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This significant work records the history of the pioneering British
Home and Hospital for Incurables, founded in 1861. It examines the
social, political and medical climate through the years and charts
the fascinating and important changes over this time. It provides a
vital overview for historians of medicine, healthcare and social
development. Physicians, nurses and managers involved in care of
the elderly and long-term sick will find the research enlightening,
as will local historians and anyone with an interest in the history
of South London.
Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice is the sixth monograph to
appear in the now established and flourishing Bloomsbury Series in
Clinical Science. Written by a distinguished authority in the
field, the book gives a comprehensive and detailed description of
parasitic infections and their clinical consequences. Such
infections are no longer confined to tropical parts of the world
and now have a widespread distribution. Rapid advances are being
made in understanding their epidemiology and in diagnosing and
treating particular infections. Current literature is largely
directed to the parasites, their characteristics and their
isolation; a clinical review is clearly needed. This has now been
provided, for the author's stated objective is to "inculcate a
greater awareness, understanding and appreciation of human parastic
disease in the minds of all clinicians". London, March 1990 Jack
Tinker Preface Homo sapiens has always existed in a finely balanced
equilibrium with a great diversity of infective agents, almost all
of them of great antiquity. Many must have exerted a profound
effect on the evolution of the human genome. While the average
physician is usually aware of potentially pathogenic viruses,
bacteria (and rickettsia), and to a lesser extent fungi, hislher
knowledge of protozoan and helminthic infections is frequently
imperfect and often rudimentary.
Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the
early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957. Following
its formation at the height of the Empire, it became a forum in
which to discuss and develop ideas and current research by
physicians and clinical parasitologists into diseases prevalent in
warm climates. The book also traces the Society's growth and
development through two world wars and the turbulent national,
international and medical politics of the period. As a former
President of the Society with full access to its archives, Gordon
C. Cook is uniquely placed to create this account, which will be of
particular interest to historians and clinicians with an interest
in tropical medicine, and to fellows of the Society.
Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the
early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957. Following
its formation at the height of the Empire, it became a forum in
which to discuss and develop ideas and current research by
physicians and clinical parasitologists into diseases prevalent in
warm climates. The book also traces the Society's growth and
development through two world wars and the turbulent national,
international and medical politics of the period. As a former
President of the Society with full access to its archives, Gordon
C. Cook is uniquely placed to create this account, which will be of
particular interest to historians and clinicians with an interest
in tropical medicine, and to fellows of the Society.
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