Throughout his controversial life the alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus combined traditions that were magical and empirical, scholarly and folk, learned and artisanal. He endorsed both Catholic and Reformation beliefs, but believed devoutly in a female deity. He travelled constantly, learning and teaching a new form of medicine based on the experience of miners, bathers, alchemists, midwives, barber-surgeons and executioners. He argued for changes in the way the b...

Alchemy can't be science--common sense tells us as much. But perhaps common sense is not the best measure of what science is, or was. In this book, Bruce Moran looks past contemporary assumptions and prejudices to determine what alchemists were actually doing in the context of early modern science. Examining the ways alchemy and chemistry were studied and practiced between 1400 and 1700, he shows how these approaches influenced their respective practitioners' ideas about nature and shaped ...

New motherhood is often seen as a joyful moment in a woman's life; for some women, it is also their lowest moment. For much of the twentieth century, popular and medical voices blamed women who had emotional and mental distress after childbirth for their own suffering. By the end of the century, though, women with postpartum mental illnesses sought to take charge of this narrative. In Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America, Rachel Louise Moran explores the history of ...

A Cultural History of Chemistry in the Early Modern Age covers the period from 1500 to 1700, tracing chemical debates and practices within their cultural, social, and political contexts. This era in the history of chemistry was notable for natural philosophy, scientific discovery, and experimental method, and also as the high point of European alchemy - exemplified by the immensely popular writings of Paracelsus. Developments in the chemistry of metallurgy, medicine, distillation,...

This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary range of mentoring advice that speaks directly to the doctoral student. Each chapter addresses a professional or personal component of the doctoral process that represents how these exc...

Firefighter Danny Brewer has it all—stunning good looks, a kickass sense of humor, and a job he loves. He's been decorated for heroism in the line of duty as a firefighter and he has the scars to prove it. The scars on the inside cut worse than the scars on the outside, though, and there is one thing Danny doesn't have—a woman and a family to share his life with.All that is about to change when a single mother and her son move into the house next door. When the boy knocks on Danny'...

Fire Chief John Brewer might be the hottest, nicest, most authoritative man that paramedic Ellen Foreman has ever met, but he's also totally off limits. He's her boss….and he's a monk. He's spent years raising his young daughter alone and he isn't interested in anything else. So why can't Ellen stop thinking about him?Ellen is prepared to spend the rest of her life daydreaming about a man she can never have, but when disaster strikes, John realizes what he's been missing all these ...

Ride along with all the heroic firefighters and paramedics of Howe Firehouse in their search for love and happiness in the face of distaster.

Dannie Tate is a young dinosaur explorer that has always wondered what lay beyond the confines of her universe. With help from her parents and brave friends, she captains the Infinity, a grand ship capable of taking them beyond the confines of their system. They find the Planet of Knowledge and go down to take a look. There they begin to find answers to their questions. But will King Taylor catch up to them?

Dannie Tate is a young dinosaur explorer that has always wondered what lay beyond the confines of her universe. With help from her parents and brave friends, she captains the Infinity, a grand ship capable of taking them beyond the confines of their system. They find the Planet of Knowledge and find answers to the greatest Tateions that anyone has asked of space and those who have come before. But now how do they give the galaxy the information they found? Will they be stopped before they ...

Paramedic Sophie McNish is just as pissed off and defensive as the rest of the Howe Firehouse crew when Fire Chief John Brewer tells everyone that the firehouse is getting a health and safety review. The crew has had too many dangerous incidents recently leaving multiple crew members injured, patients dead, and paramedic Ellen Foreman permanently disabled.No one wants to cooperate with the investigation, but the crew can only stare in stunned shock when they meet their new health a...

Firefighter Keith Brewer is a hero to everyone even if he is a gruff, burly biker type. He's paramedic Leila Cunningham's hero, too, and when he comes to her rescue just when she most needs it, the walls come down and sparks fly….but Leila has one giant problem standing in the way of her happiness—her boyfriend Damon.Damon isn't happy about the connection between Keith and Leila, and when his temper spirals out of control, the explosion will blow all their worlds apart. Can Keith s...