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History of medicine

Paperback. The human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history. Num Pages: 608 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782069430
ISBN
9781782069430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.12

Hardcover. .
Publisher
TROPZAM
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780956059833
ISBN
9780956059833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.54

Hardback. It is a must-read for historians of medicine and scholars in women's studies and political history, as well as for naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419039
ISBN
9781421419039
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

Hardcover. Tells the story of how Chinese medicine was transformed from the antithesis of modernity in the early twentieth century into a potent symbol of and vehicle for China's exploration of its own modernity half a century later. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169880
ISBN
9780226169880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.65
€ 77.41

Paperback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in. Num Pages: 394 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226379401
ISBN
9780226379401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.46

Paperback. Nemesius' treatise "On the Nature of Man" is an important text for historians of ancient thought, not only as a much-quarried source of evidence for earlier works, but also as an indication of intellectual life in the late fourth century AD. This title provides a compendium of theological anthropology with a Christian orientation. Series: Translated Texts for Historians. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846311321
ISBN
9781846311321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

paperback. How private organizations have acquired, sustained, and periodically lost the ability to develop, manufacture, and market antitoxins and vaccines. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 colour illus. BIC Classification: 3JJ; KNDP; MBX; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780521626200
ISBN
9780521626200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.24

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBGL; MBPC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 3. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1922
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662319499
ISBN
9783662319499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.41

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 4. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1915
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Edition
1915th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662232415
ISBN
9783662232415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.44

Hardcover. As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233133
ISBN
9780230233133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

hardcover. Editor(s): Tilley, Lorna; Schrenk, Alecia A. Series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Num Pages: 404 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDW; JHBZ; JHMC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 341 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2017
SKU
V9783319399003
ISBN
9783319399003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.66

Hardback. This text maps perceptions of illness in medical texts from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their "discovery" of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century. In this way, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HP; JFCX; JFFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333968925
ISBN
9780333968925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; JHB; JMR; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349428847
ISBN
9781349428847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC; MMPH; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 282 x 17. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9783709172070
ISBN
9783709172070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Hardcover. Nicholas Culpeper is a legendary figure connected with herbal medicine and astrology. A contemporary of William Harvey, he was the author of "The English Physician", wrote the first book on midwifery and childcare and translated the "London Pharmacopoeia". This book examines his life. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; BG; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333555644
ISBN
9780333555644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Siegel, Daniel M. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 407 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: GT; HB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 601.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401040976
ISBN
9789401040976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.13

Hardcover. We live in an age of obsession. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, this work traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226137827
ISBN
9780226137827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 14 Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP31; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822944492
ISBN
9780822944492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; MBX; MMH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 31. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226275543
ISBN
9780226275543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.59
€ 47.71

hardcover. Marks the Arabic manuscript with English translation that has been available to a modern audience in any form. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit; Langermann, Y. Tzvi. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Brigham Young University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Translation, Bilingual
SKU
V9780842528375
ISBN
9780842528375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.38
€ 69.98

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776391
ISBN
9780814776391
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.47

Num Pages: 251 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493913343
ISBN
9781493913343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.95

paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Nature United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493948161
ISBN
9781493948161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Hardcover. In the three works in this volume, "On the Constitution of the Art of Medicine," "The Art of Medicine," and "A Method of Medicine to Glaucon," the physician, philosopher, scientist, and medical historian Galen of Pergamum covers fundamental aspects of his practice in a lucid and engaging style. Translator(s): Johnston, Ian (University of New England). Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997004
ISBN
9780674997004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.18

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