Published March, 2014
By Flora Murray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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At the outbreak of the First World War, Flora Murray (1869-1923) and her fellow suffragists laid down their banners and sought to aid the Allied war effort. Murray's 1920 account records her efforts to operate military hospitals staffed by women in Paris and London during the war.

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Published February, 2014
By Charles Alexander Gordon and Robert Coleman Eaton
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This joint reissue comprises two texts on military healthcare, providing instruction on the treatment of wounds and injuries common to soldiers, and advising on topics from malaria to drunkeness. Charles Gordon's 1873 manual precedes A Guide to Health for the Use of Soldiers by R. C. Eaton, first published in 1890.

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Published February, 2014
By Alfred A. Woodhull
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First published in 1890 and reissued here in its revised third edition of 1904, this practical textbook, based on lectures delivered at the US Infantry and Cavalry School, offers guidance on military hygiene for line officers, covering such topics as the selection of men, uniform design, and waste management.

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Published January, 2014
By Joseph Hume Spry
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Bath physician Joseph Hume Spry (c.1779-1859) was concerned that the popular practice of 'taking the waters' had fallen out of favour, despite anecdotal evidence of its curative powers. He responded with this 1822 treatise, urging the use of the waters to treat a range of afflictions from gout to indigestion.

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Published January, 2014
By William Buchan
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Taking the view that medicine is as much the art of avoiding ill health as it is the cure of disease, physician William Buchan (1729-1805) published this guide to the prevention and home treatment of common ailments in 1769. Its popularity led to multiple further editions over the next century.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By Thomas Percival
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A physician and medical reformer, Thomas Percival (1740-1804) is most notable for his pioneering contribution to the formulation of medical ethics. This four-volume collection, published in 1807, gathers together his diverse works. A selection of his correspondence and a short biography are also included.

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Published November, 2013
By John Conolly
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Published in 1856, this work by John Conolly (1794-1866) describes the abolition of mechanical restraints in the treatment of mentally ill patients at the Hanwell County Asylum in Middlesex, arguing for a system of non-restraint to be introduced to all asylums. It is a key text of asylum reform.

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