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History of medicine
Hardback. This illustrated history is a comprehensive introduction to Chinese healing practices across time and cultures. Global contributions from 58 scholars in archaeology, history, anthropology, religion, and medicine make this a vital resource for those working in East Asian or world history, medical history, anthropology, biomedicine, and healing arts. Editor(s): Hinrichs, T. J.; Barnes, Linda L. Num Pages: 480 pages, 76 halftones, 5 line illust7ations, 9 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047372
- ISBN
- 9780674047372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.74
€ 76.74
Hardcover. Examining the complex dynamics of medical treatment options and the variable character of surgical technologies, this volume broadens and transcends the notion of technological innovation. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465946
- ISBN
- 9781580465946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.48
€ 133.48
Hardback. Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. The author tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; BGT; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724976
- ISBN
- 9780674724976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409174
- ISBN
- 9781592409174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.49
€ 19.99
€ 17.49
Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175325
- ISBN
- 9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.64
€ 43.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. Series: Sexuality Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827935
- ISBN
- 9780774827935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 37.73
€ 37.99
€ 37.73
Hardback. Romano's detailed portrayal reveals a fascinating figure who embodied the untidy nature of the Victorian age's shift from an intellectual system rooted in religion to one based on science. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 9 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868979
- ISBN
- 9780801868979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.13
€ 54.99
€ 46.13
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930664299
- ISBN
- 9780930664299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384095
- ISBN
- 9781909384095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211957
- ISBN
- 9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.05€ 49.59
€ 63.05
€ 49.59
Hardback. Ordered to Care examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reforming American nursing from 1850-1945. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 528. Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304594
- ISBN
- 9780521256049
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardback. It is a must-read for historians of medicine and scholars in women's studies and political history, as well as for naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419039
- ISBN
- 9781421419039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.05
€ 54.05
Hardback. Jones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896965
- ISBN
- 9780801896965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.56
€ 34.99
€ 29.56
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813574363
- ISBN
- 9780813574363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Provides a comprehensive, comparative study of global vaccine politics and their social, economic and historical context. Editor(s): Blume, Stuart S.; Holmberg, Christine; Greenough, Paul. Series Editor(s): Cantor, David. Series: Social Histories of Medicine. Num Pages: 360 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 9 tables. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526110886
- ISBN
- 9781526110886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.18
€ 168.18
Paperback. Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029368
- ISBN
- 9780141029368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover. How did technicians, epidemics, zoos, German exiles, methamphetamine, disgruntled technicians, modern bureaucracy, museums, and whipping cream shape the emergence of modern neuroscience? Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465953
- ISBN
- 9781580465953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.35
€ 116.35
Hardcover. Describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists Num Pages: 288 pages, Tables, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 27. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091926
- ISBN
- 9780719091926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.73
€ 156.73
Ironically, transforming the hope of a normal life into a purchasable commodity for people with bleeding disorders made it all too easy to ignore the potential dangers of delivering greater health and autonomy to hemophilic boys and men. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14, 13 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401157
- ISBN
- 9781421401157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Paperback. Stephen Halliday tells the fascinating story of how these individuals fought opposition from politicians, taxpayers and often their own colleagues to overcome these diseases and make the country a safer place for everyone to live. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752461755
- ISBN
- 9780752461755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.78
€ 24.99
€ 21.78