History of medicine Books
Johns Hopkins University Press Cleansing the Fatherland
Book SynopsisAgainst this background, Cleansing the Fatherland sends a stark message that is difficult to ignore.Trade ReviewThanks to the work of Aly and his associates, those areas of medical criminality that escaped the retribution the Allies visited on the more obviously ghoulish experimenters... have at long last come out of the shadows. -- Michael Burleigh Times Higher Education Supplement The gruesome medical experiments that Cleansing the Fatherland describes... were exposed during the Nuremberg doctors trials of 1946-47. But the book also contains annotated selections from the diaries of German anatomist Hermann Voss [which] offer a long look into the mind of a German medical scientist who by 1964 was widely regarded as 'the most influential and respected anatomist in East Germany' even though he had spent the war years dissecting unmistakably murdered bodies. Lingua Franca
£25.20
Johns Hopkins University Press The Falling Sickness A History of Epilepsy from
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1945 and thoroughly revised in 1971, this classic work by one of the history of medicine's most eminent scholars now returns to print in a new softcover edition.Trade ReviewA JAMA reviewer hailed the 1945 first edition of The Falling Sickness as a reference work with 'no historical rival' which 'occupies a seperate shelf in the reviewer's Library of Fame.' A revised second edition, published in 1971, increased the bibliography from a hefty 706 references to a weighty 1120. The number of footnotes, many in French, Latin, or Greek, multiplied from 1721 to 2073! The review of the second edition deemed Tempkin's intensely researched and well-organized historical work 'magnificient'... [The 1994 publication is] a facinating study of the history of one of the world's most intriguing maladies. -- Andrew N. WilnerM.D Journal of the American Medical Association The definitive account... Detailed, meticulous, and accurate... A thoroughly admirable and informative introduction to our knowledge of epilepsy in the Western world from antiquity to the early twentieth century. American Scientist
£28.35
Johns Hopkins University Press The Case of Sigmund Freud
Book SynopsisFocusing on the new science of psychoanalysis, Gilman looks at the strategic devices Sigmund Freud employed to detach himself from the stigma of being Jewish and shows how Freud's work in psychoanalysis evolved in response to the biological discourse of the time.Trade ReviewMr. Gilman's work is the most convincing account of how Freud's anxiety about being Jewish is reflected in his work. After reading Mr. Gilman's exhaustive treatment, one cannot help seeing Freud as struggling to formulate a response to the Viennese notions of Jewishness in which he was inescapably steeped. New York Times Gilman [is] one of the most original and stimulating cultural historians of his generation... Reminds us that the best cultural history does not bring us comfortingly nearer to the past, but brings its distance from us to life. New Statesman and Society
£25.17
Hopkins Fulfillment Service The Care of Strangers
Book SynopsisA history of the American hospital system, from the time of Jefferson's administration when they were largely charitable institutions working for the poor, through to the 20th century when hospitals became centres of learning and the primary care site for most citizens.Trade ReviewAn elegantly written book that broadens the history of hospitals and places it squarely within the larger field of American social history. -- Virginia G. Drachman American Historical Review
£27.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians
Book SynopsisIn compromise, the Church accepted Hippocratic medicine with the proviso that the Christian physician shun all pagan or heretical interpretations of naturalism-he must not, for example, believenature to be divine, the soul a mere function of the brain, or himself the true savior of the sick.Trade ReviewThe fascinating story of how Hippocrates and the Oath (which is unlikely to have been written by the great Coan doctor himself) became Christianized is the theme of this wise and humane book... Historians, theologians, and doctors alike will benefit from this clear, learned, and courteous exposition of an enthralling theme. Times Literary Supplement The reader can only salute [Temkin] as one of the greatest humanist physicians of our time. New England Journal of Medicine
£27.45
Hopkins Fulfillment Service Learning to Heal
Book SynopsisIn Learning to Heal, Kenneth Ludmerer offers the definitive account of the rise of the modern medical school and the shaping of the medical profession.Trade ReviewLearning to Heal is the best description I have read on the development of US medical schools, and it's an informative reminder to all US medical graduates of where their education came from. The Lancet Kenneth Ludmerer's excellent book tells the fascinating story of how the United States achieved its world leadership in medical education... The best study yet of the origins of modern medical education. -- James H. Jones New York Times Book Review A brilliant interpretation of the origins of modern medical education... A stunning achievement. -- Thomas N. Bonner American Historical Review An excellent work of scholarship, compressing a relatively vast literature into a readable and informative volume. -- Gordon T. Moore, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine Learning to Heal should be recommended reading for every student, practitioner, faculty member, or administrator concerned with the past, present, and future of American medical education and practice. -- Alberto Galofre, M.D. Journal of the American Medical Association A first-rate storyteller. -- Sherman Mellinkoff Los Angeles Times Book Review
£26.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Four Treatises of Theophrastus Von Hohenheim
Book SynopsisTogether these essays show one of the most original minds of the Renaissance at the height of his powers.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to collections of his work which have appeared in recent years... The texts are translated with explanatory introductions by four very eminent past historians of medicine. Indeed the collection is as much a tribute to their contribution as to the understanding of Paracelsus as it is a celebration of Paracelsus himself. British Journal for the History of ScienceTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Seven Defensiones, the Reply to Certain Calumniations of His EnemiesChapter 2. On the Miners' Sickness and Other Miners' DiseasesChapter 3. The Diseases That Deprive Man of His Reason, Such as St. Vitus' Dance, Falling Sickness, Melancholy, and Insanity, and Their Correct Treatment Chapter 4. A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other SpiritsLiterature
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire
Book SynopsisIn a new introduction to this paperback edition, Miller describes the growing scholarship on this subject in recent years.Trade ReviewA very important book that will be consulted by students and scholars in diverse aspects of medicine... Guaranteed to excite controversy... [and] engender a long overdue interest in the medical procedures of one of the great world civilizations. Isis Dr. Miller is a learned and enterprising historian with a fascinating theme. He shows beyond a doubt that the Western hospital tradition goes back to the early Byzantine Empire in the fourth century. Medical History Those who look into Byzantine health care with Professor Miller as their guide will gain a much more favorable impression of the subject than now prevails. En route they will learn in this readable book a great deal about other aspects of Byzantine society and much about classical and medieval medicine in general. Bulletin of the History of Medicine When this book was originally published in 1985, it marked the first comprehensive treatment of the history of the Byzantine hospital... In a new introduction to his text Miller defends his earlier line of argument in detail. -- Lawrence I. Conrad Social History of Medicine
£22.95
Hopkins Fulfillment Service Subjected to Science
Book SynopsisIn this text the author provides a history of biomedical research on human subjects in the US from 1890 to 1940. She offers accounts of experiments conducted on both healthy and unhealthy adults and children including the yellow fever experiments and "dental drill" experiments on insane patient.Trade ReviewLederer's writing is crisp and clear, her historical documentation is exhaustive, and her social commentary persuasive. This book is an important addition to the growing literature on the history of human experimentation and medical research. New England Journal of Medicine Essential reading for anyone concerned with clinical research public policy and attitudes. -- Norman M. Goldfarb Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices 2006Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1. "The Sacred Cord": Doctors, Patients, and Medical ResearchChapter 2. The Charge of Human VivisectionChapter 3. The American Medical Association and the Defense of ResearchChapter 4. Rules for Research: Human Experimentation and the AMA Code of EthicsChapter 5. "Your Dog and Your Baby": The Continuing Campaign Against Human VivisectionChapter 6. Heroes and Martyrs: Human Experimentation in an Age of Medical ProgressEpilogueAppendixNotesBibliographic EssayIndex
£25.00
Johns Hopkins University Press Asclepius
Book SynopsisTrade Review"It will remain the cornerstone for future study."--'Philosophical Review' "A useful and scholarly work which in certain respects makes considerable contributions to our knowledge and appreciation of Asclepius."--Martin P. Nilsson, 'American Journal of Philology'
£36.00
Johns Hopkins University Press In Sickness and in Wealth
Book SynopsisThat, Stevens concludes, is the next urgent task of social policy.Trade ReviewStevens brilliantly views the hospital as a prism of the values and mores of society... She sees the stratification of the hospital population into private, semi-private, and charity patients as a manifestation of the social stratifications of American society. Reviews in American History This book is beautifully written... and is must reading for anyone involved in the current debate on health policy. It will also make delightful reading for those who merely wish to view the shifting social and economic climate in modern America, as seen from the perspective of the hospital. New England Journal of Medicine
£29.25
Johns Hopkins University Press On the Pill
Book SynopsisHer study helps us not only to understand the contraceptive revolution as such but to appreciate the misinterpretations that surround it.Trade ReviewThis is an exemplary study of how the nation which first had access to oral contraceptives first came to terms with their advantages, and their drawbacks. -- Jon Turney Times Literary Supplement Intelligent and well-structured... An admirable exercise in social history. -- Richard Davenport-Hines Nature A particularly fascinating issue, trim and focused, sophisticated and helpful, fresh and very interesting. -- Rickie Solinger American Historical Review In every carefully organized, lucidly written chapter Watkins provides surprising corrections to conventional thinking about the new birth control method... One especially noteworthy theme is the book's exploration of the politics of the pill, including Planned Parenthood [Federation] of America's concerted efforts to rebut critics, federal officials' dramatically shifting positions from the 1950s to the 1970s on birth control, population control and family planning, and pill-induced tensions among feminists. -- Janet Farrell Brodie Journal of American History Any study of the development of the birth-control pill will be centrally concerned with the expansion of women's reproductive choices. But, as this book so clearly demonstrates, it involves other questions too. In part, it is about the risks that come with the ingestion of oral contraception. It is about the relationship between women and doctors, between women and their partners and betwen science, medicine and the media. Not least, it is about how women have responded differently to this intervention into their bodies. Underpinned by some excellent archival material, interviews with key individuals and an extensive use of the newspapers, magazines and medical journals of the time, this study is particularly strong in its discussion of concerns over the safety of the Pill... This is not the only area of interest within this valuable book. Anyone concerned with the debate over scientific advance and medical authority will find this a highly stimulating study... For her, the Pill brought the possibility of voluntary pregnancy, and feminist (and other) critics of its medical effects and social repercussions will need to engage carefully with her arguments if this important debate is to be taken to a new level. -- Martin Durham Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Genesis of the Pill Chapter 2: Physicians, Patients, and the New Oral Contraceptives Chapter 3: Sex, Population, and the Pill Chapter 4: Debating the Safety of the Pill Chapter 5: Oral Contraceptives and Informed Consent Chapter 6: Conclusion Notes Bibliographical Essay Index
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press The CitizenPatient in Revolutionary and Imperial
