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Between Heaven and Earth
Harriet Beinfield
Paperback - $27.95
Two of the foremost American educators and healers in the Chinese medical profession demystify Chinese medicine's centuries-odl approach to health. Combining Eastern traditions with Western sensibilities in a unique blend that is relevant today, BETW ...
Medicine and Modernity
Manfred Berg
Paperback - $96.95
This collection addresses, in a comprehensive and critical fashion, fundamental issues in the history of medicine in modern Germany and considers the nature of modern German government and society in relation to Western social, political, and economi ...
Medicine, Madness and Social History : Essays in Honour of Roy Porter
Roberta Bivins
Hardcover - $168.95
Honoring and extending the work of historian Roy Porter, this volume offers lively, accessible and often topical chapters presenting orginal research on the social history of medicine, madness and the Enlightenment.
In the Shadow of Polio : A Personal and Social History
Kathryn Black
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"In 1954 Kathryn Black's mother became one of the millions of people worldwide stricken with polio. A year later, as the Salk vaccine became widely available, the nation heaved a collective sigh of rel"
The Phantom Museum : And Henry Wellcome's Collection of Medical Curiosities
Peter Blegvad
Paperback - $38.95
Businessman and philanthropist Sir Henry Wellcome-co-founder of Burroughs Wellcome & Co., one of the first giant pharmaceutical companies--was fascinated by anthropology and the history of medicine. His great ambition was to trace the story of the hu ...
Hepatitis B : The Hunt for a Killer Virus
Baruch S. Blumberg
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""Hepatitis B is one of the world's most common viruses--and one of the top ten killers. Unlike much else in our often gloom-filled world, it looks likely that HBV will be effectively controlled, and possibly eradicated, within the next decade. If so ...
Preserve Your Love for Science : Life of William a Hammond, American Neurologist
Bonnie Ellen Blustein
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In this full-length biography of a major nineteenth century American medical personality, Bonnie Ellen Blustein shows how William A. Hammond, M.D. developed his specialty practice in neurology as a vehicle through which to pursue broad scientific int ...