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Book Synopsis Pills and Potions by : Mary Atkinson
Download or read book Pills and Potions written by Mary Atkinson and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of medicine, exploring its roots in traditional natural remedies and how it has developed over time.
Book Synopsis Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic by : Elaine G. Breslaw
Download or read book Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic written by Elaine G. Breslaw and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health in early America was generally good. The food was plentiful, the air and water were clean, and people tended to enjoy strong constitutions as a result of this environment. Practitioners of traditional forms of health care enjoyed high social status, and the cures they offered—from purging to mere palliatives—carried a powerful authority. Consequently, most American doctors felt little need to keep up with Europe’s medical advances relying heavily on their traditional depletion methods. However, in the years following the American Revolution as poverty increased and America’s water and air became more polluted, people grew sicker. Traditional medicine became increasingly ineffective. Instead, Americans sought out both older and newer forms of alternative medicine and people who embraced these methods: midwives, folk healers, Native American shamans, African obeahs and the new botanical and water cure advocates. In this overview of health and healing in early America, Elaine G. Breslaw describes the evolution of public health crises and solutions. Breslaw examines “ethnic borrowings” (of both disease and treatment) of early American medicine and the tension between trained doctors and the lay public. While orthodox medicine never fully lost its authority, Lotions, Potions, Pills, and Magic argues that their ascendance over other healers didn’t begin until the early twentieth century, as germ theory finally migrated from Europe to the United States and American medical education achieved professional standing.
Book Synopsis Pills, Potions, and Poisons by : T. W. Stone
Download or read book Pills, Potions, and Poisons written by T. W. Stone and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About half of all the medicines prescribed by doctors are not taken by their patients. One of the reasons most commonly given by patients for not taking drugs is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand and of which they are afraid. This book attempts to rectify this problem by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Most chapters include fascinating background information on how some of our most important drugs were discovered, along with intriguing and often amusing anecdotes about the drugs and the people behind their discovery. Each chapter also includes a summary of the key points together with illustrations, photographs or diagrams to summarise the main groups and how they work in the body. The book covers all the major groups of drugs, with complete listings of all the drugs available in the UK and the USA, so that the reader can locate his or her specific drug and read about the actions of the drugs in that group. The various chapters cover drugs used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, ulcers, cancers, infections, impotence, incontinence, arthritis, osteoporosis, as well as hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives and drugs used in disorders of the brain such as schizophrenia, depression, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy. There is also a chapter on drugs which are abused such as cannabis, alcohol, nicotine and ecstasy, and a chapter covering some of the poisons we encounter, such as carbon monoxide, arsenic, sheep dip, and the venoms of snakes, spiders, scorpions and marine organisms. Here, then, a fascinating survey of how chemicals have their effects in the body. It shows how drugs work and explains why it is that taking some medicines for many years is far safer than suffering the long-term effects of disease. Pills, Potions and Poisons is an entertaining read that should also help to improve your health and quality of life.
Book Synopsis Pills and Potions by : Mary Atkinson
Download or read book Pills and Potions written by Mary Atkinson and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a history of medicine, exploring its roots in traditional natural remedies and how it has developed over time.
Book Synopsis Pills, Powders & Potions by : John Townsend
Download or read book Pills, Powders & Potions written by John Townsend and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this history of medication and find out how pills, powders, and potions were a part of medical history. Learn why doctors are sometimes called quacks. Find out why snails and brown sugar were important for treating someone with a sore throat. Discover how people in ancient times treated illness. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how medicine has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.
Book Synopsis Pills, Potions and Poisons : How Drugs Work by : Trevor Stone
Download or read book Pills, Potions and Poisons : How Drugs Work written by Trevor Stone and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-03-16 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About half of all the medicines prescribed by doctors are not taken by their patients. One of the reasons most commonly given by patients for not taking drugs is that they feel unhappy about taking medicines which they do not understand and of which they are afraid. This book attempts to rectify this problem by showing in clear, non-technical language how medicines and other drugs work in the body to reduce the effects of disease. Most chapters include fascinating background information on how some of our most important drugs were discovered, along with intriguing and often amusing anecdotes about the drugs and the people behind their discovery. Each chapter also includes a summary of the key points together with illustrations, photographs or diagrams to summarise the main groups and how they work in the body. The book covers all the major groups of drugs, with complete listings of all the drugs available in the UK and the USA, so that the reader can locate his or her specific drug and read about the actions of the drugs in that group. The various chapters cover drugs used to treat high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation, ulcers, cancers, infections, impotence, incontinence, arthritis, osteoporosis, as well as hormone replacement therapy, oral contraceptives and drugs used in disorders of the brain such as schizophrenia, depression, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and epilepsy. There is also a chapter on drugs which are abused such as cannabis, alcohol, nicotine and ecstasy, and a chapter covering some of the poisons we encounter, such as carbon monoxide, arsenic, sheep dip, and the venoms of snakes, spiders, scorpions and marine organisms. Here, then, a fascinating survey of how chemicals have their effects in the body. It shows how drugs work and explains why it is that taking some medicines for many years is far safer than suffering the long-term effects of disease. Pills, Potions and Poisons is an entertaining read that should also help to improve your health and quality of life.
