History of medicine
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History of medicine
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
€ 67.79
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
€ 67.67
Hardcover. This collection takes the perspective that the historiography of science, technology, and medicine needs a broader approach toward regulation. The authors explore the distinct social worlds involved in regulation, the forms of evidence and expertise mobilized, and means of intervention chosen to tame drugs in factories, consulting rooms and courts. Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul; Hess, Volker. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; KNDP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301962
- ISBN
- 9780230301962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.96
€ 129.96
Hardcover. Following the testing of therapeutic sera, the quantified evaluation of a pharmaceutical's efficacy became a key feature of medicine in the twentieth century. The case studies in this volume offer comparisons across Europe, from the diphtheria antitoxin in the late 1800s to the introduction of the Salk polio vaccine in the 1950s. Editor(s): Gradmann, Christoph; Simon, Professor Jonathan. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202818
- ISBN
- 9780230202818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. Despite its safety and efficacy, emergency contraception (EC) continues to spark political controversy worldwide. In this edited volume, authors explore how emergency contraception has been received, interpreted, and politicized, through the in-depth examination of the journey of EC in 16 individual countries. Editor(s): Foster, Angel M.; Wynn, L. L. Num Pages: 341 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMA; JPVH; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102828
- ISBN
- 9780230102828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.60
€ 129.60
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
€ 138.97
Hardback. Proceedings of an International Symposium on Translation Methodologies and Terminologies Editor(s): Unschuld, Paul U. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556080418
- ISBN
- 9781556080418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 199.38
€ 199.38
Hardcover. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403988027
- ISBN
- 9781403988027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Paperback. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349684120
- ISBN
- 9781349684120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. Offering a cultural history of blood as it was mobilized across twentieth-century U.S. medicine, militarisms, and popular culture, Hannabach examines the ways that blood has saturated the cultural imaginary. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137581587
- ISBN
- 9781137581587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Hardcover. The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBX; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523280
- ISBN
- 9781137523280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.99
€ 117.99
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 245 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137510563
- ISBN
- 9781137510563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.88
€ 139.88
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
€ 68.47
€ 68.47
Hardcover. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137487520
- ISBN
- 9781137487520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.29
€ 40.29
Hardcover. This book examines the striking way in which medical and scientific work on hearing in 18th and 19th-century France helped to shape modern French society and culture. The author argues that of all the senses hearing offered the greatest resources for remodelling the idea of the universal human condition within the modern French historical setting. Num Pages: 179 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137455345
- ISBN
- 9781137455345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
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
€ 40.53
€ 40.53
Hardback. Describes best laboratory techniques for elucidating liposome biology. This title presents protocols by investigators who are intimately familiar with its problems and capabilities, and includes a list of materials to be used, troubleshooting tips straight from the benchtop, and notes on pitfalls to avoid. Editor(s): Basu, Subhash C.; Basu, Manju. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896038455
- ISBN
- 9780896038455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.94
€ 129.94
Hardback. This illustrated chronicle of discoveries about the brain aims to cover the historical sweep of neuroscience from the second millennium BC to the late 20th century. Editor(s): Marshall, L.H.; Magoun, H. W. Num Pages: 323 pages, 283 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC; MJN; PDX; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1216.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896034358
- ISBN
- 9780896034358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.26
€ 201.26
Hardback. This volume traces the interrelations and reciprocal influence between Florence Nightingale and important novelists of her time such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615953
- ISBN
- 9780230615953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
Hardback. Written in honour of eminent historian Roy Porter by twenty of his colleagues and students, this work presents historians from the three fields that Porter made his own - the histories of medicine, madness, and the Enlightenment - illustrate his influence while tackling major themes ranging from disability rights to the popularization of science. Editor(s): Bivins, Roberta E.; Pickstone, John V. Num Pages: 305 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 515.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230525498
- ISBN
- 9780230525498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.11
€ 129.11