History of medicine (117)

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:Werner Buselmaier erläutert, dass die evolutionäre Medizin den Menschen als Ergebnis einer langen Entwicklung sieht. Diese Betrachtungsweise im Licht der Evolution ist für das Verständnis der Natur des gesunden wie des kranken Menschen von außerorden...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This multi-disciplinary essay collection explores the controversial life and achievements of Sir John Hill (1714–1775), a prolific contributor to Georgian England’s literature, medicine and science. By the time he died, he had been knighted by the Sw...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:Wolfgang U. Eckart setzt sich vornehmlich mit dem politischen Sauerbruch – oder besser: der politischen Selbstinszenierung des großen Chirurgen – im Wandel der Systeme, die seinen Lebensweg begleiteten, auseinander. Insbesondere die über weite Streck...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This book provides a full account of the concept of fiber and fiber theory in eighteenth-century British medicine. It explores the pivotal role fiber played as a defining, underlying concept in anatomy, physiology, pathology, therapeutics, psychology...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Ende des 19. und zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts gab es sehr unterschiedliche experimentelle Befunde zur Physiologie der Kammerwasserwege. Mit seinen Untersuchungen zeigte Erich Seidel, dass der Ziliarkörper das Sekretionsorgan des Auges ist. Seine be...

publisher: Springer
year: 2011
description:This first major study of a curiously neglected term in the history of sexuality will intrigue students, scholars and enthusiasts alike. The authors take us through a journey across four centuries, showing how notions of sexual coldness and frigidity...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This book describes the history of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) covering the period from 1988 to 2014, which includes the transition from the British Paediatric Association (BPA) to the formation of the now established RC...

publisher: Springer
year: 2009
description:This book examines the relationship between medicine and the media in 1960's Britain, when the first wave of heart transplants were as much media as medical events and marked a decisive period in post-war history. Public trust in their doctors was si...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:This edited volume draws historians and anthropologists together to explore the contested worlds of epidemic corpses and their disposal. Why are burials so frequently at the center of disagreement, recrimination and protest during epidemics? Why are ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This brief traces the story of one of our most common medicines – aspirin. On a journey involving science, diverse characters, shady business deals, innovative advertising and good old-fashioned luck, Rooney and Campbell describe how aspirin was deve...

publisher: Springer
year: 2015
description:This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of s...