The Technology of Orgasm
The Technology of Orgasm

Author: Rachel P. Maines

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2001-06-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 9780801866463

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The author explores hysteria in Western medicine throughout the ages and examines the characterization of female sexuality as a disease requiring treatment. Medical authorities, she writes, were able to defend and justify the clinical production of orgasm in women as necessary to maintain the dominant view of sexuality, which defined sex as penetration to male orgasm - a practice that consistently fails to produce orgasm in a majority of the female population. This male-centered definition of satisfying and healthy coitus shaped not only the development of concepts of female sexual pathology but also the instrumentation designed to cope with them.

Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy
Comprehensive Aquatic Therapy

Author: Andrew J. Cole

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780750673860

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This multidisciplinary reference reviews the biologic, medical, and rehabilitative research that underlies aquatic therapy and applies these scientific findings to current evaluation and treatment techniques for a broad range of problems and disorders. Contributors from physiatry, physical therapy, occupational therapy and sports medicine take a practical, evidence-based approach to therapy, discussing the effects of the aquatic environment on human physiology, as well as goal setting and functional outcomes. They also address related issues such as facility design, management and staffing to senior wellness programs and associated legal considerations. The completely revised and updated 2nd Edition features new chapters on wound management, pediatric aquatic therapy and the use of aquatic therapy for common orthopedic problems.

Healing Springs
Healing Springs

Author: Nathaniel Altman

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 2000-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780892818365

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An abundance of medical evidence shows that in addition to relieving stress, mineral waters can help the body heal itself from liver and kidney problems, skin diseases, arthritis, and a host of other ailments. This guide to "taking the waters" presents more than 200 of the best hot springs and mineral springs in the world.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Author: Joel A. DeLisa

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 2088

ISBN-13: 9780781741309

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The gold-standard physical medicine and rehabilitation text is now in its Fourth Edition—with thoroughly updated content and a more clinical focus. More than 150 expert contributors—most of them new to this edition—address the full range of issues in contemporary physical medicine and rehabilitation and present state-of-the-art patient management strategies, emphasizing evidence-based recommendations. This edition has two separate volumes on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine. Each volume has sections on principles of evaluation and management, management methods, major problems, and specific disorders. Treatment algorithms and boxed lists of key clinical facts have been added to many chapters.