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The Politics of Vaccination : Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, 1800-1874
Deborah Brunton
Hardcover - $168.95
Osler : Inspirations from a Great Physician
Charles S. Bryan
Hardcover - $102.95
Sir William Osler (1849-1919), one of the world's most influential physicians at the turn of the twentieth century, remained popular long after his death largely due to his inspirational texts. Regretfully, changing times and literary tastes have les ...
Below the Magic Mountain - A Social History of Tuberculosis in Twentieth Century Britain.
Linda Bryder
Hardcover - $380.95
It was not until the early 20th century that tuberculosis was perceived in Britain as a major problem warranting state involvement in a national campaign for its eradication. This original study examines the rise of the anti-tuberculosis movement and ...
The Growth of Medicine from the Earliest Times to about 1800
Albert H. Buck
Hardcover - $93.95
Buck breaks the history of Medicine into three parts including Ancient Medicine, Mediaeval Medicine and Medicine During the Renaissance. Partial Contents: Development of the Science and Art of Medicine; Oriental Medicine; Hippocrates the Great; Hospi ...
The Growth of Medicine from the Earliest Times to about 1800
Albert H. Buck
Paperback - $71.95
Buck breaks the history of Medicine into three parts including Ancient Medicine, Mediaeval Medicine and Medicine During the Renaissance. Partial Contents: Development of the Science and Art of Medicine; Oriental Medicine; Hippocrates the Great; Hospi ...
Bitter Nemesis : The Intimate History of Strychnine
John Buckingham
Paperback - $86.95
Bitter Nemesis: The Intimate History of Strychnine is the first book ever to chronicle the history and impact of strychnine, from its discovery to present times. The author compiles a scholarly, yet compelling account of this fascinating chemical sub ...
Penicillin : Triumph and Tragedy
Robert Bud
Hardcover - $138.95
Penicillin is the drug of the twentieth century. It was the first of the antibiotics that, for decades after the Second World War, underpinned a popular belief that the threat of infectious disease had at last met its match. With the emergence of 'su ...
On the Causes of Fever (1839)
William Budd
Paperback - $54.95
W. Goodall and Margaret Pelling, this book sets forth Williams Budd's thoughts on typhoid by reference to an unsuccessful essay he submitted for the Thackeray Prize in 1840.
No Place Like Home : A History of Nursing and Home Care in the United States
Karen Buhler-Wilkerson
Paperback - $47.95
No Place Like Home sets out to determine why home care, despite its potential as a cost-effective alternative to institutional care, remains a marginalized experiment in care giving. Nurse and historian Karen Buhler-Wilkerson traces the history of ho ...