Book SynopsisWeiner emphasizes health care for children, deaf and blind people, and mentally ill patients and underscores the role of women as administrators and dispensers of hospital care.Trade ReviewWritten with panache and conviction... A delight to read, packed full of valuable data, enlivened by a host of illustrations. Social History of Medicine Weiner's book is a mine of gratifyingly concrete, often fascinating information... rich and compelling details. Bulletin of the History of Medicine This is history of the highest quality; it shows the hard work of years of archival research as well as familiarity with the interpretive literature in a variety of intersecting fields. Journal of Social History A goldmine of valuable information and interesting insight. Medical History
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Unconscious Crime
Book SynopsisCombining the colorful intrigue of courtroom drama and the keen insights of social history, Unconscious Crime depicts Victorian England's legal and medical cultures confronting a new understanding of human behavior, and provocatively suggests these trials represent the earliest incarnation of double consciousness and multiple personality disorder.Trade ReviewRiveting... A fascinating, if grim, analysis of an overlooked aspect of Victorian medico-legal history. Times Literary Supplement Eigen has interwoven... complex psychological, legal, and social issues in a fabric of compelling historical events, addressing timeless questions of the self, mind, memory, and what it means to be conscious or, simply, to be. -- Harold J. Bursztajn Journal of the American Medical Association 2004 This book shows how underneath the supposed hegemony of the restrictive M'Naghten Rules a long-term expansion of the universe of mental derangement was slowly taking place in the courts of Victorian England. It also carries forward the work Eigen did in his previous book, Witnessing Insanity: Madness and Mad Doctors in the English Court (1995), to debunk the fashionable notion of 'medical imperialism' and to show how the increasing use of medicine and psychiatry in criminal justice was being produced less by the ambitions of doctors and more by the actions of other 'players' in the legal process... It also reminds us of the relevance of criminal trials for understanding nineteenth century mentalities. -- Martin J. Wiener American Historical Review 2004 The stand alone chapters make it ideal for course reading. Eigen has accomplished the rare mix of combining academic rigour with a colourfully written, thumping good read. -- Sharon E. Mathews Medical History 2005 Eigen should definitely be praised for offering an overly ambitious but abridged medico-legal history that is both narratively engaging for a general readership and adhering rigidly to scholarly methods or academic canons of intellectual history. -- Pete N. Economou Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 2006Table of ContentsContents:Introduction ONE: Double Consciousness in the Nineteenth Century TWO: "Do You Remember Cardiff?" THREE: "I Mean She Was Quite Absent" FOUR: The Princess and the Cherry Juice FIVE: An Unconscious Poisoning SIX: Crimes of Automaton Conclusion
£36.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Emerging Illnesses and Society Negotiating the
Book SynopsisTelford III, Harvard School of Public Health; Christian Warren, New York Academy of Medicine.Trade ReviewA valuable book on a topic that I have not see covered elsewhere. The examples are well thought out and cover a broad range of topics. Doody's Book Review Service Most useful for the collections of hospitals and college and university libraries supporting undergraduate and graduate programs in allied health, medicine, nursing and public health, although public librarians may also wish to add this work for its depth of background on and breadth of discussion of an often tangled subject. E-Streams 2005 Scholarly and well-written... should be of great interest to both historians and modern researchers interested in the overlap between social processes and public health, and is deserving of critical attention. Medical History 2006Table of ContentsPrefaceList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. Introduction / Emerging Illness as Social ProcessPart I: Making Illnesses VisibleChapter 2. The Combined Efforts of Community and Science / American Culture, Patient Activism, and the Multiple Sclerosis Movement in the United StatesChapter 3. Competing Medical Cultures, Patient Support Groups, and the Construction of Tourette SyndromeChapter 4. Democracy, Expertise, and Activism for AIDS TreatmentChapter 5. Communities of Suffering and the InternetChapter 6. Illness Movements and the Medical Classification of Pain and FatigueChapter 7. The Newtown Florist Club and the Quest for Environmental Justice in Gainesville, GeorgiaChapter 8. Occupational Health from Below / The Women Office Workers' Movement and the Hazardous OfficePart II: Institutional Responses to Emerging IllnessesChapter 9. "Always with Us" / Childhood Lead Poisoning as an Emerging IllnessChapter 10. The Cultural Politics of Institutional Responses to Resurgent Tuberculosis Epidemics / New York City and Lima, PeruChapter 11. Institutional Responses to the Emergence of Lyme Disease and Its Companion Infections in North America / A Public Health PerspectiveChapter 12. The Politics of Institutional Responses / CDC and the Controversy over Maternal and Newborn HIV TestingChapter 13. Emerging Infections and the CDC ResponseChapter 14. Hepatitis C and the News Media / Lessons from AIDSList of ContributorsIndex
£46.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Blessed Motherhood Bitter Fruit Nelly Roussel and
Book SynopsisShe tells the story of a woman whose life and work spanned a historical moment when womanhood was being redefined by the acceptance of a woman's sexuality as distinct from her biological, reproductive role-a development that is still causing controversy today.Trade ReviewA top pick for any definitive women's history collection. California Bookwatch 2006 Accampo's biography is to be recommended for offering a wealth of information on a fascinating figure on the margins of the women's movement. -- Alison S. Fell Modern and Contemporary France 2007 Provides insightful analysis... Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above. Choice 2007 An exceptionally engaging, comprehensively researched, and finely crafted study. A significant contribution. -- Carolyn J. Eichner American Historical Review 2007 Well organized and enjoyable to read. -- Holger H. Herwig Canadian Journal of History 2007 A deeply engaging and well-researched biography of French feminist and birth-control advocate Nelly Roussel... It should be of great interest to feminist scholars and French historians, and its thoughtful examination of the cultural politics of female pain and suffering also offers valuable insights to historians of medicine. Journal of Historical Biography 2009 Masterful... offers a weaving of personal and political that at times is breathtaking. Copious correspondence between Roussel and her husband, family, friends, and colleagues allows Accampo to plumb the spaces in which private and public lives overlapped, sometimes uncomfortably. French Politics, Culture, and Society 2009 We have Accampo to thank for recovering Roussel's life and work in this engaging biography. -- Sarah A. Curtis Journal of the History of Sexuality 2009Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Nelly Roussel, "Contemporary of the Future"1. Conversion Experiences2. Mother and Missionary: The Ideological Foundations of an Unorthodox Feminism3. The Making and Marketing of a Spectacular Apostle4. The Public and Private Politics of Female Self-Sacrifice: Audience Reception5. Pathologies and Persecutions6. The Great War: Pacifism, Censorship, and the Disease of a "Weary, Wounded Heart"7. Last Battles: Words of Combat, Hope, and PainEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
£42.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Better But Not Well Mental Health Policy in the
Book SynopsisTo fill this void, Frank and Glied suggest that institutional resources be applied systematically and routinely to examine and address how federal and state programs affect the well-being of people with mental illness.Trade ReviewOffers many insights beneficial to the informed reader. -- David Mechanic New England Journal of Medicine 2006 The authors are true to their word in providing an excellent overview of changes in the last 50 years. They provide compelling evidence that the condition of many, if not most, persons with mental illness has improved during that period. JAMA 2007 Will be of greatest interest to students of mental health economics, services, and policy, but clinicians interested in the relationship between health policy and everyday practice will also find it useful. -- Burton V. Reifler International Psychogeriatrics 2007 Provides a necessary counterpart to much overenthusiastic optimism surrounding recent development in psychopharmacology and the neurosciences. -- Bonnie Evans Journal of Mental Health 2008 Offers a fascinating... historical analysis of mental health policy. -- Ellen Dwyer History of Psychiatry 2008 Should be assigned to every practitioner, mental health clinician, administrator, and advocate - as well as every legislator and policy maker - concerned with the status of Americans with serious mental illness. -- William Fisher Psychiatric Services 2007 If one... has time to read one book on mental health policy this year, this should be the one. -- Roger Meyer Health Affairs 2007 A comprehensive assessment of changes in the life conditions and well-being of persons with serious mental illnesses over the past five decades. -- Janet R. Nelson Clergy Journal 2008 A well-written and important work that provides a definitive look at the past and a glimpse into the future of mental health policy in America. -- Kathleen Brown RN, MSN, PhD Nursing History Review 2009Table of ContentsForewordPreface1. Introduction2. The Population with Mental Illness3. The Evolving Technology of Mental Health Care4. Health Care Financing and Income Support5. The Supply of Mental Health Services6. Policy Making in Mental Health: Integration, Mainstreaming, and Shifting Institutions7. Assessing the Well-being of People with Mental Illness8. Looking Forward: Improving the Well-being of People with Mental IllnessNotesReferencesIndex
£36.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Godor Gorilla Images of Evolution in the Jazz Age
Book SynopsisEngagingly written and deftly argued, God-or Gorilla offers original insights into the role of images in communicating-and miscommunicating-scientific ideas to the lay public.Trade ReviewThis highly readable book is valuable as it stands. It is also timely. -- Nick Hopwood Nature 2009 Engagingly written, well illustrated, and refreshingly free of the theory-driven jargon that often diverts attention from the task at hand, God-or Gorilla is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Scopes trial, the continuing controversy over the teaching of evolution, and the role of expertise in American society. -- George E. Webb Journal of American History 2009 A shining example of interdisciplinary American Studies at its very best. Choice 2009 Clark's investigation of the images of evolution in the 1920s is a wonderful window into the place of science in the United States and how the cultural concerns of an era can shape scientific activity. -- Charles A. Israel American Historical Review 2009 Perceptive and enjoyable book. -- Warren D. Allmon American Paleontologist 2009 Significant contribution[s] to this broad interdisciplinary area, illuminating the ways in which ideas about organic evolution were contested, and charting the processes by which eugenics acquired an established place in American political and social life. -- Robin Vandome Journal of American Studies 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Caveman and the Strenuous Life2. The Museum in the Modern Babylon3. Nineteen Twenty-two or Thereabouts4. Saving the Phenomena5. Unlikely Infidels6. Stooping to Conquer, and a Hall Full of Elephants7. The Pictures in Our Heads8. Scientists and the Monkey Trial9. Redeeming the Caveman, and the Irreverent Funny PagesConclusionNotesIndex
£30.60
Johns Hopkins University Press The Fertility Doctor
Book SynopsisThe first scholars to have access to Rock's personal papers, Marsh and Ronner offer a compelling look at a man whose work defined the reproductive revolution, with its dual developments in contraception and technologically assisted conception.Trade ReviewThe authors bring a man and a century to life as they recount two primary discoveries underlying women's still controversial reproductive rights. Publishers Weekly 2008 The Fertility Doctor provides a balanced portrait of a twentieth-century medical giant... They [Marsh and Ronner] deal deftly too with with the ironies that marked Rock's long career. -- Leslie Woodcock Tentler Commonweal 2008 This book will hold an important place in the archives of reproductive medicine. -- Alan H. DeCherney, M.D. New England Journal of Medicine 2009 Eminently readable... It gives an excellent account of his Boston Irish Catholic family background, his childhood, and his psychological maturation. -- Dr. John Shea, MD, FRCP(C) Catholic Insight 2009 Marsh and Ronner have written what is undoubtedly the most thorough and wide-ranging account we have yet on Rock's career and life. -- Bill Williams Conscience 2009 Using an impressive body of primary source material, Marsh (history, Rutgers Univ.-Camden) and Ronner (Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) depict Rock's life through his medical practice and research, both of which seem to define Rock as a person. Choice 2009 The book is most successful in its exploration of Rock's research... offer(s) scholars of American Catholicism a useful portrait of a committed Catholic who deliberately stretched and molded his faith to fit both a more modern world and his own conscience, long before the Second Vatican council made such flexibility more acceptable. -- Mary J. Henold Catholic Historical Review This is a well-researched and welcomed contribution to reproductive history. -- Nicole Howard, PhD Technology and Culture 2009 Enormously valuable. -- Leslie J. Reagan Journal of American History Marsh and Ronner provide us with a much enriched understanding of one of history's most remarkable gynecologists. -- James Reed Social History of Medicine 2010 Marsh and Ronner's collaborative efforts make for a fascinating and important study of Rock and his contributions to the science and culture of reproductive medicine. -- Wendy Kline Isis 2009 The biography of Rock provides detailed insight into the difficult challenges a doctor faced in pushing at the boundaries of reproductive health. -- Lara Marks Medical History 2010 A successful scientific biography. -- Catherine Carstairs Scientia Canadensis 2010Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Family Matters2. Choosing Medicine, Coming of Age3. New Discoveries in Human Reproduction4. Firing the First Shot in the Reproductive Revolution5. The World of the Patients6. The Fertility Doctor Meets the Pill7. The Era of the Pill Begins8. The Face and Voice of the Pill9. The Pill Falls from Grace10. A True VisionaryAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
