History of medicine Books
Cambridge University Press Toxic Histories
Book SynopsisToxic Histories combines social, scientific, medical and environmental history to demonstrate the critical importance of poison and pollution to colonial governance, scientific authority and public anxiety in India between the 1830s and 1950s. Against the background of India''s ''poison culture'' and periodic ''poison panics'', David Arnold considers why many familiar substances came to be regarded under colonialism as dangerous poisons. As well as the criminal uses of poison, Toxic Histories shows how European and Indian scientists were instrumental in creating a distinctive system of forensic toxicology and medical jurisprudence designed for Indian needs and conditions, and how local, as well as universal, poison knowledge could serve constructive scientific and medical purposes. Arnold reflects on how the ''fear of a poisoned world'' spilt over into concerns about contamination and pollution, giving ideas of toxicity a wider social and political significance that has continued into Trade Review'In this meticulous toxicological assay of British India, David Arnold challenges us to rethink how we draw boundaries between the therapeutic and the poisonous, between purity and danger, and between European and Indigenous. Colonialism is refigured as the governance of poisons - and modernity turns into the titrating of toxicities. A revealing forensic study of poison as substance and metaphor under colonial rule, Toxic Histories also shows us how - and why - toxicity became a concept intrinsic to India's modernity. Thus Arnold traces the sad genealogy of our poisoned world.' Warwick Anderson, University of Sydney'The idea of poison lurks below the surface of much of Indian history but it has rarely been investigated in its own right. In this path-breaking book, David Arnold demonstrates the importance of doing so. Exploring the practical uses and the ideological significance of poisons, Arnold shows how narratives of toxicity became central to the construction and evaluation of India's modernity. Brimming with fascinating insights, there is scarcely any aspect of Indian history which is not illuminated by this book.' Mark Harrison, University of Oxford'Against the vast backdrop of India's pre-, colonial and post-colonial history, the eminent historian David Arnold asks the provocative question: do different places have their own toxic histories? In an outstanding display of scholarship, in equal measures subtle and sophisticated, full of striking and illuminating historical examples, and written with a clear sense of how his analysis might engage with critical understandings of our own toxic present, Arnold's answer is a satisfyingly complex 'yes'.' Ian Burney, University of Manchester'Arnold's explorations of poison, pollution, and toxicity are accessible, informative, and quite illuminating … The book does serve as a helpful road map to future scholarship on poison and environmental pollution not only in India but in the rest of our poisoned world.' Eric Strahorn, Environmental HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: poison traces; 1. The social life of poisons; 2. The imperial pharmakon; 3. Panics and scares; 4. Toxic evidence; 5. Intimate histories; 6. Embracing toxicity; 7. Polluted places, poisoned lives; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Values in Psychological Science
Book SynopsisIn this book, wide-ranging sources are utilized to seek alternatives to the science-value dichotomy and to move beyond unhelpful impasses between qualitative and quantitative methods. It urges new directions of impact for psychology through intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration in order to confront unprecedented global challenges, generate questions and articulate new possibilities for a sustainable future for humanity. The analysis places the researcher as the principal instrument of any science - an affordance and an ongoing form of demand. Foregrounding ''the personal'' also emphasizes continuity across arts and sciences; the interfaces of which contain the full range of resources for innovative thinking. The enduring relevance of observation, imaginative sense-making, and perspective-taking to psychology are explored. In emphasizing that ''the person'' and ''the personal'' reflect interconnected systems of various levels, the book calls for an appreciation and cultivation of tTrade Review'This book develops a holistic picture of the scientific project that acknowledges the role of imagination, perspective-taking, and values alongside of observation and reason. Addressing epistemological rifts in psychological science, it advances our understanding of both knowledge and moral responsibility within research. I recommend this book to every social scientist.' Heidi M. Levitt, University of Massachusetts, Boston and President of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology'Lisa Osbeck's scholarly and deep meditation on the relationship between the activities of the scientist and the artist is in the service of creating an artful scientific psychology. From consideration of the fine points of shared epistemologies to an exploration of the similarities between the worldviews of Henry and William James, she shows us how attention to observation, imaginative sense-making and perspective-taking are central to advances in knowledge and understanding. This book is both profoundly humanistic and rigorously steeped in the philosophy and practice of science. It shows how, within psychology, we can draw from both arts and sciences in order to better understand people. I learned a great deal from reading this book and came away inspired.' Ruthellen Josselson, Editor of Qualitative Psychology'In this elegantly written book, Lisa Osbeck offers penetrating, eye-opening insight into the epistemic implications of the commonality that unites the sciences, arts, and humanities, in all their disparate instantiations: the acting person on whose rational faculties they all depend. Osbeck explains how the uniqueness of every investigator, when properly appreciated, does not obviate psychological science but rather participates in advancing a coherent, progressive discipline. Her vision stands to breathe new life into psychology, not least by explicating the kinds of cross-disciplinary, boundary-expanding, scientifically imaginative decisions essential to the 'generative thinking and collaborative problem solving' that psychological scientists, theorists, and philosophers rightly value. I recommend this book to anyone seeking a fresh and refreshing understanding of psychological science, one that places old epistemic divides (e.g., human science vs. natural science, arts/humanities vs. sciences, facts vs. values) in a new light - and reveals psychology's hidden and/or forgotten potential in the process.' Barbara S. Held, Barry N. Wish Professor of Psychology and Social Studies Emerita, Bowdoin College, Maine'Lisa Osbeck's core message is simple and profound - we must never forget that psychological science is undertaken by people. By focusing on the psychological scientist as a person acting within the practices, contexts, and traditions that constitute science, Osbeck demonstrates convincingly how psychology is necessarily steeped in the values, engaged attentiveness, imaginative sensibilities, and multiple perspectives of psychological scientists. By revealing the personhood of psychologists as an essential source and object of psychological science, Professor Osbeck opens a productive space for an interdisciplinary study of psychology, its personal and communal origins, and its consequences for individuals and societies.' Jack Martin, Burnaby Mountain Professor of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia'Psychology has long needed to discuss and evaluate the epistemological underpinnings of its various methodologies. This book provides the background to help it do so in highly constructive ways. Complex ideas about the processes of observing and knowing are explained and evaluated with clarity while the reader is prompted to think and rethink about the often tacit and thereby misleading assumptions that control how we understand the mind and behavior. The clear explanations herein comprise a treasure-chest of information. It is an immediate classic.' Douglas K. Candland, Homer P. Rainey Professor of Psychology and Animal Behavior Emeritus, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania'In this monumental work, Lisa Osbeck's incisive historical and philosophical analysis establishes beyond question that the practice of good science and sciences that contribute to the common good are logically and pragmatically one and the same. In so doing, Osbeck has provided the current generation of social and environmental scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, journalists, writers, artists, and social policy analysts a collaborative model for attacking the pressing problems of our times, rather than each other. It is a book of breath-taking scope, showing how passionate observation, disciplined perspective-taking, and imaginative sense or meaning making are the basis for all human understanding and problem solving. This is a book for the ages.' Ronald B. Miller, Director of Master's Program in Clinical Psychology, Saint Michael's College, Vermont'Osbeck's effort to highlight the researcher as person is long overdue. In framing research as a human endeavor - one that inevitably incorporates human strengths and foibles - she humanizes the process while remaining appreciative of the research enterprise and the benefits people reap from it.' Jonathan D. Raskin, State University of New York, New PaltzTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Science, values, and persons; 2. Observing; 3. Imaginative sense-making; 4. Perspective-taking; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Rinderpest Campaigns
Book SynopsisThis book uses the history of the struggle to eradicate rinderpest to expand our understanding of development and international relations in the twentieth century. It highlights the vital role that UN agencies played in development during the twentieth century, focusing on foreign relations and diplomatic history and global health policy.Trade Review'In her innovative, engaging, and deeply-researched book, Amanda Kay McVety brilliantly recounts the history of Rinderpest and the international struggle to contain it. Putting biology and the environment at the center of postwar history, her book makes a valuable contribution to the study of twentieth-century internationalism(s) and global development.' Julia F. Irwin, University of South Florida, author of Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening'A compelling, surprising, and elegantly written account of the disease that drew the world together. You'll never feel safe around cows again.' Daniel Immerwahr, Northwestern University, Illinois,author of Thinking Small: The United States and the Lure of Community Development'The book incorporates a broad array of primary sources, including archives from multiple countries and interviews with family and colleagues of scientific protagonists … compellingly written …' Susan D. Jones, The Journal of American History'McVety has a lively style, and her evident enthusiasm for 'the idea of an international community united by shared hopes and fears' is engaging …' John Landers, American Historical Review'The main strength of the book is the way in which McVety integrates the history of vaccine research with a broader and perceptive critique of the role of non-human actors in this story. In particular, the book provides a valuable insight into the interrelated issues of the development of scientific internationalism and national security …' John Martin, Agricultural History Review'This is a very timely book, told in a masterful way.' Alain Touwaide, Doody's ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Rinderpest and the origins of international vooperation for disease control; 2. GIR-1: rinderpest in World War II; 3. 'Freedom from want': UNRRA's rinderpest campaigns; 4. The machinery of development: FAO's rinderpest campaigns; 5. Back to Grosse Île: biological warfare in the postwar world; 6. 'Freedom from rinderpest'; Conclusion.
