A detailed account of the rise of pathological anatomy in France and England.

This book is the first to describe in detail a community of potters working for the Jagannatha Temple in Puri, and to explore how the role of temple servant affects the potters' understanding of their work and of themselves. As a pilgrimage centre of national importance, supported by the patronage of successive regional dynasties and by fervent popular belief, the Jagannatha Temple requires earthenware in great quantities for the creation and distribution of the sacred food that is an integral feature of daily ritual and pilgrimage. Three hundred potters participate as temple servants in maintaining the temple's ritual cycle by performing their divinely assigned task. This study, conducted in 1979-1981, observes the potters' technical prowess, sustained by devotion, but also examines the tensions within their relationships to more powerful temple servants and authorities. The role of the potter as temple servant is at once glorious, as demonstrated by texts and personal interpretations of the potters' divinely-appointed service, and pathetic, as shown in the brutality of caste-based hierarchy and cash-based exchange penetrating the modern temple's daily operations.

As an introduction to pathology, this lively text provides an excellent grounding and will appeal to all medical students who need to have a clear understanding of the biological mechanisms studied in this area. The authors take a strong clinical approach to the study of basic pathology in line with the integrated approach of the medical curriculum. Written in a user-friendly style the new edition includes new sections on haematology and microbiology, and is illustrated in colour with cartoons to highlight points of interest. Key point and revision boxes act as aide memoires.

An analysis of how disease has shaped American history explores the connection between the environment and disease, outlining the complex forces that determine human health and concluding that disease will always be a part of life. (History)

The scope of this 15-20-volume set encompasses the entire field of pathology ranging from general pathological terms to specific diseases to diagnostic methods. Each volume contains homogenously structured entries and a team of international experts guarantee that the essays and definitions are scientifically sound. The A-Z format allows searching for a single word in case the reader does not know to which pathological speciality the term belongs. The major advantage of the encyclopedia is manner in which it makes relevant information available not only to pathologists, but to all clinicians and researchers of the neighbouring disciplines working with pathologists who might wish to look up terms online.