£28.00
Johns Hopkins University Press perverseromanticism
Book SynopsisAt the nexus of Kantian aesthetics, literary analysis, and the history of medicine, Perverse Romanticism makes an important contribution to the study of sexuality in the long eighteenth century.Trade ReviewAn impressive display of Sha's masterful grasp of a wide range of scholarly literature, and a provocative thesis that will be of interest to academics in all three fields. -- Katie Gray H-Net Reviews 2009 Sha brings to these topics a keen intelligence buttressed by up-to-the-minute scholarship... He dazzles by the quantity and breadth of his reading and embodies the best interdisciplinary approaches so many scholars tout but rarely incorporate. -- George Rousseau Social History of Medicine 2010 His theoretical insights come together with acute readings and strong historical research. Times Literary Supplement 2010 Richard C. Sha's fine study takes Byron's theme of 'perversion' in a different direction from the ethical, demonstrating how Romantic medical writing about the perverse influenced literary Romanticism... Fascinating book. Byron Journal 2010 Stunningly brilliant and original... a distinguished work that is well worth reading. -- Geraldine Friedman Review of English Studies 2010 Strong scholarship. -- Myron D. Yeager ANQ 2010Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Romantic Science and the Perversification of Sexual Pleasure2. Historicizing Perversion: Perversity, Perversion, and the Rise of Function in the Biological Sciences3. One Sex or Two? Nervous Bodies, Romantic Puberty, and the Natural Origins of Perverse Desires4. The Perverse Aesthetics of Romanticism: Purposiveness with Purpose5. Fiery Joys Perverted to Ten Commands : William Blake, the Perverse Turn, and Sexual Liberation6. Byron, Epic Puberty, and Polymorphous PerversityNotesWorks CitedIndex
£46.35
Johns Hopkins University Press The Flowering of an Idea A Play Presenting the
Book SynopsisChesney used Helen Thom's definitive biography, Johns Hopkins: A Silhouette, as a source and wrote the play to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
£20.42
University of Toronto Press A Darkened House
Book SynopsisFrom its first appearance in 1832 until the last scares of 1871, cholera aroused fear in British North America. The disease killed 20,000 people and its psychological effects were enormous. Cholera unsettled governments, undermined the medical profession, exposed inadequacies in public health, and widened the division between rich and poor. In a fascinating and disturbing book, Geoffrey Bilson traces the story of the cholera epidemics as they ravaged the Canadas and the Atlantic colonies.The political repercussions were extensive, particularly in Lower Canada. Governments, both colonial and municipal, imposed various public health measures, including quarantine. These actions were always temporary and poorly enforced, and they sometimes met with violent opposition, especially among the poor and the immigrants, hit hardest by cholera. Even the panic that ensued from the periodic onslaughts of the disease could not overcome the prevailing laissez-faire attitude towards public h
£22.49
University of Nebraska Press Or Perish in the Attempt
Book SynopsisIngeniously combines the remarkable adventures of Lewis and Clark with an examination of the health problems their expedition faced. Formidable problems indeed, but the author patiently, expertly - and humorously - guides us through the medical travails of the famous journey, juxtaposing treatment then against remedy now.Trade Review“Altogether revealing, instructive, and entertaining.”—Dave Walter, research historian, Montana Historical Society“Dr. Peck’s book is significant not only for the new medical information it brings to light but because it is one of the most readable and entertaining of the books about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When asked which of the many books someone should read about the Expedition—or give as a gift—I recommend Or Perish in the Attempt.”—Carol A. Bronson, former executive director, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.“The strength of Dr. Peck’s book is its delightful readability. . . . A splendid narrative that binds the reader.”—Frank Iber, MD, Journal of the American Medical Association"David Peck has brought a transfusion of new energy to Lewis and Clark scholarship. Everyone who reads his excellent and witty book on the medical aspects of Lewis and Clark will gain a new appreciation for the almost unbelievable stamina of the men--and one very remarkable woman--of the Lewis and Clark Expedition."--Clay S. Jenkinson, scholar-in-residence, Lewis and Clark CollegeTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionChapter 1 - Politics and Passion: The Exploration of the American WildernessChapter 2 - Meriwether Lewis and William Clark: The Right Stuff of 1803Chapter 3 - Just Doing the Best We Can: Development of American Medicine 1620-1803Chapter 4 - Into the Starting Blocks: The Expedition PreparesChapter 5 - Misqutrs on the Ohio: The Trip Gets UnderwayChapter 6 - Snakes in the Grass & Bugs in the River: Rattlers and Diarrhea on the MissouriChapter 7 - The Sun and Dying Young: A Lucky Streak EndsChapter 8 - They Should Have Danced All Night: "Louis Veneri" Joins the CorpsChapter 9 - Cold Toes and a Baby Boy: Winter with the MandansChapter 10 - Wild Times in Old Montana: Act One: May-June 1805Chapter 11 - Wild Times in Old Montana: Act Two: May-July 1805Chapter 12 - From a Torrent to a Trickle: To the Headwaters of the MissouriChapter 13 - No Place for Mockersins: Over the BitterrootsChapter 14 - A Winter of Pore Elk and Flees: The Pacific 1805-1806Chapter 15 - A Clash of Cultures: March-April 1806Chapter 16 - Frontier Doctor and Medical Diplomats: Great Challenges in IdahoChapter 17 - Wild Times in Old Montana: Act Three: June-August 1806Chapter 18 - Near Disaster and Then . . . : Back Home: August and September 1806Chapter 19 - Ghosts of Explorations Past: Fates of the Corps of DiscoveryChapter 20 - Fiddles and Friendships: The Sinews of SuccessAppendix One - Riddles of Nature: The World's Medical ExpeditionAppendix Two - Medicines of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Helpful Pharmacy Terms, Lewis & Clark's Medicine Chest, Instruments and Other SuppliesNotesBibliographyIndex
£18.04
University of Nebraska Press Medical Imperialism in French North Africa
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Medical Imperialism in French North Africa adds much to our understanding of French colonial policies towards minority communities in colonial North Africa and of gender and empire in general."—Nancy Gallagher, Journal of the History of Medicine"Park's Medical Imperialism is a very welcome contribution to the study of eugenics, imperialism and religious and ethnic identities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. . . . While Parks's work provides an interesting glimpse into a little known field of French colonial history, this book also raises broader questions that will be of interest to scholars of public health, empire and the state. By focusing on how the project of national regeneration played out in the recently established French protectorate in Tunisia, Parks provides readers with a window into broader scholarly debates about identity, biopolitics and the nature of colonial rule."—Jessica Lynne Pearson, Social History of Medicine"By showing how discourses of public health, urban planning, and hygiene established the difference of Tunisian Jews both from non-Jewish inhabitants of Tunis, as well as from French Jews, Parks adds a valuable contribution to the history of North African Jews."—Aro Velmet, French Politics, Culture and Society"Medical Imperialism is a must-read in the panoply of works on French imperialism for its novelty and thoroughness."—Claudy Delné, French Review"This book represents an attempt to reconstruct the social, cultural, and historical context of the Tunisian Jewish community under French protectorate, in particular the period between the two World Wars. It presents useful information for readers who may not be very familiar with the histories and complex ethnic and religious struggles which were at play in Maghrebi and Middle Eastern societies during the Ottoman and European empires."—Aimée Israel-Pelletier, Reading Religion"[Medical Imperialism in French North Africa] indicates the importance of studying religion in colonial medicine outside of the realm of Christian missionaries."—Hannah-Louise Clark, Journal of Modern History“Richard Parks adds new layers to our understanding of the interactions between colonizer and colonized in Tunisia, demonstrating how European ideologies and methodologies were challenged and reinterpreted on the ground. In doing so, he also sheds a new and powerful light on the complex interethnic landscape of colonial Tunisia.”—Maud S. Mandel, Dean of the College at Brown University and author of Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict “In his highly original study, Richard Parks poses a fundamental question: Did a Tunisian Jewish community historically exist during the colonial era? Ethnographically and conceptually rich, this work employs the notion of regeneration to probe multiple kinds of lived and imagined social space—urban, hygienic, residential, reproductive, and associative. The author’s sustained and nuanced attention to issues of women and gender makes this book particularly compelling.”—Julia Clancy-Smith, professor of history at the University of Arizona and author of Mediterraneans: North Africa and Europe in an Age of Migration, c. 1800–1900Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface Acknowledgments 1. Situating Regeneration: Medicine, Science, and “Modern” Bodies 2. Regenerating Space: Destruction and Divided Communities 3. Regenerating Space, Part 2: Not All Ghettoes Are the Same 4. Regenerating Youth: The Role of the Alliance and the Rise of Zionism 5. Regenerating Women: The Assertion of Reproductive Control Conclusion: A Brief Reflection on Identity Notes Bibliography Index
£40.50
University of Nebraska Press Death Is All around Us Corpses Chaos and Public
Book SynopsisIn 1876 one out of every nineteen people died prematurely in Mexico City, a staggeringly high rate when compared to other major Western world capitals at the time. Jonathan Weber examines how Mexican state officials, including President Porfirio Díaz, tried to resolve the public health dilemmas facing the city.Trade Review"As we toil with the many ways in which life overwhelms us—climate change, COVID-19, and global inequality—Death Is All around Us helps us to consider the deep challenge facing any society hoping to bring the forces of nature to heel simply through the power of technology."—John Mckiernan-Gonzalez, New Mexico Historical Review"Death Is All around Us draws on and contributes to foundational scholarship on Porfirian public health by Claudia Agostoni, Ana María Carrillo, Pablo Piccatto, Katherine Bliss, and others. It is also inspired by the conceptual frameworks set out by Michel Foucault, James Scott, Bruno Latour, and Nayan Shah, and situates itself neatly within the historiography of science and technology studies. Weber succeeds in showcasing Porfirian Mexico’s unique history of corpse management, and the work will be a useful resource for historians of public health and sanitation in other regions, too. The themes at hand—trust in authority (or lack thereof), autonomy of the people, moral economies of life and death, and the disposal of the dead—are all too relevant in light of the public health crisis that currently rages in the Americas."—Elizabeth O'Brien, H-LatAm"With memorable examples and clear prose, Death Is All Around Us persuasively makes the case for the relative failure of the Porfirian state of this important realm of popular life (and death)."—Nora E. Jaffary, Bulletin of the History of Medicine“Weber goes beyond monolithic studies of an oppressive dictatorship. Rather, he creatively assembles narratives culled from multiple archival sources demonstrating how burial practices, cemetery construction, cremation, coffin design, and embalming advanced goals to create a modern, cosmopolitan, and hygienic citizen. An important contribution to our understanding of Mexico City and the Porfiriato, Weber’s book furthers understandings about the history of medicine, public health, technology, and modernity.”—Heather McCrea, author of Diseased Relations: Epidemics, Public Health, and State-Building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1847–1924“Fascinating. . . . Readers will be delighted at the stories that Weber has brought to light through a thorough combing of underutilized archives even as they will be reminded of the ubiquity of death and corpses in late nineteenth-century Mexico.”—Andrae Marak, professor of history and political science at Governors State University“A highly innovative contribution to the histories of death, public health, and mortuary science.”—Kathryn A. Sloan, author of Death in the City: Suicide and the Social Imaginary in Modern Mexico“Morbidity and decomposing bodies fill the pages of Weber’s engagingly written account of how officials tried to control death as a way of controlling life in Mexico City. Weber adeptly explores how death became modernized through science, medicine, and technology.”—Anna Rose Alexander, assistant professor of history at California State University, East Bay“Death Is All around Us addresses the often troublesome, always gruesome subject of dead bodies as practical problems of sanitary disposal, objects of scientific study, and powerful symbols of human mortality in a cultural milieu obsessed with ‘order and progress.’”—Robert M. Buffington, author of A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900–1910Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Moving into the Modern Era: Transporting the Dead in Mexico City 2. “An Extraordinary Tool”: Building a Modern Public Health System through Anatomical Dissection 3. Wet or Dry Remains: Funerary Technology and Protecting Public Health 4. Undermining Progress: Workers, Citizens, and the Moral Economy of Death Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£37.05
