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Medical History , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 121 - 122
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Received 1 July – 30 September 2011

Armus, Diego, The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870–1950 (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011), pp. x + 406, £18.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8223-5012-5.

Ballat, JohnCampling, Penelope, Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare (London: RCPsych Publications, 2011), pp. vii + 200, £25.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-908020-04-8.

Bergdolt, KlausHerrmann, Ingo F. (eds), Was ist Gesundheit? Antworten aus Jahrhunderten, Villa Vigoni im Gespräch (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2011), pp. 152, €24.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-515-09836-6.

Bickel, Marcel H. (ed.), Correspondence: Henry E. Sigerist – Charles Singer 1920–1956, Medical History Supplement No. 30 (London: The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2010), pp. xvii + 346, £35.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-85484-133-2.

Brown, Karen, A History of Resurgent Rabies in Southern Africa, Series in Ecology and History (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2011), pp. xiv + 234, $32.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8214-1953-3.

Brown, Michael, Performing Medicine: Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, c. 1760–1850 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011), pp. ix + 254, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7190- 7797-5.

Crawford, Dorothy H., Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xv + 156, £7.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-19-957485-8.

Daston, LorrainLunbeck, Elizabeth (eds), Histories of Scientific Observation (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 460, $27.50, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-226-13678-3.

Dupré, SvenLüthy, Chrisoph (eds), Silent Messages: The Circulation of Material Objects in the Early Modern Low Countries (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2011), pp. ii + 387, €39.40, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-8258-1635-3.

Hassan, Narin, Diagnosing Empire: Women, Medical Knowledge and Colonial Mobility (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. viii + 133, £50.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-1-4094-2611-0.

Jackson, Mark (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine (Oxford: Oxford Uninversity Press, 2011), pp. xviii + 672, £95.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-19-954649-7.

Krementsov, Nikolai, A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions and Proletarian Science (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. xvi + 175, £35.00/£22.50, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-226-45412-2.

Leong, ElaineRankin, Alisha (eds), Secrets and Knowledge in Medicine and Science, 1500–1800, The History of Medicine in Context (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xi + 247, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6854-1.

Mayhew, Henry, Voices of Victorian London: In Sickness and in Health (London: Hesperus Press Limited, 2011), pp. xviii + 123, £8.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84391-350-4.

Pepin, Jacques, The Origin of AIDS (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. xv + 293, £17.99, paperback, ISBN: 980-0-521-18637-7.

Pittard, Christopher, Purity and Contamination in Late Victorian Detective Fiction (Farham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xi + 259, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6813-8.

Pöll, Johan Sebastian, The Anaesthetist, 1890–1960: A Historical Comparative Study Between Britain and Germany (Rotterdam: Erasmus Publishing, 2011), pp. 298, €34.50, hardback, ISBN: 978-90-5235-209-1.

Sanal, Aslihan, New Organs Within Us: Transplants and the Moral Economy (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011), pp. xx + 244, £15.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8223-4912-9.

Sechel, Teodora Daniela (ed.), Medicine Within and Between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 18th and 19th Centuries, The Eighteenth Century and the Habsburg Monarchy International Series, Vol. 2 (Bochum: Dieter Winkler, 2011), pp. 265, €39.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-89911-144-6.

Stepan, Nancy Leys, Eradication: Ridding the World of Disease Forever? (London: Reaktion Books, 2011), pp. 309, £25.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-86189-861-6.

Varma, Daya Ram, The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2011), pp. 413, $23.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-4568-4210-9.

Wilson, Duncan, Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain, Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. x + 183, £50.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-230-28427-2.

Wright, David, Downs: The History of a Disability (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xiii + 239, £14.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-19-956793-5.

