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History of medicine

Hardback. November's thoroughly researched and lively study makes clear for readers the motives behind computerizing the study of life and how that technology profoundly affects biomedical research today. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBG; MBX; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404684
ISBN
9781421404684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.12
€ 56.74

hardcover. This 2005 book presents a panoramic view of the challenges, ethical issues and rewards surrounding biomedical advances in human biology. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAD; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521833660
ISBN
9780521833660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.87
€ 81.21

Paperback. The Northfield Experiments, conducted during the Second World War, mark an important moment in the development of the therapeutic community movement. This is the first book to record the experiments in detail. The book provides a fascinating account of a significant advance in psychiatry. Series: Community, Culture and Change. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJH; MBGR; MBX; MJN; MMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 489. Good copy 8vo Illustrated.The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304627
ISBN
9781853028373
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00

Paperback. Discusses about millennia of human ingenuity in the quest to cheat death. This book features various chapters that sum up one of these battlefields such as surgery, doctors, disease, hospitals, laboratories and the human body. It is suitable for those who are keenly aware of their own mortality and wants to do something about it. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, further reading, index. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0004590
ISBN
9780141010649
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Today, astonishing surgical breakthroughs are making face transplants, limb transplants and a host of other previously undreamed of operations possible. Accompanying a BBC series, this book tells the story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and the courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MN; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 27. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785940248
ISBN
9781785940248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520211957
ISBN
9780520211957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.76
€ 47.36

Paperback. "Excellent.. Tucker's chronicle of the world of 17th-century science in London and Paris is fascinating."-The Economist Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; MBX; MMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393342239
ISBN
9780393342239
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.95

Hardback. The mere fact of its having survived from at least the twelfth century (some claimed for it an earlier, Saxon pedigree) lent the inquest the trappings of an exemplary embodiment of the 'genius of English reform.'"-from Bodies of Evidence Num Pages: 176 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; MBX; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801862403
ISBN
9780801862403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.30
€ 48.01

Paperback. Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant subjects Series: Radical Perspectives. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3971 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822334231
ISBN
9780822334231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. Focuses on a set of contemporary paintings in the traditional technique by the Nepalese artist Romio Shrestha and his assistants in Kathmandu. Editor(s): Williamson, Laila; Young, Serinity (American Museum of Natural History, USA). Num Pages: 248 pages, 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; AJC; GTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 304 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988696
ISBN
9780295988696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 45.32

Paperback. Translator(s): Maquet, Paul. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 306 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319362168
ISBN
9783319362168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Maquet, Paul. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 258 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 403.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319381763
ISBN
9783319381763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.69

Hardcover. The four parts of Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery's treatise cover descriptive anatomy, surgical anatomy and techniques, general anatomy and embryology, and microscopic anatomy. Nicolas Jacob's lithographs are remarkable for their clarity, color, and aesthetic appeal, reflecting a combination of direct laboratory observation and illustrative research. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 155 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836556620
ISBN
9783836556620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.48

Hardback. Explores neuroscience and reviews developments in anatomy, physiology, and medicine in the era some call the Age of Reason, and others the Enlightenment. This title includes topics such as how neuroscience adopted electricity as the nerve force, how disorders such as aphasia and hysteria were treated, Mesmerism, and more. Editor(s): Whitaker, Harry A.; Smith, Christopher; Finger, Stanley. Num Pages: 389 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387709666
ISBN
9780387709666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Griffin Publishing United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312611743
ISBN
9780312611743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 11.40

Paperback. From Hippocrates to gene therapy, bloodletting to DNA Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Robinson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845291556
ISBN
9781845291556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.92

Hardcover. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408019
ISBN
9781421408019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.00
€ 24.66

Paperback. Based on extensive reviews of medical literature and archives, this historical perspective on medical decision making and risk highlights personal, professional, and community outcomes. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415758
ISBN
9781421415758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.19

Hardback. Num Pages: 704 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HRAM3; HRAX; HRE; HREC; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179942
ISBN
9780231179942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.62
€ 124.26

Hardback. Exploring the connections between sociological, psychological and biological theories of exhaustion, this book examines how exhaustion manifests in the rise of burnout, depression and chronic fatigue, and analyses the interplay between mental health diagnoses, socio-cultural transformations and individual illness experiences. Editor(s): Schaffner, Anna Katharina; Neckel, Sighard; Wagner, Greta. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JMS; MBS; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319528861
ISBN
9783319528861
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.41

Hardcover. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 364. Medical Advice from 1769. 208 pages, 26 black & white line drawings. Editor(s): King, Melanie. Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this edited selection from one of the first medical self-help manuals gives a fascinating insight into popular treatments of the eighteenth century, derived both from folklore and the emerging medical science of the day. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JF; MBX; VFD. Dimension: 204 x 138 x 23. Weight: 364.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243822
ISBN
9781851243822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.50

Paperback. Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and obstacles overcome, but of historical contingencies, cultural differences, hope, and often disappointed expectations. Editor(s): Timmermann, Carsten; Toon, Elizabeth. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349444809
ISBN
9781349444809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MJCJ; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472930330
ISBN
9781472930330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.71

Paperback. Shows how an epistemological focus can add depth to the history of medicine and complexity to accounts of scientific discovery Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Series: American Philosophy. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242504
ISBN
9780823242504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 7.16

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