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History of medicine

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

€ 138.97

Hardcover. Contagion and Enclaves studies the social history of medicine within two intersecting enclaves in colonial India; the hill station of Darjeeling which incorporated the sanitarian and racial norms of the British Raj; and in the adjacent tea plantations of North Bengal, which produced tea for the global market. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 219 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBTQ; MBX; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318290
ISBN
9781846318290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.82

Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674168763
ISBN
9780674168763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; MBPM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897339254
ISBN
9780897339254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academy Chicago Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897336208
ISBN
9780897336208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137264282
ISBN
9781137264282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.49

Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801867989
ISBN
9780801867989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.42
€ 51.49

Hardcover. Editor(s): Usborne, Cornelie; Blecourt, Willem de. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403915696
ISBN
9781403915696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFC; JFSJ; JHBK; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349431076
ISBN
9781349431076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Cox, C.; Luddy, Maria. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349358540
ISBN
9781349358540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.26

Hardcover. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Luddy, Maria; Cox, Catherine. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230535862
ISBN
9780230535862
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 images. BIC Classification: BM; HBJM; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781922235848
ISBN
9781922235848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX; MJN; MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403920386
ISBN
9781403920386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.32

Hardback. Jones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801896965
ISBN
9780801896965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.56

Paperback. A political, intellectual, and social history of public health in Asia, from the 1930s to the early 1960s. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349540471
ISBN
9781349540471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.99

As American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJTF; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891106
ISBN
9780801891106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.56

Paperback. As American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJTF; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405728
ISBN
9781421405728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.17

Hardback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441698
ISBN
9781580441698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.16

Hardcover. An annotated edition of a landmark study in the history of psychology, including extensive essays and other critical apparatus that place Antoine Despine's work in its proper historical and scientific context. Editor(s): McKeown, Joanne M.; Fine, Catherine G. Num Pages: 260 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230608672
ISBN
9780230608672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.79

Hardcover. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Anderson, Julie. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 298 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBG; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403986443
ISBN
9781403986443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.41

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