History of medicine
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History of medicine
Paperback. Olson concludes that, although it has not yet been conquered, breast cancer is no longer the story of individual women struggling alone against a mysterious and deadly foe. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880643
- ISBN
- 9780801880643
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.13
€ 27.99
€ 24.13
Paperback. Presents a collection of representative historical texts that serve to trace and to illuminate the development of conceptions, policies, and treatments in public health from the dawn of Western civilization through the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. This book provides annotated readings and biographical details. Editor(s): Schneider, Dona; Lilienfeld, David E. Num Pages: 770 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1060.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 770
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813542324
- ISBN
- 9780813542324
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Condition: New
€ 63.23€ 61.41
€ 63.23
€ 61.41
paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBWP; JWTR; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845197186
- ISBN
- 9781845197186
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 9.88
€ 30.99
€ 9.88
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Translation, Bilingual
- SKU
- V9780842528375
- ISBN
- 9780842528375
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Condition: New
€ 82.78€ 69.51
€ 82.78
€ 69.51
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; MBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300227048
- ISBN
- 9780300227048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.79
€ 18.99
€ 14.79
Paperback. Convinced that he had uncovered the single source of psychosis, Henry Cotton, superintendent of the Trenton State Hospital, New Jersey, launched a ruthless campaign to 'eliminate the perils of pus infection'. This book reconstructs a nightmarish, cautionary chapter in modern psychiatry when professionals failed to police themselves. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126709
- ISBN
- 9780300126709
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Hardcover. This text, published in the profession's centenary year, traces the history of cardiac surgery from ancient times to the present, detailing clinical developments with facsimilies of the original articles, consent forms from the first heart transplant, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Num Pages: 712 pages, 180 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MJD; MNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2186.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899066544
- ISBN
- 9781899066544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 266.37
€ 266.37
paperback. An account of death and illness in the White House. It shows that modern presidents - including Coolidge, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan - all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological. It examines how they concealed this and the effects on their political lives. Num Pages: 353 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218370
- ISBN
- 9780823218370
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.83
€ 45.99
€ 40.83
Hardcover. The first scholarly history of food poisoning, telling of the discovery of food poisoning as a public health problem in the 1880s, of the discovery of pathways of infection and of the Salmonella family, and of the realisation that these organisms are deeply embedded in human and animal food chains and the subsequent importance of food hygiene. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; MBN; MBS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198704973
- ISBN
- 9780198704973
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Condition: New
€ 165.58
€ 165.58
paperback. How private organizations have acquired, sustained, and periodically lost the ability to develop, manufacture, and market antitoxins and vaccines. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 colour illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KNDP; MBX; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780521626200
- ISBN
- 9780521626200
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Condition: New
€ 38.24
€ 38.24
Although Alzheimer's disease has been well documented throughout the twentieth century, no biography has been written of the man who was its namesake. This biography is the first, and it covers the life of Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), his discovery of the disease that currently afflicts some thirty to forty million people, and his subsequent research. Translator(s): Levi, Neil; Burns, Alastair. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231118965
- ISBN
- 9780231118965
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Condition: New
€ 95.71
€ 95.71
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312611743
- ISBN
- 9780312611743
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.78
€ 20.99
€ 18.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780425238738
- ISBN
- 9780425238738
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.90
€ 17.99
€ 15.90
Hardcover. Explains the rise of information based medicine and how it can improve the cost and practice of pharmaceutical and medical science Covers a broad range of topics - history, philosophy, economy, mathematics, computers, etc. Series Editor(s): Ekins, Sean. Series: Wiley Series on Technologies for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Num Pages: 598 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 34. Weight in Grams: 964.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 598
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470289532
- ISBN
- 9780470289532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 146.54
€ 146.54
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471208334
- ISBN
- 9780471208334
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.01
€ 20.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. Presents the history of Royal College of Nursing, one of the largest nursing organizations in the world. This book deals with the position of nurses in British society during 20th century by examining the largest of their organizations. It sheds light on both gender relations and the position of women in the work place in Britain since 1916. Num Pages: 384 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX; MQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719077968
- ISBN
- 9780719077968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.71
€ 40.71
Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated. Series Editor(s): Anderson, Julie; Schalick, Walton. Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087097
- ISBN
- 9780719087097
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Condition: New
€ 152.53
€ 152.53
Paperback. Offers new insights into the early modern sickness experience, through a study of the medical history of Wales Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 3JD; 3JF; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719091254
- ISBN
- 9780719091254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.24
€ 34.24
Paperback. Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot's travel diary of his 1887 trip to Morocco, which presents his personal reflections on the "Orient" and its inhabitants. Translator(s): Gelfand, Toby. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780776607740
- ISBN
- 9780776607740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.27
€ 32.99
€ 26.27
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.42
€ 64.42
Intimate epistolary exchanges between Cabot and his patients shed light on the challenges presented by the new technologies-especially their impact on the personal relationships between doctor and patient-providing insight into a time of expanding science and radical change. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JJC; MBG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881176
- ISBN
- 9780801881176
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Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
This intriguing study will interest historians of medicine and science, policymakers, and clinicians alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883279
- ISBN
- 9780801883279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.94
€ 68.94
Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886027
- ISBN
- 9780801886027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886133
- ISBN
- 9780801886133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.13
€ 64.13