History of medicine books

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Medicine Is War: The Martial Metaphor in Victorian Literature and Culture

Medicine Is War: The Martial Metaphor in Victorian Literature...

Author: Lorenzo Servitje
ISBN: 9781438481685
Format: Paperback
$97.55

Examines how literature mediated a convergence of militarism and medicine in Victorian culture that continues into...  Read More >>

Treasury of Tibetan Medical History (Bod kyi gso ba rig pa'i lo rgyus kyi bang mdzod): The Song for Remembering Guru Yutok (G.yu thog bla ma dran glu)

Treasury of Tibetan Medical History (Bod kyi gso ba...

Author: Pasang Yonten Arya ,  Jan M a Van Der Valk
ISBN: 9782970146421
Format: Paperback
$49.16

An award-winning overview of Sowa Rigpa's historical development with an emphasis on the major medical schools and...  Read More >>

The Making of British Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: Voices of Pioneers and Witnesses to its Evolution from Hospital Dentistry

The Making of British Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery:...

Author: Andrew Sadler
ISBN: 9781999361235
Format: Hardback
$41.27

Oral History of the story of how, after the start of the National Health Service, ambitious dental surgeons expanded...  Read More >>

Partnership for Excellence: Medicine at the University of Toronto and Academic Hospitals

Partnership for Excellence: Medicine at the University...

Author: Edward Shorter
ISBN: 9781487543396
Format: Paperback
$131.96

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Gli Agrumi a Raggi X

Gli Agrumi a Raggi X

Author: Donatella Lippi ,  Jacopo Nori
ISBN: 9788859621287
Format: Hardback
$250.80

This richly illustrated book is a multi-sensory journey into the world of citrus fruits.  Read More >>

Suffer the Little Children?: A Personal History of Newborn Medicine

Suffer the Little Children?: A Personal History of Newborn...

Author: Malcolm Levene
ISBN: 9781800464506
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Have you ever read the headline Miracle baby and paused to wonder what is the real story behind the care of these...  Read More >>

Ernst Fuchs Und Die Weltgeltung Der Wiener Ophthalmologischen Schule Um 1900

Ernst Fuchs Und Die Weltgeltung Der Wiener Ophthalmologischen...

Author: Gabriela Schmidt-Wyklicky
ISBN: 9783700186021
Format: Hardback
$388.08

English summary: For the first time, a complete scientific monograph dealing with the life and work of the ophthalmologist...  Read More >>

Rochester Stories: A Med City History

Rochester Stories: A Med City History

Author: Paul D Scanlon, MD
ISBN: 9781540248084
Format: Hardback
$67.25

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The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics

The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings...

Author: Jeremy Craddock
ISBN: 9780750995207
Format: Hardback
$49.99

Written with the verve and suspense of a crime thriller, this is the first book to examine the infamous 'Jigsaw...  Read More >>

Ebola's Evolution: Turning Despair to Deliverance: a Road Map for Covid-19

Ebola's Evolution: Turning Despair to Deliverance: a...

Author: Michael B a Oldstone ,  Madeleine Rose Oldstone
ISBN: 9781665702485
Format: Paperback
$28.33

"This book provides an intimate portrait of multiple outbreaks of Ebola in Africa and reveals how the results of...  Read More >>

Vegetative Powers: The Roots of Life in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Natural Philosophy

Vegetative Powers: The Roots of Life in Ancient, Medieval...

Author: Fabrizio Baldassarri ,  Andreas Blank
ISBN: 9783030697082
Format: Hardback
$362.22

The volume analyzes the natural philosophical accounts and debates concerning the vegetative powers, namely nutrition,...  Read More >>

Ebola's Evolution: Turning Despair to Deliverance: a Road Map for Covid-19

Ebola's Evolution: Turning Despair to Deliverance: a...

