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Utopia of Safe Air: How Soviet Research Challenged Western Air Quality Norms, 1950s-1960s. 安全空气的乌托邦：20 世纪 50 年代至 60 年代苏联研究如何挑战西方空气质量标准》（Utopia of Safe Air: How Soviet Research Challenged Western Air Quality Norms, 1950s-1960s.

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae035

Janne Mäkiranta

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"Nerves Need Nourishment": Advertising Phospho-Energon Pills in Early Twentieth-Century Sweden. "神经需要营养"：二十世纪初瑞典的磷精力丸广告。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-10-01 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae033

Lauren Alex O'Hagan, Leif Runefelt

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Prescribing Information: Elizabeth B. Connell, the Pill, and the (Woman) Patient's Peace of Mind. 处方信息：伊丽莎白-B-康奈尔、避孕药和（女性）患者的安心。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae032

Jiemin Tina Wei

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Out of Breath: Toward a New Origin Story of Public Health. 喘不过气来：迈向公共卫生的新起源故事》。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae013

Jim Downs

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Re-Writing Pandemic Histories: Introduction. 重写大流行病的历史：导言。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae005

Jacob Steere-Williams, Claire Edington

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The End of the Beginning? Temporality and Bioagency in Pandemic Research. 起点的终点？大流行病研究中的时间性与生物代理。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae006

Mandisa Mbali

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The Pandemic Arc: Expanded Narratives in the History of Global Health. 大流行弧线：全球卫生史中的扩展叙事。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae008

Monica H Green

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"Pandemics know no borders," but Responses to Pandemics Do: Global Health, COVID-19, and Latin America. "大流行病无国界，但应对大流行病有国界：全球健康、COVID-19 和拉丁美洲。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae010

Marcos Cueto

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Environmental Materialities and the History of Pandemics. 环境物质性与流行病史。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae007

Emily Webster

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In COVID Times: Scholars of Health and Medicine Meet Disaster Studies. 在 COVID 时代：健康和医学学者与灾难研究相遇。

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Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences Pub Date : 2024-09-23 DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jrae011

Scott Gabriel Knowles

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