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The Practice of Physick by Alexander Gordon

Author : Peter Bennett
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1467892572
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book The Practice of Physick by Alexander Gordon written by Peter Bennett and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable book never got to see the light of day when it was written two centuries ago. Its author, a Georgian doctor produced this examination of 18th century medicine at the same time as publishing an extremely controversial book on infection. Alexander Gordon had proved conclusively that puerperal (child-bed) fever was passed between patients by midwives. The idea met with outrage and hostility and saw him forced to leave his native city of Aberdeen, leaving behind hundreds of carefully penned pages of The Practise of Physick, a near-complete general text of medicine. Incredibly the final page of the original script even stops in mid-sentence as if the writer had fled there and then. Gordons remarkable unseen work has lain practically untouched ever since. Now painstakingly reworked by Doctor Peter Bennett, himself a medical author of international reputation, it gives a vivid account of medicine in the late 18th century. It was a time of enormous change; the industrial revolution was getting underway, and we were deep in the period of the Enlightenment. The medical profession was alive with new and unsubstantiated theory. Medical dogma that had held sway for two millennia was being challenged but the discoveries of the 19th century were but a speck on the horizon. In the 1790s doctors were still cupping, bleeding and leeching. Medications often contained the highly toxic mercury; Tar Water enjoyed a completely unjustified reputation as a universal remedy; effective drugs were prescribed indiscriminately. The book helps to explain the thinking behind practices which we would now regard as mystifying but were thought of as entirely rational at the time. Gordon's words provide a graphic and colourful account of life as a physician [and as a patient] two centuries ago. Arguably he lost his rightful place alongside the luminaries of medical history. Perhaps the book you hold in your hand will do something finally to redress the balance.

The Tragedy of Childbed Fever

Author : Irvine Loudon
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191542288
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Tragedy of Childbed Fever written by Irvine Loudon and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-01-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childbed fever was by the far the most common cause of deaths associated with childbirth up to the Second World War throughout Britain and Europe. Otherwise known as puerperal fever, it was an infection which followed childbirth and caused thousands of miserable and agonising deaths every year. This book provides the first comprehensive account of this tragic disease from its recognition in the eighteenth century up to the second half of the twentieth century. Examining this within a broad history of infective diseases, the author goes on to explore ideas from past debates about the nature of infectious diseases and contagion, the discovery of bacteria and antisepsis, and charts the complicated path which led to the discovery of antibiotics. The large majority of deaths from puerperal fever were due to one micro-organism known as Streptococcus pyogenes, and the last chapter presents valuable new ideas on the nature and epidemiology of streptococcal disease up to the present day.

Alexander Gordon

Author : Ian Alexander Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Alexander Gordon written by Ian Alexander Porter and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Witchcraft to Wisdom

Author : Geoffrey Chamberlain
Publisher : RCOG
ISBN 13 : 9781904752141
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (521 download)

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Download or read book From Witchcraft to Wisdom written by Geoffrey Chamberlain and published by RCOG. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a history of childbearing in the British Isles from 1540 to the high-tech deliveries of today.

Contagionism Catches On

Author : Margaret DeLacy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319509594
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Contagionism Catches On written by Margaret DeLacy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows how contagionism evolved in eighteenth century Britain and describes the consequences of this evolution. By the late eighteenth century, the British medical profession was divided between traditionalists, who attributed acute diseases to the interaction of internal imbalances with external factors such as weather, and reformers, who blamed contagious pathogens. The reformers, who were often “outsiders,” English Nonconformists or men born outside England, emerged from three coincidental transformations: transformation in medical ideas, in the nature and content of medical education, and in the sort of men who became physicians. Adopting contagionism led them to see acute diseases as separate entities, spurring a process that reoriented medical research, changed communities, established new medical institutions, and continues to the present day.

