Medicine & Disease
The archaeology and cultural backdrop to the study of medicine and disease from the ancient world to the present day.
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The transmission of health practices (c. 1500 to 200) [Paperback]
Martin Dinges (Editor); Robert Jutte (Editor)
$53.00ISBN: 9783515098977
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 39
Little attention has been paid so far to understanding the transmission of health knowledge from the different health agents to the various target groups. Knowledge areas include chronic disease, communicable disease, consumer health, environmenta... .... Learn More -
Was ist Gesundheit?: Antworten aus Jahrhunderten [Paperback]
Klaus Bergdolt (Editor); Ingo F Herrmann (Editor)
$36.00ISBN: 9783515098366
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Impulse - Villa Vigoni im Gespräch
Volume: 3
English summary: Not only in Western society is health a coveted commodity. Its definition, however, is difficult. The contributions of this small volume, which were derived from a symposium held in the fall of 2009 at the Villa Vigoni, dis... .... Learn More -
Das wissenschaftliche Gesamtwerk des Jenaer Nervenarztes Hans Berger [Paperback]
Joachim Bauer (Editor); Harald Kluge (Editor)
$72.00ISBN: 9783515097871
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
English summary: The work of the internationally recognized neurologist Hans Berger, which is often reduced to the discovery of the EEG, has shaped the development of medicine and neuroscience. Based on extensive study of sources, particula... .... Learn More -
Bildungskonzepte der Krankenpflege in der Weimarer Republik: Die Schwesternschaft des Evangelischen Diakonievereins e.V., Berlin-Zehlendorf [Paperback]
Ulrike Gaida (Author)
$77.00ISBN: 9783515097833
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 38
English summary: What effect did the political and economic conditions of the years between the World Wars have on employees in health care, especially on Protestant nurses? Was there such a thing as the typical Protestant nurse? What, then... .... Learn More -
Tuberkulose und Menschenversuche im Nationalsozialismus: Das Netzwerk hinter den Tbc-Experimenten im Konzentrationslager Sachsenhausen [Hardback]
Christine Wolters (Author)
$74.00ISBN: 9783515093996
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Geschichte und Philosophie der Medizin. History and Philosophy of Medicine
Volume: 10
In the first half of the 20th century, tuberculosis was perceived as the greatest threat to people's health. During the National Socialist period, the sick were increasingly stigmatized and pressured into undergoing questionable forms of treatment... .... Learn More -
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft und Krebsforschung 1920-1970 [Paperback]
Eva Moser (Author)
$74.00ISBN: 9783515097918
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Studien zur Geschichte der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
Volume: 7
English summary: Normal medical research and its support from public funds is a hitherto barely explored field of historical analysis. Using German cancer research in the 20th Century as an example, which was characterized by strong dynamic... .... Learn More -
Mesmerismus oder System der Wechselwirkungen: Theorie und Anwendung des thierischen Magnetismus als die allgemeine Heilkunde zur Erhaltung des Menschen [Hardback]
F.A. Mesmer (Author); K.C. Wolfart (Editor)
$128.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9789060310298
Published by : Scientia Verlag
Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 March 5, 1815), born Friedrich Anton Mesmer, was a German physician and astrologist, who invented what he called magnétisme animal (animal magnetism) and other spiritual forces often grouped together as mesmeri... .... Learn More -
Regolamento dei Regi Spedali di Santa Maria Nuova e di Bonifazio [Hardback]
Esther Diana (Editor); Marco Geddes da Filicaia (Editor)
$115.00ISBN: 9788859608417
Published by : Edizioni Polistampa
English summary: The regulatory rules of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova and of Bonifazio in Florence date from 1789 and represent a precious source in analyzing the history of Florentine healthcare through the centuries, in particular th... .... Learn More -
Ginecologia y Patalogia Sexual Femenina en las Colecciones Medicas de Oribasio [Paperback]
Mercedes Lopez Perez (Author)
$100.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407305516
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Oribasius of Pergamum (fl. AD 300) was the Emperor Julian's personal physician and author of a considerable canon of medial literature. In this study, the author has collected and presented a bilingual translation of a selection of Oribasius' w... .... Learn More -
Bodies of Knowledge: Cultural Interpretations of Illness and Medicine in Medieval Europe [Paperback]
Sally Crawford (Author); Christina Lee (Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9781407307145
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Studies in Early Medicine originated in a series of workshops on Disease and Disability in Early Medieval Europe held at the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham and Oxford from 2005-2009. The social dimension of medical practice was a key th... .... Learn More