Published July, 2014
By Charles Creighton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In this first volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton begins his examination of diseases in Britain from the first British epidemic in 664 AD to the end of the Great Plague in 1666. The work is broken down by time period and disease.

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Published July, 2014
By Charles Creighton
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In this second volume of his history of epidemics in Britain, controversial physician Charles Creighton continues his examination of diseases in Britain from the time of Charles II to the time of the volume's publication in 1894. The work is broken down by disease, ranging from typhus to childhood diseases.

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Published July, 2014
By Peter Ma and Peter X. Ma
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Written by world-leading experts, this book details the role of biomaterials in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Emphasising basic principles and methodology, this is a must-have reference for anyone in the field of biomaterials, stem cell biology and engineering, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

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Published July, 2014
By J. Martin Beattie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1915, this book provides a step-by-step guide to a post-mortem examination. Beattie also includes a chapter on how to examine thoroughly the corpses of people who have died of diseases such as leukaemia or sleeping sickness. An interesting appendix on the preparation and preservation of museum specimens is also supplied.

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Published July, 2014
By David Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering
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This groundbreaking single-authored textbook equips students with everything they need to know about biomaterials science.

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Published July, 2014
By Thomas Percival
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Medicine
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The physician and medical reformer Thomas Percival (1740-1804) saw the need for a code to guide doctor-patient relations. Based on Hippocratic and Christian principles, his highly influential code was published in 1803 and is considered the first modern formulation of medical ethics.

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Published July, 2014
By Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston and Humphrey Davy Rolleston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1928, this book presents the content of the Harveian Oration for that year, which was delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London by Sir Humphrey Davy Rolleston (1862-1944). The text provides an account of the developments in cardiovascular medicine following on from William Harvey's groundbreaking discoveries during the sixteenth century.

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Published July, 2014
By Joseph Barcroft
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First published in 1925, this two-volume work deals with the blood's role in respiration. This second volume deals with haemoglobin as a chemical substance. The text is illustrated with diagrams and drawings relating to, among other things, haemoglobin's specificity, its manufacture in the body and how it is affected by temperature changes.

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Published July, 2014
By Michael Foster and J. F. Gaskell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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In 1915, an outbreak of meningitis affected the Eastern Command in the British Army. Foster and Gaskell, both Captains in the Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Army, were on hand to witness the effect of the disease, and the following year they published this study of the disease's symptoms and treatment as they observed it.

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Published July, 2014
By Joseph Barcroft
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First published in 1925, this two-volume work deals with the blood's role in respiration. This first volume analyses the effect of high altitudes on the blood's ability to retain and diffuse oxygen. The text is illustrated with diagrams, maps and photographs relating to the changes human physiology undergoes at altitude.

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