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Colored insane : slavery, asylums, and mental illness in the nineteenth century
Louis, Diana Martha
Columbia University Press
, 2025
; English
; 318 Pages
Martha Louis explores Black experiences and views of mental disability in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the lives and struggles of the ""colored insane.""
Louis, Diana Martha
Columbia University Press
, 2025
; English
; 318 Pages
Martha Louis explores Black experiences and views of mental disability in the nineteenth century, shedding light on the lives and struggles of the ""colored insane.""
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Transcending the pearly whites: interesting life journeys of dental surgeons
Hong Sai Loh, Loh
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 288 Pages
The Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, was founded in 1929 and celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2024.
Over the decades, many successful and illustrious dental surgeons have emerged from its halls.
These alumni exemplify the quality of the faculty's dental education, research, and service.The editorial team approached and invited a diverse group of graduates from various cohorts to share their life stories and journeys in dentistry - the ups and downs, trials and tribulations they faced, and how they overcame challenges, adapted, and ultimately triumphed.Life, of course, is about more than just dentistry.
These individuals also pursued other skills, hobbies, and roles, leading fulfilling and happy lives beyond their professional careers.Each story chronicles a unique journey, offering relatable experiences for young undergraduates or dentists who aspire to succeed, especially those from similar backgrounds.
This book also serves as a reference for parents considering dentistry as a future path for their children.
Hopefully, it will also capture the interest of the general reader, offering insight into the diverse disciplines within dentistry and the exciting opportunities they present.Certainly, dentistry is more than the tooth - the whole tooth - and that's the truth!
Hong Sai Loh, Loh
World Scientific
, 2025
; English
; 288 Pages
The Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, was founded in 1929 and celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2024.
Over the decades, many successful and illustrious dental surgeons have emerged from its halls.
These alumni exemplify the quality of the faculty's dental education, research, and service.The editorial team approached and invited a diverse group of graduates from various cohorts to share their life stories and journeys in dentistry - the ups and downs, trials and tribulations they faced, and how they overcame challenges, adapted, and ultimately triumphed.Life, of course, is about more than just dentistry.
These individuals also pursued other skills, hobbies, and roles, leading fulfilling and happy lives beyond their professional careers.Each story chronicles a unique journey, offering relatable experiences for young undergraduates or dentists who aspire to succeed, especially those from similar backgrounds.
This book also serves as a reference for parents considering dentistry as a future path for their children.
Hopefully, it will also capture the interest of the general reader, offering insight into the diverse disciplines within dentistry and the exciting opportunities they present.Certainly, dentistry is more than the tooth - the whole tooth - and that's the truth!
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Unburied : the true story of Hannah Beswick, the Manchester mummy
Priest, Hannah
Manchester University Press
, 2025
; English
; 260 Pages
The macabre tale of an eighteenth-century woman immortalised in folklore as the ‘Manchester Mummy’.
In 1835, the Manchester Natural History Society opened the doors of its museum. Taking pride of place in its collection were three mummies: one was Egyptian, one was Peruvian and one was a woman from Cheetham Hill.
This is the first time the true story of Hannah Beswick, the so-called ‘Manchester Mummy’, has been told. Over the years, explanations for the Manchester Mummy have ranged from the chilling – Hannah’s fear of being buried alive – to the downright bizarre – the legend of her buried gold – but the truth is more complex.
Exploring this fascinating episode from museum history, Unburied sheds light on the Victorian turn to the macabre and changing attitudes to the display of human remains. It debunks the legends and asks what Hannah Beswick can tell us about death and dying, mummies and museums.
Priest, Hannah
Manchester University Press
, 2025
; English
; 260 Pages
The macabre tale of an eighteenth-century woman immortalised in folklore as the ‘Manchester Mummy’.
In 1835, the Manchester Natural History Society opened the doors of its museum. Taking pride of place in its collection were three mummies: one was Egyptian, one was Peruvian and one was a woman from Cheetham Hill.
This is the first time the true story of Hannah Beswick, the so-called ‘Manchester Mummy’, has been told. Over the years, explanations for the Manchester Mummy have ranged from the chilling – Hannah’s fear of being buried alive – to the downright bizarre – the legend of her buried gold – but the truth is more complex.
Exploring this fascinating episode from museum history, Unburied sheds light on the Victorian turn to the macabre and changing attitudes to the display of human remains. It debunks the legends and asks what Hannah Beswick can tell us about death and dying, mummies and museums.
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Andreas Vesalius : anatomy and the world of books
Kusukawa, Sachiko
Reaktion Books
, 2024
; English
; 270 Pages
A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius—the father of modern anatomy—as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture.