Louisiana State University Press Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMedicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery is at the cutting-edge of the history of medicine and slavery. By placing enslaved people at the center of the volume, this emerging-generation of scholars quite brilliantly embody the promise of Diasporic studies. Their essays persuasively decenter Western biomedical frameworks as the exclusive driving force in investigating the history of medicine and health.”- Jim Downs, author of Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction;“This remarkably rich collection, spanning diverse healing traditions across the Atlantic World unsettles easy assumptions about the dominance of western biomedicine. Centering the complex and highly contested interactions among Europeans, Africans, and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, the collection rises above monolithic understandings about medicine. Medicine’s deep entanglement and debt to coloniality and enslavement can no longer be rendered invisible thanks to the erudition of this broad range of interdisciplinary, international scholars.”- Sasha Turner, author of Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childrearing, and Slavery in Jamaica;“Thomas Kuhn wrote that ‘a paradigm is prerequisite to perception.’ Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery, an exciting, chronologically expansive, global volume that liberates African diasporic medicine from the paradigm of the dominant Western medical gaze. Yet it is one thing to escape the confines of a straitened medical gaze and quite another to meticulously document the wider historical prospect. This dynamic collection of papers from a 2018 symposium at Rice University does both persuasively. Its compulsively readable, harmonious and far-ranging assortment of papers limns parallels between sangradores and European barber-surgeons, acknowledges the primacy of non-Western advances such as smallpox variolation and details the integration of social and musical dimensions to supplement biophysiological care that once were widely dismissed as cultural curiosities of ‘primitives’. Engaging writing and arresting insights stud its pages. You won’t be able to put this book down and you will emerge with a fresh, deep education in the contemporary understanding and future directions of medical history largely freed of the historical blinders of race.”- Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present.;“Medicine and Healing in the Age of Slavery is a major contribution to the fields of medical history, the history of slavery, and the history of the Atlantic world. The book brings together an impressive and diverse group of experts to create a uniquely broad and rich picture of the intersecting histories of slavery and medicine. Straddling social, economic, political, and cultural history, the essays in this volume make explicit the complicit work that the early modern state and the medical establishment played in the modeling of ideas about race, labor, and colonialism. More fundamentally, and by emphasizing the histories of people of African descent, the volume signals a fundamental shift in the field of medical history. It makes clear that any work exploring the intersections between medicine and slavery has to depart from a serious engagement with the worldviews, narratives, and lived experiences of Black historical actors (including healers and patients). This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of healing in the Atlantic World, the history of slavery, and, more generally, the histories of medicine and healing.”- Pablo F. Gómez, author of The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic.Table of Contents Foreword, Vanessa Northington Gamble “Introduction: Healing and the History of Medicine in the Atlantic World,” Sean Morey Smith and Christopher D. E. Willoughby “Zemis and Zombies: Amerindian Healing Legacies on Hispaniola,” Lauren Derby “Poisoned Relations: Medical Choices and Poison Accusations within Enslaved Communities,” Chelsea Berry “Blood and Hair: Barbers, Sangradores, and the West African Corporeal Imagination in Salvador da Bahia, 1793–1843,” Mary E. Hicks “Examining Antebellum Medicine through Haptic Studies,” Deirdre Cooper Owens “Unbelievable Suffering: Rethinking Feigned Illness in Slavery and the Slave Trade,” Elise A. Mitchell “Medicalizing Manumission: Slavery, Disability, and Medical Testimony in Late Colonial Colombia,” Brandi M. Waters “A Case Study in Charleston: Impressions of the Early National Slave Hospital,” Rana A. Hogarth “From Skin to Blood: Interpreting Racial Immunity to Yellow Fever,” Timothy James Lockley “Black Bodies, Medical Science, and the Age of Emancipation,” Leslie A. Schwalm “Epilogue: Black Atlantic Healing in the Wake,” Sharla M. Fett
£999.99
Louisiana State University Press A Physician in the Age of Liberal Reform
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£35.06
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Revolutionary Conceptions Women Fertility and Family Limitation in America 17601820
Book SynopsisIn the Age of Revolution, how did American women conceive their lives and marital obligations? Examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, and identity, this book demonstrates that many women - rural and urban, free and enslaved - began to radically redefine motherhood.
£32.36
MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Matchless Organization The Confederate Army
Book SynopsisDescribes the organisation and management of the Confederate army's medical department. Guy Hasegawa investigates how political considerations, personalities, and, as the war progressed, the diminishing availability of human and material resources influenced decision-making.Trade Review“Guy R. Hasegawa has truly created a masterpiece of Civil War medical literature. His insight and incredibly thorough research of primary material is combined with a unique ability to present the complex and evolving Confederate Army Medical Department in an understandable and logical manner. This author draws the reader through the series of events that highlight the contributions of surgeon general Samuel Preston Moore and his staff’s critical work apparent in directing the remarkable success of this department.”—Jonathan O’Neal, MD, vice president, board of directors, National Museum of Civil War Medicine “The story of the Confederate Army Medical Department has finally risen, phoenix-like, from the ashes of the great Richmond fire of April 2, 1865, which consumed the enterprise’s voluminous and historically rich records. Matchless Organization, is a tour de force recounting the organization, function, and fate of the Confederate medical service. Had other branches of the Confederate war machine worked as well as the medical department, the conflict’s outcome might have been different.”—Bill J. Gurley, coauthor of I Acted from Principle: The Civil War Diary of William McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon in the Trans-Mississippi “Hasegawa has made another important contribution to the study of the medical aspects of the Civil War. Using new sources, Matchless Organization offers new insights into the operations of the Confederate Medical Department managed by Samuel Preston Moore. Hasegawa’s important work on the Confederacy’s medical corps will stand for many years to come.”—Kevin R. Pawlak, author, Shepherdstown in the Civil War: One Vast Confederate Hospital “Matchless Organization fills a much-needed role in the study of Civil War medicine, since it enables historians to better compare and contrast the Union and Confederate medical departments. The use of a wide variety of primary source material to reveal the workings of the Confederate Army Medical Department sheds new light on its organization and staffing. Hasegawa’s latest book covers a broad range of subjects from personnel to the hospital and ambulance systems to the examination of surgeons, and also brings home the huge loss to history of all of the tabulated data from the Confederate Surgeon General’s Office.”—Terry R. Reimer, author of One Vast Hospital: The Civil War Hospital Sites in Frederick, Maryland, after Antietam “Well researched and well written, Hasegawa’s book provides a scholarly account of the Confederacy’s medical department under the leadership of General Samuel Preston Moore. Organized thematically, it offers an insider’s view into the department’s operations and the versatility of its management. It is both innovative and thought-provoking.”—John S. Haller Jr., author of Battlefield Medicine: A History of the Military Ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars through World War I “Hasegawa’s overview of how the Confederate medical system developed and functioned (or not) over the course of the Civil War is concise, clear, and as complete as available sources allow. This is information that anyone who studies, or even encounters, Confederate medicine in any way will want to have at their fingertips.—Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, author of Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of TennesseeTable of Contents Acknowledgements Foreword by F. Terry Hambrecht Preface Introduction 1. Medical Department for a New Nation 2. The Surgeon General and His Office 3. Medical Directors 4. Medical Inspectors 5. Medical Purveyors 6. Importation of Medical Supplies 7. Turning to Domestic Resources 8. Care on and near the Battlefield 9. General Hospitals 10. Prison Hospitals 11. Striving for Quality in Medical Personnel 12. Adding to Medical Knowledge 13. Examining for Disability 14. War’s End and Beyond 15. Conclusion Appendixes A. Selected Individuals in or Influencing the Confederate Medical Department B. Staff of the Surgeon General’s Office, November 1864 C. Surgeon General Moore’s Proposal for a Medical Evacuation System Bibliography Notes
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MP-SIL Southern Illinois Uni Without Concealment Without Compromise
Book SynopsisThis collective biography illuminates how the lives and successes of fourteen African American physicians who became surgeons during the American Civil War challenged the prescribed notions of race in America and played a crucial role in the evolving definition of freedom and patriotism.Trade Review“Far from a purely inspirational narrative, Jill L. Newmark aptly demonstrates the social, political, cultural, and personal struggles and indeed artistry of a group of pioneering Black soldier-surgeons, medical professionals, humanitarians, politicians, and entrepreneurs whose collective recognition is long overdue."—Christopher M. Tinson, author of Radical Intellect: Liberator Magazine and Black Activism in the 1960s “Jill L. Newmark fills a significant gap in scholarship on Civil War medicine with her deeply researched and detailed exploration of the Black military surgeons of the Civil War. In each biographical exploration, Newmark reminds us of the important work that Black surgeons performed, not only in the medical tent, but in claiming and advancing the work of civil rights."—Sarah Handley-Cousins, author of Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North “A magnificent accomplishment! This volume reconstructs the lives of 14 Black Civil War–era physicians through meticulous and dogged archival research. These revelations about Black medical contributions to the war will inspire historians and their students for years to come."—Margaret Humphreys, author of Intensely Human: The Health of the Black Soldier in the American Civil War “A monumental achievement, Without Concealment, Without Compromise is the first book on the Black physicians who served during the U.S. Civil War. Jill L. Newmark has meticulously researched city directories and census records, newspaper reports and pension applications, federal depositions and military documents to produce a breathtaking account of the Black doctors who wore Union blue. The portraits of these men are compelling. Without Concealment, Without Compromise is a must read for anyone interested in either the Civil War or the history of medicine."—Jim Downs, author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery, and War Transformed Medicine “Newmark’s book moves deftly among medical history, military history, social history, and religious history—in the process showing how some of those traditional boundaries vanish when examining an event like the Civil War. An important work for anyone interested in the African American experience during the conflict that ended slavery. The author resurrects the stories of dedicated medical professionals who broke through racial barriers and serve to inspire us still."—Zachery A. Fry, author of A Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the PotomacTable of Contents CONTENTS List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Breaking the Color Barrier: The Medical Education and Military Service of African American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century 2. Catalyst for Change: Alexander Thomas Augusta (1825-1890) 3. For Race and Country: William Peter Powell, Jr. (1834-1916) 4. Witness to History: Anderson Ruffin Abbott (1837-1913) 5. Serving in the Regiment: John van Surly DeGrasse (1825-1868) 6. Adventure and Ambition: John H. Rapier, Jr. (1835-1866) 7. From Ivy League to U.S. Navy: Richard Henry Greene (1833-1877) 8. Preacher and Physician: Willis Richardson Revels (1817-1879) 9. Physician, Politician, Postmaster: Benjamin Antonius Boseman (1840-1881) 10. A Family Affair: Charles Burleigh Purvis (1842-1929) 11. The Black Ivy League: Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Creed (1833-1900) and William Baldwin Ellis (1833-1867) 12. The Iowa Connection: Alpheus W. Tucker (1844-1880), Joseph Dennis Harris (1834-1884), and Charles H. Taylor (1844-1875) Bibliography Index
