History of medicine books

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Pain: A Cultural History

Pain: A Cultural History

Author: J. Moscoso
ISBN: 9781403991188
Format: Hardback
$74.99

Halfway between history and philosophy, this book deals with the historical forms that have permitted the understanding...  Read More >>

Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia

Three Decades of HIV/AIDS in Asia

Author: Jai P Narain
ISBN: 9788132109075
Format: Hardback
$110.50

Contains country-specific chapters on the HIV/AIDS problem-low-prevalence countries such as Bangladesh and Sri Lanka...  Read More >>

L'incontournable caste des femmes: histoire des services de sant au Qubec et au Canada

L'incontournable caste des femmes: histoire des services...

Author: Marie-Claude Thifault
ISBN: 9782760307827
Format: Paperback
$72.99

Une invitation a decouvrir sur plus d'un siecle la place predominante de plusieurs generations de femmes qui ont...  Read More >>

Can Onions Cure Ear-ache?: Medical Advice from 1769

Can Onions Cure Ear-ache?: Medical Advice from 1769...

Author: William Buchan ,  Melanie King
ISBN: 9781851243822
Format: Hardback
$19.99

Although plenty of Dr Buchan's advice is still sound today, much is amusing, and some is downright dangerous, this...  Read More >>

The Sociology of Medical Regulation: An Introduction

The Sociology of Medical Regulation: An Introduction...

Author: John Martyn Chamberlain
ISBN: 9789400748958
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession....  Read More >>

Destiny of the Republic

Destiny of the Republic

Author: Candice Millard
ISBN: 9781594136146
Format: Paperback
$60.69

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Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture in China's Northeast

Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium, and Culture...

Author: Norman Smith
ISBN: 9780774824286
Format: Hardback
$77.60

Examines how alcohol, opium, and addiction were portrayed in the culture of China’s Northeast during the first half...  Read More >>

The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History

The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History

Author: Georges C Benjamin
ISBN: 9780875530208
Format: Paperback
$79.20

The Quest for Health Reform: A Satirical History is an engaging historical book that recounts the chronology of...  Read More >>

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly Virtuous Grover Cleveland Survives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the Courageous Newspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth

The President Is a Sick Man: Wherein the Supposedly...

Author: Matthew Algeo ,  Alexa Coelho
ISBN: 9781613744567
Format: Paperback
$29.99

An extraordinary yet almost unknown chapter in American history is revealed in this extensively researched expos....  Read More >>

William Richard Gowers 1845-1915: Exploring the Victorian Brain

William Richard Gowers 1845-1915: Exploring the Victorian...

Author: Ann Scott ,  Mervyn J. Eadie
ISBN: 9780199692316
Format: Hardback
$178.95

Sir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical neurologists of the nineteenth century. Co-authored...  Read More >>

China Interrupted: Japanese Internment and the Reshaping of a Canadian Missionary Community

China Interrupted: Japanese Internment and the Reshaping...

Author: Sonya Grypma
ISBN: 9781554586271
Format: Hardback
$144.10

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Herbal Medicine in Yemen: Traditional Knowledge and Practice, and Their Value for Today's World

Herbal Medicine in Yemen: Traditional Knowledge and...

Author: Ingrid Hehmeyer ,  Hanne Schoenig
ISBN: 9789004221505
Format: Hardback
$401.28

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The Stealth Virus

The Stealth Virus

Author: Paul D Griffiths ,  Paul D Griffiths (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield)
ISBN: 9781477566794
Format: Paperback
$33.00

Paul Griffiths, Professor of Virology at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London studied medicine...  Read More >>

Medical Licensing and Discipline in America: A History of the Federation of State Medical Boards

Medical Licensing and Discipline in America: A History...

Author: David A. Johnson ,  Humayun J. Chaudhry
ISBN: 9780739174388
Format: Hardback
$179.95

Medical Licensing and Discipline in America traces the evolution of the U.S. medical licensing system from its historical...  Read More >>

The Urinal of Physick

The Urinal of Physick

Author: Robert Recorde
ISBN: 9781479323128
Format: Paperback
$63.33

The first edition of Robert Recorde's 'The Urinal of Physick' was printed in London, at the sign of the Brazen Serpent,...  Read More >>

The Politics of Addiction: Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England Since the 1960s

The Politics of Addiction: Medical Conflict and Drug...

Author: S. Mars
ISBN: 9780230221383
Format: Hardback
$84.99

The Politics of Addiction  examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private...  Read More >>

Mary Lincoln's Insanity Case: A Documentary History

Mary Lincoln's Insanity Case: A Documentary History...

Author: Jason Emerson
ISBN: 9780252037078
Format: Hardback
$80.99

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Rabid

Rabid

Author: Bill Wasik ,  Monica Murphy
ISBN: 9781470826468
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$158.37

"An engrossing and lively history of the fearsome and mythologized virus. In the tradition of ""The Emperor of All...  Read More >>

Seeking the Cure

Seeking the Cure

Author: Ira Rutkow, M D
ISBN: 9781416538417
Format: Paperback
$60.69

A timely, authoritative, and entertaining history of medicine in America by an eminent physician Despite all that...  Read More >>

The Plague Epic in Early Modern England: Heroic Measures, 1603–1721

The Plague Epic in Early Modern England: Heroic Measures,...

Author: Rebecca Totaro
ISBN: 9781409441717
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Presents modernized versions of ten of the most poignant of plague poems in the English language - each composed...  Read More >>

Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages

Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle...

Author: William H. York
ISBN: 9780313378652
Format: Hardback
$96.00

In considering the range of medical practitioners in each society, and the kinds of health care they provided, it...  Read More >>

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