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Anxiety, Volume 103 (Hardcover): Gerald Litwack Anxiety, Volume 103 (Hardcover)
Gerald Litwack
R4,804 Discovery Miles 48 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anxiety, the latest volume in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, and the longest-running serial published by Academic Press, provides up-to-date information on the roles that hormones and other factors play in anxiety and stress. Each volume focuses on a single molecule or disease that is related to vitamins or hormones, with the topic broadly interpreted to include related substances, such as transmitters, cytokines, growth factors, and others thoroughly reviewed.

Headache - Through the Centuries (Hardcover): Mervyn J. Eadie Headache - Through the Centuries (Hardcover)
Mervyn J. Eadie
R2,907 Discovery Miles 29 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Headache: Through the Centuries illuminates the history of headaches with a particular interest in how the disorder has been understood and treated since the earliest recorded accounts, dating from around 4000 BC. Different types of headache were being recognized as early as the 2nd century AD. Over the years, though, the classification of types of headache has changed so that headache patterns described in the past are often difficult to relate to present-day types of headache. Since that time, a great deal of material on the topic has become available, the full gamut of manifestations of the disorder has been described, and considerable insight into its mechanisms has been obtained, though no completely satisfactory explanation of the disorder has yet become available. Providing an extensive history and the development of our understanding of headache over the course of six millennia, Headache: Through the Centuries is thought-provoking and relevant reading for neurologists, medical historians, and anyone interested in headaches.

A History of Immunology (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Arthur M. Silverstein A History of Immunology (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Arthur M. Silverstein
R2,384 Discovery Miles 23 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written by an immunologist, this book traces the concept of immunity from ancient times up to the present day, examining how changing concepts and technologies have affected the course of the science. It shows how the personalities of scientists and even political and social factors influenced both theory and practice in the field. With fascinating stories of scientific disputes and shifting scientific trends, each chapter examines an important facet of this discipline that has been so central to the development of modern biomedicine. With its biographical dictionary of important scientists and its lists of significant discoveries and books, this volume will provide the most complete historical reference in the field.
Written in an elegant style by long-time practicing immunologist
Discusses the changing theories and technologies that guided the field
Tells of the exciting disputes among prominent scientists
Lists all the important discoveries and books in the field
Explains in detail the many Nobel prize-winning contributions of immunologists"

A Life of Ernest Starling (Hardcover): John Henderson A Life of Ernest Starling (Hardcover)
John Henderson
R1,127 Discovery Miles 11 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his ???Law of the Heart, ??? but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His analysis of capillary function demonstrated that equal and opposite forces move across the capillary wall--an outward (hydrostatic) force and an inward (osmotic) force derived from plasma proteins.
Starling??'s contributions include:
*Developing the "Frank-Starling Law of the Heart," presented in 1915 and modified in 1919.
*The Starling equation, describing fluid shifts in the body (1896)
*The discovery of secretin, the first hormone, with Bayliss (1902) and the introduction of the concept of hormones (1905).

Oregon Asylum (Paperback): Diane L. Goeres-Gardner Oregon Asylum (Paperback)
Diane L. Goeres-Gardner
R609 R552 Discovery Miles 5 520 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Oregon State Insane Asylum was opened in Salem on October 23, 1883, and is one of the oldest continuously operated mental hospitals on the West Coast. In 1913, the name was changed to the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). The history of OSH parallels the development and growth in psychiatric knowledge throughout the United States. Oregon was active in the field of electroshock treatments, lobotomies, and eugenics. At one point, in 1959, there were more than 3,600 patients living on the campus. The Oscar-winning movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was filmed inside the hospital in 1972. In 2008, the entire campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and the state began a $360-million restoration project to bring the hospital to modern standards. The story of OSH is one of intrigue, scandal, recovery, and hope.

Fifty Years in Public Health (Routledge Revivals) - A Personal Narrative with Comments (Hardcover): Sir Arthur Newsholme Fifty Years in Public Health (Routledge Revivals) - A Personal Narrative with Comments (Hardcover)
Sir Arthur Newsholme
R5,858 Discovery Miles 58 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

First published in 1935, this book provides a valuable contribution to the history of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. Written as a recollection of the experiences and knowledge of Sir Arthur Newsholme, the book covers a period in which phenomenal progress was made.

