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History of medicine
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226280394
- ISBN
- 9780226280394
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Kim Pelis uses a wide range of French and Tunisian archival materials and a close reading of Nobel Prize-winning bacteriologist Charles Nicolle's scientific papers and philosophical treatises to explore the relationship of science and medicine to society and culture in the first third of the twentieth century. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 422 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations, 16 black and white. BIC Classification: MBX; MQW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464659
- ISBN
- 9781580464659
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.79
€ 42.99
€ 41.79
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313291463
- ISBN
- 9780313291463
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Condition: New
€ 78.29
€ 78.29
Hardcover. Obesity among American children has reached epidemic proportions. Laura Dawes traces changes in diagnosis, treatment, and popular conceptions of the most serious health problem facing American children today, and makes the case that understanding the cultural history of a disease is critical to developing effective public health policy. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; MBX; MJW; MMZF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674281448
- ISBN
- 9780674281448
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Condition: New
€ 54.31€ 50.26
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Hardback. This illustrated history is a comprehensive introduction to Chinese healing practices across time and cultures. Global contributions from 58 scholars in archaeology, history, anthropology, religion, and medicine make this a vital resource for those working in East Asian or world history, medical history, anthropology, biomedicine, and healing arts. Editor(s): Hinrichs, T. J.; Barnes, Linda L. Num Pages: 480 pages, 76 halftones, 5 line illust7ations, 9 maps, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 908.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047372
- ISBN
- 9780674047372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.57€ 52.08
€ 56.57
€ 52.08
Paperback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; LNTJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413037
- ISBN
- 9781421413037
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.19
€ 34.99
€ 29.19
Hardback. This book seeks to explain why, among the innumerable problems faced by societies, some problems in some places become viewed as critical public issues that shape health policy. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; MBX; MJC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413020
- ISBN
- 9781421413020
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Condition: New
€ 58.33€ 53.59
€ 58.33
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The collections she has selected include essays on general medical topics addressed to colleagues or disciples, some advice for individual patients (usually written at the request of the patient's doctor), and a strong dose of controversy. Series: Singleton Center Books in Premodern Europe. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407494
- ISBN
- 9781421407494
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Condition: New
€ 58.31
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Paperback. This is a detailed and comprehensive reference text for people wanting extensive background knowledge of complementary therapies and the background to their development. It also includes interesting sections on the complex relationship between eastern and western medicine; and how both have developed and progressed within the very recent past. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853026409
- ISBN
- 9781853026409
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Condition: New
€ 43.10
€ 43.10
Num Pages: 166 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611223057
- ISBN
- 9781611223057
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Condition: New
€ 105.32€ 73.20
€ 105.32
€ 73.20
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526113474
- ISBN
- 9781526113474
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Condition: New
€ 101.94€ 91.67
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Hardcover. Contagion and Enclaves studies the social history of medicine within two intersecting enclaves in colonial India; the hill station of Darjeeling which incorporated the sanitarian and racial norms of the British Raj; and in the adjacent tea plantations of North Bengal, which produced tea for the global market. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 219 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; HBTQ; MBX; MMRT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318290
- ISBN
- 9781846318290
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Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
Paperback. This text traces the history of contraception and abortifacients from ancient Egypt to the 17th century, and discusses the scientific merit of the ancient remedies and why this knowledge about fertility control was gradually lost over the course of the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 tables, 6 halftones, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFMA; JHBD; MBNH4; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674168763
- ISBN
- 9780674168763
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.60
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; HBJK; MBPM; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897339254
- ISBN
- 9780897339254
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.31
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Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Academy Chicago Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780897336208
- ISBN
- 9780897336208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.08
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Hardback. By 1940, Acker concludes, a particular configuration of ideas about opiate addiction was firmly in place and remained essentially stable until the enormous demographic changes in drug use of the 1960s and 1970s prompted changes in the understanding of addiction-and in public policy. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFH1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867989
- ISBN
- 9780801867989
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Condition: New
€ 53.80€ 49.67
€ 53.80
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paperback. Combines the histories of empire, leisure, tourism, culture, and medicine to explain how therapeutic spas for colonists facilitated French imperialism between 1830 and 1962. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBTB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822338222
- ISBN
- 9780822338222
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.46
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 images. BIC Classification: BM; HBJM; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Monash University Publishing Australia
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781922235848
- ISBN
- 9781922235848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.12
€ 53.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099786
- ISBN
- 9780719099786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.71
€ 35.71
As American women make decisions about anesthesia today, Deliver Me from Pain offers them insight into how women made this choice in the past and why each generation of mothers has made dramatically different decisions. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 8 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJTF; MMBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891106
- ISBN
- 9780801891106
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Condition: New
€ 66.96
€ 66.96
Hardback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580441698
- ISBN
- 9781580441698
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Condition: New
€ 37.01
€ 37.01
Diabetes Mellitus: A Medical History Journey (Public Health: Practices...
Greydanus, Donald E., Merrick, Professor Joav
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536100945
- ISBN
- 9781536100945
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Condition: New
€ 131.37€ 99.25
€ 131.37
€ 99.25
hardcover. Editor(s): Kamboj, Manmohan K.; Greydanus, Donald E.; Merrick, Professor Joav, MD, MMedSci, DMSc. Num Pages: 130 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536100952
- ISBN
- 9781536100952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.66€ 157.24
€ 210.66
€ 157.24
Hardback. By examining the psychiatric engagement with the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Leo Tolstoy, and the decadents and revolutionaries, Sirotkina provides a rich account of Russia's medical and literary history during this turbulent revolutionary period. Series: Medicine and Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867828
- ISBN
- 9780801867828
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.53€ 48.01
€ 51.53
€ 48.01