Books of Diseases

  • Convalescent Conversations
    By Laura Riding, Madeleine Vara

    A novel unfolding almost entirely in dialogue form, CONVALESCENT CONVERSATIONS tells the story of Adam and Eleanor, two patients recovering from unknown maladies in a nondescript sanitarium.

  • Medicine in Art
    By Laura Polo D'Ambrosio, . Bordin

    In England in 1540 the Surgeons' Guild merged with the Barbers' Company, forming the Company of Barber-Surgeons and thus taking a first step toward professional autonomy; King Henry VIII's recognition of the company was an important ...

  • Authors of Our Own Misfortune?: The Problems with Psychogenic Explanations for Physical Illnesses
    By Angela Kennedy

    "Since the advent of "medicine" as a discrete practice, beliefs that bodily illness can somehow be caused by psychological, emotional, and behavioural "disorder" have been claimed by many in the discipline.

  • Obstetric and Pediatric Pathophysiology
    By Bernadette Madara, Carol T. Avery, Vanessa Pomarico-Denino

    White , L. ( 2005 ) . Foundations of maternal & pediatric nursing ( 2nd ed . ) . Albany , NY : Thomson Delmar Learning . Section XI Ball , J. W. , & Bindler , R. C. ( 2006 ) . Child health nursing : Partnering with children and families ...

  • Pleneurethics: A New Concept of Healing
    By R. B. Collier

    Pleneurethics: A New Concept of Healing

  • Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
    By Sonja Lillrank

    Dementias are brain disorders that impair memory, thinking, behavior, and physical activity, and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form, affecting 50 to 60 percent of dementia patients.;Alzheimer's Disease and Other D.

  • In Vivo Models of Inflammation
    By Douglas W. Morgan, Lisa A. Marshall

    Agents and Actions 27 : 254-257 9 Trimble BS , Evers CJ , Ballaron SA , Young JM ( 1987 ) Intraarticular injection of Propionibacterium acnes causes an erosive arthritis in rats .

  • Deadly Medical Mysteries: How They Were Solved
    By Dian Dincin Buchman

    One of the doctors, happened to be her husband, Dr. Thomas Baker. On hearing the news, Dr. Ophelia Baker immediately checked past district-health records. What was West Branch's normal caseload for hepatitis? What was the record for the ...

  • Medical Mysteries: Six Deadly Cases
    By Dian Dincin Buchman

    The illegitimate daughter and the slave of Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Hemings must choose whether to flee from the only home she has ever known or stay and remain a slave. Reprint. VY. AB.

  • Stress and the Disease Connection: A Complete Guide
    By Karen Jensen

    Stress and the Disease Connection: A Complete Guide

  • Human Pathophysiology: Introductory Concepts and Clinical Perspectives
    By Theresa Capriotti, Joan Parker Frizzell

    You'll develop the foundational knowledge you need to effectively select the appropriate nursing interventions to deliver the best patient care. Click here for a preview of the book. Visit www.DavisAdvantage.com to learn more.

  • The End of Illness
    By David B. Agus

    The End of Illness is a bold call for all of us to become our own personal health advocates, and a dramatic departure from orthodox thinking. This is a seminal work that promises to revolutionize our quest for long, vibrant lives.

  • Epilepsy
    By Mark E. Dudley, Susan S. Spencer

    Santa Rosa , CA : Aura Publishing Co. , 1985 . Freeman , John M. , and others . Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood : A Guide for Parents . Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press , 1990 . Girion , B. A Handful of Stars .

  • Human Diseases and Conditions
    By Miranda Herbert Ferrara

    ... or socially unacceptable gestures Palilalia ( PA - li - LAY - lee - a ) : repeating a person's own words 1 Echolalia ( EK - O - LAY - lee - a ) : repeating someone else's words = Coprolalia ( KO - pro - LAY - lee - a ) : shouting ...

  • Pathophysiology Applied to Nursing Practice
    By John Daly, Esther Chang

    The principle of diffusion also relates to Dalton's gas law of partial pressure , where gas molecules that are dissolved exert a partial pressure ...

  • The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders
    By Jan Yager, Charles Pollak, Michael J. Thorpy

    Sleep 10 (1987): 199–215. ———, D. J. Kupfer, C. L. Christianson, et al. “Multiple Sleep Latency Test Findings in Kleine-Levin Syndrome.” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 172 (1984): 41–44. Richardson, G. S., and T. Roth.

  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
    By David H. Walker, I. Edward Alcamo

    See also Rickettsia prowazekii and bioterror research, 75 and deceit of Germans by Weil-Felix test, 61 and war, 52 origin of term, 47 vaccine for, 54 Weil-Felix test for, 57, 61 United States Public Health Service, 11–12 United States ...

  • GALE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GENETIC DISORDERS
    By Thomson Gale, BRIGHAM NARINS

    Alphabetical articles provide information on genetic disorders, including conditions, tests, procedures, treatments, and therapies.

  • 中西医结合临床用药与研究
    By 刘勇, 付秋辉

    中西医结合临床用药与研究

  • Chang jian bing zheng jian yi liao fa: Xue sheng pian
    By Bing Liu, Qicai Wang, Cheng Chen

    本书介绍了近视, 劲椎病, 慢性疲劳综合症, 考生技能综合症, 神经衰弱, 自汗, 头痛, 眩晕等学生常见病及其疗法.