Maine Nursing - Interviews and History on Caring and Competence (Paperback): Valerie Hart, Susan Henderson, Juliana... Maine Nursing - Interviews and History on Caring and Competence (Paperback)
Valerie Hart, Susan Henderson, Juliana L'Heureux, Ann Sossong
R561 R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Urge - Our History of Addiction (Paperback): Carl Erik Fisher The Urge - Our History of Addiction (Paperback)
Carl Erik Fisher
R477 R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker and The Boston Globe An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction-a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives-by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own family and himself "Carl Erik Fisher's The Urge is the best-written and most incisive book I've read on the history of addiction. In the midst of an overdose crisis that grows worse by the hour and has vexed America for centuries, Fisher has given us the best prescription of all: understanding. He seamlessly blends a gripping historical narrative with memoir that doesn't self-aggrandize; the result is a full-throated argument against blaming people with substance use disorder. The Urge is a propulsive tour de force that is as healing as it is enjoyable to read." -Beth Macy, author of Dopesick Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best way to treat it. With uncommon empathy and erudition, Carl Erik Fisher draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher, and alcoholic in recovery as he traces the history of a phenomenon that, centuries on, we hardly appear closer to understanding-let alone addressing effectively. As a psychiatrist-in-training fresh from medical school, Fisher was soon face-to-face with his own addiction crisis, one that nearly cost him everything. Desperate to make sense of the condition that had plagued his family for generations, he turned to the history of addiction, learning that the current quagmire is only the latest iteration of a centuries-old story: humans have struggled to define, treat, and control addictive behavior for most of recorded history, including well before the advent of modern science and medicine. A rich, sweeping account that probes not only medicine and science but also literature, religion, philosophy, and public policy, The Urge illuminates the extent to which the story of addiction has persistently reflected broader questions of what it means to be human and care for one another. Fisher introduces us to the people who have endeavored to address this complex condition through the ages: physicians and politicians, activists and artists, researchers and writers, and of course the legions of people who have struggled with their own addictions. He also examines the treatments and strategies that have produced hope and relief for many people with addiction, himself included. Only by reckoning with our history of addiction, he argues-our successes and our failures-can we light the way forward for those whose lives remain threatened by its hold. The Urge is at once an eye-opening history of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and a clinician's urgent call for a more expansive, nuanced, and compassionate view of one of society's most intractable challenges.

Food and Health in Early Modern Europe - Diet, Medicine and Society, 1450-1800 (Hardcover): David Gentilcore Food and Health in Early Modern Europe - Diet, Medicine and Society, 1450-1800 (Hardcover)
David Gentilcore
R4,240 Discovery Miles 42 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2016 Food and Health in Early Modern Europe is both a history of food practices and a history of the medical discourse about that food. It is also an exploration of the interaction between the two: the relationship between evolving foodways and shifting medical advice on what to eat in order to stay healthy. It provides the first in-depth study of printed dietary advice covering the entire early modern period, from the late-15th century to the early-19th; it is also the first to trace the history of European foodways as seen through the prism of this advice. David Gentilcore offers a doctor's-eye view of changing food and dietary fashions: from Portugal to Poland, from Scotland to Sicily, not forgetting the expanding European populations of the New World. In addition to exploring European regimens throughout the period, works of materia medica, botany, agronomy and horticulture are considered, as well as a range of other printed sources, such as travel accounts, cookery books and literary works. The book also includes 30 illustrations, maps and extensive chapter bibliographies with web links included to further aid study. Food and Health in Early Modern Europe is the essential introduction to the relationship between food, health and medicine for history students and scholars alike.

Military Medicine - From Ancient Times to the 21st Century (Hardcover): Jack E. McCallum Military Medicine - From Ancient Times to the 21st Century (Hardcover)
Jack E. McCallum
R3,398 Discovery Miles 33 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume highlights the people and scientific developments in military medicine through the ages, concentrating on medical advances that changed both warfare and societies at home. Thanks to advances in field medicine and improved mobility and efficiency of medical units, the death rate of soldiers injured during battle has dramatically declined in the last 100 years. Nowadays, with forward medical stations operating close to battle lines and medical transports (ground and air) at hand, injured soldiers survive their battle wounds. Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century provides expert coverage of the key role medical advances and practices have played in the evolution of warfare, and how many of those advances and practices have been put to work saving and improving civilian lives as well. Military Medicine surveys the development of military medicine from its prehistoric origins through modern threats and practice. That coverage is followed by over 200 of alphabetically organized entries with special emphasis placed on those areas with the most dramatic applications to civilian medicine, including triage and trauma management, treatment for infections, emergency surgical procedures, and more.

