Titoli in Medica

Tra i racconti attribuibili agli inizi del Novecento, si trova Lo specifico del dottor Menghi,12 già compiuto nel 1904. In quest’opera la tematica
economico-sociale assume una connotazione diversa, rispetto ai racconti del decennio precedente: Svevo si accinge a sottolineare la negatività dei risultati della scienza medica finalizzati all’arrivismo, mero successo personale.

Fuori dalla finestra della camera d'ospedale i raggi caldi del sole d'estate accendono un nuovo giorno radioso che però la protagonista del racconto non vedrà mai tramontare. Mentre la sua esistenza, senza alcun preavviso, decide di concludersi, nei pochi minuti che le restano, quali sono gli ultimi pensieri che occupano la mente, quali le immagini che si affacciano dal passato, quali ricordi affiorano e tra tutti i rimpianti, quali sono quelli ancora capaci di pungere il cuore prima che la coscienza si offuschi?

Un paziente si reca da un medico di sua fiducia il quale consiglia una dieta atipica, non rientrante negli schemi canonici della dietologia moderna.

Maddie Stevens has never felt good enough. Not good enough to keep her parents' love. Not good enough to be independent and stop being her brother's problem. Not good enough to build the future she wants. When she injures her ankle before a ballet audition that could change her career forever, she's convinced her life is over at twenty-one. What's the point of having dreams when they can go down the drain at any moment? Because the universe has a cruel sense of humor, her physical therapist turns out to be a tank-shaped grouch who doesn't even seem to like her that much.

In the fourteenth century, opportunities for women are limited to the home. But spirited young Madlen finds her calling as assistant to the city's trusted midwife, Clara. Working alongside Clara, Madlen develops a surprisingly soothing technique and quickly becomes a talented healer. After Clara's tragic death, Madlen alone rushes to assist the birth of a local nobleman's child. But rather than the joy of birth, Madlen walks into an accusation of murder and witchcraft because of her extraordinary gifts. Forced to flee her own town, she establishes a new identity in the home of her aunt.

The next instalment in the top 10 bestselling Cornish Midwife series! It’s the most wonderful time of the year… But for single mum and busy midwife Nadia, it’s quickly turning into her worst Christmas ever. Her marriage is over, and whilst her husband has moved on, Nadia finds herself back...

Ett virus värre än Ebola. En galen sekt. Ett vapen världen aldrig tidigare skådat. Bara Juan Cabrillo kan stoppa dem. Det superteknologiska fartyget Oregon är på väg hem från ett hemligt uppdrag i Iran när de stöter på ett förlist skepp mitt ute i Persiska viken. Ombord möts Cabrillo och hans män av en fruktansvärd syn hundratals människor ligger döda på däck, antagligen drabbade av ett okänt virus.

Tre racconti di Italo Svevo: L’assassinio di Via Belpoggio, pub-blicato nel 1890 sotto lo pseudonimo di Ettore Somigli; Vino ge-neroso, pubblicato nel 1925 e Lo specifico del dottor Menghi, pubblicato dopo la morte dell’Autore. Musica di Kevin Mac Leod.

Dopo l'introspettivo viaggio attraverso la narrazione in forma di diario, dei due volumi precedenti, questo terzo e conclusivo libro della trilogia apre il sipario su una visione ad ampio spettro. Attraverso la narrazione in terza persona vengono finalmente svelati molti dei misteri che erano rimasti in sospeso. Il libro si compone di due parti:. La prima, narra l'avvincente passato di un nuovo personaggio. Attraverso le sue interazioni con società segrete, cospirazioni mondiali e ricerche scientifiche, vengono rielaborate e comprese le vicende già trattate in precedenza.

To find a murderer, you need a motive . . . THE DETECTIVE DS George Cross has always wondered why his mother left him when he was a child. Now she is back in his life, he suddenly has answers. But this unexpected reunion is not anything he's used to dealing with. When a disturbing case lands on...

The second instalment in James White’s acclaimed Sector General series, where human and alien medicine meet in a massive deep-space hospital station on the Galactic Rim. Sector General is a place where all kinds of patients and medics from all worlds are welcome. But for the first time, the...

Following a biking accident, Zack Kashian lapses into a coma. When he wakes up on Easter, months later, muttering the Lord's Prayer in the original Aramaic, the media quickly anoints him the "Miracle Man". Zack's revival catches the attention of a small team of neuroscientists secretly researching near-death experiences. Their objective: to determine if there is anything to the reports of floating down tunnels into celestial light and meeting spiritual beings. Is this evidence of the afterlife? Or is it just neurobiology, as Sarah Wyman, one of the young researchers, suspects?

A CD edition of this popular Christie mystery. Read by Hugh Fraser, Captain Hastings in the popular TV series. The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle...

Dicen que lo malo no es tropezar varias veces con la misma piedra, sino encariñarse con ella. La mía tenía nombre, apellido y una profesión que debería estar prohibida para un hombre como él: Mino Ulloa, ginecólogo, sieso y desintegrador de bragas profesional. Su afición a las «manualidades nocturnas» lo llevó a enamorarse de alguien a quien no había visto nunca: mi cuñada.

We're taking a second chance, risking my residency for a few rendezvous. We're charting the stars that led us here, trying to find where it all went wrong. Thanks to the stories left untold, our crossed paths lead to crossed wires for a second time. But I won't risk my love again without a reward. He won't slip away from me so easily. Evan will have to know about my once-broken heart, my pregnancy, everything.

The third instalment in James White’s acclaimed Sector General series. Sector General is an enormous hospital based far out on the Galactic Rim. No other hospital on or off the Earth encounters the wildly diverse problems created by the hundreds of different alien life forms that turn up at...

At 27, Nicole Hunt is a rising star in health and wellness. In a special series for Heart Month, she sets her sights on interviewing some of the nation's most prominent medical professionals, including the reclusive Dr. Ines Torres. Dr. Torres is a 40-year-old distinguished cardiologist with a reputation as steely as the scalpel she wields. Her life revolves entirely around her work, leaving no room for love or leisure. As the effervescent Nicole steps into Dr. Torres's strictly regimented world, sparks fly, and an unexpected connection forms.

The next instalment in the Cornish Country Hospital series from top 20 bestseller Jo Bartlett. Perfect for fans of Grey's Anatomy and Doc Martin! 🚑 Every book in the Cornish Country Hospital Series can be read as a standalone 🚑 A broken bond… Wendy Tyler’s marriage ended when she...

I don't understand why the hospital director has insisted that Siena Collins work in oncology. She is a spoiled brat, unreliable, and causes too much trouble in a department where we must look into the eyes of death every day. To make matters worse, she can't even touch or talk to patients. She is still in medical school and considering quitting altogether.

A decade ago, a tragic surgery forever altered the lives of Dr. Jackie Stone and Sarah Taylor. Haunted by the loss of that patient, Dr. Stone has since immersed herself in her work, believing that if she stays busy, she can escape the pain of her past. Sarah Taylor, now a determined intern at Manhattan's prestigious Watson Memorial Hospital, finds herself under the supervision of the very doctor who was present during her brother's ill-fated surgery ten years ago.