The Early History of Surgery

Author : William John Bishop
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781566197984
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book The Early History of Surgery written by William John Bishop and published by Barnes & Noble Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Includes graphic accounts of the evolution of wound treatment; blood transfusion; body snatching for the teaching of anatomy; and surgical instruments. Much of The Early History of Surgery is based on the original writings of the surgeons themselves."--Publisher's description

Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever

Author : Charles James Cullingworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Contagiousness of Puerperal Fever written by Charles James Cullingworth and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment

Author : Roger L. Emerson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317141644
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment by : Roger L. Emerson

Download or read book Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment written by Roger L. Emerson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and scientific progress, in a country previously considered to be marginal to the European intellectual scene. Yet the enlightenment was not about politeness or civic humanism, but something more basic - the making of an improved society which could compete in every way in a rapidly changing world. David Hume, writing in 1752, commented that 'industry, knowledge and humanity are linked together by an indissoluble chain'. Collectively this volume of essays embraces many of the topics which Hume included under 'industry, knowledge and humanity': from the European Enlightenment and the Scots relation to it, to Scottish social history and its relation to religion, science and medicine. Overarching themes of what it meant to be enlightened in the eighteenth century are considered alongside more specific studies of notable figures of the period, such as Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, and David Hume, and the training and number of Scottish medical students. Together, the volume provides an opportunity to step back and reconsider the Scottish Enlightenment in its broader context and to consider what new directions this field of study might take.

A Dictionary of the History of Medicine

Author : Anton Sebastian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351469991
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the History of Medicine written by Anton Sebastian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique, extensively illustrated dictionary of terms, people, events, and dates spanning the entire history of medicine. It is a monumental work of scholarship totaling some 700 double-column pages with a large number of rare and exceptional illustrations from many original sources painstakingly compiled over years of far-searching inquiry involving more than 5,000 books and hundreds of journals. It is a major resource of hard-to-find information about notable medical figures, instruments, conditions, procedures, and dates and a storehouse of captivating anecdotes and background material. The book contains a wealth of material for concise historical introductions to a broad range of subjects and is the sine qua non authority on both well and little known facts of medical history. With this single volume-an unprecedented tour de force representing more than 7,000 hours of exhaustive research-clinicians and researchers from all fields of medicine can quickly and easily find authoritative, detailed definitions and descriptions, with dates, of medical terms and of the people and events contributing to the development of medicine from earliest times to the present day. The entries range widely from such as abacterial pyuria to zygote, including Latin and Greek origins of terms, compact biographies with dates, eponymic information of all kinds, and rarely seen drawings and photographs of antique medical instruments and little-known conditions.

The Microbes Fight Back

Author : Laura Bowater
Publisher : Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN 13 : 1788014111
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Microbes Fight Back written by Laura Bowater and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antibiotics are familiar drugs to us all, so familiar that we may take them for granted. They allow us to survive life-threatening infections, and allow us to protect the animals we farm for food. Many antibiotics have now become ineffective against common diseases, and there are few alternative treatments to replace them. In this topical popular science book, Laura Bowater, Professor of Microbiology Education and Engagement at Norwich Medical School, considers the past, present and uncertain future of antibiotics. This book begins by looking back at how infectious diseases, such as smallpox and the plague, were able to wreak havoc on populations before the discovery of the first antibiotics. These then revolutionised the medical world. In an engaging and accessible style, Professor Bowater takes the reader through how antibiotics are made, how bacteria are able to mutate and develop resistance and she explains why there is now a lack of new antibiotic drugs coming to market. What will a future of continued antibiotic resistance look like? How can human activities prevent the rise of ‘superbugs'? Professor Bowater highlights the need for universal cooperation in order to tackle this global health challenge, which, if not addressed, could transport us back to the medical dark ages.

