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Paperback. Discussing 'curanderismo' and the practice of herbalists, this book focuses on individual healers and their procedures and traditional Mexican-American herbs and cures. The product of centuries of experience in Mexico, influenced by the Moors, Judeo-Christians, and Aztecs, this work includes use of items such as lemon and objects such as keys. Editor(s): Sawyer Jr., Timothy L. Num Pages: 168 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; MBX; MX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826339614
- ISBN
- 9780826339614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.82
€ 20.99
€ 18.82
Paperback. Lindee's pathbreaking study shows the interdependence of technical and social parameters in contemporary biomedicine. Num Pages: 284 pages, 8, 7 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891014
- ISBN
- 9780801891014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.52
€ 42.52
Paperback. This textbook on cardiovascular science has instructive illustrations at key points and sets out to explain the cardiovascular system to the reader using the classical teaching framework of anatomy, physiology, general operation and specific systems. Num Pages: 340 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBGR; MBX; MJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489990792
- ISBN
- 9781489990792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464512
- ISBN
- 9781580464512
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.40
€ 95.40
Book. Editor(s): Angermeyer, Matthias C; Steinberg, Holger. Num Pages: XIV, 298 S. 42 Abb. BIC Classification: JMP; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540250753
- ISBN
- 9783540250753
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Details the health issues faced by the Corps of Discovery on the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition. Num Pages: 360 pages, 40 illustrations, 1 map, 2 appendixes. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; MBX; WTLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235113
- ISBN
- 9780803235113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.74
€ 25.99
€ 25.74
Paperback / so. Series: Handbuch Der Gesamten Augenheilkunde. Num Pages: 106 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; PS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1912
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 106
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642902055
- ISBN
- 9783642902055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Paperback. Presents a collection of representative historical texts that serve to trace and to illuminate the development of conceptions, policies, and treatments in public health from the dawn of Western civilization through the Progressive Era of the early twentieth century. This book provides annotated readings and biographical details. Editor(s): Schneider, Dona; Lilienfeld, David E. Num Pages: 770 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 770
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813542324
- ISBN
- 9780813542324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.75€ 62.28
€ 63.75
€ 62.28
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210 x 6. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1887
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662321447
- ISBN
- 9783662321447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.79
€ 68.79
Hardback. How did early modern people imagine their bodies? What impact did the new disease syphilis and recurrent outbreaks of plague have on these mental landscapes? This text illuminates the period's disease-impregnated literature, including works by Shakespeare, Milton, and others. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333963999
- ISBN
- 9780333963999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.75
€ 136.75
Hardback. Developments in Psychiatry in India Editor(s): Malhotra, Savita; Chakrabarti, Subho. Num Pages: 651 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1142.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 651
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132216735
- ISBN
- 9788132216735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.24
€ 190.24
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
Paperback. This book features papers on immunology and pathology and vascular biology and angiogenesis. It highlights scientific milestones in the history of medicine in the course of the past two centuries as well as the contribution of pioneering scientists. Num Pages: 149 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBX; MJCL; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400790841
- ISBN
- 9789400790841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.62
€ 184.62
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
Paperback. Editor(s): Rubenfeld, Sheldon; Benedict, Susan. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 3 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: HBTZ1; MBDC; MBGR; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319343228
- ISBN
- 9783319343228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.99
€ 123.99
Paperback. Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs and engravings. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471245315
- ISBN
- 9780471245315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.01
€ 46.99
€ 33.01
Hardback. An account of death and illness in the White House. It shows that modern presidents - including Coolidge, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Reagan - all suffered from debilitating medical problems, physical and/or psychological. It examines how they concealed this and the effects on their political lives. Num Pages: 353 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JPHC; JPQ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 29. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823218363
- ISBN
- 9780823218363
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.43
€ 115.43
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
Hardcover. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: JHM; MBPK; MBX; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 187 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634848091
- ISBN
- 9781634848091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 282.82€ 209.84
€ 282.82
€ 209.84
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.06
€ 37.99
€ 32.06
hardcover. The author was midwife to Maria of Medici, Queen of France, from 1601 to 1609, and the first woman in modern times to write about what she calls her "art". This book gives an account of her life, and then goes on to analyse her theories about the workings of the human body in her own particular sphere. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; MBX; MQD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894715
- ISBN
- 9780859894715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.72
€ 180.72
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875804262
- ISBN
- 9780875804262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
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
Hardcover. Editor(s): Alberti, Fay Bound. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403985378
- ISBN
- 9781403985378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06