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Hardback. Series: Arts & Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCM1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231164849
- ISBN
- 9780231164849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.23
€ 32.99
€ 24.23
Hardback. The mere fact of its having survived from at least the twelfth century (some claimed for it an earlier, Saxon pedigree) lent the inquest the trappings of an exemplary embodiment of the 'genius of English reform.'"-from Bodies of Evidence Num Pages: 176 pages, 8, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJC; MBX; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801862403
- ISBN
- 9780801862403
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Condition: New
€ 52.26€ 48.48
€ 52.26
€ 48.48
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.80
€ 25.99
€ 22.80
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.65
€ 33.99
€ 26.65
Paperback. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813545769
- ISBN
- 9780813545769
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 52.72
€ 53.99
€ 52.72
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€ 19.71
€ 20.99
€ 19.71
The Edwin Smith Papyrus. Updated Translation of the Trauma Treatise an...
Sanchez, Gonzalo M.; Meltzer, Edmund S.
This volume contains the original hieratic text, complete transcription into hieroglyphs, transliteration, English translation, philological apparatus and copiously illustrated medical commentaries for the 48 clinical cases of the Edwin Smith Papyrus. Num Pages: 376 pages, Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HDDG; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 286 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1342.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lockwood Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781937040017
- ISBN
- 9781937040017
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Condition: New
€ 304.08
€ 304.08
Paperback. Thus does Dent, a little-known Supreme Court case, influence how Americans receive health care more than a hundred years after the fact. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: LNTJ; MBN; MBX; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411422
- ISBN
- 9781421411422
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Condition: New
€ 33.64
€ 33.64
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Gotham
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781592409174
- ISBN
- 9781592409174
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.90
€ 18.99
€ 16.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Horden, Peregrine; Smith, Richard. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138868205
- ISBN
- 9781138868205
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Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Paperback. Explores the hidden ways in which presidents shape our destinies through their own experiences. Taking a close look at Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, this title shows what history can teach us as we confront the health care challenges of the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 500 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 650.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- With a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268098
- ISBN
- 9780520268098
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Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 20.01
€ 22.99
€ 20.01
Paperback. With a barrage of "ask your doctor about" advertisements competing for attention with shocking news of drug company malfeasance, Happy Pills is an invaluable look at how the commercialization of medicine has transformed American culture since the end of World War II. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFFH1; JM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898143
- ISBN
- 9780801898143
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.17
€ 40.99
€ 33.17
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
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Condition: New
€ 59.07€ 53.75
€ 59.07
€ 53.75
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
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Condition: New
€ 68.98€ 52.86
€ 68.98
€ 52.86
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- FARMS (imprint of Brigham Young University) United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934893756
- ISBN
- 9780934893756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.70€ 68.43
€ 82.70
€ 68.43
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
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Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Hardback. 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 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804726474
- ISBN
- 9780804726474
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Condition: New
€ 116.75
€ 116.75
Num Pages: 166 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: MBX; MJCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611223057
- ISBN
- 9781611223057
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Condition: New
€ 107.01€ 73.20
€ 107.01
€ 73.20
Paperback. "Riveting" (Houston Chronicle), "captivating" (Discover), and "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle). Series: Great Discoveries. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: MBN; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393326253
- ISBN
- 9780393326253
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.92
€ 16.99
€ 15.92
hardcover. The first history of malaria control efforts in tropical Africa, contributing to the emerging sub-discipline of the historical epidemiology of contemporary disease challenges. Num Pages: 237 pages, 5 b/w illus. 6 maps 1 table. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; MBN; MBX; MJCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107052574
- ISBN
- 9781107052574
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Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82
Hardback. Using four notorious moments in the life of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga of Mantua, Valeria Finucci explores changing early modern concepts of sexuality, reproduction, beauty, and aging. She deftly marries salacious tales with historical analysis to tell a broader story of Italian Renaissance cultural adjustments and obsessions. Series: I Tatti Studies in Italian Renaissance History. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 244 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674725454
- ISBN
- 9780674725454
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.28
€ 50.99
€ 42.28
Paperback. During Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign, nature gained a role of central importance to the German national experience. Using interpretive methods drawn from the history of science and science studies, the author shows how popular health and hygiene movements shaped German ideas about progress and modernity, nature, health, and the body. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; MBP; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Northern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875807041
- ISBN
- 9780875807041
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 40.23
€ 45.99
€ 40.23
Paperback. New perspectives on the history of twentieth century public health in Europe. Editor(s): Solomon, Susan Gross; Murard, Lion; Zylberman, Patrick. Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3, 3 black & white line drawings, 3 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; MBNH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580464550
- ISBN
- 9781580464550
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.55
€ 42.99
€ 35.55
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
€ 57.39
€ 57.39