Books – Medical History
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Piecing the Puzzle
The Genesis of AIDS Research in Africa
A history of the first and longest running HIV/AIDS research team in Africa.
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Psychedelic Psychiatry
LSD on the Canadian Prairies
The little-known history of groundbreaking LSD research in Tommy Douglas’ Saskatchewan.
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A Very Remarkable Sickness
Epidemics in the Petit Nord, 1670 to 1846
Although new diseases had first arrived in the New World in the 16th century, by the end of the 17th century shorter transoceanic travel time meant that a far greater number of diseases survived the journey from Europe and were still able to infect new communities. These acute, directly transmitted infectious diseases – including smallpox, influenza, and measles — would be responsible for a monumental loss of life and would forever transform North American Aboriginal communities. Historical geographer Paul Hackett meticulously traces the diffusion of these diseases from Europe through central Canada to the West.
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