Columbarium - Or, the Pigeon-House. Followed by an Account of Some Medicines Prepar'd by John Moore (Paperback): John Moore Columbarium - Or, the Pigeon-House. Followed by an Account of Some Medicines Prepar'd by John Moore (Paperback)
John Moore
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Essay on Natural Labours. by Thomas Denman, M.D (Paperback): Thomas Denman An Essay on Natural Labours. by Thomas Denman, M.D (Paperback)
Thomas Denman
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Method of Preventing or Diminishing Pain in Several Operations of Surgery. by James Moore (Paperback): James Carrick Moore A Method of Preventing or Diminishing Pain in Several Operations of Surgery. by James Moore (Paperback)
James Carrick Moore
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Letters to Married Women on Nursing and the Management of Children (Paperback): Hugh Smith Letters to Married Women on Nursing and the Management of Children (Paperback)
Hugh Smith
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (Paperback): Daniel Wildman A Complete Guide for the Management of Bees Throughout the Year (Paperback)
Daniel Wildman
R399 Discovery Miles 3 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Free Observations on the Scurvy, Gout, Diet, and Remedy (Paperback): Francis Spilsbury Free Observations on the Scurvy, Gout, Diet, and Remedy (Paperback)
Francis Spilsbury
R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds (Paperback): Thomas Longmore A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds (Paperback)
Thomas Longmore
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Reasons Against the Inoculation of the Small-Pox. in a Letter to Dr. Jurin. Being a Full Answer to Every Thing Which Mr.... Reasons Against the Inoculation of the Small-Pox. in a Letter to Dr. Jurin. Being a Full Answer to Every Thing Which Mr. Maitland and Others Have Advanced Upon the Subject. With a Particular Account of the Late Miss Rolt's Case, as Attested Under the Hand (Paperback)
Francis Howgrave
R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Rural Oeconomy - Or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry: Designed to Explain Several of the Most Important Methods of... Rural Oeconomy - Or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry: Designed to Explain Several of the Most Important Methods of Conducting Farms of Various Kinds; Including Many Useful Hints to Gentlemen Farmers Relative to the OEconomical Management of Their (Paperback)
Arthur Young
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Observations, Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients - and the Analogy Between Them and Modern Wines.... Observations, Historical, Critical, and Medical, on the Wines of the Ancients - and the Analogy Between Them and Modern Wines. With General Observations on the Principles and Qualities of Water, and in Particular on Those of Bath (Paperback)
Edward Barry
R678 Discovery Miles 6 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Practical Essay on the Cure of Venereal, Scorbutic, Arthritic, Leprous, Scrophulous, and Cancerous Disorders - in a Method... A Practical Essay on the Cure of Venereal, Scorbutic, Arthritic, Leprous, Scrophulous, and Cancerous Disorders - in a Method Entirely New. by Joseph Higgs (Paperback)
Joseph Higgs
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Euclid's Elements. Vol. Ii. - Containing the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Books;... Euclid's Elements. Vol. Ii. - Containing the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Books; With the Data: Being the Remaining Parts of That Work Which Were Not Publish'd by the Late Dr. Keil. Now First Translated from Dr. Grego (Paperback)
Euclid
R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art of Surgery - in Which Is Laid Down Such a General Idea Od the Same ...: in Two Volumes (Paperback): Daniel Turner The Art of Surgery - in Which Is Laid Down Such a General Idea Od the Same ...: in Two Volumes (Paperback)
Daniel Turner
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Observations and Experiments on the Poison of Copper (Paperback): William Falconer Observations and Experiments on the Poison of Copper (Paperback)
William Falconer
R401 Discovery Miles 4 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor; Or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle (Paperback): Francis Clater Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor; Or, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Horned Cattle (Paperback)
Francis Clater
R600 Discovery Miles 6 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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