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History of medicine

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

€ 124.50

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
€ 39.28

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gotham
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409174
ISBN
9781592409174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.83

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
€ 30.82

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

€ 41.99
€ 37.11

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
€ 44.89

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

€ 63.82

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
€ 32.73

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

€ 62.64
€ 48.20

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

Paperback. New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe. Editor(s): Solomon, Susan Gross; Murard, Lion; Zylberman, Patrick. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464550
ISBN
9781580464550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.44

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

€ 46.99
€ 38.30

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
€ 28.78

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

€ 69.14

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

€ 157.48

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

€ 12.99
€ 11.64

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

€ 114.33

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

€ 146.54

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

€ 65.19

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
€ 21.43

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