£85.50
Cambridge University Press Nurturing Indonesia
Book SynopsisThis history of medicine in Indonesia widens its scope to cover the social role of the medical profession. Pols' focus on decolonisation and the role of physicians in this political process means this study will appeal not only to historians of medicine but also to historians of Southeast Asia.Trade Review'This is a rigorous study of the social, intellectual and ethical spaces between nurturing and inuring, heroes and professionals, national and nationalist. Reading through the uniquely rich Dutch Indies and Indonesian archives on medicine, Pols has produced a book that will be of interest not only to historians of medicine and Asia, but also to historians of decolonization.' Rudolf Mrazek, University of Michigan'Nurturing Indonesia is a vivid account of the place of medicine in the making of modern Indonesia. With masterful command of sources in Dutch and Indonesian, Nurturing Indonesia brings to life the place of medical doctors in Indonesia's national awakening. The book highlights the tensions they experienced between their medical vocation and their national aspirations and the influence of medical thinking on their conception of the nation. A fine book on the interplay between science and society in Southeast Asia.' Robert Cribb, Australian National University, Canberra'Hans Pols' (University of Sydney) book offers fresh perspectives on the history of Indonesian nationalism and the sociopolitical role of medicine in the colonial context of the Netherlands East Indies. The book asks a deceptively simple question: why were doctors and medical students such prominent participants in Indonesia's nationalist movements? Many historians of Indonesian nationalism have observed that physicians and medical students played a leading role in those movements, but few have thoroughly investigated why this might be the case, and how exactly the relationship between nationalism and medicine worked. This is the gap filled by Nurturing Indonesia. … Nurturing Indonesia will have wide appeal, as it is written with clarity and in an engaging style.' Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan, New Mandala (www.newmandala.org)'Nurturing Indonesia is a fascinating history. Pols draws on an impressive mix of Dutch and Malay sources … to bring to life his actors and their struggles. … Nurturing Indonesia offers a major contribution to our understanding of the role of the medical profession and indigenous physicians in non-western contexts.' David S. Jones, Metascience'The strength of Nurturing Indonesia is its focus on the perspective of the indigenous medical professionals, the author's nuanced treatment of their political choices, and his innovative use of an admirable number of sources in Dutch and Indonesian.' Fenneke Sysling, Isis'… the richness of research involved in producing this material showcases the history of medicine and nationalism in Indonesia. The contents of this book are both interesting and illuminating as Pols effectively illustrates the ideas and activities of Indonesian physicians in the Dutch East Indies, their socio-political role in politics, the national awakening that transpired throughout different periods and, finally, the relationship between nationalism and medicine.' Wan Faizah Wan Yusoff, Social Science Diliman'This book is relevant for anyone interested in world struggles of identity politics. Through a detailed recount of the historical influence of medical students and physicians in politics in the Indonesian archipelago throughout the 20th century, the book gives insights into people's attempts to break racial and class caste systems through professional and political endeavours.' Theresia Citraningtyas, Asian Studies Review'Pols therefore looks at the relationship between medicine, colonial modernity and decolonisation, very convincingly arguing, using an abundance of material, that it was the medics' commitment to medicine that inspired them 'to imagine a new, independent, and healthy nation'.' Leo van Bergen, Social History of Medicine'Nurturing Indonesia is an important contribution to the history of medicine and decolonisation in Indonesia. The result of a long hunt for sources, the book vividly illustrates the ways in which medicine informed decolonisation and vice versa.' Sebastiaan Broere, Health and History'This work is an impressive account of the past century of Indonesian history through the lens of medicine and its practitioners. This is the work of a master of the topic, and reflects his ability to apply the history of medicine to larger social and political developments in a nation, making it an important contribution in new approaches to the past in the region.' Timothy P. Barnard, Journal of Southeast Asian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: colonial dreams, national awakenings, and cosmopolitan aspirations; 1. Abdul Rivai: medicine and the enticement of modernity; 2. The enchantment of cosmopolitan science: student life at the Dutch East Indies medical colleges; 3. The Indies youth movements: progress, westernisation, and cultural pride; 4. Professional aspirations and colonial ambivalence: the Association of Indies Physicians; 5. The insults of colonial psychiatry and the psychological damage of colonialism; 6. The Great Depression: Rockefeller initiatives and medical nationalism; 7. Indonesian medicine in the Greater East-Asia co-prosperity sphere; 8. Medical heroism and the Indonesian revolution; 9. Medicine in independent Indonesia: national physicians and international health; Conclusion: the rise and fall of the national physician; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Mapping AIDS
Book SynopsisThis new and unique visual history of AIDS focuses on the AIDS atlas, published by dedicated clinicians between 1986 and 2008. The epidemic's history is retold through clinical photographs, epidemiological maps and icons of HIV asking how this devastating epidemic has come to be seen as a controllable chronic condition.Trade Review'A persuasive rethinking of nearly four decades of medical and social upheaval, Mapping AIDS cleverly juxtaposes three visual genres - photographs, maps, and viral models - to explain how people, places, and pathogens take on medical and moral meanings.' Steven Epstein, Northwestern University, Illinois'From the photographic archives of the early North American epidemic, to the emerging cartography of a global pandemic, to the rendering of the HIV virus itself, Mapping AIDS demonstrates the central role of visual media in crafting scientific knowledge, social meanings, and biomedical responses to disease, with powerful consequences for good and for ill.' Jeremy A. Greene, The Johns Hopkins University'This thoughtful and ingeniously argued study tracks AIDS from its beginnings as a nameless condition in a few individuals as it evolved into a recognized social thing, an entity with a legitimating mechanism, and therapeutic and bureaucratic responses.' Charles Rosenberg, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Engelmann's argument is an interesting one that highlights not only some of the many ways to view an epidemic, but also the challenges associated with contextualizing theories, particularly ones that cross cultural boundaries.' Janet Greenlees, Technology and CultureTable of ContentsList of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Seeing bodies with AIDS; 2. Seeing spaces of AIDS; 3. Seeing HIV as AIDS; Epilogue: the end of the AIDS crisis?; Bibliography; Index.
£85.50
Cambridge University Press InVitro Fertilization
Book SynopsisThe birth of Louise Joy Brown - the world''s first baby born following in-vitro fertilization - heralded a medical revolution. Forty years later, many thousands of babies are born each year following IVF. Assisted reproduction is a global industry with a multi-billion dollar turnover. It is a complex mix of science, clinical management, bioethics, and commercial imperatives. Many of the pioneers of IVF are still with us and have a fascinating tale to tell. Here, they relate the story of the development of IVF and related technologies in a way that will prove invaluable to future generations of practitioners seeking to understand the genesis of the specialty. This is not an academic history: rather it takes an informal and anecdotal approach; informing and entertaining for generations of past, present and future medical and scientific specialists of IVF, alongside the millions of parents, who celebrated the successes of IVF treatment worldwide.Table of Contents1. A brief outline of the history of human in-vitro fertilization John D. Biggers and Catherine Racowsky; 2. The track to assisted reproduction: from animal to human in-vitro fertilization Jacques Cohen; 3. The American roots of in-vitro fertilization Frederick Naftolin, Jennifer Blakemore and David L. Keefe; 4. The story of Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards, Jean Purdy, and Bourn Hall Clinic Peter R. Brinsden; 5. Professional hostility confronting Edwards, Steptoe, and Purdy in their pioneering work on in-vitro fertilization Martin H. Johnson; 6. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Australia Alex Lopata and Gabor Kovacs; 7. The Joneses and the Jones Institute Charles C. Coddington, III and Sergio C. Oehninger; 8. The development of in-vitro fertilization in North America after the Joneses Matthew Connell and Alan H. DeCherney; 9. The Brussels story and the eureka moment of intracytoplasmic sperm injection Andre Van Steirteghem; 10. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Austria Wilfried Feichtinger; 11. The development of in-vitro fertilization in France Rene F. Frydman; 12. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Italy Luca Gianaroli, Serena Sgargi, Maria Cristina Magli and Anna Pia Ferraretti; 13. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Scandinavia Lars Hamberger, Torbjorn Hillensjo and Matts Wikland; 14. The Development of In-Vitro Fertilization in Spain Antonio Pellicer; 15. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Greece, Germany, and The Netherlands Basil C. Tarlatzis, Klaus Diedrich and Bart Fauser; 16. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Israel Zion Ben-Rafael; 17. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Latin America Fernando Zegers-Hochschild; 18. The development of in-vitro fertilization in India Rina Agrawal and Elizabeth Burt; 19. The development of in-vitro fertilization in China Daimin Wei, Jianfeng Wang, Yingying Qin and Zi-Jiang Chen; 20. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Africa Willem Ombelet; 21. The development of in-vitro fertilization in Russia Vladislav Korsak and Anatoly Nikitin; 22. The application of in-vitro fertilization in the management of the infertile male David M. de Kretser; 23. The development of preimplantation genetic diagnosis for monogenic disease and chromosome inbalance Leeanda Wilton; 24. The development of embryo, oocyte, and ovarian tissue cryopreservation Debra A. Gook and David H. Edgar; 25. The development of ovarian stimulation for in-vitro fertilization Colin M. Howles; 26. The development of microsurgery for male and female infertility Sherman J. Silber; 27. The application of embryonic stem cells for in-vitro fertilization Ariff Bongso; 28. The regulation and legislation of in-vitro fertilization Louis Waller and Sandra Dill; 29. Research on assisted reproduction families: a historical perspective Susan Golombok; 30. The commercialization of in-vitro fertilization G. David Adamson and Anthony J. Rutherford.
£33.24
Cambridge University Press The Colonial Life of Pharmaceuticals
Book SynopsisIn this examination of the early globalization of the pharmaceutical industry, Laurence Monnais argues that colonialism played a crucial part in the worldwide diffusion of modern medicines, speaking to contemporary concerns regarding over-reliance on pharmaceuticals, self-medication, and the accessibility of effective drug treatments.Trade Review'Historians of colonial medicine and anthropologists who study the social life of pharmaceuticals have been eagerly awaiting this book. With exceptional panache, Monnais shows us how taking the material turn can transform the history of global health into a genealogy of our pharmaceutical present. An anthropological sensibility reveals the everyday practice of state medicine, the fostering of markets for medical commodities, and the creation of modern, drug-dependent consumers. Just like mosquitoes, it seems, drugs have lifecycles and ecological niches, and they can serve too as vectors - not of disease, but rather, of European medicine and modernity.' Warwick Anderson, University of Sydney'From colonial indifference and toxic fears to avid consumerism and hybrid therapeutics, Monnais reveals the dynamic history behind Vietnam's pharmaceutical pasts. Her meticulous research highlights Vietnamese agency in the making of a modern medical culture and provides an exemplary study of the origins of medicalization in the global south.' David Arnold, University of Warwick'Brilliantly crafted and ingeniously researched, this is an absorbing exploration of medicalization and modernization under colonial rule that underscores the foundational agency of the colonized and the persistence of therapeutic pluralism. A richly textured study of Vietnam, it also offers a compelling model for understanding the vital role of medicines as vectors of social change across the Global South.' John Harley Warner, Yale University, ConnecticutTable of Contents1. Making medicines modern, making medicines colonial; 2. Medicines in colonial (public) health; 3. The mirage of mass distribution: state Quinine and essential medicines; 4. The many lives of medicines in the private market; 5. Crimes and misdemeanors: transactions and transgressions in the therapeutic market; 6. Learning effects: lived experiences, pharmaceutical publicity and the roots of selective demand; 7. Medicines as vectors of modernization and medicalization; 8. Therapeutic pluralism under colonial rule; Conclusion: from colonial medicines to post-colonial health.
£79.79
Cambridge University Press Aristotle on Matter Form and Moving Causes
Book SynopsisThis book examines an important area of Aristotle''s philosophy: the generation of substances. While other changes presuppose the existence of a substance (Socrates grows taller), substantial generation results in something genuinely new that did not exist before (Socrates himself). The central argument of this book is that Aristotle defends a ''hylomorphic'' model of substantial generation. In its most complete formulation, this model says that substantial generation involves three principles: (1) matter, which is the subject from which the change proceeds; (2) form, which is the end towards which the process advances; and (3) an efficient cause, which directs the process towards that form. By examining the development of this model across Aristotle''s works, Devin Henry seeks to deepen our grasp on how the doctrine of hylomorphism - understood as a blueprint for thinking about the world - informs our understanding of the process by which new substances come into being.Trade Review'… Henry's interpretation is philosophically fruitful and well-motivated. This excellent book is essential reading for students of Aristotle's metaphysics and biology.' Emily Kress, Bryn Mawr Classical Review'… Henry's general hylomorphic approach is rewarding, and anyone interested in hylomorphism will profit greatly from working through this ambitious study.' Samuel Meister, Journal of the History of PhilosophyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Preliminary puzzles; 2. The hylomorphic model of substantial generation: Physics I; 3. Substantial versus non-substantial change: GC I 1-4; 4. The extended hylomorphic model: GC II 9; 5. Biological generation: part one; 6. Biological generation: part two; 7. The efficient cause of animal generation; 8. The architectonic model; 9. The cosmological significance of substantial generation.
