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History of medicine

Hardback. The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in Chinese materia medica works. This series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283954
ISBN
9780520283954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.74
€ 109.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 268 x 20. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634830348
ISBN
9781634830348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 309.64
€ 227.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634857819
ISBN
9781634857819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 120.54
€ 90.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621198
ISBN
9783837621198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.37

Hardback. Provides an assessment of the pioneering work of British Hospitals in Palestine in the nineteenth century. This work presents the history of medical service men who fought to improve the health of the inhabitants of the Holy Land under the difficult conditions of climate and disease. Series: International Library of Colonial History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1FBP; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845114893
ISBN
9781845114893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.83
€ 125.03

Hardback. Editor(s): Muller, Irmgard. Series: Classic Texts in the Sciences. Num Pages: 343 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 148 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 763.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319255729
ISBN
9783319255729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.12

Hardback. Tells how smallpox, a disease that killed, blinded, and scarred millions over centuries of human history, was completely eradicated in a spectacular triumph of medicine and public health. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 3 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268364
ISBN
9780520268364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.37
€ 42.31

Paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199215430
ISBN
9780199215430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Hardcover. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. Medical Advice from 1769. 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight: 364.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243822
ISBN
9781851243822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardcover. Translator(s): Willis, Robert. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
736
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812281668
ISBN
9780812281668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Mage Publishers
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211086
ISBN
9780934211086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Dudgeon, R. E. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MX; VXHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd India
Number of pages
493
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788131901854
ISBN
9788131901854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.10

Hardcover. Looking at the history of the United States with a focus on three diseases - smallpox, typhoid fever, and yellow fever, this book shows how constitutional rules and provisions that promoted individual liberty and economic prosperity also influenced the country's ability to eradicate infectious disease. Series: Markets and Governments in Economic History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922171
ISBN
9780226922171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.62

Hardback. From the author of the No. 1 bestseller WEDLOCK, the story of two pioneering men of science, and a nation in thrall to mesmerism.. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781474602297
ISBN
9781474602297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Winner of the Medical Journalists' Open Book Award 2005, this book is about John Hunter. Revered and feared in equal measure, Hunter was the most famous surgeon of eighteenth-century London. An inspiration for Dr Jekyll and Dr Dolittle, he was a maverick medical pioneer, and even anticipated the evolutionary theories of Darwin. Editor(s): Kimber, Brenda. Num Pages: 656 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553816181
ISBN
9780553816181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.17

Paperback. Connecting laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, Intolerant Bodies reveals how doctors and patients have come to terms, often reluctantly, with this novel and puzzling mechanism of disease causation. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415338
ISBN
9781421415338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.10

Paperback. The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations. Num Pages: 442 pages, 62 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226743103
ISBN
9780226743103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688463
ISBN
9780199688463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725454
ISBN
9780674725454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.49

Paperback. A time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians - travel back to a time of such unlikely remedies as leeches, roasted cat and red bed curtains Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445655420
ISBN
9781445655420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 12.33

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