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Paperback. The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy tells the story of one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: a textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition. It is the story of the remarkable and dedicated characters who created it, of poverty, class, and science and society in Victorian London. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: HBLL; MBX; MFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199570287
- ISBN
- 9780199570287
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: JFCX; MBX; MJN; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802675
- ISBN
- 9780192802675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141010649
- ISBN
- 9780141010649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1783.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 1099
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319116709
- ISBN
- 9783319116709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 290.72
€ 290.72
Paperback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1629.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 1099
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319383637
- ISBN
- 9783319383637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 289.44
€ 289.44
Paperback. The first book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, beginning with architecture of the Royal College Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706220
- ISBN
- 9781408706220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.72
€ 16.99
€ 12.72
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Num Pages: 62 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, 10 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319546148
- ISBN
- 9783319546148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.05
€ 78.05
Paperback. With the author's intimate knowledge of the suffering caused by this disease, Schizophrenia emphasizes research strategies, the importance of sound scientific approaches, and the challenges that remain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410913
- ISBN
- 9781421410913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.86
€ 26.99
€ 23.86
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBTM; MBX; WTLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403986856
- ISBN
- 9781403986856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025454
- ISBN
- 9780465020140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Hardback. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1170. Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. 752 pages, Illustrations. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight: 1154.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270169
- ISBN
- 9780520270169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.99
€ 45.99
€ 39.99
Hardback. This path--breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world. Translator(s): Lynn, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629575
- ISBN
- 9780745629575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. This Latin reader consists of 67 passages drawn from ancient, medieval and early modern works on medical subjects. The texts are equipped with introductory comments in English, and notes designed to aid the student and introduce them to the universality of Latin. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; CF; CJBR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819197665
- ISBN
- 9780819197665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.58
€ 120.58
Hardback. Drawing on the expertise of historical, literary and philosophical scholarship, practicing physicians, and the medical humanities this is a true interdisciplinary collaboration, styled as a history. It explores pain at the intersection of the living, suffering body, and the discursive cultural webs that entangle it in its specific moment. Editor(s): Boddice, Robert Gregory. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3J; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372420
- ISBN
- 9781137372420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
paperback. An account of death and illness in the White House. It shows that modern presidents - including Coolidge, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan - all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological. It examines how they concealed this and the effects on their political lives. Num Pages: 353 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218370
- ISBN
- 9780823218370
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.73
€ 41.99
€ 37.73
Paperback. A memoir of American, Jewish military doctor fighting on the frontlines and caring for the injured in WWII. It documents the almost unbearable drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on the author, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803218833
- ISBN
- 9780803218833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.53
€ 16.99
€ 16.53
Paperback. In the eighteenth century, the Western world viewed circumcision as an embarrassing disfigurement peculiar to Jews. Why does circumcision usually mean circumcision of infants? Why does the pressure for health circumcision continue? This book offers essential background to the debates about the medical, ethical, and social aspects of circumcision. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; JHBT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226101101
- ISBN
- 9780226101101
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
Num Pages: 251 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493913343
- ISBN
- 9781493913343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Paperback. This book covers topics such as how physicians became physicians, how everyday medical terms evolved, both good and bad experiences in medicine. The material presented here is not only easily comprehended but can be used in the day to day life of a physician. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008. 2nd printing 2009
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441916198
- ISBN
- 9781441916198
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 357 pages, 38 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 79 colou. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319290539
- ISBN
- 9783319290539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.31
€ 67.31