Current Catalog
Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 1712

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

A History of Medicine
A History of Medicine

Author: Lois N. Magner

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-03-17

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780824786731

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A non-technical, jargon-free presentation of the history of medicine from palaeopathology to recent theories and practices of modern medicine. It gives a wide-ranging overview of Western medicine and an introduction to the rich and varied medical traditions of the Near and Far East.;This text stresses the major themes in the history of medicine - placing the modern experience within the framework of historical issues - and it presents medical history as an important part of intellectual and social history, supplying students with an examination of the field that encourages them to question modern medical assumptions. Areas that are less familiar to students are highlighted, and case histories represent broader issues and trends.

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science)
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science)

Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999-10-17

Total Pages: 874

ISBN-13: 0393242447

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize "A panoramic and perfectly magnificent intellectual history of medicine…This is the book that delivers it all." —Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die Hailed as "a remarkable achievement" (Boston Globe) and as "a triumph: simultaneously entertaining and instructive, witty and thought-provoking…a splendid and thoroughly engrossing book" (Los Angeles Times), Roy Porter's charting of the history of medicine affords us an opportunity as never before to assess its culture and science and its costs and benefits to mankind. Porter explores medicine's evolution against the backdrop of the wider religious, scientific, philosophical, and political beliefs of the culture in which it develops, covering ground from the diseases of the hunter-gatherers to the more recent threats of AIDS and Ebola, from the clearly defined conviction of the Hippocratic oath to the muddy ethical dilemmas of modern-day medicine. Offering up a treasure trove of historical surprises along the way, this book "has instantly become the standard single-volume work in its field" (The Lancet).

The Western Medical Tradition
The Western Medical Tradition

Author: Lawrence I. Conrad

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1995-08-17

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9780521475648

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This text, written by members of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine and first published in 1995, is designed to cover the history of western medicine from classical antiquity to 1800. As one guiding thread it takes, as its title suggests, the system of medical ideas that in large part went back to the Greeks of the eighth century BC, and played a major role in the understanding and treatment of health and disease. Its influence spread from the Aegean basin to the rest of the Mediterranean region, to Europe, and then to European settlements overseas. By the nineteenth century, however, this tradition no longer carried the same force or occupied so central a position within medicine. This book charts the influence of this tradition, examining it in its social and historical context. It is essential reading as a synthesis for all students of the history of medicine.

History Of Science In The U.S.
History Of Science In The U.S.

Author: Clark A. Elliott

Publisher: Garland Science

Published: 2021-11-18

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 1000524957

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First published in 1996. The intention of this volume is two-fold: first, to give a chronologically arranged overview of selected data on the history of science in the United States, and second, to orient the reader to the substantial reference literature and research sources as guidance to further study of the topic. The subject areas that are covered include astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, and their related disciplines; areas such as anthropology and psychology are covered to a lesser extent. Science is the central focus, but the content of the work recognizes that the boundaries between subjects or activities are not absolute and certainly not when coverage spans several centuries.

A History of Public Health
A History of Public Health

Author: George Rosen

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2015-04

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1421416018

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For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading.

Science and Its Times
Science and Its Times

Author: Neil Schlager

Publisher: Gale

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13:

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Exploration and Discovery - Life Sciences - Mathematics - Medicine - Physical Sciences - Technology and Invention.