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Cambridge University Press The Bioarchaeology of Cardiovascular Disease
Book SynopsisCardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide today, but are not just a modern phenomenon. To explore the deep roots of CVDs in human history, this book, for the first time, brings together bioarchaeological evidence from different periods, as old as 5000 BC, and geographic locations from Alaska to Northern Africa. Experts in their fields showcase the powerful tool set available to bioarchaeology, which allows a more comprehensive reconstruction of the human past through evidence for disease. The tools include aDNA and histological analyses and digital imaging techniques for studying skeletal and mummified human remains. The insights gained from these studies are not only of value to historical research but also demonstrate how the science of archaeological human remains can provide the long view of the history of disease and contributes to modern biomedical research within the context of evolutionary medicine.Table of Contents1. The bioarchaeology of cardiovascular diseases – Introduction Michaela Binder; 2. Exploring the sources of indirect evidence for cardiovascular disease in bioarchaeology: potential impact on understanding its evolution Charlotte A. Roberts; Part I. Evidence from Mummified Tissues: 3. Atherosclerosis, mummies and histological analysis. A review Gino Fornaciari and Raffaele Gaeta; 4. Computed tomography evidence of atherosclerosis in ancient mummies: the Horus studies of mummies from five continents Randall C. Thompson, Ashna Mahadev, M. Linda Sutherland and Gregory S. Thomas; 5. The genetic background of atherosclerosis in ancient mummies Albert Zink, Christina Wurst, Frank Maixner, Samuel Wann, Randall C. Thompson and Gregory S. Thomas; 6. Cardiovascular disease in Nile valley mummies: exploring the need for a more systematic approach that accounts for vessel prevalence, links to oral health and the impact of dual energy CT scanning Daniel Antoine, Marie Vandenbeusch, Rebecca Whiting and Benjamin Moreno; 7. Atherosclerosis among the elites: a bioarchaeological investigation of 17th–19th century mummified human remains from Palermo, Sicily (Italy) and Vilnius (Lithuania) Dario Piombino-Mascali, Rimantas Jankauskas, Albert Zink and Stephanie Panzer; Part II. Cardiovascular Diseases Associated with Human Skeletal Remains: 8. Calcified structures as potential evidence of atherosclerosis associated with human skeletal remains from Amara West, Nubia (1300–800BC) Michaela Binder and Charlotte A. Roberts; 9. Intracranial atherosclerosis in Medieval Scandinavia Caroline Arcini and Elisabeth Englund; 10. Abnormalities of the vertebral artery: are cervical pressure defects being overlooked in palaeopathology? Daniel Antoine and Tony Waldron; 11. A heart of stone – constrictive pericarditis and other calcified tissues from the pathologic-anatomical collection at the Narrenturm in Vienna, Austria. A review Karin Wiltschke-Schrotta, Eduard Winter and Michelle Gamble; 12. 'Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence': why is there a lack of evidence for cardiovascular disease in the bioarchaeological record? Michaela Binder and Charlotte A. Roberts; Part III. 'Contemporary Perspectives': 13. The challenging diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in skeletal remains: identifying atherosclerotic calcifications from modern documented individuals Lucie Biehler-Gomez, Emanuela Maderna and Cristina Cattaneo; 14. Atherosclerosis in indigenous Tsimane – A contemporary perspective Randall C. Thompson, Gregory S. Thomas, Angela D. Neunuebel, Ashna Mahadev, Benjamin C. Trumble, Edmond Seabright, Daniel K. Cummings, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael Gurven and Hillard Kaplan.
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Cambridge University Press The Yellow Flag
Book SynopsisUntil the middle of the nineteenth century, quarantine laws in all Western European nations mandated the detention of every inbound trader, traveller, soldier, sailor, merchant, missionary, letter, and trade good arriving from the Ottoman Empire and North Africa. Most of these quarantines occurred in large, ominous fortresses in Mediterranean port cities. Alex Chase-Levenson examines Britain''s engagement with this Mediterranean border regime from multiple angles. He explores how quarantine practice laid the foundations for the state provision of public health and constituted an early example of European integration. Situated at the intersection of political, cultural, diplomatic, and medical history, The Yellow Flag captures the texture of quarantine as an experience, its power as an administrative precedent, and its novelty as an example of a continental border built from the ground up by low-level bureaucrats.Trade Review'A refreshingly original look at a phenomenon historians have chronically misunderstood. Imaginative and vivid, The Yellow Flag uses exhaustive archival research to breathe life into centuries-old policies and debates. The book is about more than just quarantine; it delves deeply into one of the great questions of the nineteenth century - and indeed of our own age: what are the responsibilities of the modern state?' David Barnes, University of Pennsylvania'A new history of the Mediterranean, a new history of early nineteenth-century Britain, and a new history of quarantine. Chase-Levenson has delivered all three in this spectacular study. In those strange and charged places, Mediterranean lazarettos, he shows us how 'east' and 'west' were demarcated. A major contribution.' Alison Bashford, University of New South Wales'Chase-Levenson's rich transnational history of Mediterranean quarantine powerfully illuminates the early 19th century significance of plague and other epidemics for the construction of a 'European biopolity', the consolidation of quarantine as a system reciprocally binding Britain and its European Mediterranean trading partners, and the oft-times parochial history of English public health.' James Hanley, University of Winnipeg'… the book provides the most comprehensive approach to the history of quarantine and proves to be an enjoyable and important reading to anyone interested in the history of epidemics, preventative medicine and the history of the Mediterranean.' Marina Inì, Social History of Medicine'The Yellow Flag: Quarantine and the British Mediterranean World, 1780–1860 is a timely book … numerous scholars and students will find Chase-Levenson's work interesting and useful from political, medical, and maritime perspectives.' Sarah E. Naramore, Book Reviews (www.globalmaritimehistory.com)'In this imaginative work, Chase-Levenson (Univ. of Pennsylvania) skillfully argues that quarantine was not some antiquated system but rather a modern tool Britain employed to protect its subjects and trade networks … will interest scholars of Britain and Europe and those interested in empire, maritime history, global trade, globalization, and the history of health and medicine.' J. Rankin, Choice'The Yellow Flag will reward readers interested in the history of health, diplomacy, and travel in the Mediterranean and beyond.' Kathleen Frederickson, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Mediterranean Currents: 1. Universal agitation; 2. Locating the British Mediterranean world; Part II. Lazarettos, Health Boards, and the Building of a Biopolity: 3. Governing quarantine; 4. 'A sort of hospital-prison'; 5. A European system; Part III. Imagining the Plague: 6. Plague and 'civilization'; 7. A prescription for England's condition; Part IV. Old Patterns, New Cordons: 8. Quarantine and empire; 9. Mutually assured deconstruction; Conclusion: Plagueomania; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Life in a Time of Pestilence
Book SynopsisFrom the Middle Ages onwards, deadly epidemics swept through portions of Spain repeatedly, but the Castilian Plague at the end of the sixteenth century was especially terrible. In late 1596, a ship carrying the plague docked in Santander, and over the next five years the disease killed some 500,000 people in Castile, around 10 percent of the population. Plague is traditionally understood to have triggered chaos and madness. By contrast, Ruth Mackay focuses on the sites of everyday life, exploring how beliefs, practices, laws, and relationships endured even under the onslaught of disease. She takes an original and holistic approach to understanding the impact of plague, and explores how the epidemic was understood and managed by everyday people. Offering a fresh perspective on the social, political, and economic history of Spain, this original and engaging book demonstrates how, even in the midst of chaos, life carried on.Trade Review'Mackay revisits the most deadly early modern Spanish epidemic to challenge the time-worn cliché of the utter collapse of political and social order. This is extensive archival research - and well-honed critical thinking - at its best.' James Amelang, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid'MacKay's account stands out for the originality of its approach. Through innumerable examples, she tells the story of a society that does not passively succumb to the approach of disease but looks for ways to halt its onward march and deal with its consequences. In doing so she brings us poignantly close both to the victims and the survivors.' John Elliott, University of Oxford'Plague studies are legion, but this is in a class by itself. Beautifully written and deeply- researched, this engaging study breathes life into one of those moments in history otherwise associated with suffering, stagnation and death.' Richard L. Kagan, The John Hopkins University'MacKay excavates the extraordinary experience of epidemic disease to lay bare the values and concepts that structured the lives of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spaniards. Deeply researched, elegantly argued, this book brings to life the everyday political culture of early modern Spain.' A. Katie Stirling-Harris, University of California, Davis'This is a truly astonishing book, a work of immense scholarship … This is a book about the indestructibility of the human spirit, the primeval urge to live, to hang on to life. But above all else, it is one of the best histories available of the towns and villages of northern Spain at the end of the sixteenth century, their people, their structures, their day-to-day existence, made possible by hours and hours of working in local archives. We can only be grateful that there are still some historians who have not given up on archival work.' Trevor J. Dadson, Hispanic Research Journal'… Ruth MacKay's Life in a Time of Pestilence … is a well-researched, engaging, and enlightening book.' Kathryn Wolford, H-Net Reviews'In this extraordinary book, Ruth MacKay masterfully explores the topic of plague in Castile at the end of the 16th and start of the 17th century through a deep and thoughtful contextualization that leads to valuable insights to advance our understanding of plague and the broader historical period in which the epidemic surfaced and played out. In this book MacKay has sought to find the ordinary in the extraordinary and, along the way, she has uncovered the ways in which both were embedded in the very fabric of society in law, custom, memory, and the common good.' Dean Phillip Bell, English Historical Review'MacKay's beautifully written account of the Castilian pestilence shows us the utual business of plague. Stories of individual lives, often cut short, make the plague a very human experience here. MacKay's admirable work in many Spanish archives gives us a thick view of the continuation of life, as the bodies piled up at the turn of the seventeenth century.' Colin Rose, Renaissance Quarterly'If I had to put a label on this book, which I imagine the author would not want, I would say this is a magnificent study of social and cultural history, and at the same time of microhistory … Or, for a more neutral term, it is a magnificant study of early modern history.' Mauro Hernández, Historia Moderna (UNED)'This book is a fundamental contribution to our knowledge of one of the most important epidemics in early modern Spain and Europe. It is a fascinating and brilliantly written book that hews closely to the documents the author consulted in many archives, and relies upon an exhaustive number of secondary sources concerning the Castilian, or Atlantic plague at the end of the 16th century. It is a necessary, original, and unique book in terms of its structure. There are many local and regional monographs about the Second Pandemic, but few, if any, that embrace so deeply an entire country or territory as vast as the Crown of Castile.' Vicente Pérez Moreda, Economic History Research'In her eloquent and deeply researched study of the plague that ravaged Castile for five years at the end of the sixteenth century, which may have killed half a million people, MacKay provides a fine-grained detailed depiction of how Castile's inhabitants responded to the plague through a close reading and analysis of dozens of archival collections and the rich contextual knowledge that she has acquired through her previous work on early modern Spain.' Justin Stearns, Journal of Interdisciplinary History'… this is a well-researched, engaging, and enlightening book.' Kathryn Wolford, H-Environment'MacKay's book will be of interest for the windows it opens into the texture of everyday life and the mechanisms of power relations that underpinned the world of Golden Age Theater.' Claire Gilbert, Bulletin of the ComediantesTable of ContentsIntroduction, 1. Site 1: palace; 2. Site 2: road; 3. Site 3: wall; 4. Site 4: market; 5. Site 5: street; 6. Site 6: town hall; 7. Site 7: sickbed; Postmortem.
