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History of medicine

Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621198
ISBN
9783837621198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1890
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662321539
ISBN
9783662321539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.56

Hardback. This book is open access under a CC BY license. The narrative of 20th-century medicine is the conquering of acute infectious diseases and the rise in chronic, degenerative diseases. The history of fungal infections does not fit this picture. This book charts the path of fungal infections from the mid 19th century to the dawn of the 21st century. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137377012
ISBN
9781137377012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.27

Hardback. This book captures that heady, fleeting moment when a biologist could expect to do great science through the private sector and be rewarded with both wealth and scientific acclaim. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KNDH1; KNDP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413402
ISBN
9781421413402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.48

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1887
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662321447
ISBN
9783662321447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.69

Paperback. Examines the textured interrelations between medical writing about generation and childbirth - what we now call reproduction - and emerging notions of selfhood in early modern England. This book looks at the particular assumptions about bodies and selves that medical language inevitably enfolds. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 259 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: MBX; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295986418
ISBN
9780295986418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1938
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1938
Number of pages
299
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662272121
ISBN
9783662272121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.58

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1958
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662236406
ISBN
9783662236406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.38

Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humour, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627797467
ISBN
9781627797467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.26

Hardback. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1170. Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. 752 pages, Illustrations. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight: 1154.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
752
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270169
ISBN
9780520270169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.99

paperback. Gout has been seen as a disease afflicting upper-class males of superior wit, genius and creativity. It is also believed to protect its sufferers and assure long life. This study investigates the history of gout and offers a perspective on medical and social history, sex, prejudice and class. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082746
ISBN
9780300082746
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.28

Paperback. When and how did public health become modern? This book offers a fresh answer to this question through an examination of Victorian and Edwardian England, long considered one of the critical birthplaces of modern public health. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 31 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290358
ISBN
9780520290358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. The sixth book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume one of two on the history of the Royal College of Physicians. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; MBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706329
ISBN
9781408706329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.72

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1912
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642901294
ISBN
9783642901294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.39

Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801898143
ISBN
9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.75

Hardback. Was Thomas Hardy clinically depressed or just syphilitic? Was Egdon Heath imbued with melancholic vapours? And does this explain why many of his characters suffered from depression, took their own lives or developed homicidal tendencies? This book by a rural GP explores these and many other medical issues in Hardy's life and works. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203174
ISBN
9780230203174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback / so. Series: Fachbucher Fur Arzte (Closed). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1926
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642903182
ISBN
9783642903182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.73

Paperback. It helps policy makers understand how best to develop and implement effective public health strategies around the United States. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415994
ISBN
9781421415994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.08

Paperback. First collected oral histories on tuberculosis in Canada's indigenous communities and the Indian Hospital System. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646507
ISBN
9780888646507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Tells the story of the 200 year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. This book describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Louise Caudill's efforts to open the first hospital in Morehead, the 1833 cholera epidemic, and other important episodes in medicine. Series: New Books for New Readers S. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813109145
ISBN
9780813109145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.69

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