Published May, 2023
By Alexander Chula
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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Goodbye, Dr Banda looks at how we engage with different cultures. Using Malawi as a case study, this book seeks to interrogate the faults and failings of early explorers and settlers, from David Livingstone and the early missionaries to today's tourists, aid workers, and Madonna.

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Published October, 2017
By Andy Dougan
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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Presents the story of the science of galvanism - named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvini who had conducted the original experiments - a movement that investigated the theory of 'animal electricity', a unifying vital spirit that animates us all, its leaders believing that they stood on the brink of immortality.

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Published May, 2016
By Graham Teasdale
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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This book shows the personal and human side of this leading surgeon and public figure, with his friends sharing many funny and touching stories about the early days of his career.

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Published July, 2013
By Eileen Crofton
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This story relates the wartime experiences of a group of women who ran a hospital near the trenches during World War I, often under conditions of great hardship. Told largely through letters home and diaries, this book throws light on wartime conditions and the cause of women's suffrage.

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Published June, 2013
By Alec Glen
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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This recently discovered memoir is full of character and life. A work of keen observation, humour and understated power, it is a compelling and even inspiring read.

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Published October, 2011
By et al. and Helen Dingwall
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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A beautifully rendered history of medical practice in Scotland, detailing for the first time the efforts of those at the forefront of a pioneering new movement.

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Published April, 2008
By Andy Dougan
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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Presents the story of the science of galvanism - named after the Italian scientist Luigi Galvini who had conducted the original experiments - a movement that investigated the theory of 'animal electricity', a unifying vital spirit that animates us all, its leaders believing that they stood on the brink of immortality.

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Published October, 2007
By Peter Jones
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
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Presents the story of some pioneers who, during the nineteenth century, transformed the practice of surgery. This book includes vivid descriptions of the patients treated, as well as the charismatic surgeons. It covers a number of sources, stories and anecdotes that are useful for the general reader, historians, medics and scientists.

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