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Cambridge University Press Stories of Stroke
Book SynopsisStroke is one of the most important and most feared conditions known to man. The threat of stroke is important to all people. What could be more devastating than to lose the ability to speak, move a limb, stand, talk, see, read, feel write or even think? This book brings together ideas, events and advances the stories before and during the 20th Century through the accounts of global experts in the field, many of them having been first-hand witnesses to progress. Focusing on selected stories of stroke, this book offers a readable summary of the most dramatic and extensive changes in knowledge about stroke and in caring for stroke patients. Of interest to anyone interested in neurosciences and for physicians caring for stroke patients, this book informs on moving forward, by looking to how we got to where we are.Trade Review'This impressive and hefty book provides an excellent overview of stroke history in its entirety. It includes easily readable and referenced articles on topics most relevant to modern stroke care, lending important historical context that frames just how far the stroke field has progressed in the last 50 years.' Madeline Russell, Doody's ReviewsTable of ContentsWhy this book needed to be written; Part I. Early recognition: 1. Hippocrates and early Greek medical practice; 2. Early Greco-Roman contributions; 3. Islamic and middle east contributions; Part II. Basic knowledge: 16th to early twentieth centuries. Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology: 4. Andreas Vesalius; 5. William Harvey. On the motion of the heart and blood; 6. Thomas Willis. Anatomy of the brain and its vasculature; 7. Giovanni Morgagni: emphasis on Pathology; 8. Apoplexy. Ideas and concepts, 17-20th century; 9. Atlases; 10. Brainstem syndromes; 11. Jules Dejerine; 12. Arterial and Venous anatomy; 13. Rudolf Virchow; 14. Early medical and neurological textbooks; Part III. Modern era mid twentieth century to the present: A: Types of Stroke; 15. Carotid Artery disease; 16. Lacunes; 17. Vertebrobasilar disease; 18. Aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage; 19. Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH); 20. Vascular malformations; 21. Venous and dural sinus thrombosis; 22. Arterial dissections, Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD), MoyaMoya disease, and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS); 23. Blood Disorders; 24. Stroke Genetics; 25. Eye vascular disease; 26. Spinal cord vascular disease; 27. Charles foix; 28. Houston Merritt and Charles Aring; 29. C Miller Fisher; 30. Louis Caplan; 31. Cerebral angiography; 32. Computed Tomography (CT); 33. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); 34. Cerebrovascular ultrasound; 35. Cerebral blood flow, radionuclides, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET); 36. Cardiac imaging and function; 37. Stroke-related Terms; 38. Epidemiology and risk factors; 39. Data Banks and registries; 40. Pediatric stroke; 41. Care of stroke patients; 42. Neurocritical care; 43. Clinical stroke trials; 44. Heparin; 45. Warfarin; 46. New oral anticoagulants/direct oral anticoagulants; 47. Aspirin; 48. Other antiplatelets; 49. Other medical treatments; 50. Neuroprotection; 51. Thrombolysis; 52. Treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis; 53. Recovery and rehabilitation; 54. Carotid artery surgery; 55. Angioplasty and stenting; 56. Endovascular treatment of acute ischemic stroke; 57. Brain aneurysm treatment/treatment of aneurysms and subarachnoid hemorrhage; 58. Medical and surgical treatments of intracerebral hemorrhage; 59. Treatment of vascular malformations; Part IV. Stroke literature, organizations and patients: 60. Stroke organizations, journals and books; 61. Famous stroke patients/prominent stroke patients.
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Cambridge University Press Science and the State
Book SynopsisWas it coincidence that the modern state and modern science arose at the same time? This overview of the relations of science and state from the Scientific Revolution to World War II explores this issue, synthesising a range of approaches from history and political theory. John Gascoigne argues the case for an ongoing mutual dependence of the state and science in ways which have promoted the consolidation of both. Drawing on a wide body of scholarship, he shows how the changing functions of the state have brought a wider engagement with science, while the possibilities that science make available have increased the authority of the state along with its prowess in war. At the end of World War II, the alliance between science and state was securely established and, Gascoigne argues, is still firmly embodied in the post-war world.Trade Review'At last, a comprehensive and eminently readable survey that charts the intricate bond between science and government over the past five hundred years. Gascoigne establishes that the ascent of 'modern' science was entwined with the concurrent rise of the modern state. The consequences of which helped shape both domains – as well as the modern world.' Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology'Changes in the nature of the state from the seventeenth century to the World War II make the history of the relations between science and the state a complex matter. Gascoigne is to be congratulated on having produced a clear and immensely helpful account of these relations.' Stephen Gaukroger, University of Sydney'… Gascoigne's study does a valuable service by offering a concise, readable survey of a complex topic. Like any good survey, it sums up while also pointing the way forward, suggesting the need for more comparative work on science and the state across different eras and countries.' Tricia M. Ross, Metascience'Not only will students and the general reader profit from Gascoigne's thoughtful and readable introductory study on science-state relations; so too will professional historians of science. I strongly recommend it to all.' David Cahan, IsisTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Renaissance monarchy; 3. Absolutism; 4. Rivals to absolutism; 5. Revolution, reaction and reform, 1776–1850; 6. An expanding state, 1850–1914; 7. From war to war, 1914–45; 8. Science, the state and globalisation; Epilogue; Conclusion.
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Little, Brown Book Group Physicians and War
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 fourth book in the series looks at the Royal College and its impact and influence in war over the centuries.
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Pan Macmillan Milk of Paradise
Book SynopsisA compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began.Trade ReviewLucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world. Telling the story of opium tells us much about our faults and foibles as humans – our willingness to experiment; our ability to become addicts; our pursuit of money. This book tells us more than about opium; it tells us about ourselves. -- Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsLucy Inglis’s fabulous book Milk of Paradise is the history of civilisation as shaped by opium . . . a triumph, epic in scale and full of humanity. Geopolitics was changed by the poppy: it influenced the development of navigation, exploration and world trade; hand-in-hand with war, it helped to create the wealthy economies, science, medicine, crime and human despair of the modern world. The poppy, she says, will always be one of the greatest global commodities for good and evil — and we will always be at war with it -- Melanie Reid * The Times *As Lucy Inglis recounts in her sweeping new history of opium, the tension between the substance’s medicinal virtue and its dangers is ancient ... [She] untangles these contradictions with gusto ... a deeply researched and captivating book * Economist *Addictive ... shows again and again how counter-productive prohibition is * Evening Standard *A very, very wide-ranging book and it’s beautifully written. Despite the subject matter, you never feel overburdened by it. It’s always fascinating and she’s got a very good turn of phrase. She’s one of the best. If only all historians could write like Lucy Inglis. -- Paul Lay * History Books of the Year, fivebooks.com *Magisterial * Nature *Inglis has graced her pages with tales and medical snippets to provide enough information to feed a small library. This must be opium’s definitive history. -- Julie Peakman * History Today *A sweeping international history of opium … absorbing. * Radio Times *Table of ContentsSection - i: List of Illustrations Section - ii: Maps Introduction - iii: Introduction Unit - 1: PART ONE: Ópion, afyun, opium Chapter - 1: The Ancient World Chapter - 2: The Islamic Golden Age to the Renaissance Chapter - 3: The Silver Triangle and the Creation of Hong Kong Unit - 2: PART TWO: In the Arms of Morpheus Chapter - 4: The Romantics Meet Modern Science Chapter - 5: The China Crisis Chapter - 6: The American Disease Unit - 3: PART THREE: Heroin Chapter - 7: A New Addiction, Prohibition and the Rise of the Gangster Chapter - 8: From the Somme to Saigon Chapter - 9: Afghanistan Chapter - 10: Heroin Chic, HIV and Generation Oxy Section - iv: Afterword Acknowledgements - v: Acknowledgements Section - vi: Notes Index - vii: Index
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Broadview Press Ltd Investigating Cholera in Broad Street: A History
Book SynopsisThis book features various accounts of a cholera outbreak in West London that killed over 500 people in ten days during the late summer of 1854. What had happened? Local authorities were flummoxed about the mode by which the disease had spread. What has become known as 'the Broad Street pump episode' is one of the most significant early examples of team-oriented investigations into the causes of epidemic disease - a hallmark of epidemiology and public health today.This collection includes documents from the five separate investigations into possible causes that were conducted. John Snow and Henry Whitehead made independent investigations. Inspectors from the General Board of Health and the Sewer Commission as well as a parish inquiry committee also scrutinized the outbreak. This volume traces competing notions of how this disease was communicated, starting with the first pandemic which reached England in 1831, and it documents how they developed over time.Trade Review“With highly engaging prose, accessible primary sources, and thought-provoking prompts, Peter Vinten-Johansen has produced an invaluable resource for students who want to understand better not only the monumental shifts in scientific methods and thinking concerning epidemics and disease in the nineteenth century, but also what it means to ‘do’ history, as he invites readers to conduct their own detective work and textual interpretations. An ideal blend of choose-your-own-adventure approach to storytelling combined with serious scholarship and documentation, Investigating Cholera will make the history of epidemics—and the classroom—come alive.” — Beth Linker, University of Pennsylvania “Broad Street in London exerts an almost mythical hold over public health. But what do we really know about it? Peter Vinten-Johansen expertly deconstructs the legend by using a wide range of original documents to reconstruct the trajectories of cholera from India to Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. An exemplary model of its kind, this book is an essential resource for teachers and students of history and public health who want to understand how the knowledge and practices of medicine, science, and politics were brought together in an attempt to solve a pressing problem that had dire consequences at local and global scales.” — Graham Mooney, Johns Hopkins University“This freshly edited collection of documents relating to the cholera outbreaks in mid-nineteenth-century Britain will prove invaluable for students and instructors alike. The material has been gathered to dispel the anachronistic view that John Snow was either a lone and derided genius or ‘a prototypical germ-theorist.’ The story of cholera investigation that emerges here is a collaborative one.” — Alannah Tomkins, Keele UniversityTable of Contents Preface I. The Broad Street Pump Episode, 1854 II. Historiography of the Broad Street Pump Episode III. Online Companion Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary Introduction I. Out of India II. Epidemic Cholera in England, 1831-33 III. Cholera, Civil Registration, and the Sanitary Idea IV. Another Cholera Pandemic Spurs More Public Health Action V. The Second English Cholera Epidemic, 1848-49 VI. Overview of the Documents in this Volume Chronology Questions to Consider A Note on the Text Part I: The Thomas Street Cholera Outbreak of 1849 a Contested Natural Experiment 1. Asiatic Cholera Approaches the British Isles: General Board of Health, Guidelines for Managing Epidemic Cholera (7 October 1848) 2. Metropolitan Commission of Sewers: John Grant, Two Reports on Cholera in South London (August 1849) 3. A New Hypothesis: John Snow, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (September 1849) 4. Cholera as Contagion: Two Medical Journals Review Snow's Pamphlet (September 1849) Questions to Consider Part II: Contagious or Non-Contagious a Cholera Mystery 5. What's Happening in India? Frederick Corbyn, 'Account' (1819) and Gilbert Blaine's Critique at the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society (1820) 6. The Pandemic's Progress from India to Britain, 1817-31: Thomas Wakley, 'The Blue Cholera of India' (November 1831) 7. Epidemic Constitution of the Seasons and Its Relevance for the Present Age: Gavin Milroy, 'Life and Writings of Sydenham' (1846-47) 8. The Cholera-Fungus Fiasco: Excerpts from Medical Journals and the Times (September-November 1849) 9. Westminster Medical Society: Excerpts from Cholera Discussions (October 1849) Questions to Consider Part III: Filth, Elevation, and Impure Water the Chief Causal Contenders at Mid-Century 10. Cholera as a Localizing Disease: General Board of Health, Report on the Epidemic Cholera of 1848 and 1849 (1850-51) 11. Atmosphere, Thames Water, and Elevation: General Register Office, Report on the Mortality of Cholera in England (1848-49) 12. Casting a Wider Net: Excerpts from Meetings of the Epidemiological Society of London (1850-51) 13. Probability in Epidemiology: Snow, 'Mode of propagation of cholera' (1851) 14. Who Supplies Your Water? Snow's 'Grand Experiment' in South London (1853-54) Questions to Consider Part IV: 'A Remarkable Outbreak' 15. Early Days: Henry Whitehead, Cholera in Berwick Street (October 1854) and Subsequent Recollections (1865) 16. Early Days: Alexander Stewart, 'Cholera in the Middlesex Hospital' (October 1854) and Elizabeth Gaskell on Florence Nightingale at Middlesex Hospital during the Outbreak (October 1854) 17. Early Days: Four Newspaper Accounts (3-11 September 1854) 18. Early Days: George Godwin, 'The life and death question' (9 September 1854) 19. A Pump in Broad Street: Snow, 'Cholera near Golden Square' (23 September 1854) 20. General Register Office: Cholera Deaths Registered in the Subdistricts of Berwick Street, Golden Square, and St. Anne, Soho (2 September 1854) 21. Did Sewer Construction and Sewer Gases Cause the Cholera Outbreak? Four Letters to the Editor of the Times (5-9 September 1854) 22. A Great Affliction Has United Us: Whitehead's Sermon at Friday Evensong (8 September 1854) Questions to Consider Part V: What Exactly Happened, and Why? 23. Looking for Fever Nests: Extracts from the General Board of Health's Investigation of the Outbreak Area (September 1854) 24. The Sewers are Blameless: Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and the Chairman of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers Respond to Public Criticism (September 1854) 25. The Avocational, Shoe-Leather Epidemiologist: 'Cholera in Golden Square,' Times (15 September 1854), and Whitehead, Cholera in Berwick Street (October 1854) 26. Snow's Follow-Up Investigations: 'Cholera near Golden Square' (22 September 1854), Presentation at the Epidemiological Society (4 December 1854), 'Dr. Snow's Report' (12 December 1854), and On the Mode of Communication of Cholera, 2nd edition (January 1855) 27. Critique of Snow's Methodology and Evidence: Edmund Parkes, Review of On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (April 1855) 28. Summarizing their Tabular Findings: Donald Fraser, Thomas Hughes, and John Ludlow, Report on the Outbreak of Cholera (July 1855) 29. Illustrating the Outbreak: General Board of Health, Plan Shewing the Ascertained Deaths from Cholera in St. James, Westminster and St. Anne, Soho (July 1855) 30. A Wealth of Local Talent: Extract from the St. James, Westminster Parish Vestry Minute Book (1854), and Cholera Inquiry Committee, Report on the Cholera Outbreak (1855) 31. Shades of Sydenham? General Board of Health, Medical Council, Report and Appendix to Report of the Committee for Scientific Inquiries, 'Report in Relation to the Cholera Epidemic of 1854' (1855), and John Sutherland, 'Report on Epidemic Cholera in the Metropolis' (1855) Questions to Consider Select Bibliography Index
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Paul Dry Books, Inc Animal Viruses and Humans, a Narrow Divide: How
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Linden Publishing Co Inc Boneheads and Brainiacs: Heroes and Scoundrels of
Book SynopsisEven the greatest minds in medicine have been terribly, terribly wrong.The inventor of the lobotomy won a Nobel prize in medicine for destroying his patients'' brains. Another Nobel laureate thought malaria cured syphilis. The discoverer of anaphylactic shock also researched the spirit world and ESP. A pioneer of organ transplants was an ardent eugenicist, while the founder of sports physiology heroically spoke out against Nazism.Boneheads and Brainiacs profiles the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine from 1901 to 1950?a surprisingly diverse group of racists, cranks, and opportunists, as well as heroes, geniuses, and selfless benefactors of humanity. Forget all the ivory tower stereotypes of white-coated doctors finding miracle cures. Boneheads and Brainiacs reveals the messy human reality behind medical progress, in a highly entertaining book written for the ordinary reader.Some were bad scientists; others were great scientists and lousy human beings. But the majority of these researchers produced knowledge that now saves millions of lives?priceless discoveries like the role of vitamins in nutrition, the dangers of radiation, treatments for diabetes and deadly infectious diseases, and more. Boneheads and Brainiacs showcases the enthralling, all-too-human personal lives that made modern medicine possible.
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Origin of Diseases
Book SynopsisWhile 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?" The increasing occurrence of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, asthma and cancer does not simply denote increment in the incidence of diseases, but a pathological phenomenon that reflects the condition of humanity''s current environment. With humanity''s graduation from the era of hunter-gatherers, infectious diseases and nutritional disorders started to appear at the beginning of the agricultural revolution. Humanity then shifted to an age of chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, asthma, and cancer, as they entered the era of affluence in the wake of the industrial revolution. Moreover, the disease pattern characterized by such chronic diseases is expected to change again soon to a new trend characterized by neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer''s disease and Parkinson''s disease. When contemplating the path of disease development and transition, we should simultaneously consider two aspects of humanity: as a biological being who adapts to his or her surrounding environment, and as a cultural creator who transforms and recreates the environment, because the changes in human behavior have as much impact on the direction of disease transition as our genes and environment do. Therefore, only after we appropriately understand the history, environment, and disease development of humanity will we be able to establish an adequate strategy for coping with diseases. We would have the upper hand if we have a better understanding of the origin of diseases. In five sections, this book shows how to understand such diseases through the intertwined process within the wide framework of human history.
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Icon Books The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering
Book Synopsis'Billy Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book.' Jeremy PaxmanParkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, with 10,000 new cases each year in the UK alone, and yet few know anything about the man the disease is named after. In 1817 - exactly 200 years ago - James Parkinson (1755-1824) defined the disease so precisely that we still diagnose it today by recognising the symptoms he identified. The story of this remarkable man's contributions to the Age of the Enlightenment is told through his three passions - medicine, politics and fossils.As a political radical Parkinson was interrogated over a plot to kill King George III and revealed as the author of anti-government pamphlets, a crime for which many were transported to Australia; while helping Edward Jenner set up smallpox vaccination stations across London, he wrote the first scientific study of fossils in English, which led to fossil-hunting becoming the nation's latest craze - just a glimpse of his many achievements.Cherry Lewis restores this neglected pioneer to his rightful place in history, while creating a vivid and pungent portrait of life as an 'apothecary surgeon' in Georgian London.Trade ReviewBilly Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book. * Jeremy Paxman *Lewis writes in an enjoyably digressive style: her descriptions of medical practice at the end of the 18th century, and of changing life in east London, are particularly engaging. -- The ScotsmanA vivid picture of the peculiarities of the time. * Mail on Sunday *In a splendid new book, historian of geology Cherry Lewis introduces us to a fascinating, multifaceted Enlightenment figure: the intellectually curious, politically active and socially concerned London surgeon-apothecary James Parkinson (1755-1824). -- Tilli Tansey * Nature *Lewis paints a vivid portrait of the life and times of a man of many talents ... a fine, informative read. -- Manjit Kumar * Prospect *A well-written, comprehensive biography of a genuine polymath. * The Tablet *A fascinating account. Parkinson fought for the rights of the vulnerable, moved some scientific fields forward and observed what most people could not see. Absorbing. Anyone interested in the history of medicine, politics and geology will enjoy this book. I finished it in awe of Parkinson's many accomplishments and contributions to politics, health and science. * The Washington Post *
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Icon Books The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering
Book Synopsis'Billy Connolly says he's no idea who Parkinson was and just wishes he'd kept his disease to himself. He should read this book.' Jeremy PaxmanParkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, with 10,000 new cases each year in the UK alone, and yet few know anything about the man the disease is named after. In 1817 - exactly 200 years ago - James Parkinson (1755-1824) defined the disease so precisely that we still diagnose it today by recognising the symptoms he identified. The story of this remarkable man's contributions to the Age of the Enlightenment is told through his three passions - medicine, politics and fossils.As a political radical Parkinson was interrogated over a plot to kill King George III and revealed as the author of anti-government pamphlets, a crime for which many were transported to Australia; while helping Edward Jenner set up smallpox vaccination stations across London, he wrote the first scientific study of fossils in English, which led to fossil-hunting becoming the nation's latest craze - just a glimpse of his many achievements.Cherry Lewis restores this neglected pioneer to his rightful place in history, while creating a vivid and pungent portrait of life as an 'apothecary surgeon' in Georgian London.Trade ReviewLewis writes in an enjoyably digressive style: her descriptions of medical practice at the end of the 18th century, and of changing life in east London, are particularly engaging. -- The ScotsmanA vivid picture of the peculiarities of the time. * Mail on Sunday *In a splendid new book, historian of geology Cherry Lewis introduces us to a fascinating, multifaceted Enlightenment figure: the intellectually curious, politically active and socially concerned London surgeon-apothecary James Parkinson (1755-1824). -- Tilli Tansey * Nature *Lewis paints a vivid portrait of the life and times of a man of many talents ... a fine, informative read. -- Manjit Kumar * Prospect *A well-written, comprehensive biography of a genuine polymath. * The Tablet *A fascinating account. Parkinson fought for the rights of the vulnerable, moved some scientific fields forward and observed what most people could not see. Absorbing. Anyone interested in the history of medicine, politics and geology will enjoy this book. I finished it in awe of Parkinson's many accomplishments and contributions to politics, health and science. * The Washington Post *
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Profile Books Ltd Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal
Book Synopsis*A Blackwell's Book of the Year* *A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* *A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022* *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail on Sunday ***** 'Captivating' Guardian, Book of the Day 'Compelling' Observer Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths: people weren't normal - triangles were. But from the 1830s, this branch of science really took off across Europe and North America, with a proliferation of IQ tests, sex studies, a census of hallucinations - even a UK beauty map (which concluded the women in Aberdeen were "the most repellent"). This book tells the surprising history how the very notion of the normal came about, how it shaped us all, often while entrenching oppressive values. Sarah Chaney looks at why we're still asking the internet: Do I have a normal body? Is my sex life normal? Are my kids normal? And along the way, she challenges why we ever thought it might be a desirable thing to be.Trade ReviewEureka! Sarah Chaney's excellent Am I Normal? is one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently -- Tim Smith-Laing * The Daily Telegraph, ***** *Captivating -- Book of the Day * Guardian *Riveting ... The moral of the story, indeed of this engaging book, is that instead of ruminating endlessly on the worried (and unanswerable) question Am I Normal?, we should be asking ourselves instead whether normal even exists and why, quite frankly, anyone cares * Mail on Sunday, ***** *Compelling, highly readable ... Encompassing everything from sex surveys to baby weight, beauty standards to sexuality, this is a brilliantly engaging work of popular science * Observer *Sarah Chaney charts, fascinatingly, [a] progressive creep of the idea of the "normal" into the heart of society... shocking and salutary * The Times *This fascinating read will change the way we think about what is normal * Buzz *
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Clinical Press Ltd Bristol Medico-Historial Society Proceedings:
Book SynopsisThe Bristol Medico-Historical Society are pleased to announce the publication of their seventh volume of proceedings. This covers a large variety of topics ranging from Medical Fraud to X-ray pioneers, Childbed Fever to Old Age Pensions, Inebriety to Royal Operations. The contributors are experts in their field and include doctors, dentists, professors and medical physicists. The society was set up in 1986 by Prof John Clamp and Mr Michael Wilson. It is dedicated to the research and discussion of all aspects of medical history.
