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This collection of translations of some of Koch's important essays represents an important first. It includes three of his essays on anthrax, three on tuberculosis, two on cholera, one on wound infections, and a relective essay entitled On Bacteriological Research.

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In a series of case studies of sexually transmitted disease and HIV/AIDS from around Africa, contributors examine the social, cultural, and political-economic bases of risk, transmission, and response to epidemic disease.

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The book contains more than 250 photographs which are representative of the thousands that were studied. Journal of Biological Photography

With a perspective shaped by recent work in art history and the sociology of knowledge, the authors encourage the reader to analyze photographs as complicated historical documents.

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Pain and suffering, once associated with punishment for sin, became regarded as a purposeless evil that was hostile to human welfare. The humanitarian concepts that we take for granted were relatively recent developments in Western society and were associated with the recognition of the importance of the individual.

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This work identifies significant factors influencing, on the one hand, the historical pattern of sexually acquired diseases in 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific and, on the other hand, factors shaping the government and community responses to that pattern.

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A neurological consultant at a California state hospital, Schain explores the causes of the insanity that suddenly came upon the German philosopher at age 44, early in 1889, a topic frequently discussed in German literature of the early 20th century but little thought of since. Doctors at the time d

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The Tuberculosis Movement presents a detailed description of the evolution of the American tuberculosis movement from its inception in the late 19th century to its maturity in 1917.