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History of medicine

Hardcover. Reveals the history of the individuals who worked to make psychiatry more available to Harlem's black community in the early Civil Rights Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; JFSL3; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464925
ISBN
9781580464925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.10

Paperback. Investigates how deCODE Genetics, in Iceland, became one of the wealthiest companies of its kind, as well as one of the most scandalous, with its plan to use the genes and medical records of the entire Icelandic population for scientific research. Num Pages: 343 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: JHM; MBX; MFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247512
ISBN
9780520247512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

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

€ 70.81

Paperback. Discover the foundation behind this fascinating system of holistic health based on several thousand years of real clinical experience. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Ymaa Publication Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781886969995
ISBN
9781886969995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.92

Paperback. Preserving on Paper is a critical edition of three seventeenth-century receipt books-handwritten manuals that included a combination of culinary recipes, medical remedies, and household tips which documented the work of women at home. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; DSB; HBT; MBX; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487520038
ISBN
9781487520038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.66

Paperback. The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine. Editor(s): Greene, Jeremy A.; Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405070
ISBN
9781421405070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.98

The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine. Editor(s): Greene, Jeremy A.; Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405063
ISBN
9781421405063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.47

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
€ 37.06

Paperback. Offers insight into the relationship between knowledge and power in ancient times--and science and politics in our own Series: The Body in Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism. Num Pages: 254 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; HBJD; HBLA; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472088522
ISBN
9780472088522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.85

Paperback. A history of poisoning in the nineteenth century and in particular the case of Dr William Palmer, convicted of murder by poisoning, and how he baffled toxicologists, doctors, detectives and judges Series: Encounters. Num Pages: 204 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BTC; HBLL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087783
ISBN
9780719087783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.30

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

Hardback. By probing public health interventions in the setting of one of the most visible ethnic communities in United States history, Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown offers insight into the clash of Eastern and Western cultures in a time of medical emergency. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19, 18 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJF; JFSL3; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405100
ISBN
9781421405100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.64

Paperback. Tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the third bubonic plague. Num Pages: 366 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
38212th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814722336
ISBN
9780814722336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.03

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

€ 95.40

Hardback. This book examines the role of music and music-making in the medical, spiritual and civic management of plague in the Renaissance. Num Pages: 345 pages, 10 b/w illus. 99 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVGD; HBJD; MBX; VXW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107109254
ISBN
9781107109254
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.40

Hardcover. Heart operations are quite common and relatively low-risk, but in the beginning it was just the opposite. This book presents a history of cardiac surgery in the words of the first generation of surgeons. It tells the unusual life stories of the surgeons and professional and institutional rivalries. Num Pages: 648 pages, 68 illustrations, index, references. BIC Classification: MBX; MNB; MNH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press United States
Number of pages
648
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826515940
ISBN
9780826515940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.67

Hardback. Offers a history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against pharmaceutical reform. This title details the political strategies they have used to influence public opinion, shape legislative reform, and define the regulatory environment of prescription drugs. Series: California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public. Num Pages: 310 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271135
ISBN
9780520271135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.42
€ 56.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Manitoba Press Canada
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887557309
ISBN
9780887557309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.84

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813545769
ISBN
9780813545769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.03
€ 53.83

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

Hardcover. A fascinating and adventurous insight into the origin and development of medicine and surgery. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 171 x 44. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745968957
ISBN
9780745968957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.13

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

€ 15.99
€ 12.36

Paperback. Restless, dynamic, conflicted, a surgeon, an artist, and a writer, Norman Bethune was an extraordinary Canadian. Brilliant, yet erratic, Bethune's life was characterized by cycles of achievement and self-destruction and his adventurous spirit led him from the operating rooms of Montreal to the battlegrounds of Spain and China. Num Pages: 496 pages, 77 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGT; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 247 x 31. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773540811
ISBN
9780773540811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.55

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