References

Armus, Diego, The Ailing City: Health, Tuberculosis and Culture in Buenos Aires, 1870–1950 (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011), pp. x + 406, £18.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8223-5012-5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ballat, JohnCampling, Penelope, Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare (London: RCPsych Publications, 2011), pp. vii + 200, £25.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-908020-04-8.Google Scholar
Bergdolt, KlausHerrmann, Ingo F. (eds), Was ist Gesundheit? Antworten aus Jahrhunderten, Villa Vigoni im Gespräch (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2011), pp. 152, €24.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-515-09836-6.Google Scholar
Bickel, Marcel H. (ed.), Correspondence: Henry E. Sigerist – Charles Singer 1920–1956, Medical History Supplement No. 30 (London: The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2010), pp. xvii + 346, £35.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-85484-133-2.Google Scholar
Brown, Karen, A History of Resurgent Rabies in Southern Africa, Series in Ecology and History (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2011), pp. xiv + 234, $32.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8214-1953-3.Google Scholar
Brown, Michael, Performing Medicine: Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, c. 1760–1850 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011), pp. ix + 254, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7190- 7797-5.Google Scholar
Crawford, Dorothy H., Viruses: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xv + 156, £7.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-19-957485-8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Daston, LorrainLunbeck, Elizabeth (eds), Histories of Scientific Observation (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. 460, $27.50, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-226-13678-3.Google Scholar
Dupré, SvenLüthy, Chrisoph (eds), Silent Messages: The Circulation of Material Objects in the Early Modern Low Countries (Münster: Lit Verlag, 2011), pp. ii + 387, €39.40, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-8258-1635-3.Google Scholar
Hassan, Narin, Diagnosing Empire: Women, Medical Knowledge and Colonial Mobility (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. viii + 133, £50.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-1-4094-2611-0.Google Scholar
Jackson, Mark (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine (Oxford: Oxford Uninversity Press, 2011), pp. xviii + 672, £95.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-19-954649-7.Google Scholar
Krementsov, Nikolai, A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions and Proletarian Science (Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2011), pp. xvi + 175, £35.00/£22.50, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-226-45412-2.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Leong, ElaineRankin, Alisha (eds), Secrets and Knowledge in Medicine and Science, 1500–1800, The History of Medicine in Context (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xi + 247, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6854-1.Google Scholar
Mayhew, Henry, Voices of Victorian London: In Sickness and in Health (London: Hesperus Press Limited, 2011), pp. xviii + 123, £8.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-84391-350-4.Google Scholar
Pepin, Jacques, The Origin of AIDS (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. xv + 293, £17.99, paperback, ISBN: 980-0-521-18637-7.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pittard, Christopher, Purity and Contamination in Late Victorian Detective Fiction (Farham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xi + 259, £60.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-7546-6813-8.Google Scholar
Pöll, Johan Sebastian, The Anaesthetist, 1890–1960: A Historical Comparative Study Between Britain and Germany (Rotterdam: Erasmus Publishing, 2011), pp. 298, €34.50, hardback, ISBN: 978-90-5235-209-1.Google Scholar
Sanal, Aslihan, New Organs Within Us: Transplants and the Moral Economy (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011), pp. xx + 244, £15.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-0-8223-4912-9.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sechel, Teodora Daniela (ed.), Medicine Within and Between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 18th and 19th Centuries, The Eighteenth Century and the Habsburg Monarchy International Series, Vol. 2 (Bochum: Dieter Winkler, 2011), pp. 265, €39.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-3-89911-144-6.Google Scholar
Stepan, Nancy Leys, Eradication: Ridding the World of Disease Forever? (London: Reaktion Books, 2011), pp. 309, £25.00, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-86189-861-6.Google Scholar
Varma, Daya Ram, The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity (Bloomington, IN: Xlibris, 2011), pp. 413, $23.99, paperback, ISBN: 978-1-4568-4210-9.Google Scholar
Wilson, Duncan, Tissue Culture in Science and Society: The Public Life of a Biological Technique in Twentieth Century Britain, Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. x + 183, £50.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-230-28427-2.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, David, Downs: The History of a Disability (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xiii + 239, £14.00, hardback, ISBN: 978-0-19-956793-5.Google Scholar