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History of medicine
Paperback. When and how did public health become modern? This book offers a fresh answer to this question through an examination of Victorian and Edwardian England, long considered one of the critical birthplaces of modern public health. Series: Berkeley Series in British Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 31 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290358
- ISBN
- 9780520290358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
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
€ 18.99€ 15.84
€ 18.99
€ 15.84
Hardback. Is opium a vile curse on society, a blessed medicine from God, or possibly both? This fresh history offers surprising new insights. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16-page black & white section. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300175325
- ISBN
- 9780300175325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.45
€ 43.99
€ 31.45
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
€ 19.63
€ 19.63
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
€ 23.99€ 17.70
€ 23.99
€ 17.70
Paperback. Tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes - anesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead - who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141029368
- ISBN
- 9780141029368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.88
€ 15.99
€ 11.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Dudgeon, R. E. Num Pages: 493 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MX; VXHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- B Jain Publishers Pvt Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 493
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788131901854
- ISBN
- 9788131901854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.24
€ 15.99
€ 12.24
Paperback. The story of pain and suffering since the eighteenth century. Prize-winning historian Joanna Bourke charts how our understanding of pain (and how to cope with it) has changed completely over the last three centuries. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 3J; HBTB; JFCX; MBX; MMBP; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199689439
- ISBN
- 9780199689439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
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€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Hardback. Fighting fit Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; HBW; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750946490
- ISBN
- 9780750946490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.70
€ 26.99
€ 23.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719059940
- ISBN
- 9780719059940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.01
€ 21.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 428 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Trine Day
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634240307
- ISBN
- 9781634240307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.69
€ 20.99
€ 20.69
Paperback. Connecting laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, Intolerant Bodies reveals how doctors and patients have come to terms, often reluctantly, with this novel and puzzling mechanism of disease causation. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415338
- ISBN
- 9781421415338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.34
€ 31.99
€ 30.34
Paperback. For over two thousand years, attitudes to menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in classical texts, to the medical literature of the 18th century, to contemporary clinical approaches. It redresses the myths and captures the truths about menopause. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847081711
- ISBN
- 9781847081711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.75
€ 13.99
€ 10.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, photos, drawings & case notes. BIC Classification: HBWN; HBWQ; MBX; MMDS; MNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Publisher
- Otago University Press New Zealand
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877578397
- ISBN
- 9781877578397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.56
€ 35.99
€ 26.56
Paperback. Nemesius' treatise "On the Nature of Man" is an important text for historians of ancient thought, not only as a much-quarried source of evidence for earlier works, but also as an indication of intellectual life in the late fourth century AD. This title provides a compendium of theological anthropology with a Christian orientation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846311321
- ISBN
- 9781846311321
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.31
€ 44.31
Paperback. First collected oral histories on tuberculosis in Canada's indigenous communities and the Indian Hospital System. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646507
- ISBN
- 9780888646507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.72
€ 34.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. This book is the first to fully explore the history of autism. Through in-depth discussions with leading professionals and pioneers working in the field, A History of Autism provides an unprecedented insight into the historical changes in the perception of autism and approaches to its treatment. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186537
- ISBN
- 9781405186537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.19
€ 51.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; HBTB; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403946935
- ISBN
- 9781403946935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.01
€ 50.01
Paperback. In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explores medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme. Editor(s): Jackson, Mark. Series: Oxford Handbooks in History. Num Pages: 696 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1188.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199668397
- ISBN
- 9780199668397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.84
€ 49.99
€ 47.84