Dentistry: An Illustrated History
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A pictorial history of dentistry, which traces the development
of an ancient healing art into an exact science. Though it has had
its share of amusing folk remedies, colourful quacks and cults,
dentistry was often far ahead of other branches of medicine. |
Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe
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Description:
Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe, in the
highly successful series of New Approaches, offers undergraduate
students a concise introduction to a subject rich in historical
excitement and interest. Bringing together the best and most innovative
recent research, Mary Lindemann examines medicine from a social
and cultural perspective, rather than a narrowly scientific one.
Drawing on medical anthropology, sociology and ethics as well as
cultural and social history, she focuses on the experience of illness
and on patients and folk healers as much as on the rise of medical
science, doctors and hospitals. Mary Lindemann is a distinguished
scholar in the history of medicine and writes with exceptional clarity
on this fascinating subject; her book will be essential reading
for all students of the history of medicine, and provide invaluable
context for historians of early modern Europe in general. |
The Dentist of Auschwitz : A Memoir
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Description:
The personal story of a Jewish dental student recounts
his harrowing experiences as a prisoner of the Nazis, where he encountered
Josef Mengele, witnessed his father`s murder, and was forced to
work on his fellow inmates. |
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