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In the quiet & still air of delightful studies… open up one of these October arrivals.<\/p>\n
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Irish insanity, 1800-2000<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0Damien Brennan.\u00a0Barnsley : New York, NY :\u00a0Routledge,\u00a02014.<\/p>\n New in the Routledge Advance in Sociology series, this book investigates the national public asylum system in Ireland that was established during the early nineteenth century. You can find a review<\/a> of this book in journal Nurse Education in Practice<\/em> [McGill users only] or listen to an interview<\/a> with the author on RT\u00c9, an Irish radio program.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lament of the dead :\u00a0psychology after Jung\u2019s Red book<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0James Hillman & Sonu Shamdasani. New York :\u00a0W.W. Norton & Company,\u00a02013.<\/p>\n Two scholars dissect and discuss Carl Jung’s Red Book, a manuscript book of texts and illustrations that the psychoanalyst created as a record of his unconscious over the course of more than 15 years. You can read a brief review<\/a> of this book in Publisher’s Weekly (and find a translation of the Red Book here<\/a>).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Die Steinschneider :\u00a0eine Kulturgeschichte menschlichen Leidens und \u00e4rztlicher Kunst<\/a> <\/em>\/\u00a0Dieter Hauri. Berlin :\u00a0Springer Verlag, 2013.<\/p>\n Calculi, otherwide known as stones, that form in the kidneys or bladder have long afflicted patients and preoccupied doctors. Lithotomy (literally, “cutting stones”) is in fact one of the oldest surgical procedures practiced. This book provides a cultural history of the ailment and its treatment throughout history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n To catch a virus<\/a><\/em> \/\u00a0John Booss and Marilyn J. August. Washington, DC :\u00a0ASM Press, 2013.<\/p>\n This book weaves together stories and historical research to paint a picture of the history of diagnostic virology, from the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia to the discovery of HIV\/AIDS in the 21st century. You can read a review<\/a> of this book in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases<\/em> [McGill users only].<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Le Corbusier\u2019s Venice hospital project :\u00a0an investigation into its structural formulation<\/a><\/em> \/\u00a0Mahnaz Shah. Burlington, VT :\u00a0Ashgate Publishing Company, 2013.<\/p>\n From the publisher\u2019s website<\/a>:<\/p>\n While Le Corbusier’s urban projects are generally considered confrontational in their relationship to the traditional urban fabric, his proposal for the Venice hospital project remained an exercise in preserving the medieval fabric of the city of Venice through a systemic replication of its urban tissue. This book offers a detailed study of Le Corbusier’s Venice hospital project as a plausible built entity. In addition, it analyses it in the light of its supposed affinity with the medieval urban configuration of the city of Venice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the quiet & still air of delightful studies… open up one of these October arrivals. Irish insanity, 1800-2000 \/\u00a0Damien Brennan.\u00a0Barnsley : New York, NY :\u00a0Routledge,\u00a02014. New in the Routledge Advance in Sociology series, this book investigates the national … Continue reading