Tumours of the Brain and Skull, Part 3 (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol. 18)

Vinken, P.J.

Bruyn, G.W.

Elsevier Science

This is a wonderfully readable, nearly novel-like but masterfully scholarly all-encompassing history of malaria, a disease that still kills 2 to 3 million people every year, with unprecedented documentation of its impact on human events. The book contains more than 250 rare illustrations from obscure sources as well as a bibliography and names and dates section plus index. No other work ever attempted matches this volume's stunning scope and depth of coverage of malaria as one the great scourges of mankind responsible for defeating conquering armies, altering the fate of besieged cities, devastating the Papal conclaves, barring progress and civilization in Victorian times, and blamed by some historians for the decline of Greek civilization, the fall of the Roman Empire, and hindering the colonization of Africa. A unique and special work for the legion of medical and general readers fascinated by the evolution of science and medicine over the centuries.

An Illustrated History of Malaria

Medical Books

Poser, C.M.

Administration & Medicine Economics

CRC-Press

This superbly illustrated book gives insights into the political and medical background of the history of the mid to late 19th century scientific efforts in Europe. The biographies of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel among others are artfully intertwined within this history. Focusing on the struggle for recognition by Axel Key for the Karolinska Institute, the book also describes the intimate relationships of academia in promoting their dreams to fruition. Axel Key, a professor of pathology at the Karolinska Institute and the main player in this book, takes us on an exciting, informative historical romp through Europe, describing in detail his meetings with the most eminent scientists of the era whose names have become household in every facet of medicine today - one of the most prominent of which was Alfred Nobel.After Nobel's death, Axel Key played a decisive role in the final implementation of his will and the association of the Karolinska Institute with the Nobel Prize in Medicine. The text is laced with literally hundreds of tiny, albeit very interesting details of considerable significance. The appendix must be given special attention as it provides biographies of all the numerous scientists who are mentioned in the book - fascinating data hard to find in current reference books. This book is a must not only for neuroscientists and historians but also for physicians all around the world who are interested in the history of medicine, the Karolinska Institute, and the two Swedish contemporaries Axel Key and Alfred Nobel. It provides enjoyable and informative reading, and, with a large number of portraits, it puts faces to the nerves, cells, microbes and diseases that have been named after their famous discoverers.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine and the Karolinska Institute: The Story of Axel Key and Alfred Nobel

Ljunggren, Bengt

Science & Math

S Karger Ag

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