Naris В. The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests

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Wiley Publishing, 2011. - 364 p. Популярное объяснение медицинских терминов для непрофессионалов. For our purposes in the land of medical terms, we can compare anatomy to the infrastructure of a building. The walls, floors, bricks, plaster, electrical system, plumbing, and so forth all help keep the building working for the people who inhabit it. Your body’s anatomy is no different, which is why you are going to read about these particular term...

1993 (Кембриджская всемирная история болезней). Фундаментальный труд по истории медицины и болезней (более 1100 страниц), включает сведения о концептуализации болезней в медицинских традициях, разделы по отдельным странам и регионам, а также главы об истории распространения отдельных заболеваний (более 150). Combining recent medical discoveries with historical and geographical scholarship, The Cambridge World History of Human Disease traces the c...

Facts on File, 2007. - 529 pages. Энциклопедия Чумы и Мора Tracing the history of infectious diseases from the Philistine plague of 11th century BCE to recent SARS and avian flu scares, "Encyclopedia of Plague and Pestilence, Third Edition" is a comprehensive A-Z reference offering international coverage of this timely and fascinating subject.This updated volume provides concise descriptions of more than 700 epidemics, listed alphabetically by...

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005. - 400 pages. Medical Terminology Demystified covers all the basic terms of disease and injury, abnormal anatomy and physiology, surgical techniques, drugs, and other therapies--in the context of real, practical health issues. This self-teaching guide comes complete with key points, background information, quizzes at the end of each chapter, and even a final exam. This book is for people who want to get acquainted...

2nd ed. Thomson Gale. 2001. 3500 p. The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine 2 is a medical reference product designed to inform and educate readers about a wide variety of disorders, conditions, treatments, and diagnostic tests. The Gale Group believes the product to be comprehensive, but not necessarily definitive. It is intended to supplement, not replace, consultation with a physician or other healthcare practitioner. While the Gale Group has made...

2nd ed. Thomson Gale. 2005. 1582 p. The rapid progress in genetic research, including the completion of the Human Genome Project, made a new edition of The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders a necessity. Compiled by genetic counselors, physicians, and medical writers, the encyclopedia explains genetic and congenital disorders in lay language. The 400 alphabetical, signed entries cover genetic disorders ( Down syndrome, Sickle cell disease);...

Manfred Schwab. Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer-Verlag, 2008. - 3302 p. Cancer, although a dreadful disease, is at the same time a fascinating biological phenotype. Around 1980, cancer was first attributed to malfunctioning genes and, subsequently, cancer research has become a major area of scientific research supporting the foundations of modern biology to a great extent. To unravel the human genome sequence was one of those extraordinary task...

Articles: Capacitive Microsensors for Biomedical Applications – Drug Infusion Systems. 2nd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006. – 544 pages. This six-volume work is an alphabetically organized compilation of almost 300 articles that describe critical aspects of medical devices and instrumentation. It is comprehensive. The articles emphasize the contributions of engineering, physics, and computers to each of the general areas of anesthesiol...