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History of medicine

Paperback. The peculiar history of prosthetic devices sheds light on the relationship between technological change and the civilizing process of modernity, and analyzes the concrete materials of prosthetics which carry with them ideologies of body, ideals, body politics, and culture. Editor(s): Ott, Katherine; Serlin, David; Mihm, Stephen. Num Pages: 359 pages, halftones, 68 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MQWP; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814761984
ISBN
9780814761984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.67

Hardback. The intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889783
ISBN
9780801889783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.09
€ 55.56

Hardcover. Powerful photographs of the grand exteriors and crumbling interiors of America's abandoned state mental hospitals. Num Pages: 209 pages, 88, color photos, 67, color illus., 68, b&w photos. BIC Classification: AJCR; AM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 266 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Number of pages
209
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262013499
ISBN
9780262013499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.17
€ 65.94

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

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

Paperback. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613942
ISBN
9781442613942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.34

hardcover. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645684
ISBN
9781442645684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Casemate Publishers United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612003412
ISBN
9781612003412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.68

Paperback. In this controversial new account of the history of medicine, David Wootton argues that, from the fifth century BC until the 1930s, doctors actually did more harm than good, and asks just how much harm they still do today. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: HBG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199212798
ISBN
9780199212798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868147472
ISBN
9781868147472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.43

Paperback. Olson concludes that, although it has not yet been conquered, breast cancer is no longer the story of individual women struggling alone against a mysterious and deadly foe. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880643
ISBN
9780801880643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.64

Hardback. Although the subject of federally mandated Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) has been extensively debated, we actually do not know much about what takes place when they convene. This book melds observations of IRB meetings with the history of how rules for the treatment of human subjects were formalized in the United States. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBGR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226770864
ISBN
9780226770864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.17
€ 89.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 51 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; HBJF; HRE; JHM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 924.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164979
ISBN
9780231164979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.34
€ 46.20

hardcover. Celebrates the contributions of W Reece Berryhill, M D's and other public-spirited individuals dedicated to addressing North Carolinians' need for more doctors and more hospitals. This work also addresses the need for more insurance - that is, universal access to needed health care for all citizens, regardless of ability to pay. Num Pages: 496 pages, 100 illustrations, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; MBP; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 187 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
UNC at Chapel Hill Library United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780807831953
ISBN
9780807831953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Paperback. Over the last five centuries, the development of modern weapons and warfare has created an entirely new set of challenges for practitioners in the field of military medicine. Between Flesh and Steel traces the development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: HBW; MBX; MMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612348223
ISBN
9781612348223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; MBX; MFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613736548
ISBN
9781613736548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.26

Hardback. Examines colonial medical policy and the ways in which doctors of the Colonial Medical Service dealt with the day-to-day reality of care-giving in Imperial Africa. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 238 pages. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089671
ISBN
9780719089671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.38

Hardback. Editor(s): Micale, Mark S. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 430 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; DNF; MBX; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633206
ISBN
9780691633206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 281.49

Paperback. Sequencing is often associatedwith the Human Genome Project and celebrated achievements concerning the DNA molecule. However, the history of this practice comprises not only academic biology, but also the world of computer-assisted information management. The book uncovers this history, qualifying the hype and expectations around genomics." Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ; PSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321223
ISBN
9781349321223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. When we talk about biomolecular sequencing, it is the relatively recent Human Genome Project that comes to mind. However, sequencing has a longer and more complex history which begins in the 1940s and is presented for the first time in this book. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 260 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543325
ISBN
9781137543325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.74

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