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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
€ 69.44€ 53.99
€ 69.44
€ 53.99
Hardcover. Consists of approximately 1,500 maxims compiled by Maimonides arranges the aphorisms into twenty-five treatises, organizing them by traditional medieval subspecialties such as gynecology, hygiene, and diet. This title include fevers, periods and crises of a disease, and surgery. Series: Medical Works of Moses Maimonides. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Brigham Young University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780842527804
- ISBN
- 9780842527804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.33€ 69.46
€ 83.33
€ 69.46
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: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; HBJH; HBL; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 359.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349684120
- ISBN
- 9781349684120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
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
Paperback. Written from a historical and philosophical point of view, this book explores the gamut of chemical reactions in the brain and how drugs affect those processes. It is uniquely accessible to the specialist and general educated public. Num Pages: 246 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MJN; MMN; MMP; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 168 x 12. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848829220
- ISBN
- 9781848829220
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.83
€ 64.83
Paperback. Described as a 'necropolis for babies', the province of Quebec in the early 20th century recorded infant mortality rates, among French-speaking Catholics, that are among the highest in the Western world. This book sets out to understand how doctors are able to convince women to consult them and why mothers chose to follow their advice. Num Pages: 342 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBCQ; 3JJ; MBP; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554580583
- ISBN
- 9781554580583
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.91
€ 54.91
Paperback. The seventh book in the 500 Reflections on the RCP series, volume two of two on the history of the Royal College of Physicians. 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. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408706343
- ISBN
- 9781408706343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.36
€ 15.99
€ 12.36
Paperback. The same changes that transformed the social construction of lead poisoning transformed medicine and health care, giving rise to modern environmentalism and fundamentally altered jurisprudence. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBTB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868207
- ISBN
- 9780801868207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.98
€ 41.98
Paperback. 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: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613942
- ISBN
- 9781442613942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Inspiring autobiography of a Western-Canadian Mennonite's determined rise to become Dean of Harvard Medical School. Num Pages: 480 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: BGTA; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551957005
- ISBN
- 9781551957005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.02
€ 35.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Public health has made our lives safer - but it often works behind the scenes, without our knowledge, that is, 'while we are sleeping'. This book illuminates how public health works with more than sixty success stories drawn from the area of injury and violence prevention. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258464
- ISBN
- 9780520258464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardcover. Heart operations are quite common and relatively low-risk, but in the beginning it was just the opposite. This book presents a history of cardiac surgery in the words of the first generation of surgeons. It tells the unusual life stories of the surgeons and professional and institutional rivalries. Num Pages: 648 pages, 68 illustrations, index, references. BIC Classification: MBX; MNB; MNH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 198 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Vanderbilt University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826515940
- ISBN
- 9780826515940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.67
€ 131.67
Paperback. 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; VFDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894862
- ISBN
- 9780801894862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.89
€ 40.89
Hardback. Drawing on a diverse range of sources-including patient testimonies; the writings of physicians, historians, and poets; and official publications of the Roman state-Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire is a groundbreaking history of the culture of classical medicine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416281
- ISBN
- 9781421416281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.61€ 54.59
€ 59.61
€ 54.59
Paperback. This book uses 103 illustrations from the 16th century onward and the history of obstetrical and embryological knowledge to argue that modes of visualizing science have profoundly determined "fetal politics" and the contemporary abortion debates. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 176 pages, 103 half-tones. BIC Classification: JFMA; JFSJ1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 215.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804726481
- ISBN
- 9780804726481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226280394
- ISBN
- 9780226280394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.73
€ 40.99
€ 31.73
Hardback. This text maps perceptions of illness in medical texts from their 19th century focus on illness located in a biological body through to their "discovery" of the psycho-social patient of the late 20th century. In this way, a history of identity, both physical and psychological, is revealed. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HP; JFCX; JFFH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333968925
- ISBN
- 9780333968925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.28
€ 122.28
Paperback. The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern, but is often considered separately from health issues. This book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between environment and health at different times and in different geographical locations. Editor(s): Berridge, Virginia; Gorsky, Martin. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; HBTQ; MBX; PDX; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349313228
- ISBN
- 9781349313228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.35
€ 64.35
paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 48 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Nature United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493948161
- ISBN
- 9781493948161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardback. Walter Charleton has been depicted as a natural philosopher whose intellectual career mirrored the intellectual ferment of the 'scientific revolution'. Examining three of his vernacular medical texts, this work considers his thoughts on anatomy, physiology and the methods by which he sought to understand the invisible processes of the body. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; MBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402033773
- ISBN
- 9781402033773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.75
€ 191.75
Die Erste Deutsche Frauenarztin Lebenserinnerungen. Im Kampf Um Den Ar...
Heusler-Edenhuizen, Hermine. Ed(s): Prahm, He...
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Prahm, Heyo. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; HB; JF; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783322925640
- ISBN
- 9783322925640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.87
€ 89.87
Paperback. Editor(s): Fischer, Tobias; Langanke, Martin; Marschall, Paul; Michl, Susanne. Series: Advances in Predictive, Preventive and Personalised Medicine. Num Pages: 339 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBX; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 339
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319346984
- ISBN
- 9783319346984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.29
€ 186.29