In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famous books in the history of medicine, On the Fabric of the Human Body. While we often think of dissection as destroying the body, Vesalius believed that it helped him understand how to construct the human body. In this book, Sachiko Kusukawa shows how Vesalius’s publication emerged from the interplay of Renaissance art, printing technology, and classical tradition. She challenges the conventional view of Vesalius as a proto-modern, anti-authoritarian father of anatomy through a more nuanced account of how Vesalius exploited cultural and technological developments to create a big and beautiful book that propelled him into imperial circles and secured his enduring fame.
Kusukawa, Sachiko
Reaktion Books
, 2024
; English
; 270 Pages
A revisionist biography of Andreas Vesalius—the father of modern anatomy—as deeply shaped by Renaissance culture.
In 1543 the young and ambitious physician Andreas Vesalius published one of the most famous books in the history of medicine, On the Fabric of the Human Body. While we often think of dissection as destroying the body, Vesalius believed that it helped him understand how to construct the human body. In this book, Sachiko Kusukawa shows how Vesalius’s publication emerged from the interplay of Renaissance art, printing technology, and classical tradition. She challenges the conventional view of Vesalius as a proto-modern, anti-authoritarian father of anatomy through a more nuanced account of how Vesalius exploited cultural and technological developments to create a big and beautiful book that propelled him into imperial circles and secured his enduring fame.
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Masks, misinformation, and making do : appalachian health-care workers and the COVID-19 pandemic
Welch, Wendy; Morgan, Alan
Ohio University Press
, 2023
; English
; 317 Pages
This collection of first-person accounts by doctors, nurses, and others at the front lines in Appalachia explains how rural communities have responded to COVID-19, addresses stereotypical assumptions about and challenges within rural medical care, and describes burnout and other long-term effects of the pandemic on health-care workers.
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Welch, Wendy; Morgan, Alan
Ohio University Press
, 2023
; English
; 317 Pages
This collection of first-person accounts by doctors, nurses, and others at the front lines in Appalachia explains how rural communities have responded to COVID-19, addresses stereotypical assumptions about and challenges within rural medical care, and describes burnout and other long-term effects of the pandemic on health-care workers.
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The couch, the clinic, and the scanner : stories from three revolutionary eras of the mind
Hellerstein, David
Columbia University Press
, 2023
; English
; 273 Pages
"This book traces the history of psychiatry through three revolutionary eras--each exemplified by a different model of the mind--which Columbia psychiatrist David Hellerstein has seen over the course of his decades-long career. Each model was meant to organize the brain's unfathomable complexity in a simplified but compelling way. First, starting at the beginning of the 20th century, came the psychoanalytic model and the accompanying icon of the couch. Until the 1960s and '70s, Freudian psychoanalysts still ruled America
the mind could be liberated through free association, by regression, by interpretation of transference, and by patiently working through neurotic tangles. Then, In January of 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition, the DSM-III, was published by the American Psychiatric Press. It was more than three and a half times the length of the DSM-II, with 83 more diagnoses--free of psychoanalytic ideas and seen by psychoanalysts at the time as a take-out menu of diagnoses and treatments. This era ushered in revolutionary new clinical treatments and medications. And then, in the early years of the 21st Century, Hellerstein's third decade of practice, yet another new dream began to emerge. We now find ourselves living in the era of the whole human genome, of "personalized," or what was soon renamed "precision," medicine, and the visualization of "task-based" brain center activations by a dazzling array of amazing neuroimaging techniques using MRI and PET scanning machines. Not only that, we are at the first stages of trying to tweak our brains' epigenetics and "retuning" aberrant brain circuits by direct current electricity, or profoundly disruptive drug infusions. We are now immersed in a neuroscience revolution in psychiatry. The sixteen stories that make up the book are autobiographical narratives, written from Hellerstein's perspective as a psychiatrist practicing in New York City from the early 1980s to the present day, a physician who spends his time working with patients, doing research, and helping to run clinics and hospitals. He witnessed firsthand these evolutions of the field: from the couch, to the clinic, to the brain scanner. Mindset documents Hellerstein's own internal battles as explorations of the self, full of wonder and angst and occasional surprising new understanding. And of course, Hellerstein's daily adventures center around the innumerable patients a doctor encounters every day, sometimes baffling and frustrating and often inspiring"-- Provided by publisher
Hellerstein, David
Columbia University Press
, 2023
; English
; 273 Pages
"This book traces the history of psychiatry through three revolutionary eras--each exemplified by a different model of the mind--which Columbia psychiatrist David Hellerstein has seen over the course of his decades-long career. Each model was meant to organize the brain's unfathomable complexity in a simplified but compelling way. First, starting at the beginning of the 20th century, came the psychoanalytic model and the accompanying icon of the couch. Until the 1960s and '70s, Freudian psychoanalysts still ruled America
