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hardcover. Editor(s): Kamboj, Manmohan K.; Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536100952
- ISBN
- 9781536100952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 218.09€ 161.37
€ 218.09
€ 161.37
This book concerns a polyglot medical manuscript, Kitab al-Musta'ini, by Jewish physician, Ibn Baklarish for his Muslim patron, al-Musta'in bi-llah (reg. Saragossa 1085 - 1110). Tables give properties, uses, and names in other languages, of over 700 medicinal substances. Latin and Romance annotations attest to Christian readers. Editor(s): Burnett, Charles. Series: Studies in the Arcadian Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; HBJD; HBLC; HRAF; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 326 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1734.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199543069
- ISBN
- 9780199543069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 243.08
€ 243.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 252 pages, 55 black and white and 54 colour images. BIC Classification: MBX; VXHT1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781623170103
- ISBN
- 9781623170103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.75
€ 26.99
€ 17.75
Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.31
€ 44.99
€ 37.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813554259
- ISBN
- 9780813554259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 42.48
€ 47.99
€ 42.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464512
- ISBN
- 9781580464512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.96
€ 95.96
Paperback. This book uses 103 illustrations from the 16th century onward and the history of obstetrical and embryological knowledge to argue that modes of visualizing science have profoundly determined "fetal politics" and the contemporary abortion debates. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726481
- ISBN
- 9780804726481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
hardcover. Marks the Arabic manuscript with English translation that has been available to a modern audience in any form. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit; Langermann, Y. Tzvi. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation, Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780842528375
- ISBN
- 9780842528375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.43€ 70.00
€ 84.43
€ 70.00
Paperback. Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto illustrates how this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution found the niche that allowed it to exist, to provide medical care to a massive patient body and at times even to flourish in the apartheid state. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868147472
- ISBN
- 9781868147472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
€ 31.41
paperback. In Lovers and Livers, Jacalyn Duffin provides a lively overview of the ideas around disease. Series: Joanne Goodman Lectures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 halftones, 6 tables. BIC Classification: HP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802038050
- ISBN
- 9780802038050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.20
€ 46.99
€ 41.20
Hardcover. Series: Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalum et Medicinalium. Num Pages: 519 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898179
- ISBN
- 9788772898179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.02
€ 84.42
€ 65.02
Paperback. Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs and engravings. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471245315
- ISBN
- 9780471245315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 33.20
€ 47.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. In 1832, the arrival of cholera in the United States created widespread panic throughout the country. In this title, the author tells the story of those dark days, centering his narrative on rivalries between medical and homeopathic practitioners. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226017631
- ISBN
- 9780226017631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Hardback. Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This book examines the sick in Britain between 1650-1850, focusing on the personal and sociological bonds between patients and doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this relationship. Series: Medicine & Society. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745602516
- ISBN
- 9780745602516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Hardcover. Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was practiced by various Babylonian professionals of the 2nd and 1st millennium B.C. Series: Ancient Cultures. Num Pages: 234 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAB; 3D; HBJF1; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405126526
- ISBN
- 9781405126526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.71
€ 42.99
€ 42.71
Hardcover. How did technicians, epidemics, zoos, German exiles, methamphetamine, disgruntled technicians, modern bureaucracy, museums, and whipping cream shape the emergence of modern neuroscience? Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 316 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMM; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465953
- ISBN
- 9781580465953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.33
€ 114.33
Hardcover. Translator(s): Willis, Robert. Num Pages: 736 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 220 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1028.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812281668
- ISBN
- 9780812281668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.52
€ 114.52
A graceful writer and an expert biometrician, Bulmer details the eventual triumph of biometrical methods in the history of quantitative genetics based on Mendelian principles, which underpins our understanding of evolution today. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 3 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; MBX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874031
- ISBN
- 9780801874031
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.84
€ 61.84
hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235982
- ISBN
- 9780812235982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.62
€ 75.62
Paperback. This Side of Doctoring is a collection of over 100 personal essays and poems by female physicians over the last century and a half. Organized into categories such as 'Internship and Residency', 'Mothering and Doctoring', 'Making Choices' and 'Barriers', the anthology presents feminine and feminist perspectives on all aspects of a medical career. Num Pages: 432 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: DN; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195158472
- ISBN
- 9780195158472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.67
€ 50.67
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
Hardback. Provides the study of noblewomen's healing activities in early modern Europe. In this title, the author demonstrates that numerous German noblewomen were deeply involved in making medicines and recommending them to patients, and many gained widespread fame for their remedies. Series: Synthesis. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JB; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226925387
- ISBN
- 9780226925387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.48
€ 51.99
€ 40.48
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
€ 53.35€ 48.87
€ 53.35
€ 48.87
Paperback. With the author's intimate knowledge of the suffering caused by this disease, Schizophrenia emphasizes research strategies, the importance of sound scientific approaches, and the challenges that remain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410913
- ISBN
- 9781421410913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
€ 23.27