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History of medicine
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
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Hardback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629131
- ISBN
- 9780745629131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629148
- ISBN
- 9780745629148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.04
€ 26.04
Hardback. This path--breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world. Translator(s): Lynn, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629575
- ISBN
- 9780745629575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.68
€ 75.68
Hardback. The field of the history of medicine and health has expanded spectacularly in recent times. In What is Medical History? John C. Burnham explores the reasons for this expansion, introducing medical history for those who know little of the subject. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632247
- ISBN
- 9780745632247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.55
€ 57.55
Paperback. * What is Medical History? will be an invaluable textbook for all students of the history of medicine and science. * The second title in Polity's new series, 'What is History?', designed to be a key introductory textbook for students of the history of medicine and science. Series: What is History Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632254
- ISBN
- 9780745632254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.51
€ 22.51
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
€ 40.99€ 35.99
€ 40.99
€ 35.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 85. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489587
- ISBN
- 9780801489587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.18
€ 23.99
€ 22.18
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801842085
- ISBN
- 9780801842085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.14
€ 36.99
€ 31.14
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
€ 52.26€ 48.48
€ 52.26
€ 48.48
Hardback. By examining the psychiatric engagement with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and the decadents and revolutionaries, Sirotkina provides a rich account of Russia's medical and literary history during this turbulent revolutionary period. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867828
- ISBN
- 9780801867828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.26€ 48.48
€ 52.26
€ 48.48
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
€ 52.99€ 43.98
€ 52.99
€ 43.98
Hardback. Combining the colorful intrigue of courtroom drama and the keen insights of social history, Unconscious Crime depicts Victorian England's legal and medical cultures confronting a new understanding of human behavior, and provocatively suggests these trials represent the earliest incarnation of double consciousness and multiple personality disorder. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; HBTB; JKVQ; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874284
- ISBN
- 9780801874284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.94
€ 51.99
€ 42.94
Paperback. Underscoring the human dimensions of the epidemic, Lloyd and Dorothy Moote dramatically recast the history of the Great Plague and offer a masterful portrait of a city and its inhabitants besieged by-and defiantly resisting-unimaginable horror. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801884931
- ISBN
- 9780801884931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887161
- ISBN
- 9780801887161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.29
€ 27.99
€ 24.29
Hardback. The intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889783
- ISBN
- 9780801889783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.46
€ 71.46
Paperback. Lindee's pathbreaking study shows the interdependence of technical and social parameters in contemporary biomedicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8, 7 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891014
- ISBN
- 9780801891014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.84
€ 41.84
Paperback. 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; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894862
- ISBN
- 9780801894862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.24
€ 40.24
Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898143
- ISBN
- 9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.17
€ 40.99
€ 33.17
Hardback. Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLC1; HRA; MBX; MMF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898730
- ISBN
- 9780801898730
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.03€ 56.20
€ 62.03
€ 56.20