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University of Pennsylvania Press On Pestilence A Renaissance Treatise on Plague
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[T]his newly translated and annotated edition comes from a scholar eminently qualified to confront the difficult task of rendering into modern, readable English an early modern Latin text, especially one extremely technical in nature...Martin’s edition has all the virtues that one would hope to find in a translated primary source, worthy of both classroom use and scholarly research; namely, an utterly readable and accurate English prose, a well-informed introduction presenting the text from multiple perspectives, a sufficient number of succinct footnotes, a glossary of specialized or arcane terms, and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources." * Renaissance and Reformation *"Craig Martin’s excellent and accessible translation (which includes a valuable glossary defining key medical terms) has certainly enriched our ability to teach plague. [There is] no better decision during COVID than to put one’s scholarly abilities to use and expand our understanding of how medicine struggled to understand disease and pandemic in the past." * Annals of Science *"Girolamo Mercuriale misdiagnosed plague for the Venetian government and then went on to develop a novel, robust account of the disease to which different kinds of responses and treatments could be brought. Craig Martin's translation of Mercuriale's On Pestilence will appeal to scholars and students of history, history of medicine and science, literature, and anyone looking to capture the steps and missteps in epidemiological history and to take the long view of epidemics-both would seem essential for understanding our current encounters with COVID." * Cynthia Klestinec, Miami University *"Craig Martin's translation of On Pestilence is the most accessible first-hand account of Renaissance medical theory and practice with respect to plague that I know." * Lisa Rosner, Stockton University *
£21.59
University of Pennsylvania Press Imperial Medicine
Book Synopsis"Imperial Medicine ... effectively situates Manson in two very different professional and political locations-China and London-and makes informative connections between the filarial and malarial stages of his career."-Victorian StudiesTrade Review"Imperial Medicine makes a major contribution. . . . It effectively situates Manson in two very different professional and political locations-China and London-and makes informative connections between the filarial and malarial stages of his career." * Victorian Studies *
£49.30
University of Pennsylvania Press Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China
Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary study examines the reception of Ayurvedic knowledge and other Indian medical teachings in medieval China through analysis of Buddhist texts, including translations from Indian languages as well as Chinese compositions between the second and ninth centuries.Trade Review"C. Pierce Salguero skillfully uses religious studies, translation studies, and anthropology in his investigations. He provides a clear and nuanced account of the complex processes that brought Buddhist doctrines to China and enriched them with new ideas and practices. In the process he demonstrates that here, as elsewhere, 'knowledge about disease, healing, and the body is always inextricably interwoven with the social, economic, political, and personal histories of the people involved in its production and consumption." * Nathan Sivin, University of Pennsylvania *"A welcome reframing of the transmission of Buddhist medicine to China. Salguero reimagines this process not as the clash of monoliths but as numerous specific acts of translation. He invites us to see how people made meaning within and between traditions, rather than contenting ourselves with enumerating the contents of traditions as if they were inert containers of ideas." * Robert Ford Campany, Vanderbilt University *"An excellent contribution which sets the stage for very important future work. Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China provides a detailed analytical perspective on a question of profound importance in the intellectual history of Asia." * Joseph S. Alter, University of Pittsburgh *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Buddhist Medical Transmission Chapter 2. Translators and Translation Practice Chapter 3. Translating Medicine in Buddhist Scriptures Chapter 4. Rewriting Buddhist Medicine Chapter 5. Popularizing Buddhist Medicine Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes List of Chinese and Japanese Characters References Index Acknowledgments
£52.70
University of Pennsylvania Press The Medical Imagination Literature and Health in
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Revolution Chapter 2. Yellow Fever Chapter 3. Cholera Chapter 4. Difference Chapter 5. Anesthesia Conclusion. Humanistic Inquiry in Medicine, Then and Now Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£48.60
MT - University of Pennsylvania Press Symptomatic Subjects Bodies Medicine and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Orlemanski has provided scholars of all kinds of late medieval texts with a vital set of critical tools with which they might newly attend to the uncertain, plural, and fluid relationship between body, self, and other, and to the sustained medieval conversations that took place between literary and medical writings." * Journal of British Studies *"Through her dynamic readings of texts that feature descriptions of bodily processes, Orlemanski shows that late medieval literary writers had come to see literary production as a space in which embodiment, textuality, and signification could be explored . . . [W]hat Orlemanski does in her literary readings is energizing and challenging. Her book's engagement with late medieval textuality and physicality will be of great interest to scholars in the field." * Studies in the Age of Chaucer *"[V]ery erudite and interesting . . . Symptomatic Subjects is an impressive tour de force of literary and philosophical- especially semiotic-analysis. As the title indicates, it centers on causality as manifested in ailing human bodies. Having established the historical and philosophical background, the author turns to contemporary literature to substantiate and analyze the medical contents of several works." * Isis *"[P]atient, sustained, synthetic historical exposition plays into patient, sustained, coherent, often intricate readings. The casually browsing reader might suppose this to be a literary history of physik, but Symptomatic Subjects is more intellectually gripping than that. " * SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *"An exciting, accomplished, and dazzling book. Julie Orlemanski is reinventing the field of literature and medicine, making a signal contribution to the medical humanities while gifting the field of Middle English studies with a bracing series of new interpretations that will influence our readings of medieval and other literatures for many years to come." * Bruce Holsinger, University of Virginia *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviationsix Introduction PART I. THINKING WITH Phisik Chapter 1. Imagining Etiology Chapter 2. Cause, Authority, Sign, and Book PART II. PLAYING WITH Phisik Chapter 3. Satire and Medical Materialism Chapter 4. Embodying Causation in Exempla PART III. EMPLOTTING Phisik Chapter 5. The Metaphysics of Phisik in the "Knight's Tale" Chapter 6. Desire and Defacement in the Testament of Cresseid Part IV. PERSONALIZING Phisik Chapter 7. Symptoms and the Signifying Condition in Hoccleve's Series Chapter 8. From Noise to Narration in the Book of Margery Kempe Coda Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments
£52.70
University of Pennsylvania Press On Pestilence
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[T]his newly translated and annotated edition comes from a scholar eminently qualified to confront the difficult task of rendering into modern, readable English an early modern Latin text, especially one extremely technical in nature...Martin’s edition has all the virtues that one would hope to find in a translated primary source, worthy of both classroom use and scholarly research; namely, an utterly readable and accurate English prose, a well-informed introduction presenting the text from multiple perspectives, a sufficient number of succinct footnotes, a glossary of specialized or arcane terms, and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources." * Renaissance and Reformation *"Craig Martin’s excellent and accessible translation (which includes a valuable glossary defining key medical terms) has certainly enriched our ability to teach plague. [There is] no better decision during COVID than to put one’s scholarly abilities to use and expand our understanding of how medicine struggled to understand disease and pandemic in the past." * Annals of Science *"Girolamo Mercuriale misdiagnosed plague for the Venetian government and then went on to develop a novel, robust account of the disease to which different kinds of responses and treatments could be brought. Craig Martin's translation of Mercuriale's On Pestilence will appeal to scholars and students of history, history of medicine and science, literature, and anyone looking to capture the steps and missteps in epidemiological history and to take the long view of epidemics-both would seem essential for understanding our current encounters with COVID." * Cynthia Klestinec, Miami University *"Craig Martin's translation of On Pestilence is the most accessible first-hand account of Renaissance medical theory and practice with respect to plague that I know." * Lisa Rosner, Stockton University *
£49.30
University of Pennsylvania Press The Works of William Harvey
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£70.55
Rutgers University Press History and Health Policy in the United States
Book SynopsisShows how historical perspectives can help policymakers avoid the pitfalls of partisan, as well as how knowledge of previous systems can offer alternatives when policy directions seem unclear. This book uncovers the unstated assumptions that shape the way we think about technology, the role of government, and contemporary medicine.Trade ReviewThis rich array of essays shows how the lens of history can clarify contemporary health policy dilemmas and enable the reader to see ahead more clearly. -- Harvey V. Fineberg * President, Institute of Medicine *This rich array of essays shows how the lens of history can clarify contemporary health policy dilemmas and enable the reader to see ahead more clearly. -- Harvey V. Fineberg * President, Institute of Medicine *This is an important book for those wrestling with the appropriate role of markets in U.S. health policy because it helps to explain why the U.S. doesn't achieve a high performance health system that generates value for money spent. -- Karen Davis * President, The Commonwealth Fund *A refreshing antidote for those finding it difficult to envision a better future for health care in America because they are trapped in the present. By focusing on history, this excellent book helps us all to better understand the subtle relationship between values, institutions, economics, and medicine that shapes our health system. -- Stuart M Butler * Vice-President for Domestic Policy, The Heritage Foundation *Table of ContentsForeword by David Mechanic Acknowledgments Introduction by Rosemary A. StevensPart I: Actors and Interpretations Chapter 1 - Anticipated Consequences: Historians, History, and Health Policy by Charles E. Rosenberg Chapter 2 - The More Things Stay the Same the More They Change: The Odd Interplay between Government and Ideology in the Recent Political History of the U.S. Health-Care System by Lawrence D. Brown Chapter 3 - Medical Specialization as American Health Policy: Interweaving Public and Private Roles by Rosemary A. StevensPart II: Rhetoric, Rights, Responsibilities Chapter 4 - Patients of Health-Care Consumers? Why the History of Contested Terms Matters by Nancy Tomes Chapter 5 - The Democratization of Privacy: Public-Health Surveillance and Changing Conceptions of Privacy in Twentieth-Century America by Amy L. Fairchild Chapter 6 - Building a Toxic Environment: Historical Controversies over the Past and Future of Public Health by Gerald Markowitz and David RosnerPart III: Priorities and Politics Chapter 7 - Situating Health Risks: An Opportunity for Disease-Prevention Policy by Robert A. Aronowitz Chapter 8 - The Jewel in the Federal Crown? History, Politics, and the National Institutes of Health by Robert Cook-Deegan and Michael McGeary Chapter 9 - A Marriage of Convenience: The Persistent and Changing Relationship between Long-Term Care and Medicaid by Colleen M. GroganPart IV: Policy Management and Results Chapter 10 - Rhetoric, Realities, and the Plight of the Mentally Ill in America by David Mechanic and Gerald N. Grob Chapter 11 - Emergency Rooms: The Reluctant Safety Net by Beatrix Hoffman Chapter 12 - Policy Implications of Hospital System Failures: The Allegheny Bankruptcy by Lawton R. Burns and Alexandra P. Burns Chapter 13 - The Rise and Decline of the HMO: A Chapter in U.S. Health-Policy History by Bradford H. Gray Contributors Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Public Health The Development of a Discipline
