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Hardcover. This book examines the striking way in which medical and scientific work on hearing in 18th and 19th-century France helped to shape modern French society and culture. The author argues that of all the senses hearing offered the greatest resources for remodelling the idea of the universal human condition within the modern French historical setting. Num Pages: 179 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455345
- ISBN
- 9781137455345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardcover. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487520
- ISBN
- 9781137487520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.16
€ 40.16
Hardcover. Covering a wide swath of German history from the Enlightenment to National Socialism, this book shows that ideals of beauty have always been closely related to a society's conception of itself, from organ transplants to the manufacture of cosmetics. At the same time, body modification has also presented new ways to subvert the social order. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137489807
- ISBN
- 9781137489807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.91
€ 67.91
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137510563
- ISBN
- 9781137510563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Hardcover. The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBX; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523280
- ISBN
- 9781137523280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Hardback. Offering a cultural history of blood as it was mobilized across twentieth-century U.S. medicine, militarisms, and popular culture, Hannabach examines the ways that blood has saturated the cultural imaginary. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581587
- ISBN
- 9781137581587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.28
€ 66.28
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349684120
- ISBN
- 9781349684120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.10
€ 66.10
Medicine Across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-West...
Vasiljevic, Darko, Shapiro, Hugh, Selin, Hela...
Hardcover. Contains 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, this book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 807.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402011665
- ISBN
- 9781402011665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 202.81
€ 202.81
Hardback. Divided into two parts, this work consists of an introduction that gives a biographical sketch of Elisha Bartlett and situates his empiricist philosophy of medicine within the philosophical debates of the various theoretical schools of medical practice of early nineteenth-century America. Editor(s): Stempsey, William E. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402030413
- ISBN
- 9781402030413
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.91
€ 198.91
Hardcover. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988027
- ISBN
- 9781403988027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. This book is a tribute to the life and career of Dr. Victor McKusick, the co-founder of GENOMICS, known as the "father of medical genetics". His colleagues, collaborators and students offer essays reflecting all the fields touched upon by Dr. McKusick's work. Editor(s): Dronamraju, Krishna R.; Francomano, Claire; Valle, David; Chakravarti, Aravinda. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461416760
- ISBN
- 9781461416760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.61
€ 194.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Pichot, Pierre. Num Pages: 744 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 744
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781475718553
- ISBN
- 9781475718553
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.49
€ 73.49
Paperback. This multi-authored book examines the human stories that underlie the development of vaccines. Stories are anchored in their historical context and cover key figures, scientific and political hurdles, and clinical trial controversies. Editor(s): Artenstein, Andrew W. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ; MJCM; MMFM; PSG; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983626
- ISBN
- 9781489983626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 317.04
€ 317.04
Paperback. This textbook on cardiovascular science has instructive illustrations at key points and sets out to explain the cardiovascular system to the reader using the classical teaching framework of anatomy, physiology, general operation and specific systems. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489990792
- ISBN
- 9781489990792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Nature United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493948161
- ISBN
- 9781493948161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.49
€ 66.49
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
€ 205.50
Hardback. Proceedings of an International Symposium on Translation Methodologies and Terminologies Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080418
- ISBN
- 9781556080418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.68
€ 197.68
paperback. This book analyzes literary representations to explain how consumption, a killer disease, came to be the glamorous illnesss of the Romantic era. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBJD; JFC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286119
- ISBN
- 9781349286119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.94
€ 137.94
hardcover. Editor(s): Plotkin, Stanley A. Num Pages: 349 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 674.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441913388
- ISBN
- 9781441913388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 339.44
€ 339.44
paperback. This book describes the ways in which homeopaths have influenced medical practice, research and public health, as well as the seminal effect of homeopaths in the emergence of today's medical specialties and in social reform. Num Pages: 220 pages, 95 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493947690
- ISBN
- 9781493947690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 160.30
€ 160.30