The Book of Health
Author : Randolph Lee Clark
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Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Health & Fitness
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Author : Randolph Lee Clark
Publisher :
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Health & Fitness
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Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,94 MB
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1501733451
Long ago, curiosities were arranged in cabinets for display: a dried mermaid might be next to a giant's shinbone, the skeletons of conjoined twins beside an Egyptian mummy. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice, vicious tribes of tailed men, and the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. Bondeson tells the story of Mary Toft, who gained notoriety in 1726 when she allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits. King George I, the Prince of Wales, and the court physicians attributed these monstrous births to a "maternal impression" because Mary had longed for a meal of rabbit while pregnant. Bondeson explains that the fallacy of maternal impressions, conspicuous in the novels of Goethe, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, has ancient roots in Chinese and Babylonian manuscripts. Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair growing over her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her a simian or ape-like appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummified and continued to exhibit it throughout Europe. Bondeson tracked the mummy down and managed to diagnose Julia Pastrana's condition as the result of a rare genetic syndrome.
Author : D. C. Jarvis
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 37,53 MB
Release : 2013-05-31
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1473385504
An in-depth study of traditional folk medicine in Vermont, written by a formally trained doctor. Folk medicine is an imperative aspect of many Vermonters’ lives and health. Trained medical doctor D. C. Jarvis set out to investigate this traditional approach to herbal medicine and produced this little guide to provide knowledge and understanding of the nature and long-successful uses of folk medicine. An invaluable read for anyone interested in daily increased vitality. The chapters featured in this volume include: - Vermont Environment and the Life Span - The Animal Laws - Your Beginning - Your Racial Pattern and Vermont Folk Medicine - The First Yardstick of Your Health - The Instincts of Childhood - Potassium and Its Uses - The Usefulness of Honey - The Usefulness of Kelp - The Importance of Iodine - Castor Oil and Corn Oil - Medical Reasoning Behind Vermont Folk Medicine
Author : Harvard Medical School
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1316 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Families
ISBN : 9780684863733
An accessible guide to family health care discusses drug interactions, symptoms, first aid, and how to choose a family doctor, including a new research about hormone therapy and heart surgery.
Author : BOOK.
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Page : 119 pages
File Size : 17,41 MB
Release : 1829
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Author : Army Medical Library (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 1154 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Incunabula
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,86 MB
Release : 1840
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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Incunabula
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Author : Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1888
Category : Incunabula
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Author : Robert Wachter
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0071808124
Complete coverage of the core principles of patient safety Understanding Patient Safety, 2e is the essential text for anyone wishing to learn the key clinical, organizational, and systems issues in patient safety.The book is filled with valuable cases and analyses, as well as up-to-date tables, graphics, references, and tools -- all designed to introduce the patient safety field to medical trainees, and be the go-to book for experienced clinicians and non-clinicians alike. Features NEW chapter on the critically important role of checklists in medical practice NEW case examples throughout Expanded coverage of the role of computers in patient safety and outcomes Expanded coverage of new patient initiatives from the Joint Commission