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  • OF THE EPIDEMICS

    by Marta Hanson ...
    The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. ... Read more

    $9.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine

    Disease and the Geographic Imagination in Late Imperial China

    by Marta Hanson ...
    Series series Needham Research Institute Series
    This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" (wenbing) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its birth to maturity and even life in modern times Marta Hanson approaches the history of Chinese medicine from a new angle. She explores the possibility of replacing older narratives that stress progress and linear development with accounts that pay ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

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    The Partial Power

    by David Shambaugh ...
    Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive ... Read more

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  • Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical breakthroughs that changed the world

    by Sheryl Persson ...
    SMALLPOX, SYPHILIS AND SALVATION is a highly accessible, engaging look at modern medicine. Since ancient times, mankind has searched for ways to defeat disease. It has only been in the last 200 years that scientists have made major inroads in medical science, and as a result, many, many lives have been, and continue to be, saved. From intense rivalries and vanity to bitter jealousies and ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • Living with Lewy Body Dementia

    One Caregiver’s Personal, In-Depth Experience

    by Judy Towne Jennings ...
    “Judy is a wonderful physical therapist, who has energy, enthusiasm and the best ‘can do’ attitude. She has accurately given a description of the major task of ‘in-home care’ that most people cannot understand. I applaud her efforts; both the monumental task of care for Dean (who was a super guy) and writing this helpful book. Job well done!”—Joyce Dunlevy Cready, RN, BSN, Rehabilitation“I want to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Dream of the Walled City

    by Lisa Huang Fleischman ...
    Marking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China.Born in 1890, the privileged and sheltered daughter of a high-ranking imperial ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Chan's Great Continent

    China in Western Minds

    by Jonathan D. Spence ...
    "Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan's Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time, and his work is both authoritative and highly readable." —Los Angeles Times Book ReviewChina has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his characteristic elegance and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Jonas Salk

    A Life

    by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs ...
    When a waiting world learned on April 12, 1955, that Jonas Salk had successfully created a vaccine to prevent poliomyelitis, he became a hero overnight. Born in a New York tenement, humble in manner, Salk had all the makings of a twentieth-century icon--a knight in a white coat. In the wake of his achievement, he received a staggering number of awards and honors; for years his name ranked with ... Read more

    $13.29 USD

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  • DSM-5 Guía para el diagnóstico clínico

    by James Morrison ...
    DSM-5® Guía para el diagnóstico clínico es una obra que describe de manera sencilla y de fácil comprensión los trastornos en la versión más reciente del Manual Diagnóstico y Estadístico de los Trastornos Mentales, DSM-5®. Su autor, el Dr. James Morrison, describe a la perfección las características de cada uno de los trastornos a través de la sección Características esenciales y de sus ... Read more

    $45.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Plague of London

    by Stephen Porter ...
    Plague has been the most feared disease across Europe since the Black Death in the 1340s. Dreaded because of the scale of the mortality and its sheer foulness, its periodic outbreaks had a devastating impact. London’s last and most destructive attack came in 1665, when, according to Bishop Gilbert Burnet, ‘a most terrible plague broke out, that depopulated the city of London, ruined the trade of ... Read more

    $9.39 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

  • 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