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Volume 29 - 1985

Book Review

Hubert Fischer, Der deutsche Sanitätsdienst 1921–1945, 2 vols., Osnabrück, Biblio; Chichester, John Wiley; vol. 1 (1982): pp. viii, 290, DM.68.00; vol. 2 (1983): pp. 291-1430, DM.160.

Klaus-Peter Koepping, Adolf Bastian and the psychic unity of mankind. The foundations of anthropology in nineteenth-century Germany, St. Lucia, London, and New York, University of Queensland Press, 1984, 8vo, pp. xviii, 272, $32.50.

J. O. Leibowitz and S. Marcus (editors), Sefer Hanisyonot. The book of medical experiences attributed to Abraham ibn Ezra, Jerusalem, Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1984, 8vo, pp. 345, illus., $28.00.

Iain Pattison, The British veterinary profession, 1791–1948, London, J.A. Allen, 1983, 8vo, pp. x, 207, illus., £9.50.

Gerald D. Hart, (editor), Disease in ancient man, Toronto, Clarke Irwin, 1984, 8vo, pp. xvii, 297, illus., [no price stated].

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Lord Moran, The anatomy of courage, with a foreword by Denis Williams, London, Keynes Press (British Medical Association), 1984, 8vo, pp. xxix, 159, £35.00.

Roy S. Porter, The earth sciences. An annotated bibliography, New York and London, Garland Publishing, 1983, 8vo, pp. xix, 192, illus., $37.00.

H. Mochmann and W. Kohler, Meilensteine der Bakteriologie, Jena DDR, Gustav Fischer, 1984, pp. 386, illus., M.60.00 (paperback).

Sergio Diaz-Briquets, The health revolution in Cuba, Austin and London, University of Texas Press, 1983, 8vo, pp. xvii, 227, £15.00.

Bryan Gandevia, Alison Holster and Sheila Simpson An annotated bibliography of the history of medicine and health in Australia, Sydney, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1984, 4to, pp. xiv, 187, 38.50 Australian dollars (paperback).

Dorothy A. Stansfield, Thomas Beddoes MD, 1760–1808, Dordrecht, Reidel, 1984, 8vo, pp. xx, 306, Dfl.140.00/$54.00.

S.M. Hillier and J.A. Jewell (editors), Health care and traditional medicine in China 1800–1982, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983, 8vo, pp. xix, 453, illus., £25.00.

Benjamin V. White, Stanley Cobb. A builder of the neurosciences, Charlottesville, University Press of Virginia, 1984, 8vo, pp. xviii, 445, illus., $29.50.

John D. Spillane, Medical travellers. Narratives from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Oxford University Press, 1984, 8vo, pp. xii, 236, illus., £14.95.

Th. W. Engelmann, Some papers and his bibliography, with introduction by Frits L. Meijler and foreword (in Dutch) by Dirk Durrer, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1984, 8vo, pp. xvii, 264 [facsimile], xl, illus., Dfl.70.00 (paperback).

Johannes Oehme, Pädiatrie im 18. Jahrhundert, Dokumenta Pädiatrica Bd. 12, Lübeck, Hansisches Verlagskontor, 1984, 8vo, pp. 171, illus., [no price stated].

Anna Theresa Cosslett, The “scientific movement” and Victorian literature, Brighton, Harvester Press; New York, St. Martin's Press, 1982, 8vo, pp. viii, 188, £20.00.

M. Louise Fitzpatrick, Prologue to professionalism. A history of nursing, Bowie, Md., Robert J. Brady, 1983, 8vo, pp. vi, 281, [no price stated].

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