The Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry: A History of Misery and Medicine, Hardcover - J. P. Webster

Reducere. The Quaker City and its hospitals were pioneers in the field of mental health. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, its institutions were crow...

DescriptionSeen through the eyes of the patients who lived there, Inside Oregon State Hospital" examines the world of the Northwest's oldest mental...

Reducere. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia opened its doors in 1855 amidst a turbulent time in the city. Dr. Francis West Lewis, a prominent Philadelp...

Reducere. DescriptionFor nearly 80 years, Pennhurst State School and Hospital was a reminder of how society viewed and treated people with intellectual disab...

Reducere. Nearly two decades after it closed, the South Carolina State Hospital continues to hold a palpable mystique in Columbia and throughout the state. F...

An unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crises around the globe, from one of the world's most daring philosopher-reportersPublisher: Ya...

Reducere. Moral treatment, the vogue of early American psychology, freed the mentally ill of their chains. They were, however, still relegated to separate in...

Reducere. Doctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond t...

Reducere. Perched high on the top of Hathorne Hill in what was once the village of Salem, Danvers State Insane Asylum was, for more than a century, a monumen...

Reducere. The Worcester State Hospital offered a novel and compelling promise: that insanity could be cured by humane treatment in a therapeutic setting. Pat...

Reducere. DescriptionFor 141 years, Hudson River State Hospital was home to tens of thousands of individuals suffering from mental illness. The facility grew...

Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at a Glance offers healthcare students and trainees the essential theoretical knowledge and practical skills releva...

Reducere. This compelling book includes 186 case studies of patients who were admitted to the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst between 1894 and 1920. Unt...

Reducere. Northern Michigan Asylum, which opened in 1885, was known during most of its years as Traverse City State Hospital. It was run during its first dec...

Camarillo State Hospital, affectionately known as "Cam, " officially opened its doors in 1936, during a time when the California State Commission i...

Norwich State Hospital (NSH), established in 1904, was more than just a series of mortar and brick buildings to house and treat persons suffering f...

This book provides a detailed history of the first hospital dedicated to neurology and neurosurgery in the world: the National Hospital, Queen Squa...

DescriptionChelsea and Westminster Hospital and its charity, CW+, have been pioneers at the intersection of art and healthcare for more than twenty...

Of Sluices and Sisters: Anecdotes of Student Nurses at a London Teaching Hospital Follows the trials and tribulations of a set of student nurses tr...

The finely aged history of Philadelphia brewing has been fermenting since before the crack appeared in the Liberty Bell. By the time thirsty immigr...

DescriptionOn the banks of Lake Chauncy sit the remains of the Westborough Insane Hospital, later known as Westborough State Hospital. Westborough ...

Now reflecting a greater focus on today's multidisciplinary approach to care, Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 6th Edi...

Reducere. Since the time of William Penn, the Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties has had a tradition of hard work and innovation. This former Le...

DescriptionAt the Cold Shoulder of History gives an in-depth look at what happened in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. O...

Reducere. With 160 color photographs that invite the reader to step over the threshold, Historic Houses of Philadelphia brings the region's most impressive m...

Reducere. During the first half of the twentieth century, the Peoria State Hospital was the premiere mental health facility of its day. Dr. George Zeller ins...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Earl J. HessDuring the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transpor...

Reducere. A classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political docu...

Reducere. DescriptionThe battle of Gettysburg was considered to be the turning point of the War of the Southern Rebellion not necessarily because the Federal...

One of the most famous and controversial works by possibly the highest profile historians of the twentieth century.

Reducere. "Named by the "Wall Street Journal "as one of the five best health books of 2011 County" is the amazing tale of one of America's oldest and most un...

Reducere. This book contains the admission record for the first 888 patients admitted to the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, Georgia. The hospital, ...

Reducere. Focusing on major issues and in a non-polemical way, William Webster raises questions about doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church that current Cat...

Reducere. The Texas Children's Hospital Handbook of Congenital Heart Disease is authored by physicians, nurses, and allied staff across a wide variety of dis...

Reducere. For 141 years, Hudson River State Hospital was home to tens of thousands of individuals suffering from mental illness. The facility grew from a 208...

Reducere. From Sheri Fink, author of Five Days at Memorial, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction In April 1992, a handful of young...

DescriptionAs many as 20, 000 women worked in Union and Confederate hospitals during America's bloodiest war. Black and white, and from various soc...