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Hardcover. This text, published in the profession's centenary year, traces the history of cardiac surgery from ancient times to the present, detailing clinical developments with facsimilies of the original articles, consent forms from the first heart transplant, newspaper articles, and correspondence. Num Pages: 712 pages, 180 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: MBX; MJD; MNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 220 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2186.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 712
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899066544
- ISBN
- 9781899066544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.48
€ 269.48
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
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
Hardcover. The Nocebo Effect documents the transformation of normal problems into medical ones and brings out the risks of this inflationary practice. One notable risk is that people labeled as sick may find themselves living up to their label through the alchemy of the nocebo effect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: MBX; MMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137523280
- ISBN
- 9781137523280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.25
€ 112.25
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. A detailed account of Kristy Duncan's experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 halftones, 5 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: 3JJG; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094568
- ISBN
- 9780802094568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
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
€ 105.48€ 87.02
€ 105.48
€ 87.02
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Buchborn, E; Bock, K D. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642494376
- ISBN
- 9783642494376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.07
€ 70.07
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
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801842085
- ISBN
- 9780801842085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.14
€ 36.99
€ 31.14
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 3. Weight in Grams: 82.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1913
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662230268
- ISBN
- 9783662230268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Paperback. With the author's intimate knowledge of the suffering caused by this disease, Schizophrenia emphasizes research strategies, the importance of sound scientific approaches, and the challenges that remain. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410913
- ISBN
- 9781421410913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.13
€ 26.99
€ 23.13
Paperback / so. Series: Veroffentlichungen Aus Dem Gebiete Des Heeres-Sanitatswesens. Num Pages: 191 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662342947
- ISBN
- 9783662342947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
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€ 27.19
€ 34.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Willich, Stefan N.; Elm, Susanna. Num Pages: 142 pages, biography. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 8. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048156856
- ISBN
- 9789048156856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.35
€ 122.35
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. 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: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789402406320
- ISBN
- 9789402406320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.63
€ 121.63
Paperback. Each year thousands of people die from bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Alternative drugs are urgently needed. A surprising ray of hope from the past are viruses that kill bacteria, but not us. Award-winning science journalist Thomas Hausler investigates how these long-forgotten cures may help sick people today. Series: Macmillan Science. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551930
- ISBN
- 9780230551930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.79
€ 53.79
Hardcover. Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Editor(s): Hsu, Elisabeth; Horden, Peregrine. Series: Epistemologies of Healing. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX; PSXM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857459824
- ISBN
- 9780857459824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.22
€ 159.22
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSR; JHMC; MBX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523511
- ISBN
- 9781349523511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61