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History of medicine
Paperback. During the 16th century close to 30 German dukes, landgraves, margraves and counts, plus one Holy Roman emperor, were known as mad - so mentally disordered that steps had to be taken to remove them from office or to obtain medical care for them. This book studies them as a group and in context. Series: Studies in Early Modern German History. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; HBTB; JFC; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915012
- ISBN
- 9780813915012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.79
€ 30.99
€ 30.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFFJ; JFSL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816699964
- ISBN
- 9780816699964
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.21
€ 27.99
€ 26.21
Paperback. The stormy life of one of the most colorful and complex characters in early 19th-century medicine." Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351540
- ISBN
- 9780817351540
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Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
Hardcover. Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge. Its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two British colonies: Madras in India and Quebec City in Canada. Series: History of the Urban Environment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; MBNS; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822944461
- ISBN
- 9780822944461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.30
€ 73.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 214 pages, b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826328717
- ISBN
- 9780826328717
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.83
€ 35.83
Paperback. Discussing 'curanderismo' and the practice of herbalists, this book focuses on individual healers and their procedures and traditional Mexican-American herbs and cures. The product of centuries of experience in Mexico, influenced by the Moors, Judeo-Christians, and Aztecs, this work includes use of items such as lemon and objects such as keys. Editor(s): Sawyer Jr., Timothy L. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; MBX; MX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339614
- ISBN
- 9780826339614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Hardcover. Offers Gerrit Bos' critical editions of all three surviving medieval Hebrew translations of Maimonides' work: one allegedly prepared by the fourteenth-century physician Samuel Benveniste; a second by Joshua Shatibi from Jativa between the years 1379 and 1390; and a third by an anonymous translator, possibly in the thirteenth century. Editor(s): Bos, Gerrit; McVaugh, Michael R. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 798 pages. BIC Classification: HP; MBX; MJL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1140.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 798
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842526906
- ISBN
- 9780842526906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.62
€ 157.62
Hardcover. Contributors examine the nature of industrial illnesses, including silicosis in the Mountain West's hardrock mining industry, and the management of Native American health. The editors offer an overview of the circumstances that created the region's medical history and suggest topics for study. Editor(s): Hildreth, Martha L.; Moran, Bruce T. Series: Wilbur S.Shepperson Series in History & Humanities. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23 b&w photographs, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JKS; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874173048
- ISBN
- 9780874173048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Paperback. Series: Science, Medicine, & Technology in East Asia S. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX; PDX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892640782
- ISBN
- 9780892640782
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Condition: New
€ 36.26
€ 36.26
The Making of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. A Case Study in...
Tesson, Geoffrey; Hudson, Geoffrey; Strasser,...
Hardback. The Northern Ontario School of Medicine provides a blueprint for those interested in an innovative approach to medical education. This collection provides an account of the challenges and rewards faced by those who insisted on creating a patient-centred, community-based, and culturally sensitive learning environment for the physicians of tomorrow. Num Pages: 229 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JNM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780773536494
- ISBN
- 9780773536494
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Condition: New
€ 81.99
€ 81.99
Paperback. 'A Second Voice' traces the origins and growth of the profession in a pivotal Midwestern state. It recounts the Ohio Osteopathic Association's early legal battles, the establishment of osteopathic hospitals, the campaign to build a state college of osteopathic medicine, and it profiles the professions leaders. Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; MBX; MXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 330. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821415948
- ISBN
- 9780821415948
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Condition: New
€ 34.20
€ 34.20
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
Paperback. A disturbing look at the dark side of the liberal welfare state, Separate Beds reveals a history of racism and negligence in health care for Canada's First Nations that should never be forgotten. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; JFSL9; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613867
- ISBN
- 9781442613867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.03
€ 38.99
€ 35.03
Paperback. A detailed account of Kristy Duncan's experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094568
- ISBN
- 9780802094568
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.80
€ 35.99
€ 32.80
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€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
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
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
The Secrets of Generation. Reproduction in the Long Eighteenth Century...
. Ed(S): Stephanson, Raymond; Wagner, Darren
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
€ 94.87
€ 94.87
Paperback. Series: Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333004
- ISBN
- 9780809333004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
Hardcover. Looks into communicating psychiatric patient histories, from the asylum years to the clinics of today. This book examines the evolving role of case history narratives in the growth of psychiatry as a medical profession. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037610
- ISBN
- 9781570037610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.24
€ 52.24
paperback. The present work offers an extensive introduction to the text and transmission of the ancient Latin version of the medical works "Therapeutica" and "On Fevers" of the great sixth-century Greek doctor Alexander of Tralles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 pls. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Roman Society Publications United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907764328
- ISBN
- 9780907764328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.62
€ 77.62
Hardcover. Editor(s): Miller, Rhena Schweitzer; Woytt, Gustav. Translator(s): Lemke, Antje Bultman. Series: The Albert Schweitzer Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: BGA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629948
- ISBN
- 9780815629948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781625341594
- ISBN
- 9781625341594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.44
€ 41.44
paperback. Challenging traditional approaches to medical history, this work advances understandings of disease as a social and cultural construction in Latin America. It provides a look at the research in the history of medicine through essays about how disease was experienced and managed in different Latin American countries and regions, at different times. Editor(s): Armus, Diego. Num Pages: 336 pages, 29 illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 21. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822330691
- ISBN
- 9780822330691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.33
€ 47.33
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 26. Weight in Grams: 376. Good clean copy showing light age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Basic Books New York
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0025454
- ISBN
- 9780465020140
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99