Published December, 2013
By Stanley Ulijaszek, Stanley J. Ulijaszek, Sarah Elton and Neil Mann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Exploring what it is to be human through a dietary lens, this book examines human nutrition, how it has evolved and how it influences health and disease past and present. It considers what a 'natural' human diet might be and how this has been affected by social transformations.

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Published December, 2013
By John T. MacCurdy and J. T Maccurdy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1928, this book argues that the divide between psychology and physiology is largely artificial, and that each discipline can contribute to further understanding of the other. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the overlap of psychology and the more physical sciences.

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Published November, 2013
By John Conolly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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Published in 1856, this work by John Conolly (1794-1866) describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, arguing for a system of non-restraint to be introduced to all asylums. It is a key text of asylum reform.

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Published November, 2013
By Katherine Byrne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This study examines representations of tuberculosis in Victorian fiction, analyzing consumptive characters for insights into how society viewed this 'dread disease' and its sufferers, and revealing the myths which surrounded this socially significant illness. It displays, also, how popular assumptions were used as diagnostic tools by a frustrated medical profession.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By J. Ringland Anderson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1931, this book presents a detailed study of the facts and theories regarding detachment of the retina as they existed at the time of publication. Illustrative figures and an appendix section are included, and the book will be of value to anyone with an interest in opthalmology and the history of medicine.

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Published November, 2013
By Bernard Hart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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First published in 1950, this book outlines the development of psychopathology and its place in medicine. Bernard Hart collects the text of a variety of lectures and articles on various aspects of psychopathology and the methods of psychotherapy, as well as the psychology of rumour and the concept of dissociation.

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