Books by "John S. Haller, Jr."
5 books found
****This is the interactive CD-ROM version of a classic reference since 1916; previous print editions have been cited in ARBA, Winchell, Walford, and Chen. It doesn't require cutting-edge amounts of computer power (386 or higher, 4Mb RAM, Windows 3.1 or later), and it courteously offers an icon for "uninstall." Navigation is via the table of contents, Boolean searching, and hyperlinks; and MathCad software allows for on-screen problem solving. Coverage includes the essentials of engines, pumps, compressors, turbines, gears, strength of materials, mechanics, and heat; Handbook content is supplemented with material from both the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 7th ed. and the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Bibliography of the Metals of the Platinum Group
by Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Giuseppe Sergi, James Lewis Howe, John Alexander Mathews, Paul Henry Seymour, William Henry Magee
1898
This comprehensive history of medicine and public health in America covers changes and developments over four centuries, from the arrival of the first Europeans to the twenty-first century.
This book provides a comprehensive description of what being sick and receiving "medical care" was like in 19th-century America, allowing modern readers to truly appreciate the scale of the improvements in healthcare theory and practice. Health and Wellness in 19th-Century America covers a period of dramatic change in the United States by examining our changing understanding of the nature of the disease burden, the increasing size of the nation, and our conceptions of sickness and health. With topics ranging from the unsanitary tenements of New York's Five Points, the field hospitals of the Civil War, and to the laboratories of Johns Hopkins Medical School, author John C. Waller reveals a complex picture of tradition, discovery, innovation, and occasional spectacular success. This book draws upon an extensive literature to document sickness and wellness in environments like rural homesteads, urban East-coast slums, and the hastily built cities of the West. It provides a fascinating historical examination of a century in which Americans made giant strides in understanding disease yet also clung to traditional methods and ideas, charting how U.S. medical science gradually transformed from being a backwater to a world leader in the field.
For centuries, arsenic's image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. In King of Poisons, John Parascandola examines the surprising history of this deadly element. From Gustave Flaubert to Dorothy Sayers, arsenic has long held a place in the literary realm as an instrument of murder and suicide. It was delightfully used as a source of comedy in the famous play Arsenic and Old Lace. But as Parascandola shows, arsenic has had a number of surprising real-world applications. It was frequently found in such common items as wallpaper, paint, cosmetics, and even candy, and its use in medical treatments was widespread. American ambassador Clare Boothe Luce suffered from exposure to arsenical paint in her study, and Napoleon's death has long been speculated to be the result of accidental or intentional poisoning. But arsenic poisoning is still a public menace. In the neighborhood surrounding American University in Washington, D.C., the army has undertaken a massive cleanup of artillery shells and bottles containing chemical warfare agents such as arsenical lewisite after a number of workmen and residents became ill. Arsenic contamination of the water supply in Bangladesh and in West Bengal, India, is a major public health problem today as well. From murder to crime fiction, from industrial toxin to chemical warfare, arsenic remains a powerful force in modern life.