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  • "Manter Sadia a Criança Sã"

    As Políticas Públicas de Saúde Materno-Infantil no Piauí de 1930 a 1945

    O trabalho da Profa. Dra. Joseanne Zingleara trouxe para debate um dos períodos mais ricos da história republicana brasileira: O governo Vargas (1930-1945). Mostra que nesse governo sujeitos e valores pouco destacados na Primeira República passaram a integrar a agenda política nacional, a exemplo das mulheres e crianças e de bens jurídicos como a educação e a saúde pública. A autora apresenta a ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "Omsorg for at afværge smitsomme Sygdomme". Sundhedspolitiet ca. 1750-1900

    Series series Dansk Politihistorie
    Gerda Bonderup skildrer sundhedspolitiets historie fra midten af 1700-tallet til starten af det tyvende århundrede. Sundhedspolitiet har mestendels fulgt samfundets og folkestemningens udvikling helt fra oplysningstidens gennemgribende frihedsidealer og op til slutningen af 1800-tallet, hvor det blev normalt, at staten greb ind på sociale områder. Gerda Bonderup er lektor emeritus på Institut for ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • "Our Gallant Doctor"

    Enigma and Tragedy: Surgeon-Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa, 1942

    by James Goodwin ...
    During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa had inadequate radar sets that were incapable of detecting submarines approaching in the dark. On September 13, 1942, U-91 stole in and torpedoed Ottawa, sinking her in 20 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • "This Ghastly War"

    The Diary and Letters of a Woman Doctor in the American Ambulance Hospital in France, 1914-1915

    During World War I, Dr. Mary M. Crawford spent nearly a year volunteering at the American Ambulance Hospital in France. Among the first American physicians to join the Allied war effort in 1914, she was the only woman doctor on the hospital staff.Her diary and letters, presented here with historical context, narrate day-to-day life in a hospital on the Western Front, with clinical descriptions of ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • "Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories

    "Why I Became an Occupational Physician" and Other Occupational Health Stories brings together an edited collection of the short articles published in the journal Occupational Medicine between 2002 and 2018. The articles originally appeared as 'fillers', commissioned to literally 'fill' the blank spaces at the end of the main scientific papers, but they soon became a feature in their own right. ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • 'All manner of ingenuity and industry'

    A bio-bibliography of Thomas Willis 1621 - 1675

    This book celebrates the quatercentenary of the birth of Thomas Willis on 27 January 1621. As a physician in Oxford, Willis's work in the 1650s provides an example of rural medical practice in early modern England. As a member of the Oxford Philosophical Club that met from the 1640s, he was central to the move from classical scholasticism to accounts of anatomy and physiology based on observation ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • 'Curing queers'

    Mental nurses and their patients, 1935–74

    Series series Nursing History and Humanities
    Drawing on a rich array of source materials including previously unseen, fascinating (and often quite moving) oral histories, archival and news media sources, 'Curing queers' examines the plight of men who were institutionalised in British mental hospitals to receive ‘treatment’ for homosexuality and transvestism, and the perceptions and actions of the men and women who nursed them. It examines ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 'If You Knew the Conditions'

    A Chronicle of the Indian Medical Service and American Indian Health Care, 1908-1955

    After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service was established for the purpose of providing services to American Indians. Born in an era of assimilation and ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • 'Vernichten und Heilen' - Ein Forschungsbericht zur Militärmedizin des Zweiten Weltkriegs

    by Roman Behrens ...
    Forschungsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Medizin - Geschichte, Note: 1,0, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Institut für Geschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Da die Militärmedizin des Zweiten Weltkriegs einen elementaren Pfeiler der nationalsozialistischen Medizin ausmacht und kontinuierlich neue Desiderate entdeckt werden, will der vorliegende Forschungsbericht den Versuch ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • 130 Years of Medicine in Hong Kong

    From the College of Medicine for Chinese to the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine

    by Frank Ching ...
    This book reviews the medical history of Hong Kong, beginning with its birth as a British colony. It introduces the origins of Hong Kong’s medical education, which began in 1887 when the London Missionary Society set up the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese. When the University of Hong Kong was established in 1911, the College became its medical faculty. The faculty has gained distinction ... Read more

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  • 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic Compared with Covid-19

    We investigate the 1918 Spanish Flu, and compare it with older and newer flu pandemics, including the latest information on the current Covid-19. The Spanish Flu was unusual in killing mostly young and healthy adults, as opposed to more common influenzas, that cause mortality among newborn or the old and infirm. The Spanish Flu could strike suddenly, and rendered victims too feeble to walk within ... Read more

