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This superbly illustrated work provides short accounts of the lives and scientific contributions of all of the major pioneers of Tropical Medicine. Largely biographical, the stories discussed enlighten a new generation of scientists to the advances made by their predecessors. Written by Gordon Cook, contributor to the hugely popular Manson's Tropical Diseases, this report discusses the pioneers themselves and offers a global accounting of their experiences at the onset of the discipline.
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An innovative, interdisciplinary study of why leprosy, a disease with a very low level of infection, has repeatedly provoked revulsion and fear. Rod Edmond explores, in particular, how these reactions were refashioned in the modern colonial period. Beginning as a medical history, the book broadens into an examination of how Britain and its colonies responded to the believed spread of leprosy. Across the empire this involved isolating victims of the disease in 'colonies', often on offshore islands. Discussion of the segregation of lepers is then extended to analogous examples of this practice, which, it is argued, has been an essential part of the repertoire of colonialism in the modern period. The book also examines literary representations of leprosy in Romantic, Victorian and twentieth-century writing, and concludes with a discussion of traveller-writers such as R. L. Stevenson and Graham Greene who described and fictionalised their experience of staying in a leper colony.
The first account of anti-ageing and rejuvenation in modern Britain, exploring hormones, diet, electrotherapy, exercise and skin care.
In the tropic and subtropic areas of the world infectious and parasitic diseases are a major cause of death. With the increasing migration due to famine and war or even through tourism, such diseases are spread and occur also in countries where doctors are less familiar with tropical diseases. In a concise but comprehensive format, this handbook covers the clinical features, diagnosis and surgical treatment of the main tropical diseases, including Chagas disease, schistosomiasis, typhoid fever, various forms of tuberculosis, cutaneous leishmaniasis and tropical myositis. Written by physicians who are practicing in the tropics and are very experienced in their respective fields, the contributions provide guidelines for neuro-, endocrine, cardiothoracic, vascular, pediatric, gastrointestinal and plastic surgery. Also addressed are specific pre- and post-operative measures in the care of these patients. Surgeons all over the world but also general practitioners, residents and medical students will find this easy-to-use guide indispensable for the diagnosis and management of tropical diseases.
Beginning with the London kidnapping incident of 1896, this book illuminates the myriad contradictions of Sun Yat-sen's life and his attempts to project a heroic image of himself, tracing the discrepancies between his activities and his alleged fabrication of events.