Book Synopsis Pills and Potions Still Work... by :
Download or read book Pills and Potions Still Work... written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pills and Potions by : PlaneTree Publishing
Download or read book Pills and Potions written by PlaneTree Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pills and Potions by : James P. Kehrer
Download or read book Pills and Potions written by James P. Kehrer and published by Arco Pub. This book was released on 1984 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Revolutionary Conceptions by : Susan E. Klepp
Download or read book Revolutionary Conceptions written by Susan E. Klepp and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Age of Revolution, how did American women conceive their lives and marital obligations? By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, beauty, and identity, Susan E. Klepp demonstrates that many women--rural and urban, free and enslaved--began to radically redefine motherhood. They asserted, or attempted to assert, control over their bodies, their marriages, and their daughters' opportunities. Late-eighteenth-century American women were among the first in the world to disavow the continual childbearing and large families that had long been considered ideal. Liberty, equality, and heartfelt religion led to new conceptions of virtuous, rational womanhood and responsible parenthood. These changes can be seen in falling birthrates, in advice to friends and kin, in portraits, and in a gradual, even reluctant, shift in men's opinions. Revolutionary-era women redefined femininity, fertility, family, and their futures by limiting births. Women might not have won the vote in the new Republic, they might not have gained formal rights in other spheres, but, Klepp argues, there was a women's revolution nonetheless.
Book Synopsis Painful History Pills, Powders and Potions by : John Townsend
Download or read book Painful History Pills, Powders and Potions written by John Townsend and published by . This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grisly past and extraordinary future of medicine is revealed in the 'A Painful History of Medicine' series. This book focuses on how pills, powders and potions have developed throughout history.
Book Synopsis Potions, Poisons and Pills - Weird and Wonderful Medicines by : John Barndon
Download or read book Potions, Poisons and Pills - Weird and Wonderful Medicines written by John Barndon and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Love Potions by : Cynthia Mervis Watson
Download or read book Love Potions written by Cynthia Mervis Watson and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1993 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Cupid's arrow to Spanish fly, world cultures are infused with the lore--and the lure--of "magic bullets" that stimulate, increase, and prolong sexual ardor in ourselves and others. This book gives detailed information on effective aphrodisiacs from traditional medical and alternative technologies, explains the facts and explodes the myths about their positive and negative effects.
Book Synopsis Pills, Powders and Potions by : John Townsend
Download or read book Pills, Powders and Potions written by John Townsend and published by Raintree Freestyle. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this history of medication and find out how pills, powders, and potions were a part of medical history. Learn why doctors are sometimes called quacks. Find out why snails and brown sugar were important for treating someone with a sore throat. Discover how people in ancient times treated illness. Read these real-life stories and fascinating news reports to learn how medicine has changed throughout the years. Eye-catching photographs help you visualize medical treatment and conditions in this painful history of medicine book.
Book Synopsis Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs by : Wayne Bethard
Download or read book Lotions, Potions, and Deadly Elixirs written by Wayne Bethard and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives an account of early-day medicines and medical practitioners during the past two to three centuries in America.
Download or read book Love is the Drug written by Brian D. Earp and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-30 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if there were a pill for love? Or an anti-love drug, designed to help us break up? This controversial and timely new book argues that recent medical advances have brought chemical control of our romantic lives well within our grasp. Substances affecting love and relationships, whether prescribed by doctors or even illicitly administered, are not some far-off speculation – indeed our most intimate connections are already being influenced by pills we take for other purposes, such as antidepressants. Treatments involving certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA—the active ingredient in Ecstasy—might soon exist to encourage feelings of love and help ordinary couples work through relationship difficulties. Others may ease a breakup or soothe feelings of rejection. Such substances could have transformative implications for how we think about and experience love. This brilliant intervention into the debate builds a case for conducting further research into "love drugs" and "anti-love drugs" and explores their ethical implications for individuals and society. Rich in anecdotal evidence and case-studies, the book offers a highly readable insight into a cutting-edge field of medical research that could have profound effects on us all. Will relationships be the same in the future? Will we still marry? It may be up to you to decide whether you want a chemical romance.
Download or read book Old Wives Tales written by Carol Cooke and published by Business Education Publishers. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
