Résultats pour "The Cure" dans Histoire

Le second empire vu sous l'angle des Rougon, archétypes de la bourgeoisie ambitieuse et parvenue.

How Victorian male doctors used false science to argue that women were unfit for anything but motherhoodand the brilliant doctor who defied them. After Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from medical school, more women demanded a chance to study medicine. Barred entrance to...

A fascinating, “rich, and generous” (Financial Times) look at the treatment of depression by an award-winning science writer that blends popular science, narrative history, and memoir. Is depression a persistent low mood, or is it a range of symptoms? Can it be expressed through a single...

People have always traveled for health, but as industrial pollution increased in nineteenth-century Britain, doctors started ordering their patients abroad in ever-growing numbers. This work explores the intensity and sheer strangeness of life in these colonies, governed by illness, but where patients (before the rise of the sanatorium) could move around freely, and even indulge in winter sports. Focusing on Menton on the Riviera and Davos in the Swiss Alps, from the 1860s to the 1920s, In Quest of a Cure explores the literary and medical cultures of these resorts.

The inspiring story of how we overcame a history of infectious disease, poisonous environments, and early death and unlocked an explosion in human potential—and a vision for the work ahead to optimize human flourishing in the twenty-first century “Michelle Williams understands what too many...

From the acclaimed author of Billion Dollar Molecule and The Antidote, a revisionist, passionate history of the pharmaceutical industry, detailing how the nascent industry ushered in an age of cures. For the past thirty-five years, the acclaimed author Barry Werth has been covering one of the...

La historia de un joven sacerdote bogotano que, a mediados de los años sesenta, emergió como líder popular, al incitar a la rebelión contra la oligarquía y la clase dirigente colombianas. Después de muchas frustraciones en sus esfuerzos por introducir reformas radicales en su país...

One in ten American adults tried intermittent fasting last year, and they may be on to something. The latest research shows that fasting repairs cellular damage, improves the outcomes for chemotherapy patients, and helps with keeping a healthy weight, leading to a resurgence in recent years. Journalist Steve Hendricks’s The Oldest Cure in the World tells the history of fasting—from the ancient world (Jesus treated an epileptic with fasting) to its rediscovery centuries later.

Following the trail of an unexpected family connection, acclaimed journalist Pam Fessler has unearthed the lost world of the patients, nurses, doctors, and researchers at Carville who struggled for over a century to eradicate Hansen's disease, the modern name for leprosy. Amid widespread public anxiety about foreign contamination and contagion, patients were deprived of basic rights - denied the right to vote, restricted from leaving Carville, and often forbidden from contact with their own parents or children.  

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of the young women who trained in her laboratory. ‘A fresh and feminist study of the pioneering Nobel laureate reveals her impact...

At 19, filled with wanderlust and hormones, Dan Martin made the hilariously amazing decision to join the military to travel and meet girls. Three months later, with Desert Storm in full swing, he found himself surrounded by dudes with not much to do. What unfolded was a long, protracted series of adventures into the art of curing boredom. Told in a collection of vignettes, Operation Cure Boredom is a coming of age story in camouflage.

Un podcast che esplora il ruolo di curatori e curatrici d’arte attraverso interviste informali che ne ricostruiscono le biografie e l’evoluzione della professione. Racconti, aneddoti, incontri, percorsi ed interrogativi lungo un viaggio tra le diverse voci del panorama artistico contemporaneo. Un podcast curato da Diego Randazzo.

Every breakthrough begins with a story. Before the Cure is a conversational podcast exploring the human stories behind medical breakthroughs, healthcare innovation, biotech, patient advocacy, and emerging technologies changing medicine. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Timothy Wheeler and biotech leader David Tsai sit down with founders, scientists, physicians, advocates, patients, and families pursuing progress before anyone knows whether they will succeed. Timothy has spent 20 years documenting people driven to pursue things they believed mattered long before the outcome was certain. ...

Discover the gripping history of human survival, where gruesome trial and error birthed modern medical science. Whether you need a thought-provoking listen for your commute or want to satisfy a curious mind, this dark yet hopeful narrative delivers. Witness the brutal origins of early surgery...

From acclaimed and prizewinning historian Paul Gillingham, the rich and fascinating history of one of the world’s most diverse, politically groundbreaking, and influential of countries From its outset, “Mexico was more profoundly, globally hybrid than anywhere else in the prior history of...

Dive into Edward Carpenters Civilisation- Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays, a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate relationship between humanity and civilization. Published in 1889, Carpenter provocatively compares civilization to a disease that impacts society at its core. This insightful collection not only critiques the foundations of modern life but also features a series of engaging essays, including Modern Science A Criticism, The Science of the Future A Forecast, and Defence of Criminals A Criticism of Morality. Additionally, the publication includes thought-provoking ...

Karen M. Masterson, a journalist turned malaria researcher, uncovers the complete story behind this dark tale of science, medicine and war. Illuminating, riveting and surprising, The Malaria Project captures the ethical perils of seeking treatments for disease while ignoring the human condition.

Dive into the life of the esteemed French physicist Pierre Curie through the eyes of his wife, the legendary Marie Curie. In this captivating biography, she not only highlights his remarkable scientific achievements but also offers a heartfelt glimpse into their family life and his unique personality. The narrative is enriched by a four-chapter autobiography from Marie herself, providing an intimate perspective on both their intertwined lives and groundbreaking contributions to science. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

A WALL STREET JOURNAL TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 ALSO NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY "Valley of Forgetting reminds us that scientific progress is measured not only in breakthroughs but also through the sacrifices people make, the trust that is built. It is a...

In 1864, Pope Pius IX issued the powerful encyclical letter Quanta Cura, accompanied by the Syllabus of Errors, a crucial document aimed at the bishops of the Catholic Church. This letter sought to illuminate the myriad errors and harmful doctrines that Pius IX vehemently condemned. The Syllabus enumerates eighty propositions deemed erroneous, laying the groundwork for what would be considered the heresy of Modernism, a stance that has been rejected by subsequent popes. Join Algy Pug as he delves into this significant historical text and its lasting implications on the Church.