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Hi! My name is Trude. I'm a research student Art Studies and bookhistory with a strong interest in medicial history. I am especially interested in nineteenth century infectious diseases like cholera and tuberculosis, and the history of madness. My research thesis concerns the representation of madness in the book-illustrations of Don Quixote between 1608 and 1745.
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Wow, that sounds interesting. Are you looking at tertiary syphilis as a cause for madness with your thesis?
Well, hello! I'm Tawni, and I'm a lawyer who represents doctors and nurses when they're sued. I've been interested in medicine since I was a kid. My particular areas of interest are neurology and neurosurgery, emergency medicine, psychiatry, and pharmacology--and also infectious disease, which seems to be a common thread. This is my first Good Reads group and I'm looking forward to exchanging ideas with you all.
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Rebecca wrote: "Trude wrote: "Hi! My name is Trude. I'm a research student Art Studies and bookhistory with a strong interest in medicial history. I am especially interested in nineteenth century infectious diseas..."No, not specifically. For my thesis I will test Michel Foucault's theory on the representation of madness. Foucault claims that at the end of the Middle Ages the text of a book and the illustrations accompanying those words started to drift apart. This means that the images would 'tell' their own story of madness, a story that could be quite different than the book itself. For instance: while Cervantes himself - and more important, the printers and publishers that later on added their own prefaces etc. to the text - showed a keen understanding of the humoral theory that was still very persistent in those days, none of that could be seen in the illustrations. Until 1725 the illustrations of Don Quixote only show a generic knight on a horse accompanied by a squire on a donkey. And if I am right about my assumptions, it means that Foucault is wrong: illustrations will be very much linked to the text until way into the eighteenth century.
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Rebecca wrote: "@Trude: what do you think happened during the eighteenth century to account for the disconnect in the pictures?"Well, the only possible explanation I can come up with at the moment is Pierre Bourdieu's theory of social Distinction. Starting at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the illustrations were based on tapestries that were clearly meant for more elite audience in comparison to the audience of the illustrations. But I am still trying to come up with a more logical and less obvious solution.
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Hello, my name is Lori and I'm a pharmacy student. I mostly read fiction for fun to take my mind away from the demands of school, work, and life. However, when I read non-fiction my interest is usually peaked by science and medicine books. Infectious disease is a great interest of mine, from a pharmacotherapy standpoint and parenteral nutrition would be a close running second. It's nice to meet you all and I look forward to some great discussions.
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I started Gulp. Mary Roach is superb at making science accessible. I have the Panic Virus by Seth Mnookin next in line.
Hello,my name is Lynne and I became interested in medical history when I began researching the medical use of iodine for a book. I work as the Director of a breast cancer nonprofit and iodine supplementation is one of the integrative therapies patients use. In the course of my research, which tracks the use of iodine-based medicine back 15,000 years, I discovered a fascinating book on the history of syphilis, Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis, by Deborah Hayden. I look forward to reading your suggestions.
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hi,myself Prince and i'm a medical student doing graduation from AIIMS,India.I like to roam in world full of surprises which science can make.I like to read all kind of lunatic thought which a well driven science mind can make.I'm also like stories about rise of science and toil of people who brought it there and gave mankind a new leap.
Hello. My name is Judith & I've been a psychiatric nurse in 7 states & every type of facility, have dealt with all ages & all degrees & diagnoses of mental illness. I like true psychiatric case studies best, followed by epidemics & then the Cancer stories of trial, error & success. My best book lately was "Spillover" which was really a great read. I read "God's Hotel" which I don't think many have read but the parts about her thesis on how sickness was treated before modern medicine (when the Abbeys & Convents were it for care) were fascinating. I look forward to joining in group discussions
Hi I'm Bhavana. I am going to join in MBBS tomorrow. I hope this group helps me read some books and also helps me with solving doubts
Hello everyone! My name is Cynthia. I am a medical student. I also work as a midwife and have a degree in journalism as well. I am fascinated by virology and microbiology. It is incredible how the tiniest of organisms can just make you so sick and kill you in some cases. I have joined this group to virtual meet up with people who share the same interests. :-)
GoodReads ate my first post. Anyway, Hello all! My name is Allyson. I've had a life-long love of Medical History. I read my first book on the subject while in sixth grade, Berton Rouche's "The Incurable Wound." While I graduated college ith a BS in Biology, I work in the computer field. I collect Anatomy & Physiology books and think Frank Netter, MD is the Best! Look forward to discussing books with everyone!
