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History of medicine
Paperback. Arikha intertwines the histories of medicine, science, psychology, and philosophy in this 2,500-year journey that explores the origins of humours in ancient Greece to the present day. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060731175
- ISBN
- 9780060731175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.58
€ 17.99
€ 16.58
Paperback. The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; JFF; MBX; MJ; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452927
- ISBN
- 9781349452927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.76
€ 46.76
Hardback. The story of mankind's struggle against polio is compelling, exciting and full of twists and pardoxes. One of the grand challenges of modern medicine, it was a battleground between good and bad science. Gareth Williams takes an original view of the journey to understanding and defeating polio. Num Pages: 376 pages, 12 diagrames, 4 maps, 6 graphs, 52 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137299758
- ISBN
- 9781137299758
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Muller, Irmgard. Series: Klassische Texte Der Wissenschaft. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642415937
- ISBN
- 9783642415937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.21
€ 46.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Translator(s): Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas. Num Pages: 206 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: HPCB; MBX; VXWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556433160
- ISBN
- 9781556433160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.76
€ 19.99
€ 15.76
Hardcover. Offers an introduction that reviews major types of infectious agents and modes of transmission and provides a historical overview of infectious diseases and our attempts to control epidemics. This book includes case studies of the United States, China, Africa, and India. Num Pages: 352 pages, graphs & diagrams, index, glossary, chronology. BIC Classification: JFF; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816070206
- ISBN
- 9780816070206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.38€ 48.83
€ 52.38
€ 48.83
Paperback. Offers an introduction that reviews major types of infectious agents and modes of transmission and provides a historical overview of infectious diseases and our attempts to control epidemics. This book includes case studies of the United States, China, Africa, and India. Series: Global Issues. Num Pages: 368 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, chronology, tables, graphs. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600. Series: Global Issues. 368 pages, index, bibliography, glossary, chronology, tables, graphs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816077403
- ISBN
- 9780816077403
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.42
€ 25.99
€ 22.42
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
€ 141.21
€ 141.21
Hardback. Provides the study of noblewomen's healing activities in early modern Europe. In this title, the author demonstrates that numerous German noblewomen were deeply involved in making medicines and recommending them to patients, and many gained widespread fame for their remedies. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925387
- ISBN
- 9780226925387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.52
€ 51.99
€ 40.52
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403991188
- ISBN
- 9781403991188
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.68
€ 59.68
Hardback. Drawing on the expertise of historical, literary and philosophical scholarship, practicing physicians, and the medical humanities this is a true interdisciplinary collaboration, styled as a history. It explores pain at the intersection of the living, suffering body, and the discursive cultural webs that entangle it in its specific moment. Editor(s): Boddice, Robert Gregory. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Emotions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 3J; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372420
- ISBN
- 9781137372420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
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€ 24.81
€ 29.99
€ 24.81
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- 1966th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662268810
- ISBN
- 9783662268810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.24
€ 68.24
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
€ 118.84€ 90.47
€ 118.84
€ 90.47
Hardback. Ordered to Care examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reforming American nursing from 1850-1945. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 528. Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304594
- ISBN
- 9780521256049
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Details the health issues faced by the Corps of Discovery on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 illustrations, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; MBX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235113
- ISBN
- 9780803235113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.42
€ 27.99
€ 23.42
Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175325
- ISBN
- 9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.82
€ 42.99
€ 30.82
Hardcover. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBT; MBX; MMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403934451
- ISBN
- 9781403934451
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.81
€ 122.81
paperback. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349517183
- ISBN
- 9781349517183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.31
€ 122.31
Hardcover. The history of children's heart surgery told through the stories of patients and their families Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJW; MNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Elliott & Thompson Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783962273
- ISBN
- 9781783962273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.76
€ 21.99
€ 15.76