the mind could be liberated through free association, by regression, by interpretation of transference, and by patiently working through neurotic tangles. Then, In January of 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd edition, the DSM-III, was published by the American Psychiatric Press. It was more than three and a half times the length of the DSM-II, with 83 more diagnoses--free of psychoanalytic ideas and seen by psychoanalysts at the time as a take-out menu of diagnoses and treatments. This era ushered in revolutionary new clinical treatments and medications. And then, in the early years of the 21st Century, Hellerstein's third decade of practice, yet another new dream began to emerge. We now find ourselves living in the era of the whole human genome, of "personalized," or what was soon renamed "precision," medicine, and the visualization of "task-based" brain center activations by a dazzling array of amazing neuroimaging techniques using MRI and PET scanning machines. Not only that, we are at the first stages of trying to tweak our brains' epigenetics and "retuning" aberrant brain circuits by direct current electricity, or profoundly disruptive drug infusions. We are now immersed in a neuroscience revolution in psychiatry. The sixteen stories that make up the book are autobiographical narratives, written from Hellerstein's perspective as a psychiatrist practicing in New York City from the early 1980s to the present day, a physician who spends his time working with patients, doing research, and helping to run clinics and hospitals. He witnessed firsthand these evolutions of the field: from the couch, to the clinic, to the brain scanner. Mindset documents Hellerstein's own internal battles as explorations of the self, full of wonder and angst and occasional surprising new understanding. And of course, Hellerstein's daily adventures center around the innumerable patients a doctor encounters every day, sometimes baffling and frustrating and often inspiring"-- Provided by publisher
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Pete's bogus journey: an autobiographical descent through a career in medicine
Cackett, Peter
World Scientific
, 2023
; English
; 214 Pages
There is no doubt that life is a bogus journey and it does not end well for any of us. However, join eye surgeon Pete Cackett on his eventful pathway through life and career in medicine and learn from his own unfortunate mishaps. Discover how it is possible to make your own journey less bogus, especially if you follow his advice and tips from his "Hidden Curriculum". This book is a celebration of life in all its glorious bogusness with plenty of humour and retro pop culture references along the way.
This is a medical autobiography and is the first one which directly addresses the medical profession (doctors and medical students) and other allied health professionals. It covers many relevant issues and topics on working as a doctor, including those which many are reluctant to talk about such as private practice. It also includes advice gleaned from over 30 years in medicine as part of a "Hidden Curriculum". This guidance can be used by the reader to make changes to their own lives in order to create a happier and more successful existence.
Cackett, Peter
World Scientific
, 2023
; English
; 214 Pages
There is no doubt that life is a bogus journey and it does not end well for any of us. However, join eye surgeon Pete Cackett on his eventful pathway through life and career in medicine and learn from his own unfortunate mishaps. Discover how it is possible to make your own journey less bogus, especially if you follow his advice and tips from his "Hidden Curriculum". This book is a celebration of life in all its glorious bogusness with plenty of humour and retro pop culture references along the way.
This is a medical autobiography and is the first one which directly addresses the medical profession (doctors and medical students) and other allied health professionals. It covers many relevant issues and topics on working as a doctor, including those which many are reluctant to talk about such as private practice. It also includes advice gleaned from over 30 years in medicine as part of a "Hidden Curriculum". This guidance can be used by the reader to make changes to their own lives in order to create a happier and more successful existence.
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I don't talk to dead bodies : the curious encounters of a forensic psychiatrist
Morrison, Rhona
Right Book Press
, 2022
; English
; 240 Pages
Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and at times downright bizarre, thought-provoking and eye-opening rollercoaster ride through some of the most curious encounters of her career as a leading forensic psychiatrist.
Delve into the minds of real people, whose actions may shock and stun you, but whose stories have the power to challenge your assumptions and the stigma that surrounds mental illness.
Travel directly into their living rooms and see behind the closed doors of hospitals, prisons and courtrooms. Lift the lid on Dr Morrison’s jaw-dropping experiences with murderers, stalkers and other dangerous offenders as she attempts to make sense of some highly unusual situations. Discover the true stories of the inspiring human beings who are bravely learning to live with major mental illness.
I Don’t Talk To Dead Bodies shines a powerful, emotional and surprisingly moving spotlight on the fascinating life of a forensic psychiatrist and the people she works with. It goes beyond the sensationalist headlines to show you just what happens in a world where mental illness occasionally makes good people do bad things.
Morrison, Rhona
Right Book Press
, 2022
; English
; 240 Pages
Prepare to be intrigued, amazed and astonished as you join Dr Rhona Morrison on an often funny, and at times downright bizarre, thought-provoking and eye-opening rollercoaster ride through some of the most curious encounters of her career as a leading forensic psychiatrist.
