Bøger af Jacalyn Duffin

A unique and readable microhistory of an ordinary physician and his community during a period of revolutionary medical change. Duffin bases her insights on a detailed computer-assisted analysis of 40 years of extant daybooks of James Langstaff (1825-1889).

COVID-19: A History presents a global history of the virus, with a focus on Canada. Jacalyn Duffin's broad approach ranges from medical interventions, such as the development of tests, treatments, and vaccines, to the practical politics behind quarantines, barrier technologies, lockdowns, and social and financial supports.

The third edition of this bestselling introduction to medical history has been thoroughly updated to include recent scholarship and new events in major fields of medical endeavor.

In Lovers and Livers, Jacalyn Duffin provides a lively overview of the ideas around disease.