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Paperback. Olson concludes that, although it has not yet been conquered, breast cancer is no longer the story of individual women struggling alone against a mysterious and deadly foe. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801880643
ISBN
9780801880643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

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

€ 101.69

Paperback. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 239 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBTB; MBX; PDZ; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 309.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349289349
ISBN
9781349289349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.84

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349726462
ISBN
9781349726462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 170 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBLA; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319289366
ISBN
9783319289366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.43
€ 74.55

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 3JB; MBX; MFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146. Weight in Grams: 386. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with some shelf wear, nicks and tears and some edgewear to DW
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University Massachusetts Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002512
ISBN
9780870234705
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Offers a broad picture of the way in whiich Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 276 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; HBJF; HBLL; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 168 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674019522
ISBN
9780674019522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.51

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823244454
ISBN
9780823244454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.77

Paperback. A re-examination of the role of charity and treating venereal disease in public hospitals in early-modern London. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 378 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; MBX; MJCJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540. London's Foul Wards, 1600-1800. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. 378 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A re-examination of the role of charity and treating venereal disease in public hospitals in early-modern London. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; MBX; MJCJ1. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463713
ISBN
9781580463713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.82

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

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era inmedicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills. Num Pages: 264 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422. Introduction to Knowledge and Practice. 264 pages, 49 halftones. Western Europe supported a highly developed and diverse medical community in the late medieval and early Renaissance periods. In her absorbing history of this complex era inmedicine, Siraisi explores the inner workings of the medical community and illustrates the connections of medicine to both natural philosophy and technical skills. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; MBX. Dimension: 236 x 170 x 14. Weight: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226761305
ISBN
9780226761305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.46

Paperback. Inventing the Feeble Mind explores the history of intellectual disability from its several identifications in the United States over the past 200 years: idiocy, imbecility, feeblemindedness, mental deficiency and defectiveness, mental retardation, and most recently intellectual disability. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 264 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199396184
ISBN
9780199396184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.21

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471208334
ISBN
9780471208334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99

Paperback. This book traces how medicine in modern Iran was both theoretically and institutionally transformed in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the process by which local physicians, in a non-colonial context, assimilated the emerging "modern medicine" and the institutional devices that accommodated this transition. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBL; HBTB; JFC; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349343805
ISBN
9781349343805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; MBX; MMK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403947154
ISBN
9781403947154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 55.05

Hardback. Editor(s): Kritsotaki, Despo; Long, Vicky; Smith, Matthew. Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJP; HBJD; MBPK; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319453590
ISBN
9783319453590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.94

Hardback. An authoritative and absorbing account of one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals. Num Pages: 535 pages, 4 line diagrams 81 half-tones. BIC Classification: MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 31. . Good copy 8vo Illustrated. The History of Nursing and Hospital Histories.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KEX0304589
ISBN
9780521405294
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 75.00

Paperback. In 1832, the arrival of cholera in the United States created widespread panic throughout the country. In this title, the author tells the story of those dark days, centering his narrative on rivalries between medical and homeopathic practitioners. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 halftones, 1 map, 1 line drawing, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226017631
ISBN
9780226017631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This book examines the sick in Britain between 1650-1850, focusing on the personal and sociological bonds between patients and doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this relationship. Series: Medicine & Society. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745602516
ISBN
9780745602516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.68

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

€ 38.99
€ 28.26

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464963
ISBN
9781580464963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.48

Hardback. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813561752
ISBN
9780813561752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.82

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

€ 72.71

He finds that, while not immune to social and cultural perceptions of the leprous as degenerate, and while influenced by their own fears of contagion, premodern physicians moderated society's reactions to leprosy and were dedicated to the well-being of their patients. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 8 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 230 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886133
ISBN
9780801886133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 30.15

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