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Hardback. Medieval medicine had a strong spiritual dimension, and this text describes various theories of illness and curing. It also evaluates medieval material according to the findings of modern medicine, showing, for instance, how the notion of "flying venom" relates to modern germ theory. Editor(s): Campbell, Sheila; etc.; Hall, Bert; Klausner, David (Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, Canada). Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550656
- ISBN
- 9780333550656
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.56
€ 122.56
Hardcover. Many people take for granted that physicians know what they are doing, but every day scientists must make very difficult decisions. This title explains some of the technology and discoveries that are being explored in the world of medicine, providing information on what some of these developments might mean and the possibilities for tomorrow. Series: History of Medicine. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour photographs & line illustrations, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 3JM; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816072101
- ISBN
- 9780816072101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.75
€ 51.99
€ 43.75
Paperback. "This book charts the social and cultural history of the scientific technique known as "tissue culture." It shows how tissue culture was a regular public presence in twentieth-century Britain, and argues that history can contribute to current debates surrounding research on human and animal tissue"-- Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 193
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349329458
- ISBN
- 9781349329458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. Num Pages: 315 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; MBX; MJN; MJTF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403920386
- ISBN
- 9781403920386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.22
€ 123.22
hardcover. Editor(s): Tilley, Lorna; Schrenk, Alecia A. Series: Bioarchaeology and Social Theory. Num Pages: 404 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HDW; JHBZ; JHMC; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 341 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- SKU
- V9783319399003
- ISBN
- 9783319399003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.66
€ 145.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 250 pages, tables & photos. BIC Classification: 1MBF; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Libbey & Co Australia
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861966066
- ISBN
- 9780861966066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.19€ 44.25
€ 56.19
€ 44.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Horden, Peregrine; Smith, Richard. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138868205
- ISBN
- 9781138868205
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.05
€ 57.05
Hardback. This volume traces the interrelations and reciprocal influence between Florence Nightingale and important novelists of her time such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615953
- ISBN
- 9780230615953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. Explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, this title shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 500 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- With a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268098
- ISBN
- 9780520268098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.20
€ 26.99
€ 20.20
Hardcover. This is the first book to address the history of psychiatry under Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, from the Soviet Union to East Germany. It brings together new research addressing understandings of mental health and disorder, treatments and therapies, and the interplay between politics, ideology and psychiatry. Editor(s): Marks, Sarah; Savelli, Mat. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJ; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137490919
- ISBN
- 9781137490919
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.52
€ 143.52
Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898143
- ISBN
- 9780801898143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.61
€ 40.99
€ 33.61
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1669.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1929
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642896408
- ISBN
- 9783642896408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.10
€ 78.10
Hardback. It is a must-read for historians of medicine and scholars in women's studies and political history, as well as for naturopaths and all readers interested in alternative medicine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4 black & white halftones, 8 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419039
- ISBN
- 9781421419039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Konig, Fritz. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1928
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662277041
- ISBN
- 9783662277041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01
Paperback. A memoir of American, Jewish military doctor fighting on the frontlines and caring for the injured in WWII. It documents the almost unbearable drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on the author, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: BM; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 10. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803218833
- ISBN
- 9780803218833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.31
€ 17.99
€ 17.31
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 68 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1917
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 68
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662386934
- ISBN
- 9783662386934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.41
€ 67.41
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGT; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dundee University Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New ed
- SKU
- V9781845860530
- ISBN
- 9781845860530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.67
€ 20.99
€ 20.67
Paperback. Today, health, health care, and medicine have become separate entities. This volume brings together papers on these topics using a unique interdisciplinary approach to provide an ethical framework for healthcare from a political perspective. Editor(s): Elm, Susanna; Willich, Stefan N. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048180318
- ISBN
- 9789048180318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
A graceful writer and an expert biometrician, Bulmer details the eventual triumph of biometrical methods in the history of quantitative genetics based on Mendelian principles, which underpins our understanding of evolution today. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 3 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BG; MBX; PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874031
- ISBN
- 9780801874031
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Hardcover. Looks into communicating psychiatric patient histories, from the asylum years to the clinics of today. This book examines the evolving role of case history narratives in the growth of psychiatry as a medical profession. Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: CFG; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570037610
- ISBN
- 9781570037610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.69
€ 47.99
€ 39.69
paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JFSL; JPQB; MBX; VFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2001
- SKU
- V9781349409730
- ISBN
- 9781349409730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
History of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology: With an Epilogue on Psyc...
. Ed(S): Wallace, Edwin; Gach, John
paperback. Psychiatry has always straddled the boundary between social and biological science. Here, interdisciplinary contributors trace psychiatry's evolution in its social, political, and philosophical contexts, charting its rise as a legitimate medical specialty. Editor(s): Wallace, Edwin; Gach, John. Num Pages: 862 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
- Number of pages
- 862
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- SKU
- V9781441981295
- ISBN
- 9781441981295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 414.95
€ 414.95
Paperback. Simon Forman was one of the extraordinary personalities of Elizabethan and Jacobean London. Like most doctors, he was also an astrologer, reading the stars for all and sundry. This book uncovers Forman's private world, that of a compulsive womaniser who kept a coded diary, a record of promiscuity as colourful as the journals of Pepys and Boswell. Num Pages: 240 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; VXFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Light shelf wear, else as new.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KTG0021070
- ISBN
- 9780099289623
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Num Pages: 548 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Libbey Eurotext France
- Number of pages
- 548
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782742007752
- ISBN
- 9782742007752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.18€ 74.21
€ 97.18
€ 74.21