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History of medicine

Paperback. Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living near the spa at Aix-les-Bains, she became the charity patient of its medical director, Antoine Despine, who treated her with hydrotherapy and animal magnetism. This title offers an account of the young woman's mental afflictions. Num Pages: 264 pages, 14 halftones. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152370
ISBN
9780691152370
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This unique book presents an overview of believers and disbelievers in a cerebral seat of human morality. With depth and clarity, the book presents their positions and arguments, and offers an explanation for these attempts to localise our moral sense. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MBX; PDA; PDX; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9789400791268
ISBN
9789400791268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HRE; JHM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164979
ISBN
9780231164979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.41
€ 46.96

Paperback. "European Science Foundation Research Networking Programme DRUGS." Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; MBX; MMG; MQP; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
341
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349337422
ISBN
9781349337422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473875715
ISBN
9781473875715
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.91

Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humour, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627797467
ISBN
9781627797467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.26

Hardcover. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403968463
ISBN
9781403968463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Paperback. Traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution to the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patient and practitioner. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200387
ISBN
9780415200387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. The story of pain and suffering since the eighteenth century. Prize-winning historian Joanna Bourke charts how our understanding of pain (and how to cope with it) has changed completely over the last three centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFCX; MBX; MMBP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199689439
ISBN
9780199689439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Describes the world of mental patients and their doctors in the first half of the twentieth century. This book shows how well-intentioned physicians could rationalize and regard as therapeutic treatments that often had dreadful consequences, and how much the social and cultural world is inscribed within the practice of biological psychiatry. Series: Medicine and Society S. Num Pages: 262 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 3JJ; MBN; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520205475
ISBN
9780520205475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.97

Hardback. Combining the colorful intrigue of courtroom drama and the keen insights of social history, Unconscious Crime depicts Victorian England's legal and medical cultures confronting a new understanding of human behavior, and provocatively suggests these trials represent the earliest incarnation of double consciousness and multiple personality disorder. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JKVQ; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801874284
ISBN
9780801874284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.10

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 441.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642905032
ISBN
9783642905032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.37

Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSR; JHMC; MBX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349523511
ISBN
9781349523511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.18

Paperback. Series: Perspectives in Physiology. Num Pages: 356 pages, 115 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, 6 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: MBX; MFG; MJL; PSAJ; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493949779
ISBN
9781493949779
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 205.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
John Donald Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906566920
ISBN
9781906566920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.33

Paperback. Burnham's sweeping narrative makes sense of medical practice, medical research, and human frailties and foibles, opening the door to a new understanding of our current concerns. Num Pages: 616 pages, 142, 99 black & white halftones, 43 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416083
ISBN
9781421416083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.88

Hardback. The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632247
ISBN
9780745632247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Paperback. * What is Medical History? will be an invaluable textbook for all students of the history of medicine and science. * The second title in Polity's new series, 'What is History?', designed to be a key introductory textbook for students of the history of medicine and science. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745632254
ISBN
9780745632254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.53

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606040
ISBN
9780691606040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.23
€ 60.10

Paperback. How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753823071
ISBN
9780753823071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

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