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The Great Dead Body Teachers: An adventure into the world of anatomy and dissection
LONGLISTED FOR THE MARK & EVETTE MORAN NIB LITERARY AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE WALKLEY BOOK AWARD 'Donating our bodies for dissection to assist in teaching the next generation of doctors...
You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation
One of America's top physicians traces the history of risk in medicine--with powerful lessons for today Every medical decision--whether to have chemotherapy, an X-ray, or surgery--is a risk, no matter...
Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep
WINNER OF THE 2024 ASJA BOOK AWARD, BIOGRAPHY/HISTORY NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE SELECTION From award-winning journalist Kenneth...
Grow Young with Hgh: The Amazing Medically Proven Plan to
Written by the authors of Death in the Locker Room--which told of the dangers of steroids--this groundbreaking guide presents the first medically proven way to lose fat, gain muscle, enhance...
Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain: Beyond the Spectre of the Drunkard
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By Trust Betrayed: Patients, Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich
$20.00 AUD
Author: Hugh Gregory GallagherBinding: HardbackPublished: Henry Holt & Company, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the dark history of medical ethics during the Third...
Psychopharmacology Update: New and Neglected Areas
$20.00 AUD
Author: Davis, John & Greenblatt, DavidBinding: HardbackPublished: Grune & Stratton, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive update on psychopharmacology, focusing on...
Immune System: Genetics and Regulation
$100.00 AUD
Author: Sercarz, Eli E.; Herzenberg, Leonard A.; Fox, C. FredBinding: HardbackPublished: Academic Press, 1977, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the complexities...
Speech Protocols in Audiology
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ralph R. Rupp, Kenneth G. StockdellBinding: HardbackPublished: Grune & Stratton, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive resource for speech...
Microorganisms and Human Disease
$180.00 AUD
Author: Ernest A. MeyerBinding: HardbackPublished: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions between microorganisms and human health....
Cobalamin - Biochemistry and Pathophysiology
$50.00 AUD
Author: Bernard M. Babior (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1975, First Edition, First Impression Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a...
But Westward Look: Nursing in Western Australia 1829-1979
$20.00 AUD
Author: Victoria HobbsBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Western Australia Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the development of nursing in Western Australia from 1829 to...
Rickets (Nestle Nutrition Workshop Series)
$60.00 AUD
Author: Francis H. GlorieuxBinding: HardbackPublished: Raven Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the nutritional aspects and implications of rickets, contributing to the Nestle...
The Anatomists' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Secrets of the
The Anatomists Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing.There is a rich history...
The Mesmerist: The Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound
Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. The most surgeons could offer by...
The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine
A startling narrative revealing the impressive medical and surgical advances that quickly developed as solutions to the horrors unleashed by World War I. The Great War of 1914-1918 burst on...
Blood and Justice: The 17th Century Parisian Doctor Who Made Blood
In 1667 a Parisian doctor by the name of Jean-Baptiste Denis performed an operation that had never previously been attempted - he transfused blood into another human being. This was...
Casanova's Guide to Medicine: 18th Century Medical Practice
Giacomo Casanova's (1725-1798) reputation as libertine has sadly eclipsed his talents as scholar, linguist, prolific writer and manque doctor. Fortunately for us, he wrote his memoirs at the end of...
Physick to Physiology: Tales from an Oxford Life in Medicine
A murder in Main Quad, a near demise high on Mont Blanc, the lady who survived hanging and became a celebrity, Lord Nuffield's dreadful visits to the dentist, and the...
Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet
$15.00 AUD
Star of Channel 5's television series The Yorkshire Vet, Julian Norton has written a warm, evocative and often funny memoir of his life and the huge variety of animals and...
Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Author: Adam KayBinding: HardbackPublished: Trapeze, 2022, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn 'Undoctored', Adam Kay shares his experiences as a medic and explores the challenges faced...
Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
$40.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth A. A. E. SutherlandBinding: HardbackPublished: Churchill Livingstone, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive medical dictionary provides clear definitions and illustrations of medical terms. It...
Strong Medicine
$15.00 AUD
Author: Arthur HaileyBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday, 1984, FIRST EDITION!Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerStrong Medicine is a compelling novel that delves into the world of the pharmaceutical industry,...
Atlas of the Newborn
$45.00 AUD
Author: Neil O'DohertyBinding: HardbackPublished: Not specified, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe 'Atlas of the Newborn' is a comprehensive reference book featuring 530 photos that aid in...
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
'AN ILLUMINATING AND POWERFUL INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INEQALITIES AND RACISM' - i-D Magazine'A VITAL CALL TO ACTION' - Leah HazardIn the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all...
