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Bodies Politic(2021) PORTER, ROYA magisterial account of representations of the body in health, disease and death.Vezava: Mehka28,50 € -
Paracelsus(2019) MORAN, BRUCE T.A new account of the controversial alchemist, physician and social radical known as Paracelsus.Vezava: Trda27,97 € -
Under the Knife(2018) LAAR, ARNOLD VAN DEThe history of surgery in 28 famous operations - from Louis XIV to JFK, and from Einstein to Houdini.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Crossing Colonial Historiographies(2010) MUHKARJI, PROJIT B.This book offers an innovative engagement with the diverse histories of colonial and indigenous medicines.Vezava: Trda42,76 € -
Beatons(2015) BANNERMAN, JOHN W. M.The history of an exclusive and knowledgeable Gaelic medical family who served several centuries of Scottish noble families.Vezava: Mehka33,27 € -
Dr James Barry(2017) DU PREEZ, MICHAEL,DRONFIELD, JEREMYA Sunday Times Best Book of the Year and a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick – the remarkable story of the extraordinary woman who defied her times by living as a manVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Murderous Contagion(2015) DOBSON, MARYThe human stories behind disease, plagues and epidemics and their deadly impact through history.Vezava: Mehka19,62 € -
Blood and Guts(2016) HOLLINGHAM, RICHARDAccompanying a BBC series, Blood and Guts is an incredible story of stolen corpses, medical fraud, lobotomized patients - and every now and then courageous advances that have saved the lives of millions around the world. You may think twice before goingVezava: Mehka28,04 € -
Rats, Lice and History(2017) ZINSSER, HANSFrom the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy’s fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Hans Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shapVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Florence Nightingale at Home(2020) CRAWFORD, PAUL,GREENWOOD, ANNA,BATES, RICHARD,MEMEL, JONATHANAs a young woman, feeling imprisoned at home, she broke free to become a woman of action, bringing home comforts to the soldiers in the Crimean War and advising the British population on the home front how to create healthier, contagion-free homes.Vezava: Mehka41,57 € -
Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine(2019) ALARCON, GRACIELA S,ALARCON, RENATO DExplores the events surrounding the discovery of the etio-pathogenic agent of the Oroya Fever, also known as Peruvian Verruga or Carrión's disease by Dr. Alberto Leonardo Barton. Graciela S. Alarcón and Renato D. Alarcón recount Barton's persistent work aVezava: Mehka42,33 € -
In-Vitro Fertilization(2018)With thousands of IVF babies born every year, this science based memoir records the early history and pioneering spirit of in-vitro fertilization. Chapters by internationally-recognized specialists in the field record their personal views on the developmeVezava: Trda134,75 € -
World Health Organization(2019) CUETO, MARCOS,BROWN, THEODORE M. (UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK),FEE, ELIZABETHA history of the World Health Organization, covering major achievements in its seventy years while also highlighting the organization's internal tensions. This account by three leading historians of medicine examines how well the organization has pursuedVezava: Mehka62,73 €







