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History of medicine

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 358 pages, 8 halftones 29 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; JMR; MBX; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691632216
ISBN
9780691632216
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.52

Hardback. The story of the infamous "goat gland doctor" John R. Brinkley - controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario and prescient political campaigner - recounting his amazing rags to riches career. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122328
ISBN
9780813122328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.13

Paperback. The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14, 1 colour, 2 black and white, 11 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800. The Complete History. 454 pages, 14, 1 colour, 2 black and white, 11 line drawing. The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; MBNS; MBX. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight: 768.
Publisher
Boydell Press
Number of pages
454
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843832140
ISBN
9781843832140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.66

Hardback. Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KJW; 3JF; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719083129
ISBN
9780719083129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.06

paperback. Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082746
ISBN
9780300082746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 25.73

Paperback. Nemesius' treatise "On the Nature of Man" is an important text for historians of ancient thought, not only as a much-quarried source of evidence for earlier works, but also as an indication of intellectual life in the late fourth century AD. This title provides a compendium of theological anthropology with a Christian orientation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311321
ISBN
9781846311321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.39

Paperback. This book, first published in 1998, examines the practice of military medicine during the conquest of Africa. Num Pages: 290 pages, 27 b/w illus. 14 maps 38 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JH; HBG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 43.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780521598354
ISBN
9780521598354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.96

Hardcover. Reveals the history of the individuals who worked to make psychiatry more available to Harlem's black community in the early Civil Rights Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFSL3; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464925
ISBN
9781580464925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.10

Hardcover. Exeter Cathedral Library, established in the eleventh century, houses medical and scientific books from all periods. This catalogue is the first comprehensive treatment of the collection to be published, and has over 2700 entries, including material added in the 1990s. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, indexes. BIC Classification: GBCR; MBX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895743
ISBN
9780859895743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.62

Hardback. Presents a radically new view of the role of science and scientific methodology in the colonies. It explores the role of snakes, snakebite and snake venom in the emerging science of nineteenth-century Australia and India, the neglected significance of inter-colony exchanges and conflicts and the importance of vivisection to science. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JH; MBX; MMGT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526101440
ISBN
9781526101440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.39

Paperback. An up-to-date survey of medieval Islamic medicine offering new insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22, b&w. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; JFSR2; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. 240 pages, 22, b&w. An up-to-date survey of medieval Islamic medicine offering new insights to the role of medicine and physicians in medieval Islamic culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3F; 3H; JFSR2; MBX. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
n
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620678
ISBN
9780748620678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.15

Hardback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441698
ISBN
9781580441698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.57

Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459824
ISBN
9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBPK; MBX; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 187 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634848091
ISBN
9781634848091
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 290.46
€ 216.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Clinical Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854570901
ISBN
9781854570901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.07

Paperback. Reveals the surprising history of the Lamaze method of childbirth, also known as psychoprophylaxis, by tracing this psychological, non-pharmacological approach to obstetric pain relief from its origins in the USSR in the 1940s, to France in the 1950s, and to the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Series: Oxford Studies in International History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 illus. BIC Classification: MBX; MJT; MQD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190675103
ISBN
9780190675103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.32

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464604
ISBN
9781580464604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.87

Paperback. A comprehensive and analytical study of therapeutic concepts and practices in China. It traces the history of documented health care from its earliest extant records to present developments. It features a preface which details the ideological intersections between Chinese and European medicines. Series: Comparative Studies of Health Systems & Medical Care. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
25th Anniversary ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266131
ISBN
9780520266131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Hardback. A foundation of Chinese life sciences and medicine, this title is available in an annotated English translation. Combining the views of different schools, it relies on natural law as conceptualized in "yin/yang" and Five Agents doctrines to define health and disease, and repeatedly emphasizes personal responsibility for the quality of one's life. Num Pages: 1560 pages, 2 volumes encased Book includes CD. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 272 x 100. Weight in Grams: 2740. An Annotated Translation of Huang Di's Inner Classic - Basic Questions. Volumes of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen Project. 1560 pages. A foundation of Chinese life sciences and medicine, this title is available in an annotated English translation. Combining the views of different schools, it relies on natural law as conceptualized in "yin/yang" and Five Agents doctrines to define health and disease, and repeatedly emphasizes personal responsibility for the quality of one's life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Dimension: 173 x 272 x 100. Weight: 2736.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
1560
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Ct. Paul U. Unschuld, General ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266988
ISBN
9780520266988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.57
€ 143.65

Paperback. The third book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, focusing on the library and archive of the Royal College of Physicians. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: GLMA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706268
ISBN
9781408706268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.53

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