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History of medicine

Paperback. Olson concludes that, although it has not yet been conquered, breast cancer is no longer the story of individual women struggling alone against a mysterious and deadly foe. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880643
ISBN
9780801880643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 24.89

Hardback. Series: Collection on Technology and Work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1. BIC Classification: MBX; MNB; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801441592
ISBN
9780801441592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.12

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646855
ISBN
9780691646855
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842085
ISBN
9780801842085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.10

Hardback. A comprehensive history of the social and political aspects of vaccination in the United States, this work tells the story of how vaccination became a widely accepted public health measure over the course of the twentieth century. It examines the strategies that health officials have used to gain public acceptance of vaccines. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 349 pages, 22 b&w illlustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MJCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 820.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
349
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247499
ISBN
9780520247499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.52
€ 65.32

paperback. This text establishes historical context for the contemporary debate over the role of unconventional medicine in health care by examining the evolution of the major alternative systems in America from 1800 onwards. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195171624
ISBN
9780195171624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.66

Hardback. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411415
ISBN
9781421411415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411422
ISBN
9781421411422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813561752
ISBN
9780813561752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.93

As American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJTF; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891106
ISBN
9780801891106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.27

Paperback. As American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJTF; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405728
ISBN
9781421405728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, 46 halftones 12 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; BGT; MBG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 828.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635644
ISBN
9780691635644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 312.21

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 474 pages, 46 halftones 12 line illus. 23 tables. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
474
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606965
ISBN
9780691606965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.19
€ 77.53

Hardback. Provides an illustrated account of changes in our perception of what the heart does and what it means. This book explores the symbolic significance of the heart in ancient Egypt, China, India and Greece, its role in Aztec ceremony and its place in the medieval world. It considers the centrality of the heart in Christianity and other religions. Editor(s): Peto, James. Series: Wellcome Trust Collection. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 b&w illustrations, 80 colour images. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1157.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125108
ISBN
9780300125108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.85

Hardback. By examining the psychiatric engagement with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and the decadents and revolutionaries, Sirotkina provides a rich account of Russia's medical and literary history during this turbulent revolutionary period. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867828
ISBN
9780801867828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Hardcover. Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096365
ISBN
9780719096365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.94

Hardback. Drawing on a diverse range of sources-including patient testimonies; the writings of physicians, historians, and poets; and official publications of the Roman state-Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire is a groundbreaking history of the culture of classical medicine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416281
ISBN
9781421416281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.31
€ 56.40

Paperback. A survey of the changes in medical care for those approaching death in the early modern period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933266
ISBN
9780861933266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.98

Hardback. The mere fact of its having survived from at least the twelfth century (some claimed for it an earlier, Saxon pedigree) lent the inquest the trappings of an exemplary embodiment of the 'genius of English reform.'"-from Bodies of Evidence Num Pages: 176 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; MBX; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801862403
ISBN
9780801862403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Hardback. It is a must-read for forensic scientists, historians, and true crime devotees alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 37, 37 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JKVF1; LAQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420400
ISBN
9781421420400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.44

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