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History of medicine
Hardcover. The second-century physician and philosopher Galen is not known for brevity. Although his writings on medicine are famously verbose and numerous, for centuries they constituted much of the standard syllabi for medical students. This title presents the Arabic and English versions side by side, with a fresh, modern, and authoritative translation. Translator(s): Walbridge, John. Series: Graeco-Arabic Sciences and Philosphy. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 240 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842528405
- ISBN
- 9780842528405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.28€ 51.54
€ 60.28
€ 51.54
Hardback. Only by understanding the historical forces that have shaped our current situation, Podolsky argues, can we properly understand and frame our choices moving forward. Num Pages: 328 pages, 25, 18 black & white halftones, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMG; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415932
- ISBN
- 9781421415932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Hardcover. Explores the history of vaccine development and the rise of antivaccination societies in late-nineteenth-century America. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580465373
- ISBN
- 9781580465373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.76
€ 135.76
Paperback. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; HBJD; MBX; PDX. 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
- V9781487521264
- ISBN
- 9781487521264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.26
€ 32.26
Hardback. The story of the infamous "goat gland doctor" John R. Brinkley - controversial medical charlatan, groundbreaking radio impresario and prescient political campaigner - recounting his amazing rags to riches career. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24 photographs, references, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122328
- ISBN
- 9780813122328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Paperback. The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe. Num Pages: 454 pages, 14, 1 colour, 2 black and white, 11 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; MBNS; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 800. The Complete History. 454 pages, 14, 1 colour, 2 black and white, 11 line drawing. The first paperback edition of this unique and shocking guide to the Black Death in Europe. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 3H; HBG; HBLC; MBNS; MBX. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight: 768.
- Publisher
- Boydell Press
- Number of pages
- 454
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843832140
- ISBN
- 9781843832140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.57
€ 45.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. How the people of a typical English village lived and died in the worst epidemic in history. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3H; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753823071
- ISBN
- 9780753823071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Ironically, transforming the hope of a normal life into a purchasable commodity for people with bleeding disorders made it all too easy to ignore the potential dangers of delivering greater health and autonomy to hemophilic boys and men. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14, 13 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401157
- ISBN
- 9781421401157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459824
- ISBN
- 9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739036
- ISBN
- 9780198739036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.59
€ 11.99
€ 10.59
Paperback. Looks at this whole grisly history as well as at the increasing professionalism seen from the late nineteenth century onwards, which has led to very dramatic improvements in dental treatment, including modern dentures, amalgam fillings, anaesthetics and orthodontics, and to the boom in cosmetic dentistry. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; MBX; MMD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Shire
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747811350
- ISBN
- 9780747811350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.18
€ 10.99
€ 9.18
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813561752
- ISBN
- 9780813561752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.26
€ 168.26
Paperback. The description for this book, The Clock and the Mirror: Girolamo Cardano and Renaissance Medicine, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 376 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628103
- ISBN
- 9780691628103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.60€ 52.29
€ 66.60
€ 52.29
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; BGT; JFCX; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653792
- ISBN
- 9780691653792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 229.92
€ 229.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226452852
- ISBN
- 9780226452852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.28
€ 31.99
€ 25.28
Paperback. Vaccines have saved more lives than any other single medical advance. This book recounts a devastating episode in 1955 at Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California, that has led many pharmaceutical companies to abandon vaccine manufacture. It offers a full account of the Cutter disaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNDP; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126051
- ISBN
- 9780300126051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. This book chronicles the complex interactions between disease and the peoples of America from the pre-Columbian world to the present. In a powerful challenge to our tendency to see disease as unnatural and its virtual elimination as a real possibility, Grob asserts the undeniable biological persistence of disease. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674017573
- ISBN
- 9780674017573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.43€ 43.08
€ 73.43
€ 43.08
Paperback. "Riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle). Series: Great Discoveries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326253
- ISBN
- 9780393326253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.92
€ 16.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. A fascinating narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs and the way in which they have shaped us from the author of Opening Skinner's Box. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMGW; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Export
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136894
- ISBN
- 9781471136894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.21
€ 19.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. A fascinating narrative history of our major psychotropic drugs and the way in which they have shaped us from the author of Opening Skinner's Box. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MMGW; MMH; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471136887
- ISBN
- 9781471136887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.14
€ 24.99
€ 17.14
Paperback. A survey of the changes in medical care for those approaching death in the early modern period. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 246 pages, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933266
- ISBN
- 9780861933266
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.11
€ 32.99
€ 28.11
The Edwin Smith Papyrus. Updated Translation of the Trauma Treatise an...
Sanchez, Gonzalo M.; Meltzer, Edmund S.
This volume contains the original hieratic text, complete transcription into hieroglyphs, transliteration, English translation, philological apparatus and copiously illustrated medical commentaries for the 48 clinical cases of the Edwin Smith Papyrus. Num Pages: 376 pages, Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 286 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040017
- ISBN
- 9781937040017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 304.08
€ 304.08
Paperback. Examining the industry of reproductive technology from the perspective of the consumer, this book scrutinizes the staggering array of medical options available to women and men with fertility problems and assesses the toll - both financial and emotional - that the quest for a biological child often exacts from would-be parents. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JHM; MBX; MFKC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520224315
- ISBN
- 9780520224315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.34
€ 32.99
€ 24.34
Hardcover. Examines the turbulent history of the ideas, people, and institutions of French colonial and tropical medicine from their early modern origins through World War I. This book demonstrates that regions, more so than a coherent nation, built the empire and specific medical concepts and practices. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX; MMRT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114521
- ISBN
- 9780226114521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.97€ 46.52
€ 53.97
€ 46.52