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History of medicine
Paperback. The changes in the US healthcare system since World War II are documented here, from new technologies, service-delivery arrangements, to financing mechanisms and underlying sets of organizing principles. The authors illustrate the work with five types of healthcare organizations. Num Pages: 442 pages, 62 line drawings, 41 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226743103
- ISBN
- 9780226743103
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.09
€ 48.99
€ 38.09
Hardcover. Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096365
- ISBN
- 9780719096365
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Condition: New
€ 157.94
€ 157.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199688463
- ISBN
- 9780199688463
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782069430
- ISBN
- 9781782069430
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Hardcover. This is the first detailed exploration of the history of autism in the UK. Drawing from extensive and highly original archival research as well as investigations of published literature it describes the political, social and institutional background which made the study and increased diagnosis of autism possible. Series: Social Histories of Medicine. Num Pages: 512 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; 3JM; MBX; MJNA; MJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719095924
- ISBN
- 9780719095924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.76
€ 61.76
Paperback. The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history. Num Pages: 240 pages, 18 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199692989
- ISBN
- 9780199692989
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.35
€ 13.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Draws on popular examples and sound science to explain our expanding waistlines and to discuss the consequences of being overweight for different demographic groups. This title reviews the various studies of human and animal fat use and storage, including those that examine fat deposition and metabolism in men and women. Num Pages: 408 pages, 62, 16 black & white halftones, 46 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421409603
- ISBN
- 9781421409603
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Condition: New
€ 44.35
€ 44.35
Hardback. Presents a visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This volume combines detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, that forms a profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. It features historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 354 illustrations, 345 in colour. BIC Classification: AKLB; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500517345
- ISBN
- 9780500517345
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Placing meanings of health and disease at the center of modern Chinese consciousness, this title reveals how hygiene became a crucial element in the formulation of Chinese modernity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 420 pages, 8 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283824
- ISBN
- 9780520283824
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Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 29.12
€ 35.00
€ 29.12
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Imperial College Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848168268
- ISBN
- 9781848168268
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.94
€ 51.99
€ 50.94
Paperback. The history of penicillin Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: MBX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- The History Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750931533
- ISBN
- 9780750931533
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Hardback. This book explores the transnational character of tropical medicine as it was practiced in Europe and Africa in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMRT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804778138
- ISBN
- 9780804778138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.60
€ 94.60
Paperback. Tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the third bubonic plague. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 38212th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814722336
- ISBN
- 9780814722336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Hardback. Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. The author tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; BGT; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724976
- ISBN
- 9780674724976
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.39
€ 46.99
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Hardback. A collection of essays examining the development and commodification of prostheses in Britain and America that occurred during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, due to the shift to standardized industrial manufacturing and associated market growth. Editor(s): Jones, Claire L. Series Editor(s): Anderson, Julie. Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526101426
- ISBN
- 9781526101426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.29
€ 169.29
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
€ 45.88
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
€ 150.96
€ 150.96
Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Gayle; Loughran, Tracey. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520791
- ISBN
- 9781137520791
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 289.96
€ 289.96
Paperback. Shows how nineteenth-century American physicians used anatomy to develop a professional identity, while claiming authority over the living and the dead. This book introduces the middle-class women and men, working people, entrepreneurs, and health reformers who resisted and exploited anatomy to articulate their own social identities and visions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118758
- ISBN
- 9780691118758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 33.39
€ 45.99
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Hardback. The first contemporary translation of the 1,000-year-old text at the foundation of modern medicine and biology. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 39. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774324
- ISBN
- 9781594774324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.67
€ 37.99
€ 35.67