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Practical Pursuits

Takano Chōei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan

By: Ellen Gardner Nakamura

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Practical Pursuits

Takano Chōei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan

By: Ellen Gardner Nakamura

The history of Western medicine in the late Tokugawa period is usually depicted as a prelude to modern medicine. By comparison to the Western medical science that was systematically introduced in the Meiji period, the Tokugawa study of Western learning is often seen as a hopelessly backward exercise in which inadequately equipped Japanese doctors valiantly struggled to make sense of outdated Dutch knowledge. In contrast, this book argues that the study of Western medicine was a dynamic activity that brought together doctors from all over the country in efforts to effect social change. Western knowledge was not simply the property of elite samurai doctors working for the Bakufu or domains but was shared even by commoner doctors working in local practices in rural backwaters. Through the examples of the doctors Takano Choei (1804–1850) and Takahashi Keisaku (1799–1875), this book explores the context into which local Japanese doctors incorporated Western ideas, the social networks through which they communicated them, and the geographical spaces that supported these activities. By examining the social impact of Western learning at the level of everyday life rather than simply its impact at the theoretical level, the book offers a broad picture of the way in which Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan.

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BRILL

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1684174228

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9781684174225

The Beauty and the Book

Women and Fiction in Nineteenth-Century China

By: Ellen Widmer

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The Beauty and the Book

Women and Fiction in Nineteenth-Century China

By: Ellen Widmer

Women entered the book trade in significant numbers in China during the late sixteenth century, when it became acceptable for women from “good families” to write poetry and seek to publish their collected poems. At about the same time, a boom in the publication of fiction began, and semiprofessional novelists emerged. This study begins with three case studies, each of which probes one facet of the relationship between women and fiction in the early nineteenth century. It examines in turn the prefaces written by four women for a novel about women; the activities of a woman editor and writer of fiction; and writings on fiction by three leading literary women. Building on these case studies, the second half of the book focuses on the many sequels to the Dream of the Red Chamber—one of which was demonstrably written by a woman—and the significance of this novel for women. As Ellen Widmer shows, by the end of the century, women were becoming increasingly involved in the novel as critical readers, writers, and editors. And if women and their relationship to fiction changed over the nineteenth century, the novel changed as well, not the least in its growing recognition of the importance of female readers.

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436

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BRILL

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1684174368

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9781684174362

Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer Genetics

By: Ellen Matloff

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Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer Genetics

By: Ellen Matloff

This practical, user-friendly guidebook will allow the clinician to search under disease site for the hereditary cancer syndromes relevant for his/her patient's cancer. For example, a gynecologist oncologist whose patient has ovarian cancer can turn to the Ovary chapter and quickly read a summary of all of the hereditary cancer syndromes that include ovarian cancer. She can learn the questions she should be asking when expanding that patient's personal and family history, which genes are most relevant, whether to refer that patient on for genetic counseling and testing, and how to manage that patient long-term if the patient is mutation positive or negative. The same holds true for the practicing oncologist, surgeon, urologist, endocrinologist, gynecologist, primary care physician, physician's assistant, advanced practice nurse and any other clinician seeing a patient who has had cancer. This guidebook also contains an overview article on genetic counseling and testing and several in depth articles on issues that are up and coming in the field of hereditary cancer.

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348

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469833883

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9781469833880

Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy - E-Book

By: Ellen Hillegass

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Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy - E-Book

By: Ellen Hillegass

- UPDATED! Content and references throughout present the most current and relevant information for today's clinical practice. - NEW! Two additional chapters on Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women and Pulmonary Vascular Disease provide comprehensive coverage of these key topics. - NEW! Enhanced ebook version of the text — included with print purchase — offers access to all of the text, figures, and references from the book, as well as additional case studies and a glossary, on a variety of digital devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323755925

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9780323755924

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Practical Pursuits

Practical Pursuits

The Beauty and the Book

The Beauty and the Book

Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer Genetics

Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology: Handbook of Clinical Cancer Genetics

Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy - E-Book

Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy - E-Book

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