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Contagions: how commerce has spread disease
by Mark Harrison (Yale, 2012)
WEL shelfmark: RA651 HAR 2012
Written by the director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Oxford, Professor Mark Harrison, this books examines the relationship between disease and the social, political and economic effects of commerce.
- Online review by Andy Tatem in Nature
- View copies in Oxford in SOLO library catalogue
- Preview on GoogleBooks
The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch
by Contance Classen (University of Illinois Press, 2012)
WEL shelfmark: GN279.T68 CLA 2012
Dr Classen‘s latest volume on the senses examines the history of the sense of touch from the medieval to the modern period. The author’s previous works (also available in the Bodleian Libraries) include The Book of Touch (2005) and Aroma: the cultural history of smell (1994)
- View contents summary and table of contents on University of Illinois Press website
- View copies in Oxford in SOLO library catalogue
- Centre for Sensory History website
Doctor Do-Good: Charles Duguid and Aboriginal Advancement, 1930s-1970s
by Rani Kerin (Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011)
WEL shelfmark: GN666 KER 2011
Dr Charles Duguid was a Scottish doctor who moved to Austrialia and campaigned for the civil rights of Austrialian Aborigines. This book is based on Dr Kerin‘s PhD thesis on Dr Duguid.
- More about Dr Charles Duguid in the Austrialian National Biography
- Online archive record (including image gallery) about Charles Duguid from the South Austrialiam Museum
- View copies in Oxford in SOLO library catalogue
Duelling Surgeon, Colonial Patriot: The Remarkable Life of William Bland
by Robert Lehane (Austrialian Scholarly Publishing, 2011)
WEL shelfmark: DU172.B47 LEH 2011
William Bland was a London-born surgeon who was sent to Australia as a prisoner after a duel. He was actively involved in many aspect of Austrialiam society, including legislative development, the founding of eductional and medical institutions and a doctor and surgeon who published in various medical journals.
- More about William Bland in the Australian National Bibliography
- View copies in Oxford in SOLO library catalogue
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