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  • The Heart of Power, With a New Preface

    Health and Politics in the Oval Office

    by David Blumenthal, James Morone ...
    Even the most powerful men in the world are human—they get sick, take dubious drugs, drink too much, contemplate suicide, fret about ailing parents, and bury people they love. Young Richard Nixon watched two brothers die of tuberculosis, even while doctors monitored a suspicious shadow on his own lungs. John Kennedy received last rites four times as an adult, and Lyndon Johnson suffered a "belly ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

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  • Amazing Medical Stories

    by George Burden, Dorothy Grant ...
    The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly, birth, death, and post-mortem diagnosis. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to hilarity, from satisfaction of curiosity to evocation of terrible pity. Amazing ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine

    by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein ...
    Clearly organized, authoritative, and readable, this first-of-its-kind encyclopedia offers general readers and scholars alike detailed coverage of the amazing saga of Civil War medicine on both sides of the conflict. ... Read more

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  • Hippocratic Writings

    by Hippocrates ...
    Translated by E.T. Withington, I.M. Lonie, J. Chadwick, W.N. Mann ...
    This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Seeking the Cure

    A History of Medicine in America

    by Ira Rutkow, M.D. ...
    A timely, authoritative, and entertaining history of medicine in America by an eminent physicianDespite all that has been written and said about American medicine, narrative accounts of its history are uncommon. Until Ira Rutkow’s Seeking the Cure, there have been no modern works, either for the lay reader or the physician, that convey the extraordinary story of medicine in the United States. Yet ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • On Speed

    The Many Lives of Amphetamine

    by Nicolas Rasmussen ...
    Life in the Fast Lane: The author on the CHE Uppers. Crank. Bennies. Dexies. Greenies. Black Beauties. Purple Hearts. Crystal. Ice. And, of course, Speed. Whatever their street names at the moment, amphetamines have been an insistent force in American life since they were marketed as the original antidepressants in the 1930s. On Speed tells the remarkable story of their rise, their fall, and their ... Read more

    $18.59 USD

  • The Story of Medicine

    by Anne Rooney ...
    Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.' Paracelsus (1493-1541)For thousands of years, people have sought ways to overcome the diseases and disorders of the body, with methods ranging from incantations, talismans and herbal cures to ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Madness in Civilization

    A Cultural History of Insanity, from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine

    by Andrew Scull ...
    A beautifully illustrated history of the human encounter with unreasonThe loss of reason, a sense of alienation from the commonsense world we all like to imagine we inhabit, the shattering emotional turmoil that seizes hold and won't let go—these are some of the traits we associate with madness. Today, mental disturbance is most commonly viewed through a medical lens, but societies have also ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Small Matters

    Canadian Children in Sickness and Health, 1900-1940

    by Mona Gleason ...
    Series Book 39 - McGill-Queen's/AMS Healthcare Studies in the History of Medicine, Health, and Society
    What was it like to be young and sick in the past? Who taught children how to be healthy and what were they expected to learn? In Small Matters, Mona Gleason explores how medical professionals, lay practitioners, and parents understood young patients and how children responded.During the first half of the twentieth century, particularly in the interwar decades, a number of changes took shape ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Herbal Cures – Healing Remedies from Ireland

    A Simple Guide to Health-Giving Herbs and How to Use Them

    by Christine Scallan ...
    A simple and practical guide that will teach you how to use herbs to treat and prevent common illnesses For thousands of years, herbs were used as a natural remedy for many common ailments. In Herbal Cures, experienced herbalist Christine Scallan rediscovers the traditional herbal methods for healing illness, managing symptoms and improving general well-being. In this simple, practical guide, she ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Disease in the History of Modern Latin America

    From Malaria to AIDS

    by Nancy Lews Stepan, Gabriela Nouzeilles, Marilia Coutinho ...
    Challenging traditional approaches to medical history, Disease in the History of Modern Latin America advances understandings of disease as a social and cultural construction in Latin America. This innovative collection provides a vivid look at the latest research in the cultural history of medicine through insightful essays about how disease—whether it be cholera or aids, leprosy or mental ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Medical Writing in Early Modern English

    Edited by Irma Taavitsainen, Päivi Pahta ...
    Series series Studies in English Language
    Medical writing tells us a great deal about how the language of science has developed in constructing and communicating knowledge in English. This volume provides a new perspective on the evolution of the special language of medicine, based on the electronic corpus of Early Modern English Medical Texts, containing over two million words of medical writing from 1500 to 1700. The book presents ... Read more

    $38.59 USD