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Clinical Press Ltd Bristol Medico-Historical Society Proceedings:
Book SynopsisTwenty-two articles from medical history experts with subjects ranging from Agatha Christies use of poison in her novels to John Dunn and the Zulu War and from the Bath War Hospital to Vesalius, the angry father of human anatomy.
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TFM Publishing Ltd Pioneers in Surgical Gastroenterology
Book SynopsisThis book is both a lively introduction and a guidebook to those pioneers, most of them surgeons, who attempted to help their patients by extending the boundaries of their own knowledge and experience. In the 16 chapters of the book, an international group of authors have provided something of value to all those with an interest in surgical gastroenterology. Medical students and young trainees will come to understand the principles behind modern gastrointestinal surgery. Researchers will find insights and inspiration for their work and publications. Established surgeons and physicians will be rewarded with information that adds colour to their teaching, either on ward rounds or during formal lectures. Great care has been taken in choosing appropriate portraits and illustrations to bring these remarkable pioneers to life for the reader.Table of ContentsEarly Origins of Anatomy and Surgery; The Battle Against Infection; The Changing Tides in Oesophageal Surgery; The Arrival of Bariatric Surgery; Gastroduodenal Surgery; Surgery of the Liver and Billiary Tree; Surgery of the Pancreas; The Challenges of Intestinal Obstruction; Intestinal Reconstruction; The Story of Appendicitis; The Surgery of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Evolution of Surgery for Colorectal Cancer; The Anus and Peri-Anal Conditions; Alimentary Tract Disorders in Infants and Children.
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Cambridge University Press From Witchcraft to Wisdom: A History of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the British Isles
Book SynopsisThis fascinating and beautifully illustrated book tells the story of childbearing since 1540, from an event so dangerous that many women made their wills before labour began to the high-tech deliveries of today. The book also reveals the battles which had to be fought with the surgeons, with the church and against public opinion to bring these advances about. The story is told against a background of significant social and historical events in the British Isles and, where relevant, abroad. The book also contains quotations from a variety of sources, some of which history has proved correct and others which have been proved lamentably wrong. Individuals of special importance and developments of particular significance are highlighted.
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RCPsych/Cambridge University Press Dracula for Doctors: Medical Facts and Gothic
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Otago University Press The Unconventional Career of Muriel Bell
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John Libbey Eurotext Vaccination -- A History: From Lady Montagu to
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Transcript Verlag From Pathology to Public Sphere: The German Deaf
Book SynopsisIn the late 19th century, the so-called "German Method", which employed spoken language in deaf education, triumphed all over the Western world. At the same time as deaf German schoolchildren were taught to articulate and read lips, an emancipation movement of signing deaf adults emerged across the German Empire. This book tells the story of how deaf people moved from being isolated objects of administration or education, depending on welfare or working in the fields, to becoming an urban middle class collective with claims of self-determination. Main questions addressed in this first comprehensive work on one of the world's oldest movements of disabled people include how deaf organisations emerged, what they fought for, and who was left behind.
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ibidem Medicine in the Postconsumerist Society A
Book SynopsisBy examining Kuhn's ideas on paradigmatic shifts, Koumparoudis offers insights into the two models of medical reasoning: the biomedical and the humanistic.
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V&R unipress GmbH Bioethics, Care and Gender: Herausforderungen für
Book SynopsisBioethische Themen in einer Care- und Genderperspektive.
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Museum Tusculanum Press Thomas Bartholin. The Anatomy House in Copenhagen
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Museum Tusculanum Press Mellem sundhed og sygdom: Om fortid, fremskridt
Book Synopsis"For a couple of years in this period, there was a true physician in Præstø as Jens Kofod practised here from 1792 until 1794 when he became a medical officer of health and Præstø had to be content with a surgeon as before.". This quote is taken from one of the principal works of the Danish history of medicine, published in 1873 by physician and medicine historian J V C Ingerslev, and it constitutes the starting point of Birgitte Rørbye's study of how the Danish medical profession of physicians through a couple of centuries have been able to construct an authoritative narrative of themselves as the 'true physicians' of the Danish public health service. By means of a narrative cultural study of writings on the history of medicine and other historical sources, Birgitte Rørbye uncovers the narrative of the 'true physicians' which has resulted in the exclusion of other occupational groups and schemes of things from the official and approved public health system on account of being 'alternative'. What is meant by the term 'true physician'? Is it a valid term with regards to varying times and societies? What was a 'true physician' in the years 1494, 1594, 1694, 1794, 1894, 1994? The answer depends both on the story and on who tells it. Birgitte Rørbye's new and different story caters for physicians, historians, cultural scholars and others interested in the history of medicine.
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University Press of Southern Denmark Living with the Black Death
Book SynopsisBetween 1347 and 1352 an unknown and deadly disease, only much later known as the Black Death, swept across Europe, leaving an estimated 30-50 % of the population dead. Contemporaries held various views as to what was the final, ultimate cause of this disaster. Many, probably most, thought it was God''s punishment for the sins of humankind, others thought it was basically a natural phenomenon caused by a fateful constellation of the heavenly bodies. Recurrent plague epidemics racked Europe from 1347 to the early 18th century. Populations were repeatedly struck with more or less disastrous consequences but every time people recovered and resumed their activities. Their experiences made them try various measures to protect themselves and prevent outbreaks or at least to minimize the consequences. In short they were Living with The Black Death. This book deals with plague, particularly in Northern Europe, in various aspects: epidemiology, pattern of dispersion, demography, social consequences, religious impact and representation in pictorial art and written sources.
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Nova Science Publishers, Inc. World History of Neurointerventional Surgery
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HarperCollins Publishers The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Reinventing Medicine Beyond MindBody to a New Era
Book SynopsisLarry Dossey forever changed our understanding of the healing process with his phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Healing Words. Now the man considered on of the pioneers of mind/body medicine provides the scientific and medical proof that the spiritual dimension works in therapeutic treatment, exploding the boundaries of the healing arts with his most powerful book yet.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Great Influenza The Story of the Deadliest
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestseller“Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill GatesMonumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale.—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will peopTrade ReviewOver a year on The New York Times bestseller list"Monumental... powerfully intelligent... not just a masterful narrative... but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale." —Chicago Tribune "Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject." —The New York Times Book Review"Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose..." —Providence Observer"A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. —The Boston Globe"History brilliantly written... The Great Influenza is a masterpiece." —Baton Rouge Advocate Table of ContentsProloguePart I: The WarriorsPart II: The SwarmPart III: The TinderboxPart IV: It BeginsPart V: ExplosionPart VI: The PestilencePart VII: The RacePart VIII: The Tolling Of The BellPart IX: LingererPart X: EndgameAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Oxford University Press Ourselves Unborn
Book SynopsisDuring the past several decades, the fetus has been diversely represented in political debates, medical textbooks and journals, personal memoirs and autobiographies, museum exhibits and mass media, and civil and criminal law. Ourselves Unborn argues that the meanings people attribute to the fetus are not based simply on biological fact or theological truth, but are in fact strongly influenced by competing definitions of personhood and identity, beliefs about knowledge and authority, and assumptions about gender roles and sexuality. In addition, these meanings can be shaped by dramatic historical change: over the course of the twentieth century, medical and technological changes made fetal development more comprehensible, while political and social changes made the fetus a subject of public controversy. Moreover, since the late nineteenth century, questions about how fetal life develops and should be valued have frequently intersected with debates about the authority of science and reliTrade ReviewDubow offers up an important contribution to the field, forcing the reader to contend both with why the fetus is such a fascinating topic for investigation and the deeper social tensions expressed in each conversation about the objects. * Journal of the History of Medicine *The great strength of this book is the author's wide-angle lens on the human fetus across more than a century of American culture and politics. Sara Dubow offers a thoroughly researched, elegantly written, and comprehensive biography of the unborn. Readers interested in the history of medicine, science, and technology, as well as the history of women's health and reproduction, will find much to savor here. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Dubow's history of the fetus as symbol is a major addition to our history of politics, gender, the body, and reproduction in America. To understand American politics and culture since the nineteenth century requires grasping American's long standing interest in the unborn and the many uses of the concept of fetus. Dubow gives the unknowable "unborn" a history, thus revealing that today's fetus is a construction that grew out of specific political circumstances. * Journal of American History *[I]lluminating, even gripping...Dubow has provided an indispensable contribution to US political thought. * Women's Review of Books *A nuanced analysis...Dubow's work makes a significant contribution to our understanding of fetal history...This work will quickly become a standard in the field. Dubow places fetal history within a broad historical context that makes the book valuable to scholars interested in twentieth-century gender, race, politics, and medicine. * American Historical Review *Dubow's book is a reminder of the moral dilemmas, the politicisation and the sometimes shameful decisions that have been taken over the years.This careful book allows the reader to navigate a course through highly-politicised waters. * The Economist *Provocative * Slate *Splendidly informative. * Commonweal *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Fetal Stories Ch 1: Discovering Fetal Life, 1870s-1920s Ch 2: Interpreting Fetal Bodies, 1930s-1970s Ch 3: Defining Fetal Personhood, 1973-1976 Ch 4: Defending Fetal Rights: 1970s-1990s Ch 5: Debating Fetal Pain, 1984-2007 Epilogue: Fetal Meanings Notes Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Cicely Saunders
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Oxford University Press Sex in an Old Regime City