Book SynopsisPresents a collection of representative historical texts that serve to trace and to illuminate the development of conceptions, policies, and treatments in public health from the dawn of Western civilization through the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. This book provides annotated readings and biographical details.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Warren Winkelstein Jr.PREFACEACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYPART 1 Early Roots1 HIPPOCRATES On Airs, Waters, and Places2 JOHN GRAUNT Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, and Made Upon the Bills or Mortality (1662, Abriged)3 JAMES LIND A Treatise on the Scurvy (1753, Abriged)4 GEORGE BAKER An Essay Concernong the Cause of the Endemial Colic of Devonshire (1767)5 PERCIVAL POTT Cancer Scroti (c. 1775)6 EDWARD JENNER An Inquiry Into The Causes And Effects Of The Variolae Vaccinae: A Disease Discovered In Some Of The Western Counties Of England, Partucularly Gloucestershire, And Known By The Name Of the Cow-Pox (1798)7 PETER LUDWIG PANUM Observations Made During the Epidemic of Measles on the Faroe Islands in the Year 1846 (1847, Abriged)PART 2 The Sanitary Reform Movement8 WILLIAM FARR Lecture Introduction to a Course on Hygeine, or the Preservation of The Public Health On the "Table of Mortality" for the Metropolis (1840) A Short Method of Constructing Life Tables (1845)9 EDWIN CHADWICK Report on the Sanitarty Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain and On the Means of Its Improvement (1842, Abriged) A Supplementary Report on the Results of a Special Inquiry into the Practice of Interment in Towns 10 JOHN SIMON Excerpts from City of London Medical Reports (1849, 1850, 1852, Abriged)11 LEMUEL sHATTUCK Report on the Sanitary Commission of Massachucetts 1850 (1850, Abriged)12 JOHN SNOW On The Mode Of Communication Of Cholera (1854, Abriged)13 EDWARD JARVIS Insanity and Idiocy in Massachucetts—Report on the Commission on Lunacy, 185514 WILLIAM BUDD Typhoid Fever—Its Nature, Mode of Spreading, and Prevention (1873)15 FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Sanitart Condition of Hospitals and Hospital Construction (1859)16 IGNÁC SEMMELWEIS The Etiology, COncept and Prophylaxis of Childbed Fever (1860, Abriged)17 ROBERT KOCH The Aetiology of Tuberculosis On Bacteriological ResearchPART 3 The Progressive Era18 JACOB A. RIIS How the Other Half Lives (1890, Abriged)19 UPTON SINCLAIR The Jungle (1905, Abriged)20 ABRAHAM FLEXNER Medical Education in the United States & Canada: A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1910, Abriged)21 JOSEPH GOLDBERGER The Etiology of Pellagra: The Significance of Certain Epidemiological Observations With Respect Thereto (1914)22 MARGARET SANGER Family Limitation (c. 1915)23 ALICE HAMILTON Women in the Lead Industries (1919)24 ARIEL WOLMAN Chlorine Absorption and the Chlorination of WaterAFTERWORDAPPENDIX I APPENDIX IINOTESINDEXABOUT THE EDITORS
£45.00
Rutgers University Press Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio
Book SynopsisFeatures 130 archival illustrations drawn from newspaper sketches, caricatures, comic books, Hollywood films, and LIFE magazine photography. This work analyzes the relationship between mass media images and popular attitudes. It shows how media portrayal and popular support for medical research grew together and reinforced each other.Trade Review"This book is analytical, nostalgic, sensitive, and just plain fun. Bert Hansen's meticulous privileging of the visual is a pathbreaking achievement for methods in the social and cultural history of medicine. You can be rewarded simply by looking at the wonderful pictures, but you will 'see' so much more in his lively prose." -- Jacalyn Duffin * Hannah Professor, Queen's University *"Even as a long-time collector of medical prints, I learned a lot from this extraordinary book. Hansen's digging has turned up many discoveries, providing a new perspective on graphic art in popular culture. The images are wonderful, but this is not just a picture book; it's a great read as well, filled with remarkable insights." -- William Helfand * author of five books on medical imagery and a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum *"Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio is an authoritative, well-written account that will be a significant contribution not only to the history of American medicine, but to the history of American popular culture." -- Elizabeth Toon * Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manch *"This skillfully written volume reminds us how books such as Microbe Hunters, films such as Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, and even some of the old comic books and Life magazines in our basements once celebrated medical history and inspired the young to study science and medicine. Bert Hansen's rich exploration of the intersection of popular culture and the history of medicine opens wide a window on a time between the 1880s and the 1950s when physicians, nurses, and scientists were highly regarded warriors against disease and human suffering. It is a major contribution to our understanding of how medicine's cultural authority was established and expanded in the United States, vital to scholars and valuable to those who hope to spark a renewed enthusiasm among Americans for the study of science and medicine." -- Alan M. Kraut * professor of history, American University *"That doctors and their work routinely populate all forms of popular American culture is a historical aberration. Bert Hansen begins his illustrated account of the start of this phenomenon with the observation that until late in the 19th century, no one really wanted any more contact with doctors than was necessary-certainly not in publications intended to entertain. Louis Pasteur changed all that. As scientific triumphs accumulated, the hagiography of the doctor spread throughout the media, from print advertisements to radio spots, from comic books to adoring photo essays in Life magazine." -- Abigail Zuger * New York Times *"Hansen's narrative reveals a remarkably rich engagement between laboratory work and the curiosity of ordinary citizens. Hansen's work is well grounded in primary research and includes the footnotes expected by medical historians, but at the same time it is completely accessible to any reader interested in the history of medicine. Hansen has done an admirable job of excavating the role played by images of medical progress in the popular media. Picturing Medical Progress From Pasteur to Polio is both a remarkable work of medical history and an entertaining account of medicine's golden age viewed through the eyes of the public." -- Margaret Humphreys * Journal of the American Medical Association *"At the start, the practice of medicine is accorded little positive public recognition. The medical profession as pictured in magazines and newspapers is ineffective and unprofessional, in collusion with the funeral industry, and tolerant of inferior public health. By the 1950s, with the advent of the Salk polio vaccine, medicine has become a highly esteemed profession grounded in scientific research. Hansen documents the transition, making a detailed examination of images in both print and film media. Recommended." * Choice *"For historians of all kinds, whether of science, of medicine, or of media, Hansen's book provides a strong argument for paying more attention to images." * American Journalism *"This is the best synthetic treatment we have of the role the mass media played in shaping and promoting the high esteem enjoyed by the American medical profession across the first half of the twentieth century. Hansen has given us both a richly detailed account of the images widely circulated to the public and a convincing analysis of the aggregate image those pictures of medicine fostered." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Hansen presents material previously unexplored by medical historians, while maintaining a clear narrative style." * Chemical Heritage Magazine *"This book is analytical, nostalgic, sensitive, and just plain fun. Bert Hansen's meticulous privileging of the visual is a pathbreaking achievement for methods in the social and cultural history of medicine. You can be rewarded simply by looking at the wonderful pictures, but you will 'see' so much more in his lively prose." -- Jacalyn Duffin * Hannah Professor, Queen's University *"Even as a long-time collector of medical prints, I learned a lot from this extraordinary book. Hansen's digging has turned up many discoveries, providing a new perspective on graphic art in popular culture. The images are wonderful, but this is not just a picture book; it's a great read as well, filled with remarkable insights." -- William Helfand * author of five books on medical imagery and a trustee of the Philadelphia Museum *"Picturing Medical Progress from Pasteur to Polio is an authoritative, well-written account that will be a significant contribution not only to the history of American medicine, but to the history of American popular culture." -- Elizabeth Toon * Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manch *"This skillfully written volume reminds us how books such as Microbe Hunters, films such as Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, and even some of the old comic books and Life magazines in our basements once celebrated medical history and inspired the young to study science and medicine. Bert Hansen's rich exploration of the intersection of popular culture and the history of medicine opens wide a window on a time between the 1880s and the 1950s when physicians, nurses, and scientists were highly regarded warriors against disease and human suffering. It is a major contribution to our understanding of how medicine's cultural authority was established and expanded in the United States, vital to scholars and valuable to those who hope to spark a renewed enthusiasm among Americans for the study of science and medicine." -- Alan M. Kraut * professor of history, American University *"That doctors and their work routinely populate all forms of popular American culture is a historical aberration. Bert Hansen begins his illustrated account of the start of this phenomenon with the observation that until late in the 19th century, no one really wanted any more contact with doctors than was necessary-certainly not in publications intended to entertain. Louis Pasteur changed all that. As scientific triumphs accumulated, the hagiography of the doctor spread throughout the media, from print advertisements to radio spots, from comic books to adoring photo essays in Life magazine." -- Abigail Zuger * New York Times *"Hansen's narrative reveals a remarkably rich engagement between laboratory work and the curiosity of ordinary citizens. Hansen's work is well grounded in primary research and includes the footnotes expected by medical historians, but at the same time it is completely accessible to any reader interested in the history of medicine. Hansen has done an admirable job of excavating the role played by images of medical progress in the popular media. Picturing Medical Progress From Pasteur to Polio is both a remarkable work of medical history and an entertaining account of medicine's golden age viewed through the eyes of the public." -- Margaret Humphreys * Journal of the American Medical Association *"At the start, the practice of medicine is accorded little positive public recognition. The medical profession as pictured in magazines and newspapers is ineffective and unprofessional, in collusion with the funeral industry, and tolerant of inferior public health. By the 1950s, with the advent of the Salk polio vaccine, medicine has become a highly esteemed profession grounded in scientific research. Hansen documents the transition, making a detailed examination of images in both print and film media. Recommended." * Choice *"The work is an authoritative, well-written account that will not only be a significant contribution to the history of American medicine, but to the history of American popular culture. It is nostalgic, analytical, and just plain fun with remarkable insights and delightful illustrations from newspaper sketches, caricatures, comic books and Hollywood films." -- Teri Maggio (PLA) * 2010 AAUP Best of the Best Guide *"For historians of all kinds, whether of science, of medicine, or of media, Hansen's book provides a strong argument for paying more attention to images." * American Journalism *"This is the best synthetic treatment we have of the role the mass media played in shaping and promoting the high esteem enjoyed by the American medical profession across the first half of the twentieth century. Hansen has given us both a richly detailed account of the images widely circulated to the public and a convincing analysis of the aggregate image those pictures of medicine fostered." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Hansen presents material previously unexplored by medical historians, while maintaining a clear narrative style." * Chemical Heritage Magazine *Table of ContentsPart 1. The SettingMedicine in the Public Eye, Then and NowBefore There Were Medical BreakthroughsPart 2. A New Regime of Medical ProgressHow Medicine Became Hot News, 1885Popular Enthusiasm for Laboratory Discoveries, 1885-1895Creating an Institutional Base for Medical Research,1890-1920Part 3. Medical History for the Public, 1925-1950The Mass Media Make Medical History Popular"And now, a word from our sponsor"Popular Medical History in Children's Comic Books of the 1940sPart 4. The Modern Imagery of Medical ProgressLife Looks at MedicineThe Meaning of an EraAppendixNotesIndex
