History of medicine books

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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: 9783030697112
Format: Paperback
$362.22

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

The Itch: Scabies

The Itch: Scabies

Author: Craig
ISBN: 9780192848406
Format: Paperback
$80.95

Using a wide range of clinical images and vignettes, this book examines the essential clinic details of scabies...  Read More >>

The Nature of Disease

The Nature of Disease

Author: Lawrie Reznek
ISBN: 9781032255170
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1987, this book is about the classification of bodily conditions into diseases. It provides...  Read More >>

The Experience of Illness

The Experience of Illness

Author: Ray Fitzpatrick ,  John Hinton
ISBN: 9781032255620
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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Epidemiology and Health Policy

Epidemiology and Health Policy

Author: Sol Levine ,  Abraham Lilienfeld
ISBN: 9781032243900
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1987, this book examines the priorities of health policy in the late 20th Century and the...  Read More >>

Cholera 1832: The Social Response to an Epidemic

Cholera 1832: The Social Response to an Epidemic

Author: R. J. Morris
ISBN: 9781032244198
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British society’s response to the threat of disease. It is...  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: 9783030706777
Format: Paperback
$129.35

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

Disease, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion

Disease, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Western...

Author: Roy Macleod ,  Milton J Lewis
ISBN: 9781032235394
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1988, the essays in this book focus primarily on colonial medicine in the British Empire...  Read More >>

Nutrition and Disease

Nutrition and Disease

Author: R. J. Jarrett
ISBN: 9781032244389
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1979, this book presents a coherent body of information on the inter-relation between nutrition,...  Read More >>

Conflicts in the National Health Service

Conflicts in the National Health Service

Author: Keith Barnard ,  Kenneth Lee
ISBN: 9781032252292
Format: Hardback
$221.00

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Health Care: Priorities and Management

Health Care: Priorities and Management

Author: Gwyn Bevan ,  Harold Copeman
ISBN: 9781032234984
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1980, this book explores how the NHS confronts perennial stresses and problems, considering...  Read More >>

Disease and Urbanization

Disease and Urbanization

Author: E. J. Clegg ,  J. P. Garlick
ISBN: 9781032253169
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Originally published in 1980, this book focusses attention on various aspects of disease ecology. A series of contrasts...  Read More >>

Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology

Sociological Theory and Medical Sociology

Author: Graham Scambler (University College London, UK)
ISBN: 9781032255286
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1987, this book builds bridges between medical sociology and mainstream theory.  Read More >>

Mental Health Care and Social Policy

Mental Health Care and Social Policy

Author: Phil Brown
ISBN: 9781032252421
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Originally published in 1985, at a time when the previous 2 decades had witnessed dramatic changes in the US mental...  Read More >>

India's Historical Demography: Studies in Famine, Disease and Society

India's Historical Demography: Studies in Famine, Disease...

Author: Tim Dyson
ISBN: 9781032244761
Format: Hardback
$252.00

When this book was originally published in 1989 here had been virtually no studies of the country’s historical demography....  Read More >>

Health, Disease and Society: A Critical Medical Geography

Health, Disease and Society: A Critical Medical Geography...

Author: Kelvyn Jones ,  Graham Moon
ISBN: 9781032254005
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1987 this textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of medical...  Read More >>

Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood

Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood

Author: Scott Selberg
ISBN: 9781517902292
Format: Paperback
$54.99

""With no known cause or cure despite a century of research, Alzheimer's disease is a true medical mystery. Scott...  Read More >>

Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood

Mediating Alzheimer's: Cognition and Personhood

Author: Scott Selberg
ISBN: 9781517902285
Format: Hardback
$270.00

""With no known cause or cure despite a century of research, Alzheimer's disease is a true medical mystery. Scott...  Read More >>

Neurocinema—The Sequel: A History of Neurology on Screen

Neurocinema—The Sequel: A History of Neurology on Screen...

Author: Eelco F. M. Wijdicks, MD, PhD, FACP (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA)
ISBN: 9781032220055
Format: Hardback
$231.00

The history of neurology as seen through the lens of the filmmaker is fascinating and extraordinary. Neurocinema,...  Read More >>

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal: A History of Transcultural Psychiatry

Spiritual and Mental Health Crisis in Globalizing Senegal:...

Author: Alice Bullard
ISBN: 9780367631000
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book explores the history of mental health in Senegal, and how psychological difficulties were also expressed...  Read More >>

The Cure of Rupture by Paraffin Injections

The Cure of Rupture by Paraffin Injections

Author: Charles C Miller
ISBN: 9789356152236
Format: Paperback
$19.51

The book The Cure of Rupture by Paraffin Injections has been considered important throughout the human history,...  Read More >>

Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy

Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol,...

Author: Charles Barnes Towns
ISBN: 9789356154988
Format: Paperback
$23.08

The book Habits that Handicap: The Menace of Opium, Alcohol, and Tobacco, and the Remedy has been considered...  Read More >>

An Authentick Account of the Measures and Precautions Used at Venice; By the Magistrate of the Office of Health, for the Preservation of Publick Health

An Authentick Account of the Measures and Precautions...

Author: Anonymous
ISBN: 9789356089389
Format: Paperback
$19.07

The book An Authentick Account of the Measures and Precautions Used at Venice; By the Magistrate of the Office...  Read More >>

Curiosities of Medical Experience

Curiosities of Medical Experience

Author: J G Millingen
ISBN: 9789356152441
Format: Paperback
$37.80

The book Curiosities of Medical Experience has been considered important throughout the human history, and...  Read More >>

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