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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
How did small pox have a tremendous effect on two distinct periods of war—one in which the disease devastated entire native armies and leadership, and the other in which technological advancements and the application of medical knowledge concerning the disease preserved an army and as a result changed...
Health of the Seventh Cavalry
A Medical History
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
With its charismatic leader George Custer and its memorable encounters with Plains Indians, including the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the Seventh Cavalry serves as the iconic regiment in the post–Civil War U.S Army. Voluminous written documentation as well as archaeological and osteological research...
Ebola
Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Ebola: Clinical Patterns, Public Health Concerns is a concise description and discussion of the Ebola virus and disease. The intended audience is medical practitioners, including those working in endemic areas as well as health-facility planners and public health practitioners. The book fills an important...
by Charles Creighton
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2014
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) : from A.D. 664 to the Extinction of Plague
The Middle Age of European history has no naturally fixed beginning or ending. The period of Antiquity may be taken as concluded by the fourth Christian century, or by the fifth or by the sixth;...
by Michael Glint
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2014
"Ebola: Outbreak Preparedness Guide": Prepare yourself and loved ones against this devastating decease, by reading this guide.
The first and most important of this is to maintain strict sanitary standards. This includes keeping your hands clean and using alcohol-based sanitizers...
Parasitoid Viruses
Symbionts and Pathogens
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Parasitoids are parasitic insects that kill their insect hosts in immature pre-reproductive stages. Parasitoids are employed in biological control programs worldwide to kill insect pests and are environmentally safe and benign alternatives to chemical pesticides. As resistance to chemical pesticides...
SURVIVAL GEAR
The Emergency Preparedness Supplies You Need
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2014
EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY Since the turn of the Millennium, it has become clear that we need to be prepared for previously unthinkable acts—biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism within our own borders. Standard first-aid contents such as gauze and antiseptics are still...
Essential Epidemiology
An Introduction for Students and Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
The new edition of this popular textbook remains a clear and practical introduction to epidemiology for students in all areas of health. By emphasising the role of epidemiology across a broad range of health monitoring and research, it gives students an understanding of the fundamental principles...
The Hypochondriac's Handbook
Syndromes, Diseases, and Ailments that Probably Should Have Killed You By Now
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2010
Sure, everyone gets sick sometimes, but do you realize that plenty of those folks also die slow, unpleasant deaths from diseases that stumped even the experts at top-notch (still privately run) hospitals? That’s right: There are plenty of illnesses that even physicians have never heard about. Nodding...
by Stanley A. Plotkin, MD, Walter Orenstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Apply the latest vaccination knowledge with a reference that Bill Gates calls "an indispensable guide to the enhancement of the well-being of our world." Inside Vaccines, you’ll find comprehensive and current coverage of every aspect of vaccination, from the development of each vaccine...
Bioterrorism and Infectious Agents
A New Dilemma for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Compiled by two leading experts in the field, this volume provides a concise, timely, and authoritative review of some of the most problematic infections of the new century. It presents issues and new ideas for preventing and controlling infectious diseases.
by Kenneth Kee
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing or rounding of the back which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.Kyphosis can occur at any age although it is rare at birth.Adolescent kyphosis, also known as Scheuermann's disease, is caused by the wedging together of several bones...
Gasping for Air
How Breathing Is Killing Us and What We Can Do about It
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
Breathing is a continuous battle between our need for oxygen and forces in nature that attack our lungs. Three hundred thousand Americans will die of respiratory diseases this year. Gasping for Air is the dramatic story of how infections, toxins, carcinogens, and air pollution strike against one of...
by Medical Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The carotid artery is the large artery whose pulse can be felt on both sides of the neck under the jaw. On the right side it starts from the brachiocephalic trunk (a branch of the aorta) as the common carotid artery, and on the left side the common carotid artery comes directly off the aortic arch....