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Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988696
ISBN
9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 44.65

Hardcover. Exeter Cathedral Library, established in the eleventh century, houses medical and scientific books from all periods. This catalogue is the first comprehensive treatment of the collection to be published, and has over 2700 entries, including material added in the 1990s. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, indexes. BIC Classification: GBCR; MBX; PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895743
ISBN
9780859895743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.17

Paperback. The first book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, beginning with architecture of the Royal College Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706220
ISBN
9781408706220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.64

Paperback. The third book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, focusing on the library and archive of the Royal College of Physicians. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: GLMA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706268
ISBN
9781408706268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. 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
2016
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408706282
ISBN
9781408706282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.61

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
€ 12.61

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

€ 18.99
€ 16.83

Paperback. This work is a broad history of the growing field of bioethics. Covering the period 1947-1987, it examines the origin and evolution of the debates over human experimentation, genetic engineering, organ transplantation, termination of life-sustaining treatment, and new reproductive technologies. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; MBX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195171471
ISBN
9780195171471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.79

Paperback. Translator(s): Ni, Maoshing. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; VXH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570620805
ISBN
9781570620805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.75

Paperback. Between 1347 and 1352 an unknown and deadly disease, only much later known as the Black Death, swept across Europe, leaving an estimated 30-50 per cent of the population dead. This book deals with plague, particularly in Northern Europe, in various aspects: epidemiology, pattern of dispersion, demography, social consequences, and religious impact. Editor(s): Bisgaard, Lars; Sondergaard, Leif. Num Pages: 236 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776743895
ISBN
9788776743895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.76

Hardcover. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137827
ISBN
9780226137827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 41.76

Paperback. In "The greatest killer" Donald R. Hopkins provides a historical account of smallpox beginning with its origins 10,000 years ago in Africa or Asia and tracing its spread through the ancient and modern worlds. Hopkins shows smallpox to be one of the most devastating attacks on society. Num Pages: 400 pages, 36 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: HBT; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 231 x 30. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226351681
ISBN
9780226351681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.05

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
€ 33.91

Paperback. "Riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle). Series: Great Discoveries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393326253
ISBN
9780393326253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.48

Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KTG0021070
ISBN
9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant subjects Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334231
ISBN
9780822334231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. This volume offers a broad perspective on the relationship between charity and medicine in Western Europe up to the advent of welfare states in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Barry, Jonathan; Jones, Colin. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; HBTB; JHM; JKSB; MBP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390. Good copy 8vo. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304503
ISBN
9780415111362
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Hardback. An authoritative and absorbing account of one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals. Num Pages: 535 pages, 4 line diagrams 81 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. . Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304589
ISBN
9780521405294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Hardback. Ordered to Care examines the ideology, practice, and efforts at reforming American nursing from 1850-1945. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 528. Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304594
ISBN
9780521256049
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 45.00

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

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