Recent Dissertations in the History of Medicine

In this list of recently completed dissertations the highlighted number uniquely identifies each thesis and is your key to further information about it. Abstracts can be viewed in Dissertation Abstracts, issued monthly and available at many libraries. Some libraries provide free access to dissertations and abstracts online, including the capacity to download them in full. Most dissertations can also be ordered via Bell and Howell Information and Learning by calling 800-521-0600 or writing to 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Dissertations can be ordered online through the Bell and Howell Web site at www.umi.com.

Abalahin, Andrew Jimenez. Prostitution policy and the project of modernity: A comparative study of colonial Indonesia and the Philippines, 1850-1940. Cornell University, 2003, 508 pages. 3104532

Amster, Ellen Jean. Medicine and sainthood: Islamic science, French colonialism and the politics of healing in Morocco, 1877-1935. University of Pennsylvania, 2003, 319 pages. 3109147

Arnoldt, Robert P. After the war: Post-traumatic stress disorder and the Vietnam veteran in American society. University of Illinois-Chicago, 2003, 302 pages. 3111212

Ballantyne, Paul F. Psychology, society and the rise of ability testing (1947-2002): From interactionism to neo-Vygotskian approaches. York University, 2003, 260 pages. NQ82768

Becsei Kilborn, Eva. Going against the grain: Francis Peyton Rous (1879-1970) and the search for the cancer virus. University of Illinois-Chicago, 2003, 272 pages. 3111234

Bevins, Michael B. The practice of medicine. University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Galveston, 2004, 253 pages. 3113418

Brantz, Ingeborg-Dorothee. Slaughter in the city: The establishment of public abattoirs in Paris and Berlin, 1780-1914. University of Chicago, 2003, 403 pages. 3108061

Carr, Eve Ariel. Missionaries and motherhood: Sixty-six years of public health work in South El Paso. Arizona State University, 2003, 298 pages. 3109549

Catanzaro, Ana Maria. The meaning and place of spirituality in the education of student nurses from the mid 1800s to the present time. Catholic University of America, 2004, 282 pages. 3111590

Cislo, Amy Eisen. Imagining procreation: Conception and gestation in the works of Paracelsus. Washington University, 2003, 194 pages. 3105943

Cohen, Yoram. The transmission and reception of Mesopotamian scholarly texts at the city of Emar. Harvard University, 2003, 516 pages. 3106623

Cooper, Melvin Wayne. The Code of Ethics of the American Medical Association: The social construction of medical morality. The establishment of a masculine profession. University of Texas-Dallas, 2003, 221 pages. 3110970

Craven, Christa C. Expectations of motherhood: Citizenship and political mobilization for midwifery in Virginia. American University, 2003, 309 pages. 3110981

Crockett, Bernice Norman. The origin and development of public health in Oklahoma, 1830-1930. University of Oklahoma, 1953, 481 pages. DP10004

Daniel, Dane T. Paracelsus' "Astronomia Magna" (1537/38): Bible-based science and the religious roots of the scientific revolution. Indiana University, 2003, 293 pages. 3111854

Dausey, David James. Mental health policy innovation in the American states. Yale University, 2003, 231 pages. 3109386

Deng, Yongzhao. Language, culture, and traditional Chinese medicine: A Fraserean perspective. University of Texas-Dallas, 2003, 336 pages. 3110971

Duffin, Andrew Philip. Fill the earth and subdue it: The environmental consequences of intensive agriculture in the Palouse. Washington State University, 2003, 278 pages. 3110853

Elliot, Richard Thomas. The vegetarian movement in Britain c. 1840-1901: A study of its development, personnel and wider connections. University of Southampton, 2002. C814268

Espinosa, Mariola. Epidemic invasions: Yellow fever, public health, and the limits of Cuban independence, 1878 through the Early Republic. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2003, 207 pages. 3112002

Fallwell, Lynne Anne. Nazism delivered: The ethos and legacy of midwifery in 20th century Germany. Pennsylvania State University, 2003, 446 pages. 3106234

Ferry, Susan Janice. Bodily knowledge: Female body culture and subjectivity in Manchester, 1870 -1900. Johns Hopkins University, 2004, 524 pages. 3107502

Fowler, Jonathan Allen. Adventures of an "itinerant institutor": The life and philanthropy of Thomas Bernard. University of Tennessee, 2003, 330 pages. 3104385...