Trade ReviewIn a monograph that now appears on many course syllabi, Hardwick uncovers how women in early modern Lyon took charge of their sexual and reproductive lives with much community support. The scope of the book pertains to "young urban workers"...The book makes bold contributions to contemporary conversations about gender violence and abortion. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in the recent Dobbs decision, drew on seventeenth century barrister Matthew Hale's writings to claim that "an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment" had "persisted from the earliest days of the common law until 1973." Hardwick takes her readers across the channel and behind the law's normative façade to show how popular urban mores contrasted with such interdictions and how extensive early modern women's bodily autonomy could be. * Benjamin Bernard, Eighteenth Century Studies *Grounded in the archival stories of young workers in early modern Lyon, this study effectively challenges much accepted wisdom about the mechanisms of sexual discipline. Hardwick explores intimacy, illegitimacy, marriage formation and pregnancy through a holistic rending of what she terms the 'archive of reproduction'. This approach offers a nuanced and provocative reading of the complexities of intimate relations that applies far beyond her archival focus on Lyon.... In excavating how local regulation and informal policing worked about reproduction, Hardwick resituates our understanding of the pressures and possibilities for women as a matter of gendered power in significant ways. Simply put, this is an absolute must read for anyone interested in the history gender, sexuality and power. * Katherine Crawford, Social History of Medicine *Captivating reading for anyone interested in early modern European social or gender history. By weaving together subtle analysis with deeply human stories, Hardwick gives us unparalleled insight into an almost inaccessible aspect of working people's lives: the world of intimacy and emotion, courtship, and reproduction in early modern France. * Suzanne Desan, H-France *Hardwick's book...lays out not just the precarious and contingent lives of workers but also makes a forceful argument for integrating the history of sexuality more fully into the social history of work, showcases an innovative approach to the archives, and redefines our understanding of the relationship between the state and ordinary life in the Old Regime.... The reader comes away with an understanding of both the familiar and unexplored ways that young women and men engaged with one another three centuries ago. We witness their fears about sex and pregnancy, for example, and the ways a single night could change the course of an entire life....Ultimately, Hardwick paints a picture of working-class sexual life that revolved around navigating the constraints and opportunities constructed by a community invested in ensuring that young people could find and keep sexual partners. * Andrew Israel Ross, Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas *Hardwick has produced a nuanced and persuasive case-study of early modern urban sexual behaviour which deserves a wide readership.... The richness of the material enables Hardwick to situate her subjects within the built environment and rural hinterlands of the early modern city too, and her attention to space (as practised place) and topography enables her to offer evocative reading of the evidence. * Tim Reinke-Williams, Urban History *Hardwick's... monograph, based on a diligent exploitation of the municipal and departmental archives of Lyon,...provides a usefully thought-provoking corrective, and an evocative illustration of one of the most important general discoveries of the past half-century of historical scholarship. * Henry C. Clark, French Studies *A new, sometimes surprising, and always compelling approach to the history of intimacy in the early modern period....It is also a book about growing up, settling down, or breaking up in old regime Europe....This book represents an incredible feat of archival research....[and] is written in such a lively style that these details lie under the surface....Hardwick's book is part of a major new approach to understanding women's lives in the early modern period in terms of their lived experiences and not only the prescriptions of moralists and men. * Tom Hamilton, Gender & History *Hardwick's book convincingly challenges current arguments about eighteenth-century attitudes toward sexuality and, in particular, the disciplining of women's sexuality. This alone make the book worth the read. * Carol L. White, Clayton State University, XVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century *Historiography has come a long way since Foucault and first-wave feminism. In Julie Hardwick's compelling study of youthful intimacy in early modern Lyon, the word 'patriarchy' never even appears. This is not because the city was a sexual utopia...but because our understandings of the early modern state, law and gender have changed. A royal edict of 1556 against clandestine pregnancy which supported much of the disciplining narrative turned out to be misunderstood by historians and mostly ignored at the time....Her close reading of hundreds of cases reveals not a parade of sexual transgressions in need of discipline but commonly accepted courtship practices that went wrong.... Far from disciplining young women, then, the Lyon court disciplined men for failing to keep their promises. In so doing they restored women's honour. * Jan Machielsen, Times Literary Supplement *Through an examination of young workers' intimacy, Hardwick...upends the commonly accepted idea that disciplining women's sexuality was a major goal of the early modern state and shows how communities pragmatically accepted and managed consequences of physical intimacy, including out-of-wedlock pregnancy....She finds that communities accepted young people's intimacy and pragmatically worked with couples to manage the consequences....The community support systems that developed, encompassing clerics, lawyers, wet nurses, midwives, and landladies, were part of the larger old regime economy and sought to minimize the disruptions of pregnancy to women's roles in the labor force and their chances of marriage later on. * CHOICE *An eye-opener and a veritable tour-de-force, Hardwick's book offers a fascinating window into sexual standards in ancien régime France and reveals a stunning and complex system of communal complicity. Her careful exploration of Lyon's archival records sheds new light on the lives and intimate stories of ordinary working-class young adults pre-1789 and offers a new historiography of sex at the time. * Evelyne M. Bornier, Seventeenth-Century News *A superb reconstruction of a lost world of intimacy and power. Julie Hardwick's absorbing, enriching work reveals the common language of love; the balance of force and caresses in courtship; the pragmatic concerns of marriage; and the solutions to unplanned pregnancies, showing the capacity of young women and men to shape their own circumstances and tell their stories. * Laura Gowing, King's College London *Sex in an Old Regime City explores a topic that seems well beyond the reach of historians: sexual intimacy between urban adolescents at a quarter of a millennium remove. Julie Hardwick's remarkable study is based on the 'archive of reproduction' accumulated around the biological and emotional consequences of that intimacy — ranging from pregnancy declarations, paternity suits, notarial documents, doctors' prescriptions, religious injunctions, infant autopsies and hospital archives through to billet-doux and foundlings' tokens. Hardwick's humane and sympathetic eye reveals a richly delineated world that has poignant continuities as well as contrasts with our own. * Colin Jones, Queen Mary University of London *A boldly written and brilliantly researched tour-de-force. Drawing upon meticulous archival work, Julie Hardwick explodes our understanding of what we thought we knew about pregnancy declarations, licit intimacy, and patriarchal discipline and reveals a far more complex system of communal complicity. Sex in an Old Regime City is a must-read for all scholars of the early modern world, especially those interested in legal, social, and gender history. * Meghan Roberts, Bowdoin College *This well-written and impressively researched book sheds important new light on sexual intimacy, reproduction, and marriage among young adults in eighteenth-century France. Stories of the lives and loves of ordinary working people bring their previously inaccessible intimate world to life. * Clare Crowston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *Hardwick invites us to ponder the distress and relief of mothers who consigned newborns to fathers or strangers, not to mention latrines and limbo, without implying that they shared our sensibilities or that we can penetrate their sentiments...This searching and subtle account of safety netting in another place and time provides much food for thought. It is not a long book, but it is a big one. It provides an object lesson in how to make the most of records from a world we have lost, with humility and humanity. * Jeffrey Merrick, American Historical Review *This remarkable book supplies a model for how creatively to read legal documents to listen in on the secret and the unspoken...Sex in an Old Regime City recounts many intimate relationships between male and female workers, but even more effectively brings to life an entire urban community and animates the ways that love and sex took place within a dense matrix of landladies, bosses, notaries, and priests. * Jennifer M. Jones, Rutgers University, Early Modern Women *In her impressive new book, Julie Hardwick provides a compelling account of young workers' intimate lives in Old Regime Lyon based on extensive and exacting archival research. With hermasterful command of the sources,Hardwick vividly illuminates working class heterosexual intimacy in this beautifully nuanced study. * E. Claire Cage, University of South Alabama, Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction A Foundling's Garter and the World of Young People's Intimacy Ch.. 1. Sourcing Intimate Histories: The Social World of Young Workers Ch. 2. Peril Stories: Licit Intimacy, Space, and Community Safeguarding Ch. 3. Holding Men Responsible: Fertility, Community, and Court Ch. 4. "Remedies" and Remedies: Managing Out-of-Wedlock Pregnancy Ch. 5. Intimate Labor: Paid Work and an Intimate Economy of Reproduction Ch. 6. Foundlings and Makeshift Coffins: Community Complicity and Dead Babies Conclusion: The End of the Old Regime? Notes Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Blessed Days of Anaesthesia
Book SynopsisAmong all the great discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century, few offer us a more fascinating insight into Victorian society than the discovery of anaesthesia. Now considered to be one of the greatest inventions for humanity since the printing press, anaesthesia offered pain-free operations, childbirth with reduced suffering, and instant access to the world beyond consciousness. And yet, upon its introduction, Victorian medics, moralists, clergymen, and scientists, were plunged into turmoil.This vivid and engaging account of the early days of anaesthesia unravels some key moments in medical history: from Humphry Davy''s early experiments with nitrous oxide and the dramas that drove the discovery of ether anaesthesia in America, to the outrage provoked by Queen Victoria''s use of chloroform during the birth of Prince Leopold. And there are grisly ones too: frequent deaths, and even notorious murders. Interweaved throughout the story, a fascinating social change is revealed. Trade ReviewExcellent...an exemplary popular history of anasthesia in nineteenth-century Europe and the USA...a remarkable achievement, one that deserves to become both a classic of popular medical history and a staple of undergraduate reading lists. * Richard Barnett, Social History of Medicine 23:2 *This is...an engaging account of one of the most important medical innovations of the 19th century. * Nancy Durrant, The Times *[An] immensely readable book. * Health and History *Snow also leads into anaesthesia's more profound implications for our understanding of consciousness. * Nancy Durrant, The Times *a history of anesthesia in Great Britain and the United States that medical professionals, historians, and the general public can all read with pleasure... Snow does indeed demonstrate the importance of anestllesia to medical histoty, current medical practice, and especially to untold millions of patients around the world past and present. * Pharmacy in History *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Discoveries ; 3. Anaesthesia in Action ; 4. Women, Sex and Suffering ; 5. On Battlefields ; 6. The Dark Side of Chloroform ; 7. Changed Understandings of Pain ; 8. Into the Twentieth Century and Beyond ; Endnotes ; Further reading
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Oxford University Press Charcot Constructing Neurology
Book SynopsisThis book provides the best available account of the life and contributions of Jean-Martin Charcot. It gives a fascinating picture of the man and his milieu, and clearly defines his role in establishing the new medical speciality of clinical neurology.Trade ReviewThe authors have achieved a detailed and balanced synthesis of many points of view derived from all available sources. * Marcus Jacobson, Nature, Vol 381, June 1996 *Table of Contents'n 1Education of a Physician 2: The Struggle for a Career in Paris Medicine 3: The Development of a Career in Neurology 4: Charcot's Major Neurological Interests 5: Charcot and the Artistry of Neurological Practice 6: Hysteria 7: Fame 8: Charcot's Private Life 9: Charcot's Death and Legacy
