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History of medicine

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

€ 26.99
€ 18.21

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

€ 60.99
€ 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
€ 15.92

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

€ 52.36
€ 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
€ 28.56

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
€ 45.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910745373
ISBN
9781910745373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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
€ 18.50

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

€ 18.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Clinical Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854570901
ISBN
9781854570901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.46

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

€ 49.24

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

€ 34.99
€ 29.19

Paperback. The same changes that transformed the social construction of lead poisoning transformed medicine and health care, giving rise to modern environmentalism and fundamentally altered jurisprudence. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801868207
ISBN
9780801868207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 b & w Map. BIC Classification: BGA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Zondervan United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780310256700
ISBN
9780310256700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.20

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

€ 167.47
€ 126.61

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615769
ISBN
9780691615769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.01

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
€ 11.48

Hardcover. Provides a comprehensive review of the history of cardiothoracic surgery in China. This book highlights the remarkable surgical heritage of which the younger generation of Chinese surgeons should be proud. Editor(s): Wan, Song; Yim, Anthony P.C. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Chinese University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629963217
ISBN
9789629963217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.68

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
€ 17.69

Hardback. 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: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242498
ISBN
9780823242498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.35

Paperback. Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot's travel diary of his 1887 trip to Morocco, which presents his personal reflections on the "Orient" and its inhabitants. Translator(s): Gelfand, Toby. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780776607740
ISBN
9780776607740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.84

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