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Paperback. "Fever of War" examines the impact of the deadly 1918 influenza epidemic on the American army, its medical officers, and their profession. The tragedy begins with overly confident medical officers who understated the severity of the epidemic. Num Pages: 251 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBJK; HBWN; JWX; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814799246
- ISBN
- 9780814799246
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Paperback. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Num Pages: 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 964. 436 pages, 35 black and white, 6 line drawing. Set in the medical, religious and cultural milieu of the European Middle Ages, this book offers a study of leprosy. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC1; MBX. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 28. Weight: 966.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843834540
- ISBN
- 9781843834540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.58
€ 40.99
€ 38.58
Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867989
- ISBN
- 9780801867989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.25€ 52.02
€ 56.25
€ 52.02
Hardback. Drawing on his extensive experience and study in the field, Charles Buck presents an authoritative and accessible account of the history of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The book provides an accurate overview, focussing on the key developments that are of most practical relevance to clinicians of today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 black and white. BIC Classification: MBX; VXHT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 257 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848191594
- ISBN
- 9781848191594
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Paperback. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887161
- ISBN
- 9780801887161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.28
€ 29.99
€ 25.28
Hardback. The first-ever biography of the man behind the disease - and a pioneer of medical science Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; JPF; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781780
- ISBN
- 9781785781780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.09
€ 26.99
€ 18.09
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739036
- ISBN
- 9780198739036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. A revisionist account of the story of the foundations of public health in industrial revolution Britain. Series Editor(s): Rosenberg, Charles E.; Jones, Colin. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 380 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521583633
- ISBN
- 9780521583633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.36
€ 149.36
Hardcover. Powerful photographs of the grand exteriors and crumbling interiors of America's abandoned state mental hospitals. Num Pages: 209 pages, 88, color photos, 67, color illus., 68, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AJCR; AM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 266 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1730.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Number of pages
- 209
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262013499
- ISBN
- 9780262013499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.44€ 65.26
€ 86.44
€ 65.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Patton, Cindy. Series: Quadrant Book. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: JFSG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816670192
- ISBN
- 9780816670192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardcover. Touching on such diverse subspecialties as genetics, pharmacology, neurology, sexology and immunology, the author intersperses obvious historical milestones; the Hippocratic Oath, general anesthesia, the Human Genome Project, with unexpected and intriguing topics like truth serum, the use of cocaine in eye surgery and face transplants. Num Pages: 528 pages, full colour throughout, includes photographs. BIC Classification: MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1462.
- Publisher
- Sterling
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402785856
- ISBN
- 9781402785856
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. The authorised biography of the doctor who made the link between smoking & lung cancer and battled Big Tobacco Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BGT; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 35. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909930049
- ISBN
- 9781909930049
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.79
€ 19.99
€ 19.79
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€ 38.46
€ 54.99
€ 38.46
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€ 20.63
€ 26.99
€ 20.63
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€ 34.59
€ 44.99
€ 34.59
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€ 29.63
€ 37.99
€ 29.63
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526113474
- ISBN
- 9781526113474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.57€ 95.49
€ 106.57
€ 95.49
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€ 27.72
€ 32.99
€ 27.72
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€ 37.17
€ 44.99
€ 37.17
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€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41