Hi, my name is Amy--I'm an advocate for the BRCA/HBOC community (Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer). I interested primarily in non-fiction memoir and genetics books. Recently contributed to: Letters to Doctors: Patients Educating Medical Professionals through Practical True Life Experiences.
So many interesting people since I was last here! (I'll be away again for a couple of months' worth of trials.) I recently read The Lobotomist by Jack El-Hai; it was a fascinating history of the man who popularized lobotomies in the US, the procedures themselves, and the intersection of neurology and psychiatry from the early- to mid-20th Century. (The writing was not sparkling, though; a lot of repetition and some patches that are very choppy.)Rod, because I live in Utah, Barney Clark comes to mind--he was the first patient to receive a permanent artificial heart, at the University of Utah in 1982. What an interesting project you're working on--I'd love to hear more about it as it develops. Hope the new year is treating you all well!
Hello, my name is Damaris- I work in the field of public health. I develop and design programs for rural populations. I cant say that there is one specific interest of mine. I've read books on a variety of subjects. All of it is interesting and fascinating. It appears that any new practice in medicine is always met with opposition
Hello,My name is Philippe. I'm physician biologist. I work also in health économy and anti-âging. I like multidisciplinary approach. I'm interested in microbiological problematics. For exemple the cholera épidémy at XIX° with role of the travelings merchants in the transmission of the disease. Why PR appear in middle âge with urbanisation?
But I like also psychiatry especially the évolution in XIX°
Hello. My name is Amanda. I am a pharmacy technician and a full time student working towards a bachelors of science in Psychology. I have about a year to go and then I am hoping to be accepted into a graduate program. I am very interested in medicine and medical history, especially the history of epidemiology and zoonotic viruses. I am really looking forward to meeting some new people interested in science in general and hoping to read some interesting books in the medical field.
Hello,I propose to choose some subjects and to begin to work. I think that quickly we can find one or two who interest us.
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Yes, there is a subject which fascinated me it's the cholera. 7 pandemy. Five began in the bengal golf. The sixth in the Sinaï lazaret El Tor. Why the vibrio who was endemic in Bengal begin pendemic? During Russia Napoleon war, only alcoholic soldier survived. Other subject, Plague. Read Daniel Defoe it's incredible. There is the singular personnality of Yersin. I advice you a novel "Peste et cholera" on his life.
So two subject
Hello, my name is Tyler, and I working on a master's degree in history, looking at the impact of the printing press on natural magic. I am interested in the history of medicine and diseases, especially in the middle ages and the early modern period. As well, I am interested in the connection between magic and medicine, and the development of modern medicine.
Hello, My name is Anne-Kathleen, I am a historian, and I am doing a PhD on the killing of psychiatric patients in Nazi Germany. I am especially interested in the history of psychiatry 1900-1950.
I hope to find some interesting books dealing with this period in this group and some discussions with other members.
Hello all, I'm new to this group but I have followed some book suggestion like the Origins of Aids. It was a great book. Thank you for the suggestion. Recently I just finished The Philadelphia Chromosome and The Poisoner's Handbook, the latter is about history of forensic medicine and toxicology. Looking forward for the group's next book suggestion
Oh by the way, my name is Shela and I'm a physician
Hello all. Looking forward to getting to grips with the group book list. I'm not involved in the health care sector, I'm just very interested in the history of medicine.
Hello, I am Cass. I have a BA in Anthropology with a minor in History. My area of focus was in Archaeology and Bio-archaeology. I have always had an interest in Paleopathology and Disease. My favorites so far have been _ Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby
_ Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Walsik.
Looking forward the book recommendations for this group.
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Letters to Doctors: Patients Educating Medical Professionals through Practical True Life Experiences: The BRCA Mutation and Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome Edition (other topics)Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal (other topics)
