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History of medicine

Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Gayle; Loughran, Tracey. Num Pages: 400 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520791
ISBN
9781137520791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 287.47

Paperback. This wide-reaching handbook offers a new perspective on the sociology of health, illness and medicine by stressing the importance of social theory. Examining a range of classic and contemporary female and male theorists from across the globe, it explores various issues including chronic illness, counselling and the rising problems of obesity. Editor(s): Collyer, Fran. Num Pages: 710 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JHBA; JPQB; MBN; MBS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 286 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349470228
ISBN
9781349470228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 286.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; HPQ; JKSN; MBX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345533
ISBN
9781349345533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.34

Paperback. The seventh book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume two 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: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706343
ISBN
9781408706343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. The questions it raises touch on ongoing controversies about newborn screening and what happens to blood samples collected at birth. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MFN; MJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411316
ISBN
9781421411316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

Paperback. This comprehensive sourcebook will be invaluable to investigators and scholars alike. Editor(s): Miller, Franklin G.; Colloca, Luana; Crouch, Robert A.; Kaptchuk, Ted J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 95, 95 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JM; MBDC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 984.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408668
ISBN
9781421408668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.30

paperback. Editor(s): Lowy, Ilana. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBX; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401074612
ISBN
9789401074612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 194.22

Hardback. This, the first book to narrate what is a complex and inspiring history, traces the development of Brazil's AIDS treatment policies during the country's tumultuous path to democracy, as its government redefined access to health care as a basic right. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; MBX; MJCJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387096179
ISBN
9780387096179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Paperback. The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JHB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349306886
ISBN
9781349306886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Looking at the history of the United States with a focus on three diseases - smallpox, typhoid fever, and yellow fever, this book shows how constitutional rules and provisions that promoted individual liberty and economic prosperity also influenced the country's ability to eradicate infectious disease. Series: Markets and Governments in Economic History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 halftones, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922171
ISBN
9780226922171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.61

Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674725454
ISBN
9780674725454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.53

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Gotham
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592409174
ISBN
9781592409174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

paperback. * A fascinating survey of the key moments of post-war medical discovery - fully revised and updated for this new edition Num Pages: 608 pages, Section: 16, B&W. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Abacus
Edition
38923rd
Condition
New
SKU
9780349123752
ISBN
9780349123752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations, 32 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; MBX; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 272 x 7. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956079
ISBN
9780750956079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.80

Hardcover. Covering a wide swath of German history from the Enlightenment to National Socialism, this book shows that ideals of beauty have always been closely related to a society's conception of itself, from organ transplants to the manufacture of cosmetics. At the same time, body modification has also presented new ways to subvert the social order. Series: Worlds of Consumption. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137489807
ISBN
9781137489807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.91

Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century. Num Pages: 544 pages. .
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646964
ISBN
9781442646964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.18

Hardback. This book examines the most important strategic points gathered during the decades long war against cancer. It attempts to shift the debate on cancer toward a more peaceful and possibly productive semantic terrain. Num Pages: 90 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402086410
ISBN
9781402086410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book examines the most important strategic points gathered during the decades long war against cancer. It attempts to shift the debate on cancer toward a more peaceful and possibly productive semantic terrain. Num Pages: 90 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2008
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9789048179411
ISBN
9789048179411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Hardback. Presents a visual tour through disease in an age before colour photography. This volume combines detailed illustrations of afflicted patients from some of the worlds rarest medical books, that forms a profoundly human reminder of mankinds struggle with disease. It features historic maps, pioneering charts and contemporary case notes. Num Pages: 256 pages, 354 illustrations, 345 in colour. BIC Classification: AKLB; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500517345
ISBN
9780500517345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

Hardcover. An incisive and startling international review of the evolution of dentistry from the Bronze Age to the present day, presented in a gorgeous package Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; HPN; MBX; MMD; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519110
ISBN
9780500519110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.66

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