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Charlatan
America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
Written by Pope Brock
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $14.95
“An extraordinary saga of the most dangerous quack of all time...entrancing” –USA Today
In 1917, John R. Brinkley–America’s most brazen con man–introduced an outlandish surgical method for restoring fading male virility.
It was all nonsense, but thousands of eager customers quickly made “Dr.” Brinkley one of America’s richest men–and a national... Read more >
America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
Written by Pope Brock
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $14.95
“An extraordinary saga of the most dangerous quack of all time...entrancing” –USA Today
In 1917, John R. Brinkley–America’s most brazen con man–introduced an outlandish surgical method for restoring fading male virility.
It was all nonsense, but thousands of eager customers quickly made “Dr.” Brinkley one of America’s richest men–and a national... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Short History of Medicine
Written by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both... Read more >
Written by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the controversies of modern medicine. While this illuminating work mainly explores Western medicine over the past five centuries, González-Crussi also describes how modern medicine’s roots extend to both... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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A Short History of Medicine
Written by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject.
In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the... Read more >
Written by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $14.00
Insightful, informed, and at times controversial in its conclusions, A Short History of Medicine offers an exceptional introduction to the major and many minor facets of its subject.
In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the philosophy, and the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Frontier Medicine
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Written by David Dary
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $30.00
In his new book, David Dary, one of our leading social historians, gives us a fascinating, informative account of American frontier medicine from our Indian past to the beginning of World War II, as the frontier moved steadily westward from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean.
He begins with the early... Read more >
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Written by David Dary
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2008
Price: $30.00
In his new book, David Dary, one of our leading social historians, gives us a fascinating, informative account of American frontier medicine from our Indian past to the beginning of World War II, as the frontier moved steadily westward from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean.
He begins with the early... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Kill as Few Patients as Possible
And Fifty-Six Other Essays on How to Be the World's Best Doctor
Written by Oscar London
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
This oft-quoted all-time favorite of the medical community will gladden--and strengthen--the hearts of patients, doctors, and anyone entering medical study, internship, or practice. With unassailable logic and rapier wit, the sage Dr. Oscar London muses on the challenges and joys of doctoring, and imparts timeless truths, reality checks, and poignant insights... Read more >
And Fifty-Six Other Essays on How to Be the World's Best Doctor
Written by Oscar London
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $14.95
This oft-quoted all-time favorite of the medical community will gladden--and strengthen--the hearts of patients, doctors, and anyone entering medical study, internship, or practice. With unassailable logic and rapier wit, the sage Dr. Oscar London muses on the challenges and joys of doctoring, and imparts timeless truths, reality checks, and poignant insights... Read more >
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Medicine and Healthcare in Roman Britain
Written by Nicholas Summerton
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Written by Nicholas Summerton
Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: March 4, 2008
Price: $13.95
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Charlatan
America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
Written by Pope Brock
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 5, 2008
Price: $14.95
In 1917, after years of selling worthless patent remedies throughout the Southeast, John R. Brinkley–America’s most brazen young con man–arrived in the tiny town of Milford, Kansas. He set up a medical practice and introduced an outlandish surgical method using goat glands to restore the fading virility of local farmers.
It was... Read more >
America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
Written by Pope Brock
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 5, 2008
Price: $14.95
In 1917, after years of selling worthless patent remedies throughout the Southeast, John R. Brinkley–America’s most brazen young con man–arrived in the tiny town of Milford, Kansas. He set up a medical practice and introduced an outlandish surgical method using goat glands to restore the fading virility of local farmers.
It was... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Written by Harriet A. Washington
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.00
From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between... Read more >
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Written by Harriet A. Washington
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.00
From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Medical Apartheid
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Written by Harriet A. Washington
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.00
From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between... Read more >
The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Written by Harriet A. Washington
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $17.00
From the era of slavery to the present day, the first full history of black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment.
Medical Apartheid is the first and only comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Pursuit of Perfection
The Promise and Perils of Medical Enchancement
Written by Sheila Rothman and David Rothman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.00
What does it mean to live in a time when medical science can not only cure the human body but also reshape it? How should we as individuals and as a society respond to new drugs and genetic technologies? Sheila and David Rothman address these troubling questions with a singular blend... Read more >
The Promise and Perils of Medical Enchancement
Written by Sheila Rothman and David Rothman
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2004
Price: $14.00
What does it mean to live in a time when medical science can not only cure the human body but also reshape it? How should we as individuals and as a society respond to new drugs and genetic technologies? Sheila and David Rothman address these troubling questions with a singular blend... Read more >
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Divided Legacy, Volume II
A History of the Schism in Medical Thought
Written by Harris Coulter
Format: Trade Paperback, 816 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2001
Price: $50.00
Divided Legacy (Vols. I-IV) is a history of Western medical philosophy from the time of Hippocrates to the twentieth century, treating it as a unified system of thought rather than a series of fortuitous discoveries. Dr. Coulter interprets the development of medical ideas as the product of a conflict between two... Read more >
A History of the Schism in Medical Thought
Written by Harris Coulter
Format: Trade Paperback, 816 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2001
Price: $50.00
Divided Legacy (Vols. I-IV) is a history of Western medical philosophy from the time of Hippocrates to the twentieth century, treating it as a unified system of thought rather than a series of fortuitous discoveries. Dr. Coulter interprets the development of medical ideas as the product of a conflict between two... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Fasting Girls
The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Written by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $15.95
Winner of four major awards, this updated edition of Joan Jacobs Brumberg's Fasting Girls, presents a history of women's food-refusal dating back as far as the sixteenth century. Here is a tableau of female self-denial: medieval martyrs who used starvation to demonstrate religious devotion, "wonders of science" whose families capitalized on... Read more >
The History of Anorexia Nervosa
Written by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 10, 2000
Price: $15.95
Winner of four major awards, this updated edition of Joan Jacobs Brumberg's Fasting Girls, presents a history of women's food-refusal dating back as far as the sixteenth century. Here is a tableau of female self-denial: medieval martyrs who used starvation to demonstrate religious devotion, "wonders of science" whose families capitalized on... Read more >
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