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History of medicine

Hardcover. E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. Num Pages: 224 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; MBPK; MBX; MMH; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199988716
ISBN
9780199988716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.72

paperback. Editor(s): Fell, Alison S.; Hallett, Christine E. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLL; HBWN; MBX; MQC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138952614
ISBN
9781138952614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.16

paperback. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of Western medicine, examining the key turning points, discoveries, and controversies in its rich history from classical times to the present. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 115 x 11. Weight in Grams: 146.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9780199215430
ISBN
9780199215430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.92

paperback. * A fascinating survey of the key moments of post-war medical discovery - fully revised and updated for this new edition Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
38923rd
Condition
New
SKU
9780349123752
ISBN
9780349123752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.02

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

€ 55.16

hardcover. Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493-1541), better known as Paracelsus, was a physician, natural magician and commentator on the social and religious issues of his day. This work considers Paracelsus' life and works, and explores his advocacy for total reform of the clerical, legal, and medical professions. Num Pages: 330 pages, 8 b/w. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPCB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 681.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780300139112
ISBN
9780300139112
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.51

Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease is the first account of a remarkable man who changed the face of cancer therapy and the history of a once fatal, now curable, cancer. Num Pages: 456 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804768665
ISBN
9780804768665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.85

Updated version of author's doctoral thesis--Indiana University, 2005. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813549583
ISBN
9780813549583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.49

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJR; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271037929
ISBN
9780271037929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.20

paperback. Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 line drawings, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 3JH; HBTM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415924528
ISBN
9780415924528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.23

paperback. Easily accessible to readers new to the Victorian era, and to the history of medicine Num Pages: 215 pages, 20 integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGT; JKSN1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pen & Sword History
Condition
New
SKU
9781473855670
ISBN
9781473855670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 6.28

paperback. Argues that post-traumatic stress disorder is a cultural product put together by the practices, technologies, and narratives with which it is diagnosed, studied, and treated and by the various interests, institutions, and moral arguments mobilizing these efforts. This book includes an account of the treatment of Vietnam veterans with PTSD. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032756
ISBN
9780691017235
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Series: Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalum et Medicinalium. Num Pages: 519 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1226. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. In illustrated covers, no dj as issued, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034092
ISBN
9788772898179
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

hardcover. Among the papers of Hugh Trevor-Roper, who died in 2003, was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years. Exploring an array of English and European sources, the author reveals the story of the pioneering Swiss Huguenot doctor who mixed medicine with diplomacy, with political intrigue, and with secret intelligence. Editor(s): Worden, Blair. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 41. Weight in Grams: 882. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034519
ISBN
9780300112634
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Laurent Joubert was an important figure in the medical world of the French Renaissance. Born in 1529, he became a doctor at age 29 and shortly thereafter was appointed personal physician to Catherine de Medici and later became physician to three French monarchs. Translator(s): Rocher, Gregory de. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817352899
ISBN
9780817352899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.54

hardcover. Mystical Bedlam explores the social history of insanity of early seventeenth-century England by means of a detailed analysis of the records of Richard Napier. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 655. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036157
ISBN
9780521231701
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. A fascinating narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs and the way in which they have shaped us from the author of Opening Skinner's Box. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMGW; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
Export
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471136894
ISBN
9781471136894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.47

Hardback. Compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, this title is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U. Num Pages: 466 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; MBX; VXHT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520291966
ISBN
9780520291966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 200.15

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

€ 53.22

Paperback. The Expressiveness of the Body meditates on the contrasts between the human body described in classical Greek medicine and the body as envisaged by physicians in ancient China. Num Pages: 344 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1QDAG; HBG; HBLA; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299892
ISBN
9780942299892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.18

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