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Paperback. With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. This book explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWN; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226143354
- ISBN
- 9780226143354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.44
€ 34.99
€ 27.44
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: JNU; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1930
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642941139
- ISBN
- 9783642941139
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813546667
- ISBN
- 9780813546667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.69€ 52.22
€ 52.69
€ 52.22
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 3. Weight in Grams: 77.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1915
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662341810
- ISBN
- 9783662341810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Neurology and Modernity: A Cultural History of Nervous Systems, 1800-1...
Salisbury, Laura, Shail, Andrew
Hardcover. As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state. Num Pages: 311 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230233133
- ISBN
- 9780230233133
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.33
€ 65.33
Paperback. Series: International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; MBX; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146734
- ISBN
- 9789048146734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
Paperback. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 441 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; JFC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048162383
- ISBN
- 9789048162383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.21
€ 187.21
Paperback. The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JHB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349306886
- ISBN
- 9781349306886
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
hardcover. Baby Trouble in the Last Best West explores the ways that women's childbearing became understood as a social problem in early twentieth-century Alberta. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; HBJK; JHBK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442645684
- ISBN
- 9781442645684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.06
€ 70.06
Hardback. "The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", more commonly known as the "DSM", is published by the American Psychiatric Association and aims to list and describe all mental disorders. This book offers a sustained philosophical critique of the "DSM" that addresses these concerns. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPM; JMP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402033445
- ISBN
- 9781402033445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.03
€ 126.03
Hardcover. Examining medical pluralism in the USA over the last 200 years, the author provides a wide-ranging synthesis of the history of alternative medicine from acupuncture to Navajo healing. Its relationship with conventional medicine and the influence of class, race and gender is also assessed. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; MBX; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299166908
- ISBN
- 9780299166908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.40€ 59.04
€ 64.40
€ 59.04
Paperback. In a penetrating new biography of the Mauritian-born neurologist whose discoveries changed the scientific landscape, the author unravels the torment suffered by a genius driven by the unceasing conflict between his personal and professional identities. Num Pages: 293 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319352756
- ISBN
- 9783319352756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 153.48
€ 153.48
Paperback. Series: 500 Reflections on the RCP, 1518-2018. Num Pages: 112 pages, Approx. 80-100 photographs. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706282
- ISBN
- 9781408706282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.36
€ 16.99
€ 12.36
Hardcover. "-JAMA"An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."-Journal of Religion and Health Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRA; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421412153
- ISBN
- 9781421412153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardback. Discussing the role of African doctors in colonial state and society, this study assesses the emergence of Africa's modern medical service and the contribution of African physicians to an understanding of African diseases and their treatment. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 b&w photographs, 6 maps, 11 tables, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1H; HBTQ; HBTR; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813014326
- ISBN
- 9780813014326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 63.94
€ 70.26
€ 63.94
Hardcover. Kerwin (English, U. of Missouri, Columbia) offers five case studies in his consideration of how the field of medicine and its boundaries were affected by culture in the Renaissance, especially drama. Incorporating recent research on medical history and anthropology, he examines portrayals of five groups: drug sellers, women practitioners, surgical Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558494824
- ISBN
- 9781558494824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.51
€ 40.99
€ 33.51
Hardcover. This collection takes the perspective that the historiography of science, technology, and medicine needs a broader approach toward regulation. The authors explore the distinct social worlds involved in regulation, the forms of evidence and expertise mobilized, and means of intervention chosen to tame drugs in factories, consulting rooms and courts. Editor(s): Gaudilliere, Jean-Paul; Hess, Volker. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; KNDP; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230301962
- ISBN
- 9780230301962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.62
€ 123.62
Paperback. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887161
- ISBN
- 9780801887161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.81
€ 29.99
€ 24.81
Paperback. Broad in scope and sweep, Hamlin's study is a reflection of how the meanings of diseases continue to shift, affecting not only the identities we create but often our ability to survive. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 400 pages, 20, 11 black & white halftones, 9 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421415024
- ISBN
- 9781421415024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
paperback. Editor(s): Brauer, L; Ulrici, H. Series: Die Tuberkulose Und Ihre Grenzgebiete in Einzeldarstellungen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ; MMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1928
- Publisher
- Springer Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1928
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642889417
- ISBN
- 9783642889417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.42
€ 69.42
Paperback. 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 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612607
- ISBN
- 9780691612607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 54.56
€ 70.26
€ 54.56
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1958
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662236406
- ISBN
- 9783662236406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893756
- ISBN
- 9780934893756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.31€ 70.07
€ 84.31
€ 70.07
Paperback / so. Series: Veroffentlichungen Aus Dem Gebiete Des Militar-Sanitatswesen. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 3. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1914
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662343333
- ISBN
- 9783662343333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.44
€ 67.44