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2014., McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: QWF 610.985 J86b Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society Volume: 41.Summary Note: In this groundbreaking study on the intersection of race, science, and politics in colonial Latin American, José Jouve Martín explores the reasons why the city of Lima, in the decades that preceded the wars of independence in Peru, became dependent on a large number of bloodletters, surgeons, and doctors of African descent.
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2021., 08:34:02, National Geographic Edition: Unabridged. Click to access digital title. Sample Summary Note: Filled to the brim with far-out facts, this wickedly informative narrative from the author of National Geographic's popular Gory Details blog takes us on a fascinating journey through an astonishing new reality. Blending humor and journalism in the tradition of Mary Roach, acclaimed science reporter Erika Engelhaupt investigates the gross, strange, and morbid absurdities of our bodies and our universe. From the research biologist who stung himself with every conceivable insect to the world's most murderous mammals, this entertaining book explores oft-ignored but alluring facets of biology, anatomy, space exploration, nature, and more. Featuring interviews with leading researchers in the field and a large dose of wit, this provocative book reveals the most intriguing real-world applications of science in all their glory.
![Gory details [eAudiobook]](/Library/images/~imageCT103317.JPG "Gory details [eAudiobook]")
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2019., John Aylen Books. Call No: FR 971.4 A311g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Peu d'établissements de Montréal peuvent se vanter d’avoir une histoire et un « pedigree » aussi riches que ceux du Centre de soins prolongés Grace Dart. L'histoire remonte à la Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, que les Redpath, les Molson et autres familles philanthropiques bien établies de l’époque ont fondée en 1863 sur des terres agricoles éloignées du coeur de la ville afin d’y accueiller des démunis dans un environnement sain et où régnait une hospitalité bienveillante. La photographie de la couverture montre la « Old People's Home » originale. L'histoire remonte également à 1907 lorsque, en l'honneur de sa fille Grace décédée de la tuberculose, le chimiste Henry Dart a fondé l'hôpital pour les patients démunis souffrant de la tuberculose; la photo de l’établissement figure sur la page couverture arrière. Les deux institutions de l’ère victorienne se sont adaptées à l'évolution rapide des besoins du monde moderne à mesure que les sciences médicales réalisent des avancées. Au même moment, la Révolution tranquille transformait l’approche caritative aux soins de santé du Québéc en systèmes axés sur l'efficacité. Les deux institutions ont fini par unir leurs forces, formant un troisième chapitre de cette histoire remarquable. Tout au long de ce long parcours, il y a toujours eu deux constantes: l'amour et la bonté. .
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John Aylen Books Call No: 971.4 A311g Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Few Montreal institutions can boast the history and pedigree of today's Grace Dart Extended Care Centre. The story goes back to the Protestant House of Industry and Refuge, which the Redpaths, Molsons, and other prominent philanthropic families founded in 1863 on distant farmland to house the poor in a clean and nurturing environment. The front cover shows the original "Old People's Home." The story also goes back to 1907 when, in honour of his deceased daughter Grace, chemist Henry Dart established the hospital depicted on the back cover for destitute tuberculosis patients. Both institutions adapted to rapidly changing needs as medical science advanced, as the Victorian world transitioned into a modern one, and as the Quiet Revolution transformed Quebec health care from private charity to coordinated efficiency. These two institutions eventually joined forces, forming a third chapter in this extraordinary story, Throughout history, however, there has been one constant: love and care.
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c2011., Broadway Call No: BLK 616.027 S629l Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.
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c2011., Crown Publishing Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her "immortality" until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description.
![The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [eBook]](/Library/images/~imageCT81131.JPG "The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [eBook]")
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2016., Adult, Home Box Office Call No: DVD Fic Knick 2 Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The Knick Volume: 2Summary Note: "CINEMAX PRESENTS Season 2 of the Emmy-winning drama, directed by Oscar-winner Steven Soderbergh and starring Oscar-nominee Clive Owen as John Thackery, a brilliant but drug-addled surgeon who pushes the boundaries of medicine, morality and race in 1900s New York. Thackery's absence (hospitalized for cocaine addiction), a lack of affluent patients and financial missteps have led to a decision by the hospital's board to shutter the downtown location and move uptown. Algernon Edwards (André Holland) jockeys to become Thackery's successor as Chief of Surgery, while fellow doctors, nurses, nuns and others grapple with personal and professional challenges."--Container.
![The Knick, season 2 [DVD] (2015). The complete second season.](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "The Knick, season 2 [DVD] (2015). The complete second season.")
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-- Variole2010., Adult, distributed exclusively in Canada by Mongrel Media and the National Film Board Call No: DVD 363.348 L674o Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Pandemics have killed more people throughout history than all wars combined. They are unpredictable <U+2014> and inevitable. Are we ready for the next big one? Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague juxtaposes a 21st century scenario against the little-known story of the 1885 smallpox epidemic that devastated Montreal. Revisiting North America<U+2019>s last major encounter with the dreaded "Red Death," it vividly evokes a modern city under siege. By the late 19th century Montreal was Canada<U+2019>s leading metropolis, and smallpox was preventable. So when an inbound train conductor displayed symptoms of the disease, authorities should have been able to contain the infection. But a string of fatal errors and mishaps would muddy the waters -- and a tainted batch of vaccine would sow panic and mistrust in a city already divided by language, religion and class. Epidemics feed on chaos <U+2014> and by the time it had run its terrible course, the 1885 plague had claimed over 2500 lives, mostly children from the city<U+2019>s impoverished French-speaking slums. This cautionary history injects Outbreak with dramatic urgency, as Dr Teresa Tam <U+2014> who oversees Canada<U+2019>s Federal Emergency Response Team -- joins epidemiologist Michael Libman and other experts to speculate on the possible trajectory of a contemporary pandemic."--NFB.
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c1990., Published for the Jewish Public Library by McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: 016.509 L668p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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2017., General, Workman Publishing Call No: 615.8 K16q Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "What won't we try in our quest for perfect health, beauty, and the fountain of youth? Just imagine a time when doctors prescribed morphine for crying infants. When liquefied gold was touted as immortality in a glass. And when strychnine - yes, that strychnine, the one used in rat poison - was dosed like Viagra. Looking back with fascination, horror, and not a little dash of dark, knowing humor, Quackery recounts the lively, at times unbelievable, history of medical misfires and malpractices. Ranging from the merely weird to the outright dangerous, here are dozens of outlandish, morbidly hilarious "treatments"conceived by doctors and scientists, by spiritualists and snake oil salesmen (yes, they literally tried to sell snake oil) - that were predicated on a range of cluelessness, trial and error, and straight-up scams. With vintage illustrations, photographs, and advertisements throughout, Quackery seamlessly combines macabre humor with science and storytelling to reveal an important and disturbing side of the ever-evolving field of medicine"--Provided by publisher.
