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History of medicine
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
€ 15.99€ 15.55
€ 15.99
€ 15.55
Hardcover. Kerwin (English, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers five case studies in his consideration of how the field of medicine and its boundaries were affected by culture in the Renaissance, especially drama. Incorporating recent research on medical history and anthropology, he examines portrayals of five groups: drug sellers, women practitioners, surgical Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494824
- ISBN
- 9781558494824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.92
€ 44.92
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
€ 161.80
€ 161.80
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
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Condition: New
€ 267.97
€ 267.97
Hardback. November's thoroughly researched and lively study makes clear for readers the motives behind computerizing the study of life and how that technology profoundly affects biomedical research today. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBG; MBX; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404684
- ISBN
- 9781421404684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.31
€ 76.31
Paperback. The Northfield Experiments, conducted during the Second World War, mark an important moment in the development of the therapeutic community movement. This is the first book to record the experiments in detail. The book provides a fascinating account of a significant advance in psychiatry. Series: Community, Culture and Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; MBGR; MBX; MJN; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 489. Good copy 8vo Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304627
- ISBN
- 9781853028373
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141010649
- ISBN
- 9780141010649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.76
€ 15.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. Accompanying a BBC series, this book tells the story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and the courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785940248
- ISBN
- 9781785940248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.86
€ 26.99
€ 18.86
Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211957
- ISBN
- 9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.69
€ 86.69
Paperback. "Excellent.. Tucker's chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating."-The Economist Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; MBX; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393342239
- ISBN
- 9780393342239
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.45
€ 16.99
€ 16.45
Hardback. The mere fact of its having survived from at least the twelfth century (some claimed for it an earlier, Saxon pedigree) lent the inquest the trappings of an exemplary embodiment of the 'genius of English reform.'"-from Bodies of Evidence Num Pages: 176 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; MBX; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801862403
- ISBN
- 9780801862403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.05
€ 64.05
Paperback. Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant subjects Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334231
- ISBN
- 9780822334231
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.97
€ 37.99
€ 33.97
Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988696
- ISBN
- 9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.01
€ 51.99
€ 45.01
Hardcover. The four parts of Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's treatise cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques, general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Nicolas Jacob's lithographs are remarkable for their clarity, color, and aesthetic appeal, reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation and illustrative research. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 155 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836556620
- ISBN
- 9783836556620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.11
€ 26.99
€ 20.11
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312611743
- ISBN
- 9780312611743
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.32
€ 20.99
€ 18.32
Paperback. From Hippocrates to gene therapy, bloodletting to DNA Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845291556
- ISBN
- 9781845291556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.73
€ 19.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Clinical Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854570901
- ISBN
- 9781854570901
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.91
€ 19.99
€ 14.91
Hardcover. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408019
- ISBN
- 9781421408019
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Paperback. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415758
- ISBN
- 9781421415758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.23
€ 35.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. This classic work reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the present, including a new preface that discusses writings on the subject over the past three decades. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKSB1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 30 Anniversary ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190264123
- ISBN
- 9780190264123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.64
€ 55.64
Hardback. Num Pages: 704 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRAX; HRE; HREC; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179942
- ISBN
- 9780231179942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.69
€ 215.69
Hardcover. Analyzes the Italian case study with the intention of discussing several fundamental themes of the comparative history of eugenics: the importance of the Latin eugenic model; the relationship between eugenics and fascism; the influence of Catholicism on the eugenic discourse and the complex links between genetics and eugenics. Translator(s): O'Loughlin, Erin. Series: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789639776838
- ISBN
- 9789639776838
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.71
€ 169.71
Hardcover. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. Medical Advice from 1769. 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight: 364.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243822
- ISBN
- 9781851243822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.77
€ 13.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine, new expanded edition, is a comprehensive survey of the technology of mapping and its relationship to the battle against disease. Num Pages: 412 pages, 120 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNS; MBX; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 191 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- ESRI Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589484672
- ISBN
- 9781589484672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.68
€ 28.68