Zbirka: Zgodovina medicine
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Madness in Civilization(2020) SCULL, ANDREW‘A brilliant cultural history … Scull’s book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be widely read … outstanding’ The TimesVezava: Mehka23,03 € -
Frances Burney and the Doctors(2019) WILTSHIRE, JOHN (LA TROBE UNIVERSITY, VICTORIA)This book advocates Frances Burney as the unconscious pioneer of the modern genre of pathograhy, or the illness narrative. It will appeal to readers with an interest in Frances Burney (both her writings and biographically), in medical history and literatuVezava: Trda148,05 € -
Aristotle on Matter, Form, and Moving Causes(2019) HENRY, DEVIN (UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO)Articulates, develops, and significantly revises the traditional interpretation of Aristotle's theory of generation, thereby improving our understanding of how the doctrine of form and matter - hylomorphism - informs his understanding of how new substanceVezava: Trda79,73 € -
Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology(2021) SHORTER, EDWARD (PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND HISTORY OF MEDICINE, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND HISTORY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)In The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology, esteemed historian Edward Shorter proposes that the recent history of psychiatry is that of a failed scientific discipline of medicine. Medicine generally is about the story of progress, but psychiatrVezava: Mehka84,58 € -
Taste for Poison(2022) BRADBURY, NEIL’Indecently entertaining.’ A Daily Mail Book of the Week An Amazon US Best Book of 2022 'A fascinating tale of poisons and poisonous deeds which both educates and entertains.' — Kathy ReichsVezava: Mehka14,90 € -
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Empress and the English Doctor(2022) WARD, LUCYThe astonishing true story of how Catherine the Great joined forces with a Quaker doctor from Essex to spearhead a groundbreaking public health campaignVezava: Trda32,16 € -
History of Delusions(2022) SHEPHERD, VICTORIAThe extraordinary worlds created in our mindsVezava: Trda23,03 € -
Royal Hospital Haslar(2013) BIRBECK, ERIC,WARD, ANN,WARD, PHILThe photographs in this fascinating illustrated history will stir the memory of all those who have entered The Royal Hospital Haslar, as either staff or patients, and provide a unique record of a singular and celebrated institution.Vezava: Mehka23,03 € -
Ivan Pavlov(2014) TODES, DANIEL P. (PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, BALTIMORE, MD)This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon a wealth of archival material, it weaves his life and science into some 100 years of Russian history and offers a fundamental reinterpretatioVezava: Trda51,90 € -
Public Health(2016) BERRIDGE, VIRGINIA (DIRECTOR AT THE CENTRE FOR HISTORY IN PUBLIC HEALTH, LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE)This Very Short Introduction outlines the nature of public health in our world today and places public health in its historical context from the earliest times, analysing in particular the changes in public health regulation through the nineteenth centuryVezava: Mehka13,54 € -
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Genetics in the Madhouse(2020) PORTER, THEODORE M.The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early 1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admissionVezava: Mehka39,05 € -
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British Women Surgeons and their Patients, 1860–1918(2017) BROCK, CLAIRE (UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER)Drawing upon a rich archive, Brock explores the cultural, social and self-representation of the woman surgeon in Britain from 1860 to the end of the Great War. This book is essential reading for those interested in medical history, providing wide-rangingVezava: Trda152,78 € -
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Plague(2021) SLACK, PAUL (EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF EARLY MODERN SOCIAL HISTORY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY)Throughout history plague has caused some of the greatest periods of hardship for humanity, from the Black Death to the Great Plague of London. This book explores the causes of plague, the presence of plague in art and literature, and the lasting impact oVezava: Mehka13,54 € -
Remarkable Story of Vaccines(2022) BEGG, NORMANThis remarkable book tells you everything you need to know about vaccines. Having nearly 40 years’ experience of the subject, the author covers the history of vaccines, how they work, how research is carried out, their safety, how they are used in societyVezava: Trda111,93 €
