Zbirka: Zgodovina medicine
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Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine(2019) ALARCON, GRACIELA S,ALARCON, RENATO DExplores the events surrounding the discovery of the etio-pathogenic agent of the Oroya Fever, also known as Peruvian Verruga or Carrión's disease by Dr. Alberto Leonardo Barton. Graciela S. Alarcón and Renato D. Alarcón recount Barton's persistent work aVezava: Mehka68,38 € -
In-Vitro Fertilization(2018)With thousands of IVF babies born every year, this science based memoir records the early history and pioneering spirit of in-vitro fertilization. Chapters by internationally-recognized specialists in the field record their personal views on the developmeVezava: Trda66,78 € -
End of Genetics(2022) GOLDSTEIN, DAVID B.An urgent plea for a broader understanding and awareness of the unconsidered dangers of new genetic technologiesVezava: Trda36,75 € -
World Health Organization(2019) CUETO, MARCOS,BROWN, THEODORE M. (UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK),FEE, ELIZABETHA history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization's internal tensions. This account by three leading historians of medicine examines how well the organization has pursuedVezava: Mehka56,96 € -
Atomic Doctors(2020) NOLAN, JAMES L., JR.Physicians were essential to the Manhattan Project, keeping participants and Americans near test sites safe from radiation. But they also downplayed the risks when military exigency demanded. James Nolan tells the story of these conflicted healers, who usVezava: Trda41,48 € -
Midwifery from the Tudors to the 21st Century(2020) ALLISON, JULIAThis book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women.Vezava: Mehka69,81 € -
Patterns of Plague(2022) JONES, LORIThrough a comparative analysis of medical texts produced in England and France, Lori Jones reveals changing perceptions across four centuries. Using plague tracts to explore how medical and wider social understandings of the plague evolved, this innovativVezava: Mehka53,40 € -
Necropolis(2022) OLIVARIUS, KATHRYNIn antebellum New Orleans, whites and Blacks died in droves from yellow fever. But the fortunes of survivors were less equal. Kathryn Olivarius explores the resulting framework of “immunocapital.” For whites, immunity signaled creditworthiness. For enslavVezava: Trda47,63 € -
Ethnopsychiatry(2020) ELLENBERGER, HENRI F.What is the relationship between culture and mental health? Is mental illness universal? Are symptoms of mental disorders different across social groups? In the late 1960s these questions gave rise to a series of articles by Henri Ellenberger, presented hVezava: Mehka48,16 € -
Medieval Islamic Medicine(2007) PORMANN, PETER,SAVAGE-SMITH, EMILIEAn up-to-date survey of medieval Islamic medicine offering new insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture.Vezava: Mehka43,28 € -
Scurvy(2021) BOWN, STEPHENThe story of how three individuals conquered the plague of the seaVezava: Mehka20,32 € -
British Dentist(2015) BAIRSTO, RACHELLooks at this whole grisly history as well as at the increasing professionalism seen from the late nineteenth century onwards, which has led to very dramatic improvements in dental treatment, including modern dentures, amalgam fillings, anaesthetics and oVezava: Mehka13,42 € -
Origins of AIDS(2021) PEPIN, JACQUES (UNIVERSITE DE SHERBROOKE, CANADA)It is now forty years since the discovery of AIDS, but its origins continue to puzzle doctors and scientists. In this updated edition of his acclaimed book, Jacques Pépin traces the origins and amplification of AIDS, and describes the events that transforVezava: Mehka31,16 € -
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Royal Art of Poison(2019) HERMAN, ELEANORThe story of poison is the story of power... The Royal Art of Poison is a hugely entertaining work of popular history that traces the use of poison as a political - and cosmetic - tool in the royal courts of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the KremVezava: Mehka14,90 € -
Forbidden Knowledge – Medicine, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy(2020) MARCUS, HANNAHVezava: Trda67,85 € -
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Smile Stealers(2017) BARNETT, RICHARDAn incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, presented in a beautifully crafted book of cult appeal.Vezava: Trda33,88 € -
Bedlam(2019) CHAMBERS, PAULA new paperback edition of Paul Chambers' critically-acclaimed Victorian historyVezava: Mehka17,61 € -
