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Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674281448
ISBN
9780674281448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.97
€ 52.81

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564739
ISBN
9780813564739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. Between 1347 and 1352 an unknown and deadly disease, only much later known as the Black Death, swept across Europe, leaving an estimated 30-50 per cent of the population dead. This book deals with plague, particularly in Northern Europe, in various aspects: epidemiology, pattern of dispersion, demography, social consequences, and religious impact. Editor(s): Bisgaard, Lars; Sondergaard, Leif. Num Pages: 236 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776743895
ISBN
9788776743895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Heralded as the catalyst of the sexual revolution and the solution to global overpopulation, the contraceptive pill was one of the twentieth century's most important inventions. This title shows how its development and use have raised crucial questions about the relationship between science, medicine, technology, and society. Num Pages: 352 pages, 26 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH4; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300167917
ISBN
9780300167917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.67

Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988696
ISBN
9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.64

Paperback. Women have engaged in healing from the beginning of history, often within the context of the home. This book studies the role, contributions and challenges faced by women healers in France, Spain, Italy and England, including medical practice among women in the Jewish and Muslim communities, from the later Middle Ages to approximately 1800. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349328703
ISBN
9781349328703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.46

Paperback. Essays from noted contributors trace the evolution of the neurological patient's role, treatment, and place in the history of medicine. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464758
ISBN
9781580464758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; JFCX; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349292677
ISBN
9781349292677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.03

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464512
ISBN
9781580464512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1966
Publisher
Springer Germany
Edition
1966th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662268810
ISBN
9783662268810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.11

Paperback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629148
ISBN
9780745629148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.45

Hardback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629131
ISBN
9780745629131
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.85

Paperback. A detailed account of Kristy Duncan's experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802094568
ISBN
9780802094568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's historic instability via themes such as symptoms, definition, classification and anti-psychiatry. In doing so, it opens up new ways of understanding 20th century madness. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456809
ISBN
9781137456809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. Fighting fit Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750946490
ISBN
9780750946490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. The history of penicillin Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: MBX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750931533
ISBN
9780750931533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 images. BIC Classification: BM; HBJM; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235848
ISBN
9781922235848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBTB; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403946935
ISBN
9781403946935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.53

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472930330
ISBN
9781472930330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.97

Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137510563
ISBN
9781137510563
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.85

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