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History of medicine
Paperback. In 1918-1919 influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history. Focusing on those closest to the crisis-patients, families, communities, public health officials, nurses and doctors-this book explores the epidemic in the United States. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190238551
- ISBN
- 9780190238551
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Condition: New
€ 55.12
€ 55.12
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGT; JFCX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653792
- ISBN
- 9780691653792
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Condition: New
€ 238.47
€ 238.47
Paperback. The description for this book, The Clock and the Mirror: Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628103
- ISBN
- 9780691628103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.71
€ 97.71
The collections she has selected include essays on general medical topics addressed to colleagues or disciples, some advice for individual patients (usually written at the request of the patient's doctor), and a strong dose of controversy. Series: Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407494
- ISBN
- 9781421407494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.60
€ 58.60
Paperback. Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era inmedicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills. Num Pages: 264 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422. Introduction to Knowledge and Practice. 264 pages, 49 halftones. Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era inmedicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; MBX. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 14. Weight: 420.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761305
- ISBN
- 9780226761305
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Condition: New
€ 45.69
€ 45.69
Paperback. Tells the story of the 200 year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. This book describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Louise Caudill's efforts to open the first hospital in Morehead, the 1833 cholera epidemic, and other important episodes in medicine. Series: New Books for New Readers S. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109145
- ISBN
- 9780813109145
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Condition: New
€ 11.30
€ 11.30
Paperback. Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant subjects Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334231
- ISBN
- 9780822334231
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.97
€ 37.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. Tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the third bubonic plague. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 38212th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722336
- ISBN
- 9780814722336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.58
€ 33.99
€ 30.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, photos, drawings & case notes. BIC Classification: HBWN; HBWQ; MBX; MMDS; MNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578397
- ISBN
- 9781877578397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. From Hippocrates to gene therapy, bloodletting to DNA Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291556
- ISBN
- 9781845291556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.73
€ 19.73
Hardcover. Offers Gerrit Bos' critical editions of all three surviving medieval Hebrew translations of Maimonides' work: one allegedly prepared by the fourteenth-century physician Samuel Benveniste; a second by Joshua Shatibi from Jativa between the years 1379 and 1390; and a third by an anonymous translator, possibly in the thirteenth century. Editor(s): Bos, Gerrit; McVaugh, Michael R. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 798 pages. BIC Classification: HP; MBX; MJL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 798
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842526906
- ISBN
- 9780842526906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.62
€ 157.62
hardcover. Marks the Arabic manuscript with English translation that has been available to a modern audience in any form. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit; Langermann, Y. Tzvi. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation, Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780842528375
- ISBN
- 9780842528375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.54
€ 110.54
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893756
- ISBN
- 9780934893756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.22
€ 112.22
Hardcover. Consisting of approximately fifteen hundred maxims from the ancient Greek physician, this book is organized according to traditional medieval subspecialties such as gyoecology, hygiene, and diet. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University
- Edition
- 1 Blg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842528764
- ISBN
- 9780842528764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.54
€ 109.54
Hardcover. Consists of approximately 1,500 maxims compiled by Maimonides arranges the aphorisms into twenty-five treatises, organizing them by traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. This title include fevers, periods and crises of a disease, and surgery. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842527804
- ISBN
- 9780842527804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.05
€ 112.05
Hardcover. Covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. This title includes central subjects of these treatises such as women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842528436
- ISBN
- 9780842528436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.54
€ 109.54
Hardcover. Written for a young man of a noble family who was seeking a regimen to help him treat his hemorrhoids, this title warns against hastily treating the painful condition with drastic measures such as bleeding and surgery, instead encouraging more cautious treatments like a change in diet. Editor(s): Bos, Gerrit; McVaugh, Michael R. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit; McVaugh, Michael R. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842527897
- ISBN
- 9780842527897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.18
€ 112.18
Hardback. Why and how did the Black Death pandemic happen in the first place? When and where did it begin? How was it sustained? What was its full geographic extent? And when did it really end? This groundbreaking volume reveals all. Editor(s): Green, Monica. Series: ARC Medieval Press - The Medieval Globe. Num Pages: 334 pages, 3 black and white; 15 full color. BIC Classification: HBLC1; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Arc Medieval Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942401001
- ISBN
- 9781942401001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 163.40
€ 163.40
Hardback. "This long-awaited book makes available .. the most important collection of material on women's diseases and their treatments for the period from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries."-Social History of Medicine Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235890
- ISBN
- 9780812235890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93
€ 94.93
Paperback. This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the problems that beset a fledgling profession. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861560445
- ISBN
- 9781861560445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.55
€ 91.55
Hardback. The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774324
- ISBN
- 9781594774324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.14
€ 36.99
€ 35.14
Hardback. A non-specialist history of antibiotics, including penicillin, streptomycin and others. Wainwright discusses the antecedents of modern antibiotics and the antiquity of moulds to treat infection. He concludes with a discussion on recent developments in modern antibiotic research. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631164920
- ISBN
- 9780631164920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.72
€ 53.72
hardcover. Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 655. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0036157
- ISBN
- 9780521231701
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Hardcover. Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge. Its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944461
- ISBN
- 9780822944461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30