Medicine in the New World
Author: Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13:
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Medicine's Brave New World
Author: Margaret O. Hyde
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780761317067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines new scientific discoveries and presents new scientific debates on such topics as cloning, reproductive medicine, gene therapy, transplant medicine, and more.
Modern Medicine - The New World Religion
Author: Olivier Clerc
Publisher: Personhood Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781932181142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPut forth in this book is the assertion that medicine is actually ruled by a set of beliefs, myths, and rites of Christianity it has never freed itself from. Supporting this claim are discussions about the ways in which physicians have taken the place of priests, vaccination plays the same role as baptism, the search for health has replaced the quest for salvation, and the hope of physical immortality (cloning and genetic engineering) takes priority over eternal life. This book argues that the medical establishment has become the government's ally, as the Catholic Church has in the past. "Charlatans" are prosecuted today, as "heretics" were in the past, and dogmatism rules out promising medical theories. It contends that only by becoming aware of how religious beliefs and primitive fears unconsciously influence one's relationships with medicine can people start walking on the path of freedom, personal responsibility, and individual sovereignty.
Disease and Medicine in World History
Author: Sheldon Watts
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-07-05
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 1134470576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as much by philosophers and metaphysicians as by university-trained doctors and other practitioners. Subjects covered include: Pharaonic Egypt and the pre-conquest New World the evolution of medical systems in the Middle East health and healing on the Indian subcontinent medicine and disease in China the globalization of disease in the modern world the birth and evolution of modern scientific medicine. This volume is a landmark contribution to the field of world history. It covers the principal medical systems known in the world, based on extensive original research. Watts raises questions about globalization in medicine and the potential impact of infectious diseases in the present day.
Brave New World of Healthcare Revisited
Author: Richard D. Lamm
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 155591862X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system from former Governor Richard D. Lamm and political economist Andy Sharma, including: Will the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation bankrupt our healthcare services? What does the impending healthcare reform mean for the nation? Does the US still have the best healthcare system in the world?
Old World and New
Author: Kate Kelly
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0816072086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe History of Medicine is a six-volume chronological account of the development of biology and chemistry and the economic and policy issues associated with public health. The interdisciplinary set begins with an exploration of the medical practices of early humans and concludes with a volume presenting readers with the vital information they need to answer questions concerning the future, from understanding personal risks associated with certain diseases to the ethical questions concerning organ transplants and the preservation of life. Old World and New: Early Medical Care, 1700-1840 discusses the concerns and advances in medicine that occurred during the Enlightenment, a time of significant progress in specific scientific fields. The book puts medical issues of the period into perspective and focuses on the unique accomplishments of the time, such as the scientific documentation of the anatomy. Though physicians of the period did not yet know the cause of disease, theirs was the hope that scientific knowledge would continue to grow so rapidly that disease would be eradicated. The volume includes information on advancements in surgery digesticin and respiration early American medical care the importance of public health midwifery military medicine popular healing methods smallpox, typhus, and yellow fever The book contains more than 40 color photographs and line illustrations, sidebars, a translation of the Hippocratic Oath, a chronology, a glossary, a detailed list of print and Internet resources, and an index. The History of Medicine is essential for high school students, teachers, and general readers who wish to learn about how and when various medical discoveries were made and how those discoveries affected health care at the time. The History of Medicine Set Medicine Becomes a Science Medicine Today The Middle Ages Old World and New The Scientific Revolution and Medicine Book jacket.
New Worlds for All
Author: Colin G. Calloway
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1421410311
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCalloway reminds us that neither Indians nor Colonists were a monolithic group resulting in a more nuanced appreciation for the complexity of cultural relationships in Colonial America. He provides an essential starting point for studying the interaction of Europeans and Indians in early American life.
Technological Medicine
Author: Stanley Joel Reiser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-03-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781107661233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdvances in medicine have brought us the stethoscope, artificial kidneys, and computerized health records. They have also changed the doctor-patient relationship. This book explores how the technologies of medicine are created and how we respond to the problems and successes of their use. Stanley Joel Reiser, MD, walks us through the ways medical innovations exert their influence by discussing a number of selected technologies, including the X-ray, ultrasound, and respirator. Reiser creates a new understanding of thinking about how health care is practiced in the United States and thereby suggests new methods to effectively meet the challenges of living with technological medicine. As healthcare reform continues to be an intensely debated topic in America, Technological Medicine shows us the pros and cons of applying technological solutions health and illness.
European Encounters with the New World
Author: Anthony Pagden
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780300059502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor review see: J.W. Schulte Nordholt, in Tijdschrift voor geschiedenis, jrg. 107, nr. 4 (1994); p. 591-592.
Osiris, Volume 37
Author: Tara Alberts
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-06-21
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 0226825124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighlights the importance of translation for the global exchange of medical theories, practices, and materials in the premodern period. This volume of Osiris turns the analytical lens of translation onto medical knowledge and practices across the premodern world. Understandings of the human body, and of diseases and their cures, were influenced by a range of religious, cultural, environmental, and intellectual factors. As a result, complex systems of translation emerged as people crossed linguistic and territorial boundaries to share not only theories and concepts, but also materials, such as drugs, amulets, and surgical tools. The studies here reveal how instances of translation helped to shape and, in some cases, reimagine these ideas and objects to fit within local frameworks of medical belief. Translating Medicine across Premodern Worlds features case studies located in geographically and temporally diverse contexts, including ninth-century Baghdad, sixteenth-century Seville, seventeenth-century Cartagena, and nineteenth-century Bengal. Throughout, the contributors explore common themes and divergent experiences associated with a variety of historical endeavors to “translate” knowledge about health and the body across languages, practices, and media. By deconstructing traditional narratives and de-emphasizing well-worn dichotomies, this volume ultimately offers a fresh and innovative approach to histories of knowledge.
