In this lively, learned, and wholly engrossing volume, F. González-Crussi presents a brief yet authoritative five-hundred-year history of the science, the ...more on ebook "A Short History of Medicine..."

"The year is 1688 and it is a clear Spring day in Paris. At the court of Chastelet a distinguished and learned crowd is gathered to view the trial of Jean- ...more on ebook "Blood and Justice: The seventeenth-..."

This timely book explores cultural responses to infectious diseases and their biomedical management over the last two centuries. These essays, covering the ...more on ebook "Contagion..."

Fish and Amphibians, is one book in the Britannica Illustrated Science Library Series that is correlated to the science curriculum in grades 5-8. The ...more on ebook "Britannica Ilustrated Science Libra..."

This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world ...more on ebook "Death and Disease in the Ancient Ci..."

In the mid-nineteenth century, physicians observed numerous cases in which individuals lost the ability to form spoken words, even as they remained sane and ...more on ebook "Lost Words: Narratives of Language ..."

At the threshold of the third millennium, we are more vulnerable to mass epidemics than at any time in our history. Some infectious agents - MRSA, acinetobacter ...more on ebook "Epidemic: The Past, Present and Fut..."

In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world's most widely read cultural ...more on ebook "The Life and Death of Classical Mus..."

This superbly illustrated work provides short accounts of the lives and scientific contributions of all of the major pioneers of Tropical Medicine. Largely ...more on ebook "Tropical Medicine: An Illustrated H..."

Maurice Hilleman's mother died a day after he was born and his twin sister stillborn. As an adult, he said that he felt he had escaped an appointment with ...more on ebook "Vaccinated..."

From the dynamic thinker routinely compared to Malcolm Gladwell, E. O. Wilson, and James Gleick, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner with a real-life ...more on ebook "The Ghost Map: The Story of London'..."

Although conventional wisdom holds that there's no such thing as "Jewish Medicine," Dr. Nevins disagrees, suggesting it's not so much what Jewish doctors have ...more on ebook "Jewish Medicine..."

Written by a leading authority with an excellent reputation, and ability for writing a good narrative, Drug Discovery: A History is a far cry from simply a list ...more on ebook "Drug Discovery: A History..."