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Oxford University Press, USA Hans Krebs Volume 2 Architect of Intermediary Metabolism 19331937 Monographs on the History and Philosophy of Biology
Book SynopsisThis second and final volume of the biography of Hans Krebs covers his early years in England, 1933-1937, when he laid the foundations of our modern understanding of intermediary metabolism.Trade Review'This is not only a study of Krebs's research, it is also a comprehensive biography of Krebs's personal as well as scientific life ... These two volumes represent an extraordinary achievement, as a biography of a man, living in a time of turmoil and upheaval, who emerged as a great scientists. The story of both the man and the science is full and rewarding. Among studies of biochemists, I know of nothing in the least comparable with Holmes's achievement here, in its depth and breadth.' John T. Edsall, Harvard University, Nature, Vol. 366, December 1993'This is the second and concluding volume of Holmes' biography of Hans Krebs ... a remarkable ad detailed account of a significant period in the development of biochemistry, reflected in the work of a major "architect."' Nathaniel I. Berlin, University of Miami, JAMA, Vol. 271, No. 14, 1994'Tis is a substantial scientific biography covering four years of the life of Krebs ... There is an enormous amount of detail and the book will be of interest mainly to scientific historians.' Aslib Book Guide, Vol. 59, No. 6, June 1994Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. A new home for a career ; 2. Laboratory life in Cambridge ; 3. Progress under pressure ; 4. New moves ; 5. Arrivals and partings ; 6. The "Great Work" ; 7. Relocations and dismutations ; 8. Main routes and carriers ; 9. Full circle ; 10. Reflections ; Guide to structural formulas ; Notes
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Oxford University Press AIDS Doctors
Book SynopsisToday, AIDS has been indelibly etched in our consciousness. Yet it was less than twenty years ago that doctors confronted a sudden avalanche of strange, inexplicable, seemingly untreatable conditions that signaled the arrival of a devastating new disease. Bewildered, unprepared, and pushed to the limit of their diagnostic abilities, a select group of courageous physicians nevertheless persevered. This unique collective memoir tells their story. Based on interviews with nearly eighty doctors whose lives and careers have centered on the AIDS epidemic from the early 1980s to the present, this candid, emotionally textured account details the palpable anxiety in the medical profession as it experienced a rapid succession of cases for which there was no clinical history. The physicians interviewed chronicle the roller coaster experiences of hope and despair, as they applied newly developed, often unsuccessful therapies. Yet these physicians who chose to embrace the challenge confronted moreTrade ReviewA detailed oral history of the first decades of the AIDS epidemic, told from the vantage point of the treating physician...A cold and revealing history of an American archetype, sure to appeal to readers whose lives have been affected by AIDS. * Kirkus Reviews *AIDS, the most dreaded plague of our epoch, has found its heroes. In this stunning document, doctors, unsung and uncelebrated, are meeting this challenge. Bayer and Oppenheimer, two masterful interviewers, have sounded, in the words of these heroes, a note of hope and possible triumph. * Studs Turkel *AIDS Doctors is a captivating story that reads like a medical thriller. To hear the story from the point of view of those on the front line and to witness their anxieties and their transformation is truly unique. This book will not only be an important chronicle of the history of AIDS in this country, it will hopefully serve as inspiration for young people contemplating a career in medicine. * Abraham Verghese, author of My Own Country and The Tennis Partner *In the great tradition of Studs Terkel, Bayer and Oppenheimer offer us the opportunity to hear the determined voices of clinicians who stepped forward to care for those stricken with AIDS in the terrifying early years of the epidemic. The eloquence of these men and women, their courage and compassion, is a powerful reminder that in the midst of tragedy we sometimes find our humanity. This extraordinary book will constitute a critical document and guide as we construct a history of this ongoing and devastating epidemic. * Allan Brandt, Harvard University, author of No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States since 1880 *Aids Doctors walks us through the American epidemic with grace, drama and a mastery of the social history of a profoundly important event. It deserves to sit on the bookshelf alongside earlier classics of the epidemic, Randy Shilts's And the Band Played On, Abraham Verghese's My Own Country and Abigail Zuger's Strong Shadows. * The New York Times Book Review *A sweeping narrative of the AIDS epidemic chronicles the terrifying early years to the current climate of therapeutic optimism, weaving together the intensely personal stories of the doctors who first confronted the crisis. * Forecast *This book tells the moving story of doctors who have committed their professional and often their personal lives to the AIDS epidemic. The book should enjoy a general readership, sicne the lay public can relate to the human stories that detail the failings and triumphs of the health care system in relation to AIDS. The book is more than informative and moving * it is a testament to the devotion of physicians to the sick.Marla Gold, New England Journal of Medicine, Vol 344, No. 4, Jan 25, 2001 *The intimate revelations published in AIDS Doctors will resonate with many AIDS physicians. This book provides a blow-by-blow account of the bewilderment and shock felt by physicians who first encountered an unknown killer of young gay men. This book provides for both medical and lay readers an intimate glimpse into the dramatic struggles of the relatively few physicians who first confronted an epidemic of catastrophic proportions. It stands as a testament to the lives of physicians "gripped" by the AIDS epidemic. * Philip B. Berger, Canadian Medical Association Journal, 163(11), Nov 28, 2000 *
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Oxford University Press, USA To Cast Out Disease
Book SynopsisThis is a history of the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Division (1913-1951), one of the most important public health agencies of the 20th century and a precursor of the World Health Organization. The book includes descriptions of the conflicts among the "medical barons" who ran the division.Trade Review"In this endeavour it succeeds quite well. It is well researched, highly readable, and even witty at times. To be sure, the conquest of infectious disease makes for a good story and while it is easy to get lost in the names and the places, the results speak for themselves." --International Epidemiology Association "John Farley's book is a good read. Well written, generally free of opinion and jargon, and dependent largely on primary sources, it chronicles the rise and decline of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1913 to 1951." --JAMA "...will render an important service to researchers..."--edical History "Overall there is much to recommend Farley's book...fill[s] this longstanding gap in the history of global public health."--Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences "In this endeavour it succeeds quite well. It is well researched, highly readable, and even witty at times. To be sure, the conquest of infectious disease makes for a good story and while it is easy to get lost in the names and the places, the results speak for themselves." --International Epidemiology Association "John Farley's book is a good read. Well written, generally free of opinion and jargon, and dependent largely on primary sources, it chronicles the rise and decline of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation from 1913 to 1951." --JAMA "...will render an important service to researchers..."--Medical History "Overall there is much to recommend Farley's book...fill[s] this longstanding gap in the history of global public health."--Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied SciencesTable of Contents1. Introduction ; PART I: ROSE'S VISION ; 2. The First Stage: Rose's Vision ; 3. Rose's Vision: Tuberculosis in France (1917-1924) ; PART II: DISEASE ERADICATION ; 4. The First Hookworm Campaigns (1913-1920) ; 5. Retreat from Hookworm (1920-1930) ; 6. Yellow Fever: From Coast to Jungle ; 7. Malaria: Killing Mosquitoes and Anophilines (1915-1935) ; 8. World War II: DDT, Typhus, and Malaria ; 9. Malaria: The Ultimate Kill ; PART III: A RESEARCH PROGRAM ; 10. Reorganization and Research Laboratories (1928-1940) ; 11. Yellow Fever Vaccines: A Slap in the Face ; 12. Disease for Research ; PART IV: TRAINING THE EXPERTS ; 13. Frustrations in Sao Paulo: The Wrong Step in Rio ; 14. Northern Lights: London and Toronto ; 15. Rough Seas: Prague, Rome, Tokyo ; PART V: FINALE ; 16. Post-War Confusion: What To Do Next? ; 17. Conclusion: Swinging Pendulums
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Oxford University Press The Birth of Bioethics
Book SynopsisBioethics represents a dramatic revision of the centuries-old ethics that governed the behaviour of physicians and their relationships with patients. Those ethics were challenged in the years after World War II by remarkable advances in biomedical science and medicine that raised questions about the defintion of death, the use of life-support systems, organ transplantation, and reproductive manipulation. In response, philosophers and theologians, lawyers and social scientists joined with physicians and scientists to rethink and revise the old standards. Governments established commissions to recommend policies. Courts heard arguments and legislatures passed laws. This book is the first broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. It assesses the contributions of philosophy, theology, law and the social sciences to the expanding discourse of bioethics. Written by one of the fields founders, it is based on extensive archival research into resources that are difficult to obtain and on interviews with many leading figures. A very readable account of the development of bioethics, the book stresses the history of ideas but does not neglect the social and cultural context and the people involved.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the Hardback:Bioethics, Albert Jonsen observes in the introduction to his important, highly personal, and readable book, did not begin with a bang. But what becomes very clear as one reads his recollections of the origins of the field, is that it did not begin with people prone to emit whimpers... Jonsen brings an elephantine memory and a deft pen to telling the story of what happened when the first theologians, philosophers, and physicians found themselves out on these ethical frontiers of medicine without much in the way of intellectual tools to help them. * The Journal of the American Medical Association *In The Birth of Bioethics Jonsen has written an in-depth review of bioethics, including a historical analysis of the field... This material should inform even sophisticated readers... Jonsen's depictions of the pioneers in bioethics whom he knew and worked with are vivid... Jonsen's unique insights, infused by the compassion he obviously feels, recommend this book strongly. * The New England Journal of Medicine *An intensely interesting history that will provoke many critical and constructive responses... it is a singular success. * Medical Humanities Review *... the book rarely fails to be both informative and engaging. It surely must be read by anyone interested in the transformation of traditional medical ethics in the last half of this century into the wide-ranging, multidisciplinary enterprise of Bioethics. * Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy *Jonsen's richly detailed narrative in a valuable vantage point for understanding and welcoming these dialogues. * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *Table of ContentsPART I: BIOETHICAL BEGINNINGS: THE PEOPLE AND PLACES ; 1. Great Issues of Conscience: Medical Ethics before Bioethics ; 2. The Theologians: Rediscovering the Tradition ; 3. The Philosophers: Clarifying the Concepts ; 4. Commissioning Bioethics: The Government in Bioethics, 1974-1983 ; PART II: BIOETHICAL BEGINNINGS: THE PROBLEMS ; 5. Experiments Perilous: The Ethics of Research with Human Subjects ; 6. Splicing Life: Genetics and Ethics ; 7. The Miracle of Modern Medicine: The Ethics of Organ Transplantation and Artificial Organs ; 8. Who Should Live? Who Should Die? The Ethics of Death and Dying ; 9. O Brave New World! The Ethics of Human Reproduction ; PART III: DISCIPLINE, DISCOURSE AND ETHOS ; 10. Bioethics as a Discipline ; 11. Bioethics as a Discourse ; 12. Bioethics - American and Elsewhere
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