History of medicine
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History of medicine
Paperback. A time when butchers and executioners knew more about anatomy than university-trained physicians - travel back to a time of such unlikely remedies as leeches, roasted cat and red bed curtains Num Pages: 304 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 126 x 28. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445655420
- ISBN
- 9781445655420
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.53
€ 20.53
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
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€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. This illustrated history is a comprehensive introduction to Chinese healing practices across time and cultures. Global contributions from 58 scholars in archaeology, history, anthropology, religion, and medicine make this a vital resource for those working in East Asian or world history, medical history, anthropology, biomedicine, and healing arts. Editor(s): Hinrichs, T. J.; Barnes, Linda L. Num Pages: 480 pages, 76 halftones, 5 line illust7ations, 9 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047372
- ISBN
- 9780674047372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.10€ 54.32
€ 59.10
€ 54.32
Hardback. Much of the improved survival rate from heart attack can be traced to Eugene Braunwald's work. He proved that myocardial infarction was an hours-long dynamic process which could be altered by treatment. The author tells the life story of a physician whose activist approach transformed not just cardiology but the culture of American medicine. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1KBB; BGT; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 149 x 32. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674724976
- ISBN
- 9780674724976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.93
€ 47.99
€ 39.93
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409174
- ISBN
- 9781592409174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.83
€ 18.99
€ 16.83
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€ 31.22
€ 43.99
€ 31.22
Paperback. Series: Sexuality Studies Series. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSJ; JM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774827935
- ISBN
- 9780774827935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. Romano's detailed portrayal reveals a fascinating figure who embodied the untidy nature of the Victorian age's shift from an intellectual system rooted in religion to one based on science. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 9 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868979
- ISBN
- 9780801868979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.84
€ 54.99
€ 45.84
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930664299
- ISBN
- 9780930664299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.65
€ 59.65
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Helion & Company United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909384095
- ISBN
- 9781909384095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.89
€ 46.99
€ 32.89
Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211957
- ISBN
- 9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.71€ 49.27
€ 62.71
€ 49.27
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
€ 45.00
Hardback. It is a must-read for historians of medicine and scholars in women's studies and political history, as well as for naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419039
- ISBN
- 9781421419039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.14
€ 43.99
€ 39.14
Hardback. Jones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 352 pages, 11, 8 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896965
- ISBN
- 9780801896965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.35
€ 34.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813574363
- ISBN
- 9780813574363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.38
€ 66.38
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
€ 13.00€ 11.80
€ 13.00
€ 11.80
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
€ 115.97
€ 115.97
Ironically, transforming the hope of a normal life into a purchasable commodity for people with bleeding disorders made it all too easy to ignore the potential dangers of delivering greater health and autonomy to hemophilic boys and men. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14, 13 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401157
- ISBN
- 9781421401157
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.50
€ 63.50
Paperback. Stephen Halliday tells the fascinating story of how these individuals fought opposition from politicians, taxpayers and often their own colleagues to overcome these diseases and make the country a safer place for everyone to live. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752461755
- ISBN
- 9780752461755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.68
€ 24.99
€ 21.68
Hardback. This book explores how the technologies of medicine are created and how society, patients, and practitioners respond to the problems and successes of their use. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: MBG; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521835695
- ISBN
- 9780521835695
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.41
€ 52.41
Paperback. Bringing together colorful historical vignettes, social and anthropological theory, and quantitative analyses, this title examines these interactions between the Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031644
- ISBN
- 9780226031644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.83
€ 52.99
€ 40.83
Hardback. In late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, a number of groups turned to the wondrous and occult as a means of understanding and explaining the world. This title examines these varied efforts through the phenomena witnessed at seances. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRQX; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400136
- ISBN
- 9781421400136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
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€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51