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Book On the Rule of the Society of Friends which forbids the marriage of first cousins

Download or read book On the Rule of the Society of Friends which forbids the marriage of first cousins written by Thomas Hodgkin and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin s Disease

Download or read book Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin s Disease written by Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “compelling—and wonderfully told” biography of the American physician who pioneered a treatment for a cancer of lymph tissue (Wall Street Journal). In the 1950s, ninety-five percent of patients with Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of lymph tissue which afflicts young adults, died. Today most are cured, due mainly to the efforts of Dr. Henry Kaplan. Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin’s Disease explores the life of this multifaceted, internationally known radiation oncologist, called a “saint” by some, a “malignant son of a bitch” by others. Kaplan’s passion to cure cancer dominated his life and helped him weather the controversy that marked each of his innovations, but it extracted a high price, leaving casualties along the way. Most never knew of his family struggles, his ill-fated love affair with Stanford University, or the humanitarian efforts that imperiled him. Today, Kaplan ranks as one of the foremost physician-scientists in the history of cancer medicine. In this book Charlotte Jacobs gives us the first account of a remarkable man who changed the face of cancer therapy and the history of a once fatal, now curable, cancer. She presents a dual drama—the biography of this renowned man who called cancer his “Moby Dick” and the history of Hodgkin’s disease, the malignancy he set out to annihilate. The book recounts the history of Hodgkin’s disease, first described in 1832: the key figures, the serendipitous discoveries of radiation and chemotherapy, the improving cure rates, the unanticipated toxicities. The lives of individual patients, bold enough to undergo experimental therapies, lend poignancy to the successes and failures. Praise for Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin’s Disease “Very few biographies so fully chronicle an important period of medical history as this outstanding book by Jacobs. Clearly and concisely written, this is the life story of a 20th-century force of nature . . . . Highly recommended.” —CHOICE “Dr. Jacobs’s book is a riveting read, meticulously covering a time of dramatic creativity in American medicine while also revealing the personal infighting that took place behind the scenes.” —The Pharos “A great read for those of us who trained in an era of evidence-based medicine, and want to learn what it was like to actually create the evidence, and for the first time make a difference in our patient’s lives.” —Oncology Times

Book Kinship Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fatemeh Ebtehaj
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2006-09-15
  • ISBN : 1847312799
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Kinship Matters written by Fatemeh Ebtehaj and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-09-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the fifth in the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group series and it concerns the evolving notions and practices of kinship in contemporary Britain and the interrelationship of kinship, law and social policy. Assembling contributions from scholars in a range of disciplines, it examines social, legal, cultural and psychological questions related to kinship. Rising rates of divorce and of alternative modes of partnership have raised questions about the care and well-being of children, while increasing longevity and mobility, together with lower birth rates and changes in our economic circumstances, have led to a reconsideration of duties and responsibilities towards the care of elderly people. In addition, globalisation trends and international flows of migrants and refugees have confronted us with alternative constructions of kinship and with the challenges of maintaining kinship ties transnationally. Finally, new developments in genetics research and the growing use of assisted reproductive technologies may raise questions about our notions of kinship and of kin rights and responsibilities. The book explores these changes from various perspectives and draws on theoretical and empirical data to describe practices of kinship in contemporary Britain.

Book Thicker Than Water

Download or read book Thicker Than Water written by Leonore Davidoff and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering new study of nineteenth-century kinship and family relations, focusing on the British middle class, and highlighting both the similarities and the differences in relations between brothers and sisters in the past and in the present.

Book Quaker Language

Download or read book Quaker Language written by Thomas Edmund Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forbidden Relatives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martin Ottenheimer
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780252065408
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Forbidden Relatives written by Martin Ottenheimer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENIDO: Laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- The reasons for U.S. laws against first cousin marriage -- European laws prohibiting the marriage of relatives -- European views of cousin marriage -- The evolutionary factor -- Biogenetics and first cousin marriage -- Culture and cousin marriage.

Book Supplement     to the Journal of the Friends Historical Society

Download or read book Supplement to the Journal of the Friends Historical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Protecting the Empire s Humanity

Download or read book Protecting the Empire s Humanity written by Zoë Laidlaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laidlaw lays bare the contradictions of mid-nineteenth-century imperial Britain. Missionaries, scientists and imperial officials all claimed an interest in 'protecting' and 'civilizing' indigenous peoples, but this study of Quaker activist Thomas Hodgkin and the Aborigines' Protection Society reveals the fatal flaws in imperial 'humanitarianism'.

Book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ready Reference Manual of the Statute Laws of the States and Territories in the United States and the Provinces of Canada  Along with National  International Laws  and Miscellaneous Information

Download or read book Ready Reference Manual of the Statute Laws of the States and Territories in the United States and the Provinces of Canada Along with National International Laws and Miscellaneous Information written by E. E. Knott and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marriage and Divorce

Download or read book Marriage and Divorce written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These reports are the result of a collection of statistics of marriage and divorce for the years 1922- They represent the fourth- investigation on the subject made by the federal government. The first investigation, made by the former Department of Labor, covered the 20-year period 1867-1886; the second investigation made by the Bureau of the Census, covered the 20-year period 1887-1906; and the third investigation, also made by the Bureau of the Census, covered the calendar year 1916 cf. 1922, Letter of transmittal, p. ii.

Book Marriage and Divorce  1867 1906

Download or read book Marriage and Divorce 1867 1906 written by United States. Census Office and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marriage and Divorce  1867 1906

Download or read book Marriage and Divorce 1867 1906 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Marriage and Divorce  1867 1906  Summary  laws  foreign statistics

Download or read book Marriage and Divorce 1867 1906 Summary laws foreign statistics written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kinship and Capitalism

Download or read book Kinship and Capitalism written by Richard Grassby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reconstructs the lives of urban business families during England's emergence as a world economic power.