History of Medicine


How Doctors Think

Clinical Judgment and the Practice of Medicine
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Hardback Oct 2005 ISBN13: 9780195187120ISBN10: 0195187121 How Doctors Think defines the nature and importance of clinical judgment.
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Suicide in the Middle Ages

Volume 2: The Curse on Self-Murder
$122.50
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Hardback Jul 2000 ISBN13: 9780198207313ISBN10: 019820731X
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Making the Cut in South Africa

A Medico-Politico Journey
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Paperback Jul 2010 ISBN13: 9781853157554ISBN10: 1853157554 Full of poignant tales touching on controversial subjects such as racism and poverty, corruption in medical practice, and African political history, this is a book for anyone.
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The Sick Child in Early Modern England, 1580-1720

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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199650491ISBN10: 0199650497 The first book devoted to the subject of children's health and illness in early modern England
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Viruses, Plagues, and History

Past, Present and Future
Revised and Expanded Edition
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Paperback Oct 2009 ISBN13: 9780195327311ISBN10: 0195327314 An internationally recognized expert provides a riveting history of humanity's never-ending battle with viral disease, ranging from small pox to West Nile.
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No One Was Turned Away

The Role of Public Hospitals in New York City since 1900
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Hardback Jan 1999 ISBN13: 9780195119503ISBN10: 0195119509 A rigorous case study that compares public and private approaches to medicine
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Shattered Dreams

An Oral History of the South African AIDS Epidemic
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Hardback May 2007 ISBN13: 9780195307306ISBN10: 0195307305 The struggle to combat the world's most catastrophic AIDS epidemic.
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Polio

An American Story
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Hardback Mar 2005 ISBN13: 9780195152944ISBN10: 0195152948 Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in History
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense--and intensely bitter--competition to find the first vaccine

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Polio

An American Story
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Paperback Aug 2006 ISBN13: 9780195307146ISBN10: 0195307143 Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History
The gripping story of the 1950s polio scare and of the intense--and intensely bitter--competition to find the first vaccine

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Legacy

A Genetic History of the Jewish People
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Hardback Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780195379617ISBN10: 0195379616 A fascinating account of the researchers who revolutionized our understanding of the Jewish people and helped to make population genetics a major scientific field
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