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History of medicine
Hardcover. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408019
- ISBN
- 9781421408019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.27
€ 51.27
Paperback. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415758
- ISBN
- 9781421415758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Casemate Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612003412
- ISBN
- 9781612003412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.68
€ 35.99
€ 32.68
Paperback. Details the health issues faced by the Corps of Discovery on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 illustrations, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; MBX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235113
- ISBN
- 9780803235113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898143
- ISBN
- 9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.75
€ 41.99
€ 34.75
Paperback. Public health has made our lives safer - but it often works behind the scenes, without our knowledge, that is, 'while we are sleeping'. This book illuminates how public health works with more than sixty success stories drawn from the area of injury and violence prevention. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258464
- ISBN
- 9780520258464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. An account of the phenomenon of antidepressants. The book chronicles the history of psychopharmacology and the current debate over drugs replacing psychotherapy, and explores the regulation of drug companies, what antidepressants reveal about the human brain and the sociology of drug marketing. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; MBX; MMGW; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674039582
- ISBN
- 9780674039582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.27
€ 44.99
€ 37.27
Paperback. Drawing heavily on primary sources and supplemented with interviews and insight gained over Healy's long career, this lucid and engaging overview of mania sheds new light on one of humankind's most vexing ailments. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403977
- ISBN
- 9781421403977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.00
€ 32.99
€ 28.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526113474
- ISBN
- 9781526113474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.94€ 96.34
€ 106.94
€ 96.34
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 448 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MFG; MJN; PDX; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482354
- ISBN
- 9780226482354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Series: Chicago History of Science & Medicine. Num Pages: 568 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 37. Weight in Grams: 918.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226482330
- ISBN
- 9780226482330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.79
€ 44.99
€ 34.79
Paperback. Explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, this title shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 500 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- With a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268098
- ISBN
- 9780520268098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMR; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349428847
- ISBN
- 9781349428847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.65
€ 126.65
Hardback. This text maps perceptions of illness in medical texts from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their "discovery" of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century. In this way, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HP; JFCX; JFFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968925
- ISBN
- 9780333968925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336208
- ISBN
- 9780897336208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.10
€ 32.99
€ 29.10
Hardback. This is the first scholarly biography of Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936) in any language. Based upon a wealth of archival material, it weaves his life and science into some 100 years of Russian history and offers a fundamental reinterpretation of his scientific style and his famous research on conditional reflexes. Num Pages: 880 pages, 47 illus. BIC Classification: BGT; JMM; MBX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199925193
- ISBN
- 9780199925193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.85
€ 54.99
€ 38.85
paperback. The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 pls. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Roman Society Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907764328
- ISBN
- 9780907764328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.73
€ 78.73
Paperback. "This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue"-- Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329458
- ISBN
- 9781349329458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Leder, D. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048141401
- ISBN
- 9789048141401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
Drawing on the letters and testimony of Padua's medical students, Klestinec charts a new history of anatomy in the Renaissance, one that characterizes the role of the anatomy theater and reconsiders the pedagogical debates and educational structure behind human dissection. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401423
- ISBN
- 9781421401423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.78
€ 72.78