Author: Michael B a Oldstone ,  Madeleine Rose Oldstone
ISBN: 9781665702478
Format: Hardback
$56.80

"This book provides an intimate portrait of multiple outbreaks of Ebola in Africa and reveals how the results of...  Read More >>

Arabic Medicine in China: Tradition, Innovation, and Change

Arabic Medicine in China: Tradition, Innovation, and...

Author: Paul David Buell ,  Eugene N. Anderson
ISBN: 9789004445796
Format: Hardback
$588.72

The Huihui Yaofang was an encyclopaedia of Near Eastern medicine compiled under the Mongol Yuan Dynasty for the...  Read More >>

Pseudo-Galenica: The Formation of the Galenic Corpus from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Pseudo-Galenica: The Formation of the Galenic Corpus...

Author: Caroline Petit ,  Simon Swain
ISBN: 9781908590572
Format: Paperback
$171.60

The works of Galen of Pergamum (c. 129-216 CE) were fundamental in the shaping of medicine, philosophy and neighbouring...  Read More >>

Mensch, Dass Du Das Kannst: Das Hospizliche Ehrenamt ALS Burgerschaftliches Engagement Im Wandel Der Zeit

Mensch, Dass Du Das Kannst: Das Hospizliche Ehrenamt...

Author: Karin Caro
ISBN: 9783515130325
Format: Hardback
$266.64

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London and its Asylums, 1888-1914: Politics and Madness

London and its Asylums, 1888-1914: Politics and Madness...

Author: Robert Ellis
ISBN: 9783030444341
Format: Paperback
$232.85

This book explores the impact that politics had on the management of mental health care at the turn of the nineteenth...  Read More >>

The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking: Informing Primary Prevention of Commercialized Violence

The Historical Roots of Human Trafficking: Informing...

Author: Makini Chisolm-Straker ,  Katherine Chon
ISBN: 9783030706746
Format: Hardback
$142.29

A public health approach to human trafficking requires a nuanced understanding of its root causes. This textbook...  Read More >>

Scientiae in the History of Medicine

Scientiae in the History of Medicine

Author: Fabrizio Baldasarri ,  Fabio Zampieri
ISBN: 9788891320186
Format: Hardback
$443.52

This volume collects essays dealing with the history of medicine in early modern Europe, and ranging from experiments...  Read More >>

Rosewood Center

Rosewood Center

Author: Craig Swenson
ISBN: 9781540247766
Format: Hardback
$67.25

The first institution of its kind in the state of Maryland, the Rosewood Center opened its doors in 1888, serving...  Read More >>

A Peste Antonina: A História e o Legado da Pior Pandemia do Antigo Império Romano

A Peste Antonina: A História e o Legado da Pior Pandemia...

Author: Charles River
ISBN: 9798528987743
Format: Paperback
$29.41

"Estes 84 anos também testemunharam um crescimento impressionante no tamanho do Império Romano. Novas aquisições...  Read More >>

Hippocrates Now: The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet Age

Hippocrates Now: The ‘Father of Medicine’ in the Internet...

Author: Professor Helen King (The Open University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350193185
Format: Paperback
$64.99

This book is available as open access through the Knowledge Unlatched programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com....  Read More >>

Georgina Weldon: The Fearless Life of a Victorian Celebrity

Georgina Weldon: The Fearless Life of a Victorian Celebrity...

Author: Joanna Martin ,  Michael Middeke
ISBN: 9781783275823
Format: Hardback
$103.50

A fascinating account of the life of one of the most famous women of the Victorian era.  Read More >>

Medicine: From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel

Medicine: From Biblical Canaan to Modern Israel

Author: Stuart Stanton ,  Kenneth Collins
ISBN: 9781912676736
Format: Hardback
$129.38

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Out Cold: A Chilling Descent Into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia

Out Cold: A Chilling Descent Into the Macabre, Controversial,...

Author: Phil Jaekl
ISBN: 9781549166389
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$171.57

A neuroscientist and journalist takes us on a fascinating and weird journey though the science behind hypothermia....  Read More >>

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