Dental Enamel

Dental Enamel

Author: Derek J. Chadwick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 0470515325

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The molecular mechanisms and protein species associated with the mineralization of mature dental enamel are active areas of research. This book focuses on specific areas of research including the structural chemistry, protein biochemistry and genetics of enamel development.


Clinical Symposia, Volume 40, Number 3: Surgical Anatomy of the Hand

Clinical Symposia, Volume 40, Number 3: Surgical Anatomy of the Hand

Author: Ernest W. Lampe

Publisher: W B Saunders Company

Published: 1988-06-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781933247328

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For over 50 years, Clinical Symposia has enhanced the clinical knowledge of primary care physicians with its succinct monographs that provide clear focus of medical conditions. -Abundant illustrations portray presentations, diagnosis, and treatment of medical conditions. -Clear, well-written articles by some of the most respected names in medicine.


The Biology of Hyaluronan

The Biology of Hyaluronan

Author: David Evered

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0470513780

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Presents state-of-the-art applications in hyaluronan research, from hyaluronan's physicochemical properties to its clinical role as a connective tissue marker and its surgical implications, particularly in ear, eye and orthopaedic surgery. Covers hyaluronan's synthesis and catabolism, its role in cells, its interactions with specific binding proteins, and its role in the embryonic nervous system.


Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Bioactive Compounds from Plants

Author: Derek J. Chadwick

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 0470514019

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Useful throughout history for their medical as well as other benefits, plant-derived compounds have gained particular importance recently, due to environmental factors. The isolation and characterization of plant products, the identification of their role in the plant, and ways of synthesizing identical compounds or more potent analogues are covered. Also includes methods of culturing plant tissues and genetic engineering as a means of increasing the yield of desired substances from plants. Special emphasis is placed on plants previously unknown to Western scientists.


Tinnitus

Tinnitus

Author: David Evered

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-09-14

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0470718366

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The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.


Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions

Olfaction in Mosquito-Host Interactions

Author: Gregory R. Bock

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-30

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 0470514957

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This new work contains the first integrated discussion of the role of olfaction in mosquito-host interactions. It covers the practical applications of this knowledge in attempting to control malaria as a problem for world health. The volume begins with a general overview of mosquito life cycle styles and how odour-mediated host location fits into the repertoire of behaviours that a specific species may exhibit. Certain aspects of insect olfaction and its underlying physiological mechanisms are incorporated within the book.


American Indian Medicine

American Indian Medicine

Author: Virgil J. Vogel

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 669

ISBN-13: 0806170239

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The purpose of this book, says the author, is to show the effect of Indian medicinal practices on white civilization. Actually it achieves far more. Itdiscusses Indian theories of disease and methods of combating disease and even goes into the question of which diseases were indigenous and which were brought to the Indian by the white man. It also lists Indian drugs that have won acceptance in the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary. The influence of American Indian healing arts on the medicine and healing and pharmacology of the white man was considerable. For example, such drugs as insulin and penicillin were anticipated in rudimentary form by the aborigines. Coca leaves were used as narcotics by Peruvian Indians hundreds of years before Carl Koller first used cocaine as a local anesthetic in 1884. All together, about 170 medicines, mostly botanical, were contributed to the official compendia by Indians north of the Rio Grande, about 50 more coming from natives of the Latin-American and Caribbean regions. Impressions and attitudes of early explorers, settlers, physicians, botanists, and others regarding Indian curative practices are reported by geographical regions, with British, French, and Spanish colonies and the young United States separately treated. Indian theories of disease—sorcery, taboo violation, spirit intrusion, soul loss, unfulfilled dreams and desires, and so on -and shamanistic practices used to combat them are described. Methods of treating all kinds of injuries-from fractures to snakebite-and even surgery are included. The influence of Indian healing lore upon folk or domestic medicine, as well as on the "Indian doctors" and patent medicines, are discussed. For the convenience of the reader, an index of botanical names is provided, together with a wide variety of illustrations. The disproportionate attention that has been given to the superstitious and unscientific features of aboriginal medicine has tended to obscure its real contributions to American civilization.