History of medicine
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History of medicine
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
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Condition: New
€ 55.47
€ 55.47
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
€ 29.99€ 22.20
€ 29.99
€ 22.20
Hardback. The Ben cao gang mu, 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, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in Chinese materia medica works. This series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283954
- ISBN
- 9780520283954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.84€ 111.33
€ 145.84
€ 111.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; PDX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137580924
- ISBN
- 9781137580924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.94
€ 117.94
Paperback. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784537586
- ISBN
- 9781784537586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.13
€ 34.99
€ 32.13
Hardcover. An invaluable reference work chronicling the lives of over 200 women who received medical degrees in the United States before the Civil War. Num Pages: 424 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBCB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465717
- ISBN
- 9781580465717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 44.07
€ 51.99
€ 44.07
Hardback. A Century of Homeopaths Num Pages: 207 pages, 95 black & white illustrations, 14 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MX; VXHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493905263
- ISBN
- 9781493905263
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.31
€ 136.31
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBD; MBX; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634883
- ISBN
- 9780691634883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 251.37
€ 251.37
Hardback. 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
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136887
- ISBN
- 9781471136887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.69
€ 25.99
€ 17.69
Hardback. Why and how did the Black Death pandemic happen in the first place? When and where did it begin? How was it sustained? What was its full geographic extent? And when did it really end? This groundbreaking volume reveals all. Editor(s): Green, Monica. Series: ARC Medieval Press - The Medieval Globe. Num Pages: 334 pages, 3 black and white; 15 full color. BIC Classification: HBLC1; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Arc Medieval Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781942401001
- ISBN
- 9781942401001
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.81
€ 162.81
Paperback. A new bibliographic essay by Lisa Haushofer explores recent scholarship in the history of medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- revised and expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419541
- ISBN
- 9781421419541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 30.54
€ 34.99
€ 30.54
Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634857819
- ISBN
- 9781634857819
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.99€ 90.95
€ 118.99
€ 90.95
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
€ 230.76
€ 230.76
Hardcover. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. Medical Advice from 1769. 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight: 364.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243822
- ISBN
- 9781851243822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.81
€ 13.99
€ 11.81
Hardback. Living in Death's Shadow is essential reading for everyone seeking to understand what it means to live with someone suffering from a chronic, fatal condition, including cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JHBZ; LNTJ; MBX; MMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421841
- ISBN
- 9781421421841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.96
€ 45.99
€ 38.96
Hardback. Health and Humanity is a comprehensive account of the ways that JHSPH has influenced the practice, pedagogy, and especially our very understanding of public health on both global and local scales. Num Pages: 544 pages, 36, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JNB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421087
- ISBN
- 9781421421087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.11
€ 58.11
Paperback. Making Medicines is a concise, chronological discussion of the history of therapeutics and pharmacy from the Egyptians through to the present day. It focuses on the discovery and uses of medicines to treat illness through the ages, and the evolving role of the pharmacist. Editor(s): Anderson, Stuart. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Pharmaceutical Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857110992
- ISBN
- 9780857110992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Hardback. This book disentangles competing claims, opens the controversy for critical reflection, and provides recommendations for moving forward. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBN; MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406077
- ISBN
- 9781421406077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
Hardback. 'Never since the Black Death has such a plague swept over the face of the world,' commented the Times, '[and] never, perhaps, has a plague been more stoically accepted.' When the Great Influenza pandemic finally ended, in April 1919, 228,000 people in Britian alone were dead. This book tells the story of the Great Influenza pandemic. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217744
- ISBN
- 9780230217744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.06
€ 140.06
Paperback. Packed full of curious and surprising facts about medicine and beautifully illustrated with maps, photographs and images, this is the perfect guide book for anyone with a passion for urban walks, the history of London and, of course, medicine. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, port. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; MBX; WTHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444172430
- ISBN
- 9781444172430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18