Delve into the minds of real people, whose actions may shock and stun you, but whose stories have the power to challenge your assumptions and the stigma that surrounds mental illness.
Travel directly into their living rooms and see behind the closed doors of hospitals, prisons and courtrooms. Lift the lid on Dr Morrison’s jaw-dropping experiences with murderers, stalkers and other dangerous offenders as she attempts to make sense of some highly unusual situations. Discover the true stories of the inspiring human beings who are bravely learning to live with major mental illness.
I Don’t Talk To Dead Bodies shines a powerful, emotional and surprisingly moving spotlight on the fascinating life of a forensic psychiatrist and the people she works with. It goes beyond the sensationalist headlines to show you just what happens in a world where mental illness occasionally makes good people do bad things.
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Fallible: A Memoir of a Young Physician's Struggle with Mental Illness
Jones, Kyle Bradford; Ross, Jonathan Todd
Blackstone Publishing
, 2022
; English
Nearly one in every five Americans deals with mental illness in a given year, and the rates are climbing. Among physicians, the rate is even higher as the time spent in medical training significantly increases the risk of poor mental health.
None of us is fully immune from the ravages of mental health problems. This book is about the fallibility of us all, including the doctors who are supposed to care for us. It is about the fine line of illness and normal emotion and about how to change the norms of medical practice in light of human weakness.
It's for individuals who suffer from mental illness. It's for their loved ones. It's for anyone who interacts with someone with a mental illness. In short, it's for all of us.
Jones, Kyle Bradford; Ross, Jonathan Todd
Blackstone Publishing
, 2022
; English
Nearly one in every five Americans deals with mental illness in a given year, and the rates are climbing. Among physicians, the rate is even higher as the time spent in medical training significantly increases the risk of poor mental health.
None of us is fully immune from the ravages of mental health problems. This book is about the fallibility of us all, including the doctors who are supposed to care for us. It is about the fine line of illness and normal emotion and about how to change the norms of medical practice in light of human weakness.
It's for individuals who suffer from mental illness. It's for their loved ones. It's for anyone who interacts with someone with a mental illness. In short, it's for all of us.
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The analyst: a daughter’s memoir
Wexler, Alice
Columbia University Press
, 2022
; English
; 293 Pages
Milton Wexler was among the most unconventional, compelling, and sometimes controversial figures of the golden age of psychoanalysis in America. From Teachers College at Columbia University to the Menninger Foundation in Topeka to the galleries and gilded hills of Hollywood, he traversed the country and the century, pursuing interests ranging from the treatment of schizophrenia to group therapy with artists to advocacy for research on Huntington’s disease. At a time when psychologists and psychoanalysts tended to promote adjustment to society, Wexler increasingly championed creativity and struggle.
The Analyst is an intimate and searching portrait of Milton Wexler, written by his daughter, an acclaimed historian. Alice Wexler illuminates her father’s intense private life and explores how his life and work reveal the broader reaches of Freudian ideas in the United States. She draws on decades of Milton Wexler’s unpublished family and professional correspondence and manuscripts as well as her own interviews, diaries, and memories. Through the lens of Milton Wexler’s friendships, the book offers glimpses into the lives of cultural icons such as Lillian Hellman, Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers), and Frank Gehry. The Analyst is at once a striking account of the arc of an iconoclast’s life, a daughter’s moving meditation on her complex father, and a new window onto on the wider landscape of psychoanalysis and science in the twentieth century.
Wexler, Alice
Columbia University Press
, 2022
; English
; 293 Pages
Milton Wexler was among the most unconventional, compelling, and sometimes controversial figures of the golden age of psychoanalysis in America. From Teachers College at Columbia University to the Menninger Foundation in Topeka to the galleries and gilded hills of Hollywood, he traversed the country and the century, pursuing interests ranging from the treatment of schizophrenia to group therapy with artists to advocacy for research on Huntington’s disease. At a time when psychologists and psychoanalysts tended to promote adjustment to society, Wexler increasingly championed creativity and struggle.
The Analyst is an intimate and searching portrait of Milton Wexler, written by his daughter, an acclaimed historian. Alice Wexler illuminates her father’s intense private life and explores how his life and work reveal the broader reaches of Freudian ideas in the United States. She draws on decades of Milton Wexler’s unpublished family and professional correspondence and manuscripts as well as her own interviews, diaries, and memories. Through the lens of Milton Wexler’s friendships, the book offers glimpses into the lives of cultural icons such as Lillian Hellman, Eppie Lederer (Ann Landers), and Frank Gehry. The Analyst is at once a striking account of the arc of an iconoclast’s life, a daughter’s moving meditation on her complex father, and a new window onto on the wider landscape of psychoanalysis and science in the twentieth century.
