Bøger i Rochester Studies in Medical History serien

The first study to research the history of the health funds established by Jewish laborers in Israel.

Kim Pelis uses a wide range of French and Tunisian archival materials and a close reading of Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Charles Nicolle's scientific papers and philosophical treatises to explore the relationship of scienceand medicine to society and culture in the first third of the twentieth century.

An exploration of the major conflicts and historic events that shaped the current Israeli health care system.

A provocative study that explores medical, social, cultural, and aesthetic customs and practices of treating the dead body in Sweden in an era of modernization.

A look at how the concept of "risk factor" has influenced public health and preventive medicine, with an emphasis upon the study of heart disease.

Original essays by leading media scholars and historians of medicine that explore the rich history of health-related films.

New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe.

A detailed examination of the political forces and events that shaped smallpox vaccination policy in England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland during the nineteenth century.