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Paperback. Throughout history, Western culture has often viewed disease as punishment for sin. "The Wages of Sin" offers a remarkable history of this perception and explains how these ancient views continue to shape contemporary life and public policy. Num Pages: 226 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JH; MBX; MJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226014616
- ISBN
- 9780226014616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Paperback. This multi-authored book examines the human stories that underlie the development of vaccines. Stories are anchored in their historical context and cover key figures, scientific and political hurdles, and clinical trial controversies. Editor(s): Artenstein, Andrew W. Num Pages: 424 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ; MJCM; MMFM; PSG; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489983626
- ISBN
- 9781489983626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 352.64
€ 352.64
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bruun, Niels W. Num Pages: 286 pages, 44 colour plates & 55 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; 3JD; MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 251 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763542593
- ISBN
- 9788763542593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.73
€ 53.99
€ 38.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780727909985
- ISBN
- 9780727909985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.11
€ 89.11
Hardback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1783.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 1099
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319116709
- ISBN
- 9783319116709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 278.92
€ 278.92
Paperback. This collection, by an international team of scholars, presents exciting examples of research currently being undertaken on early modern Italy which question the conventional boundaries of medical history. Editor(s): Cavallo, Sandra; Gentilcore, David. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405180405
- ISBN
- 9781405180405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.21
€ 40.21
paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1920
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1920
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642896378
- ISBN
- 9783642896378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 (Rochester Studies in Medi...
María-Isabel Porras-Gallo (Ed.)
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464963
- ISBN
- 9781580464963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.64
€ 135.64
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662275542
- ISBN
- 9783662275542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
Hardback. Shows the value of historical epistemology from philosophical, historical, and anthropological perspectives Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 220 pages, 35 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823244447
- ISBN
- 9780823244447
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.96
€ 102.96
Hardcover. Describes the evolution of public health crises and solutions Num Pages: 251 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814787175
- ISBN
- 9780814787175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMRT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 141.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1927
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783709196298
- ISBN
- 9783709196298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Hardcover. The first book to provide a detailed analysis of the body-trafficking networks of the dead poor that underpinned the expansion of medical education from Victorian times. With an even-handed approach to the business of anatomy, Hurren uses remarkable case histories which still echo a vibrant body-business on the internet today in a biomedical age. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219663
- ISBN
- 9780230219663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.74
€ 123.74
Hardback. Editor(s): Herbst, Marcel. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 239 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400774063
- ISBN
- 9789400774063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MJT. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801886027
- ISBN
- 9780801886027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HBL; JNB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349427314
- ISBN
- 9781349427314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.84
€ 121.84
Drawing on the letters and testimony of Padua's medical students, Klestinec charts a new history of anatomy in the Renaissance, one that characterizes the role of the anatomy theater and reconsiders the pedagogical debates and educational structure behind human dissection. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401423
- ISBN
- 9781421401423
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640525
- ISBN
- 9780691640525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 210.32
€ 210.32
Paperback. This is a detailed history of one of the most important and dramatic episodes in modern science, recounted from the novel vantage point of the dawn of the information age and its impact on representations of nature, heredity, and society. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 472 pages, 29 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBX; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734172
- ISBN
- 9780804734172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.87
€ 41.99
€ 41.87
Paperback. Examines the interactions between psychiatrists, patients and their families, and the national state in modern Argentina. This book offers a fresh interpretation of the Argentine state's relationship to modernity and social change during the twentieth century, while also examining the often contentious place of psychiatry in modern Argentina. Num Pages: 332 pages, 22 b/w photos & 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; JKSM; MBX; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552382332
- ISBN
- 9781552382332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.96
€ 42.96
Hardback. Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1FK; 1KJW; 3JF; HBTQ; MBX. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719083129
- ISBN
- 9780719083129
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.64
€ 153.64
Hardback. Although the subject of federally mandated Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) has been extensively debated, we actually do not know much about what takes place when they convene. This book melds observations of IRB meetings with the history of how rules for the treatment of human subjects were formalized in the United States. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 halftones, 1 line drawing, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBDC; MBGR; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226770864
- ISBN
- 9780226770864
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.41€ 87.02
€ 105.41
€ 87.02
Hardcover. Following the testing of therapeutic sera, the quantified evaluation of a pharmaceutical's efficacy became a key feature of medicine in the twentieth century. The case studies in this volume offer comparisons across Europe, from the diphtheria antitoxin in the late 1800s to the introduction of the Salk polio vaccine in the 1950s. Editor(s): Gradmann, Christoph; Simon, Professor Jonathan. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202818
- ISBN
- 9780230202818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
Paperback. This guide explains how the principal imaging devices work and how they help physicians save lives. It explains the medical technologies that might come to play important roles in the readers life, and for those who wish to explore the issues of the associated benefits, costs, and risks. Num Pages: 219 pages, 98 black-and-white photos, 86 line figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: MBG; MBX; MJA; MMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520211827
- ISBN
- 9780520211827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.96
€ 35.99
€ 25.96