Tag: History of Medicine
Earlier this year, the journal Bulletin of the History of Medicine published a selection of papers called “Beyond Illustrations: Doing Anatomy with Images and Objects.” The articles examine the importance and impact of the visualization of anatomy, pathology, and disease. Carin Berkowitz, director of the Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry at the Chemical…
We’re excited about the books we’ll be publishing this fall—and pleased to share this series of “Fall Books Preview” blog posts! Be sure to check out the online edition of JHUP’s entire Fall 2015 catalog, and remember that promo code “HDPD” gets you a 30% discount on pre-pub orders. Today we continue with our forthcoming…
We’re excited about the books we’ll be publishing this fall—and pleased to share this series of “Fall Books Preview” blog posts! Be sure to check out the online edition of JHUP’s entire Fall 2015 catalog, and remember that promo code “HDPD” gets you a 30% discount on pre-pub orders. Today we continue with our forthcoming…
Guest post by Warwick Anderson We invited Warwick Anderson, author of The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen, to comment on a study published last week in the journal Nature, covered in the Washington Post and elsewhere, about genetic resistance to the molecule that causes kuru and several other fatal brain diseases. The story…
Guest post by Warwick Anderson We invited Warwick Anderson, author of The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen, to comment on a study published last week in the journal Nature, covered in the Washington Post and elsewhere, about genetic resistance to the molecule that causes kuru and several other fatal brain diseases. The story…
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are proud to offer this sampling of our many books on mental health and related topics—works which have informed, inspired, and comforted readers around the world. Finding Your Emotional Balance: A Guide for Women by Merry Noel Miller, MD Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and…
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are proud to offer this sampling of our many books on mental health and related topics—works which have informed, inspired, and comforted readers around the world. Finding Your Emotional Balance: A Guide for Women by Merry Noel Miller, MD Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Patients and…
Guest post by Scott H. Podolsky, MD Antibiotic resistance has been framed by Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England, as “a ticking time bomb . . . arguably as important as climate change for the world.” Responding to the issue, on March 27th, President Obama’s Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria released its…
Guest post by Scott H. Podolsky, MD Antibiotic resistance has been framed by Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer for England, as “a ticking time bomb . . . arguably as important as climate change for the world.” Responding to the issue, on March 27th, President Obama’s Task Force for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria released its…
If you are heading to the American Association for the History of Medicine’s annual meeting in New Haven, be sure to browse JHU Press books and journals in the exhibit area from April 30 to May 3. Press authors will be stopping by, and we’re offering a special on-site-only 40% discount on six selected new…