H Bird: 7 books

H. Bird was the youngest of five children. Her life was a constant struggle from poverty to abuse and the eventual diagnosis of a disease that would take her life. Her childlike spirit and appreciation of the simple things in life carried her through and inspired many. May her story also be an inspiration to others.

Although those of us (and particularly orthopaedists and rheumatologists) who deal with locomotor diseases in man are concerned mainly with stiffness and limitation of movement­ affecting not only livelihood but also the quality of life-from time to time we see patients suffering from too much of...

What might we run into as we expand beyond Earth and into the stars?  As we explore our own solar system and beyond, it seems inevitable that we’ll run into aliens … and what they’ve left behind.  Alien artifacts:  what might they reveal about us as we try to unlock their secrets? ...

Gone are the days when the physician could act as God, the orthopaedic surgeon as the Lord God and the nurses as minister­ ing angels. The concept of a team approach with each discipline supplying special yet overlapping skills is accepted in principle, although not always in practice. Physiotherapists...

Hypermobility of Joints 4th Edition follows the same format as its successful predecessors. The aim of which was to provide an overview of hyperlaxity of joints and this edition follows that aim by describing the most recent research and new developments in biochemistry, as well as providing practical...

Travel back to a time when divine beings mixed with mortals, when heroes battled sorcerers, and nature was a mysterious realm ruled by beautiful and dangerous deities. These gods of Classical antiquity were far from ideal role models, their jealous pride and vengeful egos wrought havoc on the...