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  • 1918 Spanish Flu, For Girls : The Great Influenza which Wiped-out 100 Million

    by Carlee Orman ...
    A normal flu season in America is drawing to a close, people gear up to meet a harsh winter, but what they don't know is, this year the flu season will not end after few bouts of coughing and sneezing like the previous years, a global pandemic was taking life, slowly and virulently.A virus that killed a third of the world population, a flu like none other, the Spanish flu is a forgotten pandemic ... Read more

    $1.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 24 hours to save the NHS

    The Chief Executive's account of reform 2000 to 2006

    by Nigel Crisp ...
    24 hours to save the NHS. It was a political slogan but it hid a deeper question. Could the NHS survive? Could it continue to offer free health care for every citizen regardless of their ability to pay? Could the extraordinary, liberating ambition and dream of its founders 50 years before be maintained in the 21st Century - that everyone, no matter how poor or ill, should be freed from worrying ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare

    How Saskatchewan Led the Way

    The co-operative spirit of citizens in twentieth-century Saskatchewan nurtured innovation in health care and health policy. 36 Steps on the Road to Medicare showcases the decisions that led to the province's medicare system - the forerunner of Canadian health care. Stuart Houston and Merle Massie document the range of Saskatchewan leadership on Canadian, North American, and world stages: municipal ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • 40 Years of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

    Series series Contributions to Nephrology
    Continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT) started off as an alternative to hemo- or peritoneal dialysis. Today's machines and techniques are the result of 4 decades of developments, studies, and practices which can be divided into 4 distinct stages: exploration and development; birth of a new specialty called critical care nephrology; design of specific new devices and machines; and ... Read more

    $156.99 USD

  • 60 лет в хирургии

    by avkarpenko ...
    Мемуары выдающегося украинского хирурга Виктора Степановича Карпенко (1923 – 2003) вышли в двух томах: «55 лет в хирургии» и «60 лет в хирургии» к 75-летию и 80-летию соответственно. Настоящая книга выходит в канун его 95-летия.Карпенко Виктор Степанович родился 28 октября 1923 года в селе Ивановка Ставищенского района на Киевщине в крестьянской семье. Учился в школе в Киеве и в Донецке.В 1941 ... Read more

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  • A Bitter Remedy

    A totally compelling historical mystery

    by Alis Hawkins ...
    Series Book 1 - The Oxford Mysteries
    Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow…Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man’s guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Ayurveda

    For over two and a half millennia Āyurveda was the mainstream healthcare programme in the Indian subcontinent. However, what was once seen as indispensable, is now often officially described as ‘alternative medicine’. Moreover, there seems to be a lack of proper understanding of the specific culture from which Āyurveda emerged. This is because existing works on the subject have mostly been mere ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • A Brief History of Blood and Lymphatic Vessels

    This book provides a comprehensive account of vascular biology and pathology and its significance for health and disease. It systematically and chronologically explains how we came to our current understanding of the vasculature and it´s function today, and describes in an entertaining way the diverse flaws and turns in science and medicine from the past. It thereby offers a complete and well ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • A Brief History On The Black Death - The Black Plague Unveiled: A Compelling Collection of Facts & Trivia From History's Darkest Pandemic

    A brief history on, #1

    Series Book 1 - A brief history on
    In A Brief History On The Black Death, we embark on a gripping journey through one of humanity's most devastating catastrophes—the Black Death. This meticulously researched and engaging book offers a concise yet comprehensive account of the infamous pandemic that swept across Europe in the 14th century, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.Drawing from a vast array of historical sources and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Century of Challenge

    A History of the Ontario Veterinary College

    Series series Heritage
    In lively fashion Mr. Gattinger records the development of the Ontario Veterinary College, the oldest continuously operating veterinary school in this hemisphere. Viewing its history from the perspective of today, he sees the College and the profession it serves moving in response to the times, from a discipline centred mainly on the study of equine diseases to a highly specialized field of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A Century of Homeopaths

    Their Influence on Medicine and Health

    As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked.A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • A Chosen Calling

    Jews in Science in the Twentieth Century

    by Noah J. Efron ...
    Series series Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context
    Questions traditional explanations for Jewish excellence in science in the United States, the Soviet Union, and Palestine in the twentieth century.Scholars have struggled for decades to explain why Jews have succeeded extravagantly in modern science. A variety of controversial theories—from such intellects as C. P. Snow, Norbert Wiener, and Nathaniel Weyl—have been promoted. Snow hypothesized an ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • A ciência como profissão

    médicos, bacharéis e cientistas no Brasil (1895-1935)

    Series series História e Saúde
    O livro aborda o processo de especialização da atividade intelectual no Brasil durante as três primeiras décadas do século XIX, ao mesmo tempo em que analisa a emergência do ´cientista´ nesse processo, no qual já se anunciava o divórcio entre as ´humanidades´e as ´ciências duras´. ... Read more

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