Medicine

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
NEW! Country of Poxes Three Germs and the Taking of Territory Fernwood Publishing	Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	208	2022	View
Heroin An Illustrated History Fernwood Publishing	Heroin is an illustrated history of Canadian heroin regulation over two centuries. Susan Boyd points to our failure to address the overdose death epidemic caused by criminalizing drug users and …	Susan C. Boyd	251	2022	View
From NEW! Foreword From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Forward from Dr. Darlene Kitty.	Darlene Kitty	3	2022	$0.30 Add
From Heroin, Addiction and Harm Reduction From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	In this chapter, Boyd introduces the origins and brief history of the drug heroin. Drug prohibition, criminalization, harm reduction, addiction, and the war on drugs are also discussed.	Susan C. Boyd	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From Drugs, Colonialism and Criminalization: Pre-1900s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter discusses the medicinal history of opium pre 1900s, as well as the opium trade in the context of colonialism. Morphine, the banning of opiates, and the Indian act are also discussed.	Susan C. Boyd	26	2022	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Pandemics Past How Infections Have Defined Humanity From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 1 explores the history of infectious diseases in Canada and human coexistence with infection. Topics discussed include malaria, gene mutations, cystic fibrosis, cholera, antibiotics, …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	16	2022	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Oh Bondage, Up Yours! how the system got its power From: Bleed View ECW Press	In this chapter, Lindeman examines how the power imbalance of the doctor-patient relationship and the feminization of "sick role" impact the medical care received by women and those …	Tracey Lindeman	38	2023	$3.80 Add
From NEW! Syphilis From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism, the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	56	2022	$5.60 Add
From The Racialized Other and the Opium Act: The Early 1900s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines socially constructed definitions of "good" vs "bad" drugs and narcotic prohibition in Canada. The unequal enforcement of drug laws and how this impacts …	Susan C. Boyd	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Heroin Criminalization: The 1920s and 30s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter discusses the criminalization of heroin in the 1920s and 1930s. Emily Murphy’s role in creating a racialized and sexualized construction of drug use is examined, as well as the …	Susan C. Boyd	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From NEW! Smallpox From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 3 examines the history of smallpox. Discussing topics includingsmallpox origins, early accounts of smallpox outbreaks across North America, the emergence of new mutations, …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	66	2022	$6.60 Add
From Curing the Heroin User with Jail: The 1940s and 50s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter discusses drug law enforcement in the 1940s and 1950s, examining statistics on narcotic use and convictions before World War 2 and the years following. The depiction of addicts in …	Susan C. Boyd	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Tuberculosis From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 4 focuses on tuberculosis. Discussing topics including the present persistence of tuberculosis into the twenty first century across the globe including in Canada, the long history of …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	61	2022	$6.10 Add
From NEW! Fevers Future How We Respond to Infections to Come From: Country of Poxes View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 5 reflects on how prepared Canada is to respond to the future infectious diseases outbreaks to come. Discussing topics including the COVID-19 pandemic, contemporary medicine’s ties …	Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay	17	2022	$1.70 Add
From Jail for Heroin Users Ramps Up: The 1950s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter explores the increase in convictions under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act in the 1950s and discusses the Oakalla Prison Farm and the Mimico Reformatory in Ontario, where some …	Susan C. Boyd	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From Legal Heroin: The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s From: Heroin View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter examines the division between legal and illegal heroin during 1950s-1970s. The role of law enforcement and the pharmaceutical industry are explored, as well as the Narcotic Control …	Susan C. Boyd	23	2022	$2.30 Add