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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
€ 94.52€ 85.25
€ 94.52
€ 85.25
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
€ 63.91
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Linder, Fritz. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662406656
- ISBN
- 9783662406656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
Hardback. A pioneering organ transplant surgeon narrates in gripping detail the revolutions that have transformed modern surgery, and the turmoil in medical education and health care reform as new capacities to prolong life and restore health run headlong into unsustainable costs. Tilney's stage is the famous Boston teaching hospital, Brigham and Women's. Num Pages: 384 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674062283
- ISBN
- 9780674062283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.34
€ 46.99
€ 39.34
Paperback / so. Series: Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen / Fachgrup. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 5. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783531027258
- ISBN
- 9783531027258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
Hardback. Argues that the process of transmission of knowledge whether theoretical or practical was not a simple and one-way process from the donor to the receiver as it is often admitted, but a multi-dimensional and complex cultural process of selection and transformation where ancient scientific and local traditions and elements. Editor(s): Gunergun, Feza; Raina, Dhruv. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, 20 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; MBX; PDA; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048199679
- ISBN
- 9789048199679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.23
€ 191.23
Hardcover. Covers treatises sixteen to twenty-one. This title includes central subjects of these treatises such as women's diseases, physical exercise, bathing, foods, and the consumption of drugs. Translator(s): Bos, Gerrit. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842528436
- ISBN
- 9780842528436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.17€ 65.81
€ 78.17
€ 65.81
Paperback. New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe. Editor(s): Solomon, Susan Gross; Murard, Lion; Zylberman, Patrick. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464550
- ISBN
- 9781580464550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.32
€ 43.99
€ 36.32
Paperback. Focuses on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of the late A L Tommie Bass, a widely-known and admired Appalachian herbalist. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780822320173
- ISBN
- 9780822320173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.33
€ 34.99
€ 31.33
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
€ 83.38
€ 69.98
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
€ 189.40
€ 189.40
Paperback. Through an examination that uses previously unavailable archives and little-used primary literature, this book places the twentieth-century mental hygiene movement within the broad sweep of modern British psychiatry, offering its own reinterpretation of important elements of this history. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; MBX; MMH; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458080
- ISBN
- 9781349458080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.28
€ 59.28
Hardback. Bertoloni Meli's critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries-including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch-opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century. Num Pages: 456 pages, 108, 108 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; MBX; MFC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801899034
- ISBN
- 9780801899034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.18
€ 106.18
Paperback / so. Series: Fachbucher Fur Arzte (Closed). Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1926
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642903182
- ISBN
- 9783642903182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Hardback. An authoritative and absorbing account of one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals. Num Pages: 535 pages, 4 line diagrams 81 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. . Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0304589
- ISBN
- 9780521405294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 75.00
€ 75.00
Hardback. Was Thomas Hardy clinically depressed or just syphilitic? Was Egdon Heath imbued with melancholic vapours? And does this explain why many of his characters suffered from depression, took their own lives or developed homicidal tendencies? This book by a rural GP explores these and many other medical issues in Hardy's life and works. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 505.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230203174
- ISBN
- 9780230203174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.63
€ 64.63
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1890
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662321539
- ISBN
- 9783662321539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.62
€ 69.62
Paperback. Bringing together colorful historical vignettes, social and anthropological theory, and quantitative analyses, this title examines these interactions between the Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese of Cambodia and the French, documenting the differences in their understandings of medicine. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1FMC; 3JJ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226031644
- ISBN
- 9780226031644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.28
€ 51.99
€ 40.28
Hardcover. Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries. Editor(s): Luddy, Maria; Cox, Catherine. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230535862
- ISBN
- 9780230535862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. Series: Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalum et Medicinalium. Num Pages: 519 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 519
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772898179
- ISBN
- 9788772898179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.37€ 64.41
€ 83.37
€ 64.41
Hardback. This authoritative new book offers a panoramic overview on health and healthy living from classical Antiquity through to the mid-nineteenth century. Klaus Bergdolt offers the reader a thoroughly researched and a well exemplified examination of the numerous historical manifestations of 'dietetics'. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629131
- ISBN
- 9780745629131
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.87
€ 76.87
Hardback. Heparins remain amongst the most commonly used drugs in clinical practice. This title summarises the developments that have led to the current status of both heparins as drugs and the field of heparin research, with a focus on the particularly rapid progress that has been made over the years. Editor(s): Lever, Rebecca; Mulloy, Barbara; Page, Clive P. Series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Num Pages: 476 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 476
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642230554
- ISBN
- 9783642230554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 357.69
€ 357.69
Paperback. This unique book presents an overview of believers and disbelievers in a cerebral seat of human morality. With depth and clarity, the book presents their positions and arguments, and offers an explanation for these attempts to localise our moral sense. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMM; MBX; PDA; PDX; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400791268
- ISBN
- 9789400791268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.07
€ 123.07