather than continue the tired (but true) narrative of aboriginal peoples as victims of colonization and oppression, Meijer Drees emphasizes resilience, perseverance, and adaptability and offers insights into how traditional healing practices, specifically those of Coast Salish peoples, persisted despite Western medical hegemony. This adds color to existing literature by privileging marginalized voices in a social history that goes beyond the usual complex political and administrative history of health care and Native peoples. Highly recommended." G. Bruyere, CHOICE Magazine, October 2013"The impact of boarding schools on aboriginal communities and families is a topic thoroughly analyzed by scholars and collectively remembered by aboriginal peoples. Yet a phenomenon that has also deeply affected the aboriginal community has escaped significant attention from historians: the Indian hospital. One historian, Laurie Meijer Drees, has at last chosen to tackle this topic with the clear and engaging Healing Histories.... The history Drees provides in each chapter is significant. But perhaps Drees's larger contribution is her use of oral histories.... [A]n excellent example for scholars--both experienced and prospective alike--of the necessary and proper place of oral histories within the larger field of history." -- Dylan Huisken * Northwest Quarterly *“Through interviews with former hospital staff and elders from the Cowichan, Haida, and Snuneymuxw nations (among others), Drees covers hospital conditions, patient experiences and the persistence of traditional healing practices (Snuwuyulth) within institutional contexts. As a social history of Indian Health Services, Healing Histories covers a surprisingly broad range of topics. … Drees’ social history will be useful for scholars and readers working in the fields of Indigenous storytelling, healthcare, and the history of residential schools.” -- Christina Turner * Canadian Literature *"College-level audiences as well as any interested in Canada's Native American experiences will find this a scholarly yet accessible read." * California Bookwatch *

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Book SynopsisAs the first neurological hospital in the world, founded in 1859, the National Hospital, Queen Square, and its affiliated Institute of Neurology remain leading neurological centres providing exceptional clinical services, teaching and research. Illustrated by over 100 historical images and much unpublished archival material, this book provides a comprehensive history of the National Hospital, the Institute, and their staff. It relates the ups and downs of the Hospital and Institute in war and peacetime, their financial struggles, many personality conflicts, efforts to remain independent and to maintain neurological dominance, academic and clinical contributions, issues relating to specialisation and subspecialisation and relations between disciplines, and the changing roles of the Hospital and Institute. The history is told from varying perspectives against the backdrop of the evolution of British clinical neuroscience, the special position of London medicine, and the influence of worlTrade Review'Shorvon and Compston … have produced a volume of really exceptional quality. … This book, a model of its kind, may become a landmark in the history of hospital medicine in the UK.' Ralph Ross Russell, Brain'The book traces the history of the NHQS since its inception in 1859 until 1997. It was a voluntary hospital until 1948 when the NHS arrived but remained an independent hospital until it joined the University Hospital London NHS Trust in 1996. Readers might be interested to know that the venerable institution came about because of two philanthropic sisters, Johanna and Louisa Chandler and their brother Edward … In short, this is a fascinating, detailed and scholarly read. It is a beautiful book to hold and look through with plenty of photographs. ' Barbara A. Wilson, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation'The book is well illustrated, including the hospital building at various ages including architectural designs, and, of course, the people … The book is recommended highly as a valuable historical reference, but also for some entertaining reading about the history of neurology, many important neurologists, and the interesting place where they worked.' Mark Hallett, World Neurology'This book describes the story of the National Hospital Queen Square and its medical school and the Institute of Neurology during the period of 1859 to 1997 … This book relates the complex history from a number of difference perspectives … I very much enjoyed reading the excellent book and strongly suggest my colleagues and friends to read it too.' Pedro Ruiz, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease'… this book is a must-read for anyone who has an interest or background in neurology. The authors and contributors have produced an absorbing clinical, cultural and historical biography of one of the world's great medical institutions-a gargantuan task. The Queen Square lineage indeed remains strong.' Matthew C. Kiernan, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry'Queen Square is a hospital with a unique history and the authors have succeeded in putting together an engaging volume, in which many neurologists and others interested in the history of medicine and particularly neurology will find material worth reading.' Peter J. Koehler, The Lancet NeurologyTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Foundation and making of the National Hospital; 2. Queen Square, the salmon pink and other hospital buildings; 3. Queen Square and Neurology 1860–1902; 4. National Hospital quadrumvirate; 5. Roller-coaster ride and the National Hospital rubs along: 1902–45; 6. Five dominant National Hospital physicians; 7. NYS arrives and the hospital celebrates its centenary: 1946–65; 8. Beyond the walls: British neurology outside Queen Square; 9. Neurosurgery and war neurology at Queen Square; 10. Other clinical specialties at Queen Square; 11. Neuropathology, neuroradiology and neurophysiology at Queen Square; 12. The Medical School and Institute of Neurology; 13. The rise of academic neurology at Queen Square: 1962–97; 14. Change and integration: 1962–97; Appendix 1. Medical and surgical appointees to the National Hospital and/or Institute of Neurology; Appendix 2. Senior administrative appointees at the National Hospital and/or Institute of Neurology; Appendix 3. Physicians – National Hospital Queen Square 1860–1997.

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