The subtle knot : early modern English literature and the birth of neuroscience / by Habinek, Lianne

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Untying the subtle knot : anatomical metaphor and the case of the Rete Mirabile -- Altered states : Hamlet and early modern head trauma -- Labour pains : William Harvey and the travails of conception -- The mechanics of reproduction in the art of Cavendish -- The bookish brain : Moxon, Willis, and the transformation of flap anatomy -- Coda : the brain of Dr Deijman.…”

The subtle knot : early modern English literature and the birth of neuroscience / by Habinek, Lianne

Table of Contents: “…Cover; the SUBTLE KNOT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ONE Untying the Subtle Knot: Anatomical Metaphor and the Case of the Rete Mirabile; TWO Altered States: Hamlet and Early Modern Head Trauma; THREE Labour Pains: William Harvey and the Travails of Conception; FOUR The Mechanics of Reproduction in the Art of Cavendish; FIVE The Bookish Brain: Moxon, Willis, and the Transformation of Flap Anatomy; CODA The Brain of Dr Deijman; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.…”
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Cutting the cost of cold : affordable warmth for healthier homes /

Table of Contents: “…Cold weather, cold homes and winter mortality -- Housing and winter death: epidemiological evidence -- Cold, cold housing and respiratory illnesses -- Cold stress, circulatory illness and the elderly -- Dust mite allergens, indoor humidity and asthma -- Impact of fuel poverty on health in tower hamlets -- Tolerant building: the impact of energy efficiency measures on living conditions and health status. …”
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The apothecary's chest : magic, art and medication /

Table of Contents: “…The phrenological dreamer : the popular medical and fictional writing of Robert Macnish (1802-1837) / Megan Coyer -- Animal magic : conjury and power in colonial taxidermy / John Miller -- A wizard/witch's duel : gender power struggles and the occult in surrealism / Rachel Grew -- Old spells, magic herbs and frightening creatures : the curandera in Rudolfo Anaya's Bless me, Ultima / João de Mancelos -- The rising gorge : poison, Hamlet and sin / Christa Mahalik -- Prescription narratives : rereading Joseph Cornell's Pharmacy series as a "modernist antidote" / Catriona McAra -- Theatres of memory and restraint : Matthew Barney among the Neo-Platonists / Corin Depper -- The popular use of "precious" stones medicinally in early modern Scotland / Tom Blaen -- Theodora, "the pills" and the saints : female practices toward drug prescrtiption, rearrangements of male therapeutic power / Athena Peglidou -- "I will put none of these diseases upon thee ( -- ) for I am the Lord that healeth thee" : Christ as pharmacist and healer in iconography and literature of late medieval and early modern times / Jacek Kowzan -- Magic, mysticism and medicine : the medical career of John Webster (1611-1682) / Lindsey Fitzharris -- "They go by their dreams" : myth-making and rationality in the initiation of the shaman Quesalid / Harry Whitehead -- From mere bellies to the bad shaman : roles of the contemporary poet / Bill Herbert.…”
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Smoking Cigarettes, Eating Glass : a Psychologist's Memoir. by Sawyer, Annita Perez

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Author's Note and Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue: Pay Attention; PART ONE: Locked Up ; CHAPTER ONE: Swept Away; CHAPTER TWO: Hamlet and Me; CHAPTER THREE: Shocked; CHAPTER FOUR: Let's Try Again; CHAPTER FIVE: Ode to Joy; CHAPTER SIX: Gargoyles, Saints, and Harold Searles; CHAPTER SEVEN: More Life Inside; CHAPTER EIGHT: Finishing Touches; PART TWO: Moving Out; CHAPTER NINE: By the Front Door; CHAPTER TEN: Courtship; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Champagne, Cake, and Uncooked Rice; CHAPTER TWELVE: Modified Magic; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Bat Radar.…”
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Social determinants of health : an interdisciplinary approach to social inequality and well-being /

Table of Contents: “…The individual: growing into society / Adrian Bonner -- Addressing inequalities in education: parallels with health / Kirstin Kerr -- Wholistic well-being and happiness: psychosocial-spiritual perspectives / Andrew Parnham -- Nutrition in marginalised groups / Rosalind Fallaize and Julie Lovegrove -- Alcohol-related harm and health inequalities / Katherine Smith, Jon Foster and Katherine Brown -- Addiction, inequality and recovery / Jenny Svanberg -- Health and exercise in the community / Naomi Brooks -- Health and well-being in the digital society / Nathan Critchlow -- Building an inclusive community through social capital: the role of volunteering in reaching those on the edge of community / Claire Bonham -- Support for people with learning disabilities: promoting an inclusive community / Barbara McIntosh -- Community well-being programmes: reviewing 'what works' / Anne-Marie Bagnall -- Looking through a realist lens: services provided by faith-based and third sector organisations / Jean Hannah -- Social enterprise and the well-being of young people not in education, employment or training / Steve Coles -- Health and homelessness / Katy Hetherington and Neil Hamlet -- Local authority perspectives on community planning and localism: a case study / Joyce Melican -- Towards an integrative theory of homelessness and rough sleeping / Nick Maguire -- Mental health and multiple exclusions / Claire Luscombe -- Brain injury and social exclusion / Michael Oddy, Sara da Silva Ramos and Deborah Fortescue -- What works to improve the health of the multiply excluded? …”
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Irrt die Physik? : über alternative Medizin und Esoterik / by Lambeck, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Parapsychologie; 7.1 Parapsychologie nach Bender; 7.2 Parapsychologie nach Lathan; 7.3 Medizinisch wirksame Parapsychologie (Geistiges Heilen); 7.4 Paraphänomene im Test der Großversuche; 7.5 Paraphänomene und Quantenphysik; 7.6 Das Hamlet-Argument.…”
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The Donora death fog : clean air and the tragedy of a Pennsylvania mill town / by McPhee, Andrew T.

Table of Contents: “…It sits alone, its nearest neighbor, the hamlet of Pettorano sul Gizio, three miles to the north. …”
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Migrants, minorities, and health : historical and contemporary studies /

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