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  • The Anatomist Anatomis'd

    An Experimental Discipline in Enlightenment Europe

    Series series The History of Medicine in Context
    The eighteenth-century practitioners of anatomy saw their own period as 'the perfection of anatomy'. This book looks at the investigation of anatomy in the 'long' eighteenth century in disciplinary terms. This means looking in a novel way not only at the practical aspects of anatomizing but also at questions of how one became an anatomist, where and how the discipline was practised, what the point ... Read more

    $116.99 CAD

  • A Sailor's Odyssey

    The Autobiography of Admiral Andrew Cunningham

    Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940–41, after the surrender of France and Italy's entry into the ... Read more

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  • The Anatomical Renaissance

    The Resurrection of the Anatomical Projects of the Ancients

    The central proposition of this book is that the great anatomists of the Renaissance, from Vesalius to Fabricius and Harvey - the forebears of modern scientific biology and medicine - consciously resurrected not merely the methods but also the research projects of Aristotle and other Ancients. The Moderns' choice of topics and subjects, their aims, and their evaluation of their investigations were ... Read more

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  • Discommunication: Volume 1

    Series Book 1 - Discommunication
    Togawa is dating the resident class weirdo, and their relationship is even more non-standard than she expected! They've never even kissed, but he's tasted her tears, cleaned her ears, and shaved the nape of her neck! And also walked her through a Buddhist ritual that opened her third eye and brought her spiritual peace and a good night's sleep. It is indeed a wonder, in more ways than one, that ... Read more

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  • 'I Follow Aristotle': How William Harvey Discovered the Circulation of the Blood

    Series series The History of Medicine in Context
    This book presents a new interpretation of how and why the discovery of the circulation of the blood in animals was made. It has long been known that the English physician William Harvey (1578–1657) was a follower of Aristotle, but his most strikingly ‘modern’ and original discovery – of the circulation of the blood – resulted from Harvey following Aristotle’s ancient programme of investigation ... Read more

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  • Centres of Medical Excellence?

    Medical Travel and Education in Europe, 1500–1789

    Series series The History of Medicine in Context
    Students notoriously vote with their feet, seeking out the best and most innovative teachers of their subject. The most ambitious students have been travelling long distances for their education since universities were first founded in the 13th century, making their own educational pilgrimage or peregrinatio. This volume deals with the peregrinatio medica from the viewpoint of the travelling ... Read more

    $107.99 CAD

  • Medicine and Religion in Enlightenment Europe

    Series series The History of Medicine in Context
    The Enlightenment period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789, is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality. With respect to medicine this means that the religious elements in the treatment and interpretation of diseases to all intents and purposes disappeared. However, there are growing indications in recent scholarship that this may ... Read more

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  • A Sailor's Odyssey

    The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

    First published in 1951, this is the autobiography of a distinguished commander of WWII. Serving in both wars, he was Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean at the outbreak of war, forced to cope with inadequate resources and virtually no air cover. After a short spell in Washington as a Naval Representative he returned as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean and worked with Eisenhower and Alexander.His ... Read more

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  • The Identity of the History of Science and Medicine

    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    In these essays, Andrew Cunningham is concerned with issues of identity - what was the identity of topics, disciplines, arguments, diseases in the past, and whether they are identical with (more usually, how they are not identical with) topics, disciplines, arguments or diseases in the present. Historians usually tend to assume such continuous identities of present attitudes and activities with ... Read more

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  • Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 25 (light novel)

    by Hiro Ainana, shri ...
    Translated by Andrew Cunningham ...
    Series Book 25 - Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
    Having been recognized for his achievements as the Vice Minister of Tourism, as well as his party’s victory against the demon lord, Satou and the girls receive medals of honor in the Shiga Kingdom! While making the most of their time in the capital, they’re able to reunite with Zena and the oracle priestess Sara, but they’re soon attacked by more red-rope monsters! Just as Satou steps in to ... Read more

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  • Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 24 (light novel)

    by Hiro Ainana, shri ...
    Translated by Andrew Cunningham ...
    Series Book 24 - Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
    ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN… Having stopped the necromancer’s onslaught and ensured that Hero’s Rest is in good hands, Satou and friends resume their travels across the neighboring countries. However, demons seem to be wreaking havoc everywhere they go! As Satou’s party solves problem after problem, he decides it’s time to give the party members’ gear a much-needed upgrade. And seizing this moment of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Vol. 26 (light novel)

    by Hiro Ainana, shri ...
    Translated by Andrew Cunningham ...
    Series series Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
    The Holy Husk Titan’s coup d’état has been thwarted! Now back in Muno County, Satou has a jam-packed schedule—he attends the wedding of Count’s heir, is appointed viceroy, and forges an alliance with some kobolds. Ringrande doesn’t care much for that, though. Following his arrival, Satou is dragged off to the Yowork Kingdom to hunt a demon lord. He fights alongside the Saga Empire Heroes to defeat ... Read more

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