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History of medicine
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780754601722
- ISBN
- 9780754601722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.67€ 94.96
€ 151.67
€ 94.96
Paperback. This bookm the first history of contraception for almost fifty years, provides a scholarly and highly readable account of procreation and attempts to prevent it from ancient Greece to the late twentieth century. The story, as the author shows, is not one of unalleviated progress, and anything but a simple passage from ignorance to enlightenment. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631187295
- ISBN
- 9780631187295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.18
€ 52.18
Paperback. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to 'eliminate the perils of pus infection'. This book reconstructs a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126709
- ISBN
- 9780300126709
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.45
€ 26.99
€ 20.45
Paperback. The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199692989
- ISBN
- 9780199692989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Hardback. Written for historians, sociologists, and anthropologists of science and medicine, as well as bioethics scholars, physicians, geneticists, and families affected by genetic conditions, Life Histories of Genetic Disease is a profound exploration of the scientific culture surrounding malformation and mutation. Num Pages: 280 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MFN; MJCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420745
- ISBN
- 9781421420745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.61
€ 52.61
Hardcover. Medical ethics in Imperial Germany were entangled with professional, legal and social issues. This book shows how doctors' ethical decision-making was led by their notions of male honour, professional politics and a paternalistic doctor-patient relationship rather than concern for patients' interests or the right of the sick to self-determination. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; MBDC; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553309
- ISBN
- 9780230553309
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardback. Offers a window into the past to show how scientific and technologic discoveries over the last five centuries have impacted the practice of medicine. Intended for physicians and surgeons, biomedical engineers, chemists and medical historians, this book is a collection of 99 essays based on landmark publications from the medical literature. Num Pages: 542 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 220 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 542
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387278742
- ISBN
- 9780387278742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 214.49
€ 214.49
Surgeons, Manufacturers and Patients: A Transatlantic History of Total...
Anderson, Julie, Neary, Francis, Pickstone, J...
Hardcover. The Total Hip Replacement was invented by British surgeons after World War Two. It became the basis of a multi-billion global industry in joint replacement. This pioneering study ranges from inventive surgeons to multi-national manufacturers and explores total hip replacement in the very different health economies of the UK and the US. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBJK; HBLW3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230553149
- ISBN
- 9780230553149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.90
€ 139.90
Hardback. Addresses a number of issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - from the perspective of the scientific community itself. It also discusses bioethical methods and is aimed at philosophers, bioethicists, geneticists and also science policymakers, since it addresses broad policy issues. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402002014
- ISBN
- 9781402002014
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.60
€ 201.60
hardcover. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645684
- ISBN
- 9781442645684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613942
- ISBN
- 9781442613942
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.34
€ 30.99
€ 28.34
Paperback. Placebo Talks provides various perspectives on how psychosocial parameters - such as interpersonal rapport, historical and contemporary context, corporate memory, expectation, empathy, hope, conditioning, symbolic thinking, and suggestion - play a role in forming placebo responses and placebo effects. Editor(s): Raz, Amir; Harris, Cory. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; MBX; MMGW; MMH; MMZ; PSAN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680702
- ISBN
- 9780199680702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.62
€ 103.62
Paperback. Argues that post-traumatic stress disorder is a cultural product put together by the practices, technologies, and narratives with which it is diagnosed, studied, and treated and by the various interests, institutions, and moral arguments mobilizing these efforts. This book includes an account of the treatment of Vietnam veterans with PTSD. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691017235
- ISBN
- 9780691017235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 39.18
€ 49.00
€ 39.18
Paperback. As Horwitz explores the history and multiple identities of anxiety-melancholia, nerves, neuroses, phobias, and so on-it becomes clear that every age has had its own anxieties and that culture plays a role in shaping how anxiety is expressed. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410807
- ISBN
- 9781421410807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.72
€ 33.99
€ 28.72
Hardcover. A fascinating and adventurous insight into the origin and development of medicine and surgery. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 44. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968957
- ISBN
- 9780745968957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Paperback. A guide to personal papers in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. Editor(s): Tough, Alistair G. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 160. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851240517
- ISBN
- 9781851240517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.48
€ 7.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Bashford, Alison; Levine, Professor Philippa. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHBD; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 40. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199945054
- ISBN
- 9780199945054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.27
€ 90.27
Hardback. Provides the study of noblewomen's healing activities in early modern Europe. In this title, the author demonstrates that numerous German noblewomen were deeply involved in making medicines and recommending them to patients, and many gained widespread fame for their remedies. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925387
- ISBN
- 9780226925387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.39
€ 51.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521264
- ISBN
- 9781487521264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.62
€ 34.99
€ 31.62
Drawing from archival records, patient files, and oral histories, Stern presents the fascinating story of the growth of genetic counseling practices, principles, and professionals. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19, 13 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNTJ; MBDC; MBX; MFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406671
- ISBN
- 9781421406671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.25
€ 80.25