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Explores homespun remedies and medicinal herbs

Southern Folk Medicine, 1750-1820 explores methods of cure during a time when the South relied more heavily on homespun remedies than on p…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534811/Enduring-Shame
A study of the rhetorical power of shame and its effect on reproductive politics

Not long ago, unmarried pregnant women in the United States hid in maternity homes and relinquished thei…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534760/Diagnosing-Madness
An examination of the evolving rhetoric of psychiatric disease

Diagnosing Madness is a study of the linguistic negotiations at the heart of mental illness identification and patient dia…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534708/The-Interruption-That-We-Are
In a world of ever-increasing medical technology, a study of the need for wisdom, truth, and public moral argument

In this provocative and interdisciplinary work, Michael J. Hyde develo…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534694/Introducing-Science-through-Images
An examination of how images can serve as communication tools to popularize science in the public eye

As funding for basic scientific research becomes increasingly difficult to secure,…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534634/Hemingways-Brain
A forensic psychiatrist's corrective and innovative diagnosis of the conditions that led to Ernest Hemingway's suicide

Hemingway's Brain is an innovative biography and the first forensi…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534484/Pillaged
An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they work

It is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Ame…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534431/Asylum-Doctor
During the early twentieth century thousands of Americans died of pellagra before the cause—vitamin B3 deficiency—was identified. Credit for ending the scourge is usually given to Dr. Joseph G…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534426/AIDS-in-the-End-Zone
Marcus Johnson has just been named star quarterback for the Marina High School Pirates. Former quarterback Brad Timmerman will do anything to depose this new rival and regain his position and…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/1534372/Breast-or-Bottle
Breast or Bottle? is the first scholarly examination of the shift in breastfeeding recommendations occurring over the last half century. Through a close analysis of scientific and medical cont…]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:25:16 -0700