£37.40
John Wiley & Sons Diagnosis Therapy and Evidence Conundrums in
Book SynopsisEmploying historical and contemporary data and case studies, the authors also examine tonsillectomy, cancer, heart disease, anxiety, and depression, and identify differences between rhetoric and reality and the weaknesses in diagnosis and treatment.Trade Review"This book deserves to be in the libraries of medical schools and schools of public health. Recommended." * Choice *"Through a series of fascinating cases, Grob and Horwitz show how the diagnostic and treatment rhetoric of medicine and psychiatry often far exceeds the scientific evidence. A significant contribution to our understanding of medicalization." -- Peter Conrad * Brandeis University *"Medical historian Gerald Grob and medical sociologist Alan Horwitz provide an important and carefully crafted interdisciplinary analysis of how numerous therapies are introduced into clinical practice in the absence of clear and compelling data and kept alive by a combination of faith, analogy, tradition, ideology, inertia, and politics." * Journal of the History of Medicine *"This book is an outstanding collection of highly informative and well-written chapters that aim to provide the reader with an understanding of the complexities of diagnosis and treatment in some important chronic diseases, from peptic ulcers to post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors bring together into one book a variety of medical conditions that have been discussed in different places, allowing a rich comparison of their similarities and differences." -- William Rothstein * professor of sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County *"The case study structure of the book nicely reflects the authors' disciplinary interests and is justified by the burden of their argument—which turns on the complex and contingent nature of the historical and sociological processes through which diseases are defined and managed." -- Charles Rosenberg * author of Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now *"This book deserves to be in the libraries of medical schools and schools of public health. Recommended." * Choice *"Through a series of fascinating cases, Grob and Horwitz show how the diagnostic and treatment rhetoric of medicine and psychiatry often far exceeds the scientific evidence. A significant contribution to our understanding of medicalization." -- Peter Conrad * Brandeis University *"Medical historian Gerald Grob and medical sociologist Alan Horwitz provide an important and carefully crafted interdisciplinary analysis of how numerous therapies are introduced into clinical practice in the absence of clear and compelling data and kept alive by a combination of faith, analogy, tradition, ideology, inertia, and politics." * Journal of the History of Medicine *"This book is an outstanding collection of highly informative and well-written chapters that aim to provide the reader with an understanding of the complexities of diagnosis and treatment in some important chronic diseases, from peptic ulcers to post-traumatic stress disorder. The authors bring together into one book a variety of medical conditions that have been discussed in different places, allowing a rich comparison of their similarities and differences." -- William Rothstein * professor of sociology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County *"The case study structure of the book nicely reflects the authors' disciplinary interests and is justified by the burden of their argument—which turns on the complex and contingent nature of the historical and sociological processes through which diseases are defined and managed." -- Charles Rosenberg * author of Our Present Complaint: American Medicine, Then and Now *Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 Rhetoric and Reality in Modern American Medicine Chapter 2 Medical Rivalry and Etiological Speculation Chapter 3 How Theory Makes Bad Practice Chapter 4 How Science Tries to Explain Deadly Diseases Chapter 5 Transforming Amorphous Stress into Discrete Disorders Chapter 6 Creating Consensus From Diagnostic Confusion Chapter 7 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Where Do We Go From Here?
£29.70
Rutgers University Press Fit to be Tied Sterilization and Reproductive
Book SynopsisThe 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control.During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered unfit by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance durTrade Review"In Fit to Be Tied, Rebecca Kluchin impressively navigates a critical period in the history of reproductive health in America. Fit to Be Tied is very innovative in a subtle and understated way: Kluchin is one of the first historians of gender and medicine to provide a sophisticated framework for mapping the sterilization practices of the pre-World War II period into the post-Roe V. Wade culture." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"In Fit to be Tied, historian Rebecca Kluchin offers a thoroughly researched, nuanced analysis of sterilization, reproductive rights, and what she calls 'neo-eugenics.' An important and powerful book that fills a critical gap in the literature on postwar reproductive rights." * American Journal of Human Biology *"A welcome addition to the history of sexuality, birth control, medicine, and politics in the US. The writing is compelling, and the story Kluchin tells, particularly of forced sterilizations, is harrowing. Highly recommended." * Choice *"A compelling and original account of eugenic steralization. This study adds many significant strands to the densely interwoven history of global efforts to control human populations and regulate reproduction." * American Historical Review *"Kluchin has added an important contribution to the history of sterilization." * Journal of American History *"Kluchin's nuanced and thoughtful study shows how sterilization was too often foisted upon poor women of color to reduce economic 'dependency' and racial 'degeneracy' while too often denied to middle-class white women who hoped to secure reliable, permanent contraception. Fit to Be Tied makes a much-needed contribution to our historical understanding of women's never ending attempts to secure reproductive control. It is a terrific and important book." -- Judith A. Houck * author of Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in Modern America *"Much more has been written on the history of birth control and abortion than on the history of sterilization in the second half of the twentieth century. Kluchin's excellent study fills this crucial gap in the scholarly literature, adding breadth and depth to our understanding of the history of reproductive rights and wrongs in America." -- Elizabeth Siegel Watkins * author of The Estrogen Elixir *"Fit to Be Tied is a refreshing and vital addition to the history of reproductive politics and sexuality in America. Kluchin's analysis is both compelling and smart, demonstrating how race and class affected reproductive policy and practice in the second half of the twentieth century. Her composite portrait of sterilization is particularly interesting and important because it assesses both those who were victims of sterilization abuse and those who fought for the right to sterilization as a contraceptive. Such a study is long overdue." -- Wendy Kline * author of Building a Better Race *"Kluchin should be congratulated for her highly readable, well-researched study of this important, but largely neglected aspect of postwar women's health history. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on women's studies, social policy, and the history of medicine and public health." -- Molly Ladd-Taylor * York University *"Kluchin has produced a much-needed study of the social and legal status of sterilization from the 1950s through the 1970s, based on a wealth of official documents and archival materials and featuring the voices of women from across the social spectrum who were adversely affected. Her narrative is a meticulous and compelling account of the legacies of negative and positive eugenics for reproductive politics and the lives of American women differentially marked by race, ethnicity, and class." * Journal of the History of Biology *"In Fit to Be Tied, Rebecca Kluchin impressively navigates a critical period in the history of reproductive health in America. Fit to Be Tied is very innovative in a subtle and understated way: Kluchin is one of the first historians of gender and medicine to provide a sophisticated framework for mapping the sterilization practices of the pre-World War II period into the post-Roe V. Wade culture." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"In Fit to be Tied, historian Rebecca Kluchin offers a thoroughly researched, nuanced analysis of sterilization, reproductive rights, and what she calls 'neo-eugenics.' An important and powerful book that fills a critical gap in the literature on postwar reproductive rights." * American Journal of Human Biology *"A welcome addition to the history of sexuality, birth control, medicine, and politics in the US. The writing is compelling, and the story Kluchin tells, particularly of forced sterilizations, is harrowing. Highly recommended." * Choice *"A compelling and original account of eugenic steralization. This study adds many significant strands to the densely interwoven history of global efforts to control human populations and regulate reproduction." * American Historical Review *"Kluchin has added an important contribution to the history of sterilization." * Journal of American History *"Kluchin's nuanced and thoughtful study shows how sterilization was too often foisted upon poor women of color to reduce economic 'dependency' and racial 'degeneracy' while too often denied to middle-class white women who hoped to secure reliable, permanent contraception. Fit to Be Tied makes a much-needed contribution to our historical understanding of women's never ending attempts to secure reproductive control. It is a terrific and important book." -- Judith A. Houck * author of Hot and Bothered: Women, Medicine, and Menopause in Modern America *"Much more has been written on the history of birth control and abortion than on the history of sterilization in the second half of the twentieth century. Kluchin's excellent study fills this crucial gap in the scholarly literature, adding breadth and depth to our understanding of the history of reproductive rights and wrongs in America." -- Elizabeth Siegel Watkins * author of The Estrogen Elixir *"Fit to Be Tied is a refreshing and vital addition to the history of reproductive politics and sexuality in America. Kluchin's analysis is both compelling and smart, demonstrating how race and class affected reproductive policy and practice in the second half of the twentieth century. Her composite portrait of sterilization is particularly interesting and important because it assesses both those who were victims of sterilization abuse and those who fought for the right to sterilization as a contraceptive. Such a study is long overdue." -- Wendy Kline * author of Building a Better Race *"Kluchin should be congratulated for her highly readable, well-researched study of this important, but largely neglected aspect of postwar women's health history. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature on women's studies, social policy, and the history of medicine and public health." -- Molly Ladd-Taylor * York University *"Kluchin has produced a much-needed study of the social and legal status of sterilization from the 1950s through the 1970s, based on a wealth of official documents and archival materials and featuring the voices of women from across the social spectrum who were adversely affected. Her narrative is a meticulous and compelling account of the legacies of negative and positive eugenics for reproductive politics and the lives of American women differentially marked by race, ethnicity, and class." * Journal of the History of Biology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction From Eugenics to Neo-eugenics "Fit" Women and Reproductive Choice Sterilizing "Unfit" Women "Fit" Women Fight Back Unfit" Women Fight Too Irreconcilable Conflicts The Endurance of Neo-Eugenics Notes Index
£29.70
Rutgers University Press Public Health The Development of a Discipline
