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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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880643
- ISBN
- 9780801880643
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333550656
- ISBN
- 9780333550656
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€ 101.69
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349289349
- ISBN
- 9781349289349
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Condition: New
€ 50.84
€ 50.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349726462
- ISBN
- 9781349726462
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Condition: New
€ 55.46
€ 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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319289366
- ISBN
- 9783319289366
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43€ 74.55
€ 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
€ 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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019522
- ISBN
- 9780674019522
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.51
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.77
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580463713
- ISBN
- 9781580463713
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.82
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803235113
- ISBN
- 9780803235113
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226761305
- ISBN
- 9780226761305
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.46
€ 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.
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- 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349343805
- ISBN
- 9781349343805
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Condition: New
€ 63.59
€ 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
€ 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.
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- 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.35
€ 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.
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- 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
€ 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.
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- 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
€ 38.99
€ 28.26
The Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 (Rochester Studies in Medi...
María-Isabel Porras-Gallo (Ed.)
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
€ 133.48
Hardback. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813561752
- ISBN
- 9780813561752
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.82
€ 164.82
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
€ 72.71
€ 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
€ 49.00
€ 30.15