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History of medicine
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.55
€ 44.55
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1887
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662321447
- ISBN
- 9783662321447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.79
€ 68.79
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.67
€ 38.99
€ 35.67
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
€ 33.99€ 30.22
€ 33.99
€ 30.22
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.81
€ 30.99
€ 25.81
paperback. Num Pages: 299 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1938
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1938
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662272121
- ISBN
- 9783662272121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662236406
- ISBN
- 9783662236406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.25
€ 30.99
€ 24.25
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
€ 44.99€ 32.29
€ 44.99
€ 32.29
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
€ 38.99€ 28.72
€ 38.99
€ 28.72
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.36
€ 13.99
€ 12.36
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DQ; MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 5. Weight in Grams: 127.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1912
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642901294
- ISBN
- 9783642901294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
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€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Hardback. Was Thomas Hardy clinically depressed or just syphilitic? Was Egdon Heath imbued with melancholic vapours? And does this explain why many of his characters suffered from depression, took their own lives or developed homicidal tendencies? This book by a rural GP explores these and many other medical issues in Hardy's life and works. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203174
- ISBN
- 9780230203174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Paperback / so. Series: Fachbucher Fur Arzte (Closed). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1926
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642903182
- ISBN
- 9783642903182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.21
€ 45.21
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
€ 34.99€ 25.17
€ 34.99
€ 25.17
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
€ 11.29
€ 11.29
Hardback. Long before the age of reliable psychodiagnosis (the last 200 years), a primitive vocabulary sprung up to address odd and unconventional people within the body social. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 196 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393702224
- ISBN
- 9780393702224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.67
€ 55.67
Paperback. Fresh examinations of the role of medicinal plants in medieval thought and practice and how they contributed to broader ideas concerning the body, religion and identity. Editor(s): Dendle, Peter; Touwaide, Dr. Alain. Num Pages: 270 pages, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843839767
- ISBN
- 9781843839767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.28
€ 34.99
€ 29.28