This volume concerns the history of medicine and charity in Ireland, 1718-1851.

The story of the one woman who, against all odds, stopped Thalidomide in its tracks because it poisoned a nation

The second in a two-part volume, offering an authoritative account of the relationship between literature and medicine during the nineteenth century. Leading scholars in the field provide a valuable overview of how these two diverse disciplines influenced and shaped each other throughout a period of radical change.

This study details the history of cancer and emotions in twentieth-century Germany and thus follows the cancer-associated transformations of emotional regimes, emotional politics, and emotional experiences through five different political systems.

Medicare is arguably Canada's most valued social program. As federally-supported medicare enters its second half-century, Medicare's Histories brings together leading social and health historians to reflect on the origins and evolution of medicare and the missed opportunities characterizing its past and present.

Medicare is arguably Canada's most valued social program. As federally-supported medicare enters its second half-century, Medicare's Histories brings together leading social and health historians to reflect on the origins and evolution of medicare and the missed opportunities characterizing its past and present.

This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made.

A revisionist history of medicine, in which blood plays the starring role