The Aberdeen University Calendar

Author : University of Aberdeen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Aberdeen University Calendar written by University of Aberdeen and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820

Author : Richard J. Kahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190053267
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Diseases in the District of Maine 1772 - 1820 written by Richard J. Kahn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremiah Barker practiced medicine in rural Maine up until his retirement in 1818. Throughout his practice of fifty years, he documented his constant efforts to keep up with and contribute to the medical literature in a changing medical landscape, as practice and authority shifted from historical to scientific methods. He performed experiments and autopsies, became interested in the new chemistry of Lavoisier, risked scorn in his use of alkaline remedies, studied epidemic fever and approaches to bloodletting, and struggled to understand epidemic fever, childbed fever, cancer, public health, consumption, mental illness, and the "dangers of spirituous liquors." Dr. Barker intended to publish his Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820 by subscription - advance pledges to purchase the published volume - but for reasons that remain uncertain, that never happened. For the first time, Barker's never before published work has been transcribed and presented in its entirety with extensive annotations, a five-chapter introduction to contextualize the work, and a glossary to make it accessible to 21st century general readers, genealogists, students, and historians. This engaging and insightful new publication allows modern readers to reimagine medicine as practiced by a rural physician in New England. We know much about how elite physicians practiced 200 years ago, but very little about the daily practice of an ordinary rural doctor, attending the ordinary rural patient. Barker's manuscript is written in a clear and engaging style, easily enjoyed by general readers as well as historians, with extensive footnotes and a glossary of terms. Barker himself intended his book to be "understood by those destitute of medical science."

Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Author : Thomas F. Baskett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108386199
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Eponyms and Names in Obstetrics and Gynaecology written by Thomas F. Baskett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few specialties have a longer or richer eponymous background than obstetrics and gynaecology. Eponyms add a human side to an increasingly technical profession and represent the historic tradition and language of the speciality. This collection aims to perpetuate the names and contributions of pioneers and offer introductory profiles to the founders in whose steps we follow. This third edition includes 26 new entries, as well as expanded detail, illustration and quotation for existing entries. Biographical data and historical and medical context are discussed for each of the 391 names, with reference to 34 countries, reflecting the field's far reaching origins. More than 1700 original references feature, alongside an extensive bibliography of more than 2500 linked references to assist readers searching for more detailed information. This is a volume for physicians, midwives, medical historians, medical ethicists and all those interested in the history and evolution of obstetrical and gynaecological treatment.

British Medical Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1616 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Liberation by Oppression

Author : Thomas Szasz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351508776
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Liberation by Oppression written by Thomas Szasz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally called mad-doctoring, psychiatry began in the seventeenth century with the establishing of madhouses and the legal empowering of doctors to incarcerate persons denominated as insane. Until the end of the nineteenth century, every relationship between psychiatrist and patient was based on domination and coercion, as between master and slave. Psychiatry, its emblem the state mental hospital, was a part of the public sphere, the sphere of coercion.The advent of private psychotherapy, at the end of the nineteenth century, split psychiatry in two: some patients continued to be the involuntary inmates of state hospitals; others became the voluntary patients of privately practicing psychotherapists. Psychotherapy was officially defined as a type of medical treatment, but actually was a secular-medical version of the cure of souls. Relationships between therapist and patient, Thomas Szasz argues, was based on cooperation and contract, as is relationships between employer and employee, or, between clergyman and parishioner. Psychotherapy, its emblem the therapist's office, was a part of the private sphere, the contract.Through most of the twentieth century, psychiatry was a house divided-half-slave, and half-free. During the past few decades, psychiatry became united again: all relations between psychiatrists and patients, regardless of the nature of the interaction between them, are now based on actual or potential coercion. This situation is the result of two major ""reforms"" that deprive therapist and patient alike of the freedom to contract with one another: Therapists now have a double duty: they must protect all mental patients-involuntary and voluntary, hospitalized or outpatient, incompetent or competent-from themselves. They must also protect the public from all patients.Persons designated as mental patients may be exempted from responsibility for the deleterious consequences of their own behavior if it is attributed to mental illne

The Rise of Surgery

Author : Owen Harding Wangensteen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Surgery written by Owen Harding Wangensteen and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Surgical Revolution

Author : Peter F. Jones
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
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Download or read book A Surgical Revolution written by Peter F. Jones and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2007 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the story of some pioneers who, during the nineteenth century, transformed the practice of surgery. This book includes vivid descriptions of the patients treated, as well as the charismatic surgeons. It covers a number of sources, stories and anecdotes that are useful for the general reader, historians, medics and scientists.