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History of medicine
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244454
- ISBN
- 9780823244454
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.77
€ 34.99
€ 31.77
Hardback. Shows the value of historical epistemology from philosophical, historical, and anthropological perspectives Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 220 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244447
- ISBN
- 9780823244447
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€ 100.77
€ 100.77
Paperback. This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the problems that beset a fledgling profession. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MQC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861560445
- ISBN
- 9781861560445
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Condition: New
€ 71.03
€ 71.03
Paperback. First published in 1920, this book discusses the causes and nature of food poisoning. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJG; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reissue
- SKU
- V9781107494879
- ISBN
- 9781107494879
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€ 33.88
€ 33.88
Hardcover. Combines modern and medieval approaches to intellectual disability, and engages with a very wide range of sources in order to fill a major gap in this relatively new field, and demonstrate that disability, illness and healthcare are embedded in daily life Series: Disability History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719096365
- ISBN
- 9780719096365
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Condition: New
€ 150.16
€ 150.16
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.93
€ 149.93
Paperback. 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: Disability History. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784991074
- ISBN
- 9781784991074
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Condition: New
€ 31.41
€ 31.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 63.30
€ 63.30
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546667
- ISBN
- 9780813546667
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Condition: New
€ 50.97€ 50.61
€ 50.97
€ 50.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: CFZ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837621198
- ISBN
- 9783837621198
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.28
€ 50.99
€ 36.28
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. some col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; MJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 307 x 260 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- RCOG Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 342
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904752141
- ISBN
- 9781904752141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.22€ 147.86
€ 148.22
€ 147.86
Hardback. This book captures that heady, fleeting moment when a biologist could expect to do great science through the private sector and be rewarded with both wealth and scientific acclaim. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KNDH1; KNDP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413402
- ISBN
- 9781421413402
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.12
€ 38.99
€ 33.12
Paperback. Examines the textured interrelations between medical writing about generation and childbirth - what we now call reproduction - and emerging notions of selfhood in early modern England. This book looks at the particular assumptions about bodies and selves that medical language inevitably enfolds. Series: In Vivo. Num Pages: 259 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: MBX; MFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295986418
- ISBN
- 9780295986418
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.87
€ 37.99
€ 34.87
Hardcover. This volume, the tenth of Hippocrates' invaluable texts on the practice of medicine in antiquity, provides essential information about human reproduction and reproductive disorders and expounds a general theory of physiology and pathology, in five Greek treatises presented with facing English translation. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 115 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Sew
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996830
- ISBN
- 9780674996830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.47
€ 32.99
€ 29.47
Paperback. Greene's history sheds light on the controversies shadowing the success of generics: problems with the generalizability of medical knowledge, the fragile role of science in public policy, and the increasing role of industry, marketing, and consumer logics in late-twentieth-century and early twenty-first century health care. Num Pages: 376 pages, 17, 8 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421643
- ISBN
- 9781421421643
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.26
€ 29.99
€ 25.26
Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering. With her signature mix of in-depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humour, Jennifer Wright explores history's most gripping and deadly outbreaks. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627797467
- ISBN
- 9781627797467
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Hardback. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1170. Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. 752 pages, Illustrations. The cigarette is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. It is also one of the most beguiling, thanks to more than a century of manipulation at the hands of tobacco industry chemists. This title explores how the cigarette came to be the most widely-used drug on the planet, with six trillion sticks sold per year. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFH1; KNDF1; MBX; MMZR. Dimension: 162 x 227 x 53. Weight: 1154.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270169
- ISBN
- 9780520270169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.98
€ 43.99
€ 37.98
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.10
€ 37.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. The sixth book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume one 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: 1DBK; 3J; MBD; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706329
- ISBN
- 9781408706329
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.20
€ 15.99
€ 12.20
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€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.17
€ 38.99
€ 33.17
Paperback. It helps policy makers understand how best to develop and implement effective public health strategies around the United States. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; JFSG; MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415994
- ISBN
- 9781421415994
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Condition: New
€ 45.37
€ 45.37
Paperback. First collected oral histories on tuberculosis in Canada's indigenous communities and the Indian Hospital System. Num Pages: 296 pages, 35 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888646507
- ISBN
- 9780888646507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.69
€ 33.99
€ 24.69
Paperback. Tells the story of the 200 year struggle to provide good health care to all Kentuckians. This book describes Lexington schoolteacher Linda Neville's mission to treat the eye disease trachoma in rural Kentucky, Louise Caudill's efforts to open the first hospital in Morehead, the 1833 cholera epidemic, and other important episodes in medicine. Series: New Books for New Readers S. Num Pages: 62 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 3. Weight in Grams: 91.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813109145
- ISBN
- 9780813109145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33