Cystic fibrosis was once a mysterious disease that killed infants and children. Now it could be the key to healing millions with genetic diseases of every type—from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's to diabetes and sickle cell anemia. In 1974, Joey O'Donnell was born with strange symptoms. His insatiable appetite, incessant vomiting, and a relentless cough—which shook his tiny, fragi...(展开全部)

“Nathalia Holt presents a thorough account of the research that provides scientists with hope that a cure will one day be achievable... and her empathy shines through in her prose. This is as important a social history as it is a medical document.”—The Daily Beast Two patients—each known in medical history as the Berlin Patient—were cured of the HIV virus. The two patients’ di...(展开全部)

No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat 25,000 times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Ne...(展开全部)

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to diverse ideas about diseases and their treatment throughout the world. Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America, Asia and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in many cultures. Sheldon Watts shows that many medical practices in the past were shaped as...(展开全部)

Disease and Medicine in World History is a concise introduction to the diverse ideas about disease and its treatment throughout the world, Drawing on case studies from ancient Egypt to present-day America and Europe, this survey discusses concepts of sickness and forms of treatment in different cultures. Sheldon Watts reveals that medical practices in the past were shaped as mu...(展开全部)

After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government's efforts to harness the power of the atom for peace-advancing medicine, domestic en...(展开全部)

After World War II, the US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) began mass-producing radioisotopes, sending out nearly 64,000 shipments of radioactive materials to scientists and physicians by 1955. Even as the atomic bomb became the focus of Cold War anxiety, radioisotopes represented the government's efforts to harness the power of the atom for peace-advancing medicine, domestic en...(展开全部)

This book provides an original approach to the study of nationalism of relevance to the current debates concerning the nation state and its anticipated demise and to the debates concerning panEuropeanism.

皮克斯通（John V．Pickstone），出生于英国伯恩利。先学生理学，后在伦敦切尔西学院获得哲学博士学位。博士论文研究法国19世纪早期的普通生理学。在美国明尼苏达大学两年之后，于1974年到英国曼彻斯特大学研究医院史。1986年，他创建了曼彻斯特大学科学、技术和医学史中心，现为该中心韦尔科姆研究教授。其著作广泛涉及生物医学科学史、英国科学和医学的社会史及卫生保健和医疗技术的近期历史。著有：《医学与工业社会：曼彻斯特及其地区1752—1946年的医院发展史》（1985年）、《从历史角度看医学革新》（1992年，编者、撰稿者）、《二十世纪医学指南》（2000年，与Roger Cooter合编并撰稿）、《认识方式——一种新的科学、技术和医学史》（2000年）、《外科医生、制造商与患者——大西洋彼岸全髋关节置换史》（2007年，与Julie Ander...(展开全部)

皮克斯通（John V．Pickstone），出生于英国伯恩利。先学生理学，后在伦敦切尔西学院获得哲学博士学位。博士论文研究法国19世纪早期的普通生理学。在美国明尼苏达大学两年之后，于1974年到英国曼彻斯特大学研究医院史。1986年，他创建了曼彻斯特大学科学、技术和医学史中心，现为该中心韦尔科姆研究教授。其著作广泛涉及生物医学科学史、英国科学和医学的社会史及卫生保健和医疗技术的近期历史。著有：《医学与工业社会：曼彻斯特及其地区1752—1946年的医院发展史》（1985年）、《从历史角度看医学革新》（1992年，编者、撰稿者）、《二十世纪医学指南》（2000年，与Roger Cooter合编并撰稿）、《认识方式——一种新的科学、技术和医学史》（2000年）、《外科医生、制造商与患者——大西洋彼岸全髋关节置换史》（2007年，与Julie Ander...(展开全部)