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A thoroughly engaging book. This is a book to be savored, to be picked up, and sampled from time to time." * Journal of the History of Medicine *"Schneider and Lilienfeld have produced a text that captures the enormous breadth of public health over the past century as it expanded its scope from disease and disability to environment and occupational control." -- David K. Rosner * Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health *"Twentieth-Century Challenges succeeds the first volume in this set. While volume 1 used selected works from individuals who drove the development of public health, volume 2 acknowledges technical advances, social movements, and the economic developments that drove the discipline. Recommended." * Choice *"The editors have assembled a remarkably comprehensive and balanced set of milestone studies and provide insightful introductions to the challenges faced by public health practitioners during the twentieth century." -- Manning Feinleib * Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health *Table of ContentsPREFACEACKNOWLEDGMENTSINTRODUCTIONCHRONOLOGYLIST OF ABBREVIATIONSPART IPopulation Health Issues1. FOOD AND NUTRITIONThe Paths to the Discovery of Vitamins A and D (1967)Impact of Vitamin A Supplementation on Childhood Mortality (1986)The Nutrition Transition in Low- Income Countries: An Emerging Crisis (1994, Abridged)2. TOBACCOThe Carcinogenic Effects of Tobacco (1940)Smoking and Lung Cancer: Recent Evidence and a Discussion of Some Questions (1959, Abridged)Non- smoking Wives of Heavy Smokers Have a Higher Risk of Lung Cancer: A Study from Japan (1984)3. DENTAL HEALTHAn Investigation of Mottled Teeth (1916, Abridged)The Conclusion of a Ten- Year Study of Water Fluoridation (1956, Abridged)Diet and Oral Health (2000, Abridged)4. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHMortality in the London Fog Incident, 1952 (1953)The Removal of Lead from Gasoline: Historical and Personal Refl ections (2000)Global Climate Change and Infectious Diseases (1991)5. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHMortality from Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers (1955)Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province (1960, Abridged)Lung Cancer in Chloromethyl Methyl Ether Workers (1973)6. WOMEN’S HEALTHDiagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the Vaginal Smear (1943, Abridged)Introduction of the Pill and Its Impact (1999)A Global Overview of Gender- based Violence (2002)7. MATERNAL CHILD HEALTHPrevention of Infant Mortality by Breast Feeding (1912)More Folic Acid for Everyone, Now (1996)A Traditional Practice that Threatens Health— Female Circumcision (1986)PART IIDiseases, Therapies, and Prevention8. TUBERCULOSISStreptomycin: A Valuable Anti- Tuberculosis Agent (1948)The International Tuberculosis Campaign: A Pioneering Venture in Mass Vaccination and Research (1994)The Global Tuberculosis Situation and the New Control Strategy of the World Health Or ga ni za tion (1991)9. HIV/AIDSPneumocystis Pneumonia— Los Angeles (1981)Cluster of Cases of the Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome: Patients Linked by Sexual Contact (1984, Abridged)AIDS—The First 20 Years (2001, Abridged)10. VACCINE- PREVENTABLE DISEASESRubella during Pregnancy (1952)Intussusception among Recipients of Rotavirus Vaccine— United States, 1998– 1999 (1999)Herd Immunity: Basic Concept and Relevance to Public Health Immunization Practices (1971, Abridged)11. CANCERIncidence of Leukemia in Survivors of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan (1952, Abridged)Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Hepatitis B Virus (1981)Malignant Melanoma of the Skin (1987)12. HEART DISEASE AND STROKEEpidemiological Approaches to Heart Disease: The Framingham Study (1951)Strategy of Prevention: Lessons from Cardiovascular Disease (1981, Abridged)Theory and Action for Health Promotion: Illustrations from the North Karelia Project (1982)PART IIIImproving Public Health13. MEDICAL AND PREVENTIVE CAREUncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care (1963, Abridged)Small Area Variations in Health Care Delivery (1973, Abridged)Quantifying the Burden of Disease: The Technical Basis for Disability- adjusted Life Years (1994)14. MEDICAL ETHICS AND HUMAN RESEARCHEthics and Clinical Research (1966)Thalidomide and the Titanic: Reconstructing the Technology Tragedies of the Twentieth Century (1999)Kidneys, Ethics, and Politics: Policy Lessons of the ESRD Experience (1981)15 GLOBAL HEALTHA Review of Major Infl uences on Current Public Health Policy in Developed Countries in the Second Half of the 20th Century (2006)Mortality by Cause for Eight Regions of the World: Global Burden of Disease Study (1997)Global Health— The Gates–Buffett Effect (2006)APPENDIX IAPPENDIX IIAPPENDIX IIIAPPENDIX IVAPPENDIX VAPPENDIX VIAPPENDIX VIINOTES INDEXABOUT THE EDITORS
£42.50
MW - Rutgers University Press An Alternative History of Hyperactivity Food
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This exciting book makes a significant contribution to the history of hyperactivity by investigating the Feingold diet from many different vantage points and examining the historical context in which this treatment was situated." -- Cynthia Connolly * author of Saving Sickly Children: The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life *"An Alternative History of Hyperactivity provides a novel dissection of a controversial medical treatment, illuminating many of the issues that characterised American medicine in the late twentieth century while simultaneously giving much-needed attention to the experience of patients and their families." * Social History of Medicine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Food for Thought2. Why Your Child Is Hyperactive3. Feingold Goes Public4. The Problem with Hyperactivity5. “Food Just Isn’t What It Used to Be”6. The Feingold Diet in the Media7. Testing the Feingold Diet8. Feingold Families9. ConclusionBibliographyNotesIndex
£54.00
John Wiley & Sons Manic Minds Manias Mad History and Its NeuroFuture
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£27.90
MW - Rutgers University Press YouRe the First One IVe Told The Faces of HIV in the Deep South
Trade Review"The South has been the epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic for the last decade, and the authors have used a balanced set of information from both surveys and personal observations to present a poignant and accessible portrait of the complexities of human health and disease." -- John A. Bartlett * MD, Duke Global Health Institute *"Expertly linking patients’ pasts to their current struggles to obtain health care and support, the stories related here contextualize AIDS within the lived experiences of the poor and marginalized communities that bear the greatest burden of HIV in the American South. This book offers indispensable insight into the ways that large-scale social forces shape the lives of those facing AIDS." -- Paul Farmer * Kolokotrones University Professor, Harvard University *Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface to the Second EditionAcknowledgments1. Setting the Stage2. Voices of the Past3. Enter HIV4. Abuse, Trauma, and HIV5. Distrust, Conspiracy, Confidentiality, and Provider Relationships6. Benefit Systems7. The Importance of Children8. Sex, Love, Family, and Other Support9. Theoretical Framework10. The FutureAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CRead by Interviewer to RespondentReferencesIndex
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Therapeutic Revolutions Medicine Psychiatry and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Martin Halliwell offers fresh and inventive insights into the postwar period, showing mastery over an amazing range of material to demonstrate how fully the therapeutic triumphed in American culture." -- Stephen Whitfield * author of The Culture of the Cold War *"Following varied terms of health and illness, mind and body, through successive changes in the healing arts, Halliwell shows the postwar 'triumph of the therapeutic' in a wholly new light." -- Howard Brick * Louis Evans Professor of History University of Michigan *"Therapeutic Revolutions makes a very good read. It should be on the reading list of every scholar concerned with postwar America, especially with the nature of therapeutic culture." * Reviews in American History *"Martin Halliwell’s Therapeutic Revolutions traces the major post-World War II transformations in medicine and psychiatry through the lens of popular culture. To accomplish this ambitious goal, he uses an immense number of sources that include movies, novels, poetry, television shows, popular music, magazine stories, and government and foundation reports, as well as scholarly books, articles, ethnographies, and Ph.D. theses ... The strengths of this book stem from Halliwell’s comprehensive analysis of an astonishing array of diffuse material." * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *"When it comes to changes and culture, Halliwell knows his subject area. Throughout the book, he reveals his deep and thorough understanding of these diverse events as they evolved in the developing 'therapeutic revolutions.' He does so through a careful analysis of the writings of the period's therapeutic authorities, integrated with abundant examples from American popular culture. Throughout the book, Halliwell convincingly shows that the variables—events, popular culture, and postwar therapies—emerged as interdependent constructions." * H-Disability, H-Net Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Therapeutic Revolutions of Postwar America Part One Fragmentation: 1945– 1953 1 Going Home: World War II and Demobilization 2 In the Noir Mirror: Neurosis, Aggression, and Disguise 3 Ground Zero: Science, Medicine, and the Cold WarPart Two Organization: 1953–1961 4 Organization Men: Individualism Versus Incorporation 5 In the Family Circle: The Suburban Medicine Cabinet 6 Outside the Circle: Growing Pains, Delinquency, and SexualityPart Three Reorganization: 1961–1970 7 Institutions of Care and Oppression: Another America Speaks 8 The Human Face of Therapy: Humanistic and Existential Trends 9 Counterculture: Dissent, Drugs, and Holistic Communities Conclusion: Beyond the Two Cultures?
£35.10
John Wiley & Sons Comrades in Health US Health Internationalists Abroad and at Home Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Hardcover
Book SynopsisBrings together a group of professionals and activists whose lives have been dedicated to health internationalism. By presenting a combination of historical accounts and first-hand reflections, this collection of essays draws attention to the longstanding international activities of the American health left and the lessons they brought home.Trade Review"Everybody who cares about health and social justice, internationally and in the U.S., should read this book!" -- Amy Goodman * host of Democracy Now! and 2008 winner Right Livelihood Award *"This wonderful book offers a deeply reflective look at the motivations, ideology, and outcomes of this critical work, telling the stories of true heroes and heroines of American medicine and public health. It is must reading for anyone contemplating international health activism today." -- Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler * cofounders, Physicians for a National Health Program *"Comrades in Health is a pioneering effort, a major addition to the study of global public health, and a new perspective on U.S. domestic health policy." -- Gerald M. Oppenheimer * coauthor of Shattered Dreams? An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic *"Birn and Brown describe the history of international efforts to improve the health of vulnerable populations as an inherently sociopolitical, leftist, and often communist, endeavor. [The editors] create a coherent picture of the development of international health efforts...and will be an interesting read for more advanced students of public health and political science. Recommended." * Choice *"The most haunting lesson in this fine book stems from its call for an ethic of social consciousness in health care work. In this view, the struggle of justice for all is integral to the improvement of individual health outcomes, and it is as fraught with uncertainty and unintended consequences as is the treatment of individual illness. Birn, Brown and their colleagues update an old social medicine lesson that makes this struggle, with its risks, penuries and triumphs, a core professional duty instead of merely a morally praiseworthy individual pursuit." * Global Public Health *"a captivating journey through the political, economic, and social turmoil that embroiled global health care during the 20th century." * Nursing History Review *"Perhaps the most interesting lesson in Comrades in Health is in showing how the very term socialised medicine came to be such an imagined existential threat to the US body politic." * Lancet *"Comrades in Health is important reading for those interested in the global debate surrounding the post-2015 global developmental agenda and future reform of the UN-centric humanitarian system required to address 21st-century human security and social justice." * Canadian Bulletin of Medical History *Table of ContentsList of FiguresForeword AcknowledgmentsPart I1. Introduction: Health Comrades, Abroad and at Home2. The Making of Health InternationalistsPart II3. The Perils of Unconstrained Enthusiasm4. American Medical Support for Spanish Democracy, 1936–19385. Medical McCarthyism and the Punishment of Internationalist Physicians in the United StatesPart III6. Contesting Racism and Innovating Community Health Centers7. Barefoot in China, the Bronx, and Beyond8. Medical Internationalism and the “Last Epidemic”Part IV9. Social Medicine, at Home and Abroad10. Find the Best People and Support Them11. Cooperantes, Solidarity, and the Fight for Health in Mozambique12. From Harlem to HararePart V13. Brigadistas and Revolutionaries14. Health and Human Rights in Latin America, and Beyond15. History, Theory, and Praxis in Pacific Islands Health16. Doctors for Global Health17. Doctors Across BlockadesPart VI18. Across the GenerationsNotes on ContributorsIndex
£105.40
