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History of medicine

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190610432
ISBN
9780190610432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.43

Hardcover. A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Editor(s): Irby, Georgia L. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 1096 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; HBLA; MBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118372678
ISBN
9781118372678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 419.20

Hardback. Schizophrenia was 20th century psychiatry's arch concept of madness. Yet for most of that century it was both problematic and contentious. This history explores schizophrenia's historic instability via themes such as symptoms, definition, classification and anti-psychiatry. In doing so, it opens up new ways of understanding 20th century madness. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MBX; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137456809
ISBN
9781137456809
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.69
€ 88.55

Hardback. A collection of letters describing the day-to-day work and experiences of a doctor at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the mid-1950s. Editor(s): Collins, Cary C.; Mutschler, Charles V. Num Pages: 448 pages, 13 b&w photos, 5 maps, 4 figures, appendix. BIC Classification: 1KBBNS; 3JJP; BJ; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803226258
ISBN
9780803226258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.42

Hardback. This book charts the progress of the Royal College of Surgeons through 500 years of change, both in the College itself and in the external local, national and international contexts. Num Pages: 360 pages, 91 illustrations, (27 colour ). BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 271 x 222 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1876.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615674
ISBN
9780748615674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.64

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

Paperback. This book is the first to fully explore the history of autism. Through in-depth discussions with leading professionals and pioneers working in the field, A History of Autism provides an unprecedented insight into the historical changes in the perception of autism and approaches to its treatment. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: MBX; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
398
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186537
ISBN
9781405186537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.03

Hardback. This book is the first to fully explore the history of autism. Through in-depth discussions with leading professionals and pioneers working in the field, A History of Autism provides an unprecedented insight into the historical changes in the perception of autism and approaches to its treatment. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBX; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405186544
ISBN
9781405186544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.98

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

Paperback. Designed to be read and taught, the book offers a critical historical view, providing historians, policy makers, researchers, program managers, and students with an essential new perspective on the formation and implementation of global-health policies and practices. Num Pages: 432 pages, 20, 15 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420332
ISBN
9781421420332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.51

Paperback. For seasoned professionals as well as students, A History of Public Health is visionary and essential reading. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
revised expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416014
ISBN
9781421416014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. In this exciting new book, Helen Dingwall introduces the history of Scottish medicine from earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608652
ISBN
9780748608652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99

Hardback. This path--breaking book examines our attitudes to the senses from antiquity through to the present day. Robert Jutte explores a wealth of different traditions, images, metaphors and ideas that have survived through time and describes how sensual impressions change the way in which we experience the world. Translator(s): Lynn, James. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JHMC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629575
ISBN
9780745629575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.68

Hardback. 'A Second Voice' traces the origins and growth of the profession in a pivotal Midwestern state. It recounts the Ohio Osteopathic Association's early legal battles, the establishment of osteopathic hospitals, the campaign to build a state college of osteopathic medicine, and it profiles the professions leaders. Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; MBX; MXH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 458. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821415931
ISBN
9780821415931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.45

Paperback. A new bibliographic essay by Lisa Haushofer explores recent scholarship in the history of medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
revised and expanded edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419541
ISBN
9781421419541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. The concept of specific receptors for drugs, hormones and transmitters lies at the very heart of biomedicine. This book is the first to consider the idea from its 19th century origins in the work of John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich, to its development of during the 20th century and its current impact on drug discovery in the 21st century. Series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBX; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 465.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230554153
ISBN
9780230554153
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.41

Paperback. Shows how nineteenth-century American physicians used anatomy to develop a professional identity, while claiming authority over the living and the dead. This book introduces the middle-class women and men, working people, entrepreneurs, and health reformers who resisted and exploited anatomy to articulate their own social identities and visions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 183 x 27. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691118758
ISBN
9780691118758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

Hardback. Drawing on his extensive experience and study in the field, Charles Buck presents an authoritative and accessible account of the history of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The book provides an accurate overview, focussing on the key developments that are of most practical relevance to clinicians of today. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 black and white. BIC Classification: MBX; VXHT1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 257 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848191594
ISBN
9781848191594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Paperback. A guide to personal papers in Rhodes House Library, Oxford. Editor(s): Tough, Alistair G. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 160. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The Bodleian Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851240517
ISBN
9781851240517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.32

Paperback. The fascinating history in Aging Bones will appeal to students and scholars in the history of medicine, health policy, gerontology, endocrinology, and orthopedics, as well as anyone who has been diagnosed with osteoporosis. Series: Johns Hopkins Biographies of Disease. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJE; VFDW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413181
ISBN
9781421413181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.26

Although Alzheimer's disease has been well documented throughout the twentieth century, no biography has been written of the man who was its namesake. This biography is the first, and it covers the life of Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), his discovery of the disease that currently afflicts some thirty to forty million people, and his subsequent research. Translator(s): Levi, Neil; Burns, Alastair. Num Pages: 256 pages, 49 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; MBX; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231118965
ISBN
9780231118965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.34
€ 56.53

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813564739
ISBN
9780813564739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 40.11

Hardback. In dark skirts and bloodied boots, Clara Barton fearlessly ventured on to Civil War battlefields to tend to wounded soldiers. She later founded and ran the American Red Cross. This book tells the story of this charitable organization from its start in 1881, through its humanitarian aid during wars, to its relief efforts of the 1930s. Num Pages: 404 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407388
ISBN
9781421407388
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 1099 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 252 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX; MMS; PDX; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1629.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
1099
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319383637
ISBN
9783319383637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 231.13

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