The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon (SIGNED)
$100.00 AUD
Author: Thomas E. StarzlBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1992Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis memoir provides an insightful look into the life...
In the Arms of Morpheus: The Tragic History of Laudanum, Morphine and Patent Medicines
$15.00 AUD
Author: Barbara HodgsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Greystone Books, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe follow-up to the widely praised Opium, In The Arms of Morpheus is the shocking story of...
Pathology, Professional Practice and Politics A History of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia 1981-2006
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert A. H. Conyers, Colin Macleod, H. Konrad Muller and Eva RaikBinding: HardbackPublished: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, 2006Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides...
Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation: The Essential Guide
$50.00 AUD
Author: John Boland and David W.M. MullerBinding: HardbackPublished: Harwood Academic Publishers, 2001Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis publication demystifies many difficult topics in interventional cardiology and cardiac...
The Healthy Jew: The Symbiosis of Judaism and Modern Medicine
The Healthy Jew traces the culturally revealing story of how Moses, the rabbis, and other Jewish thinkers came to be understood as medical authorities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries....
The Healthy Jew: The Symbiosis of Judaism and Modern Medicine
The Healthy Jew traces the culturally revealing story of how Moses, the rabbis, and other Jewish thinkers came to be understood as medical authorities in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries....
The Enlightened Mr. Parkinson: The Pioneering Life of a Forgotten English Surgeon
Parkinson's disease is one of the most common forms of dementia, with 10,000 new cases each year in the UK alone, and yet few know anything about the man the...
The Healers
$15.00 AUD
Author: John DoeBinding: HardbackPublished: Leslie Frewin, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Healers is a compelling exploration of the various modalities of healing, both physical and spiritual....
The Faber Book of Fevers and Frets
$20.00 AUD
Author: D. J. EnrightBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber Limited, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Faber Book of Fevers and Frets is an edited collection by D. J. Enright,...
What Woman Want to Know: A Gynaecologist's Guide to the Personal Problems of Women's Health
$30.00 AUD
Author: Harold M. Imerman, J.D. FlewBinding: HardbackPublished: Hammond, 1960, First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book serves as a comprehensive guide for...
Clinical Dental Prosthetics: Second Edition Completely Revised and Reset
$40.00 AUD
Author: H.R.B. Fenn, K.P. Liddelow, A.P. GimsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Staples Press, 1970, Second Revised edition: Fourth ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsClinical Dental Prosthetics focuses on the diagnosis,...
Healing Needles
$50.00 AUD
Author: Charles EwartBinding: HardbackPublished: Elm Tree Books, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionHealing Needles explores the art of acupuncture and its significance, highlighting the...
Kill or Cure? Lotions, Potions Characters and Quacks of Early Australia
$30.00 AUD
Author: Peter J. PhillipsBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the history of medicine in early Australia, detailing the various remedies, characters, and quacks...
Physick to Physiology: Tales from an Oxford Life in Medicine
Author: Keith DorringtonFormat: Hardback, 236mm x 160mm, 640g, 288 pagesPublished: Profile Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A murder in Main Quad, a near demise high on Mont Blanc, the lady who...
History of the Royal Medical Society 1737-1937
$30.00 AUD
Author: James Gray; Douglas Guthriebinding: HardbackPublished: Edinburgh University Press, 1952Condition: book: Ex-library, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Aging or marking, markings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the history of the Royal...
But Westward Look - Nursing in Western Australia 1829-1979
$25.00 AUD
Author: Victoria Hobbsbinding: HardbackPublished: University of Western Australia Press, 1980Condition: book: Very good, jacket: Unblemished, page: Good, markings: No markingsThis book explores the history of nursing in Western Australia from...
This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women
Author: Marieke Bigg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.' IRISH TIMES 'A ground-breaking new book.' EVENING STANDARD 'A must read.' DAILY...
Hydrophthalmia or, Congenital Glaucoma
$120.00 AUD
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Duel Without End: Mankind's Battle with Microbes
Author: Stig S. Froland Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 640 In this panoramic and up-to-date account, we learn how the Black Death, smallpox, the Spanish flu and other great epidemics...
How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness
Author: Katherine D. Van Schaik Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 The second-century Greek physician Galen - the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates - is a central figure...
Through A Vet's Eyes: How to care for animals and treat them better
$15.00 AUD
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How to Make a Killing: Death, Dollars and the Business of Blood
Author: Tom Mueller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Six decades ago, researchers achieved the impossible: developing a treatment that transformed kidney failure from a death sentence to a manageable...
Through A Vet's Eyes: How to care for animals and treat them better
Author: Dr Sean Wensley, FRCVS Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 One of the Financial Times' Best Summer Books of 2022 'A compelling account of the trials, tribulations and triumphs...