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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. pp: xvi, 240. Some fading to edges of binding. Half-inch tear to top edge of front panel of dust jacket, quarter-inch nick to bottom edge; two short nicks to bottom edge of rear panel. The story of Canadian surgeon Florence Murray's two decades in Manchuria and Korea, and the challenges she faced as a woman doctor in a primitive society where women were not considered worthy of having names. . ISBN: 0525059911. First U. S. Edition.. Paper Covered Boards. Very... more information

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Kingston, ON: Hotel Dieu Hospital., 1995. pp: [viii], x, 216. Illustrated with b&w photographs, art works, documents, plan. Appendices. Full wrap-around cover art is a detail from an original painting by Susan Palosschi, donated to the Hospital by the artist. Bound in card covers with French flaps. A history of the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Kingston.. ISBN: 0969966601. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers.. Fine. 8vo. Canada, Ontario, Medicine, Local History.. ... more information

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London: Arnold., 2000. pp: xviii, 860. Illustrated thoughout with b&w figures to the text: photographs, drawings, graphs, tables., etc. References to the end of each chapter. Sixty-five chapters, each by a different author. Bound in green faux leather, titled in silver on a blue ground. A fine, unread, copy.. ISBN: 0340760168. First Edition. Facsimile Leather.. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to. Medicine, Voice, Larynx.. ... more information

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Richmond Hill, ON.: The Langstaff Medical Heritage Committee., 1979. pp: [x], 44. Frontispiece plus ten pages of b&w photographs. Attractive decorative frieze at the head of each chapter with an illuminated letter. Owner's name to verso of frontispice. Bound in mustard-yellow cloth, lettered in black to the front with gilt decorations. Lillian Langstaff graduated from Toronto Women's Medical College in 1905. She set up practice in Richmond Hill ( north of Toronto) with her husband and practise... more information

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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1885. pp: viii, 647, [1, blank], [8, ads], [1] - 6 (ads), [2, ads]. Illustrated with eighty-eight drawn figures to the text, primarily being microscope studies. Index. Bound in green cloth, triple blind ruled to top and lower boards and titled in gilt to the spine. Light surface wear to the boards; some shelf wear with an inch of the board showing to the bottom of the rear panel; half-inch tear to the top of the front joint. Internally very clean and tight. Contemporary owne... more information

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Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1950. pp: x, 478. Illustrated with 224 text figures, both drawings and b&w photographs, plus a number of b&w photographs. Bibliographies to the end of each chapter. Index. The text is very good, clean, and tight. However the binding is soiled and is showing wear to the head and tail of the spine and to it's edges. Third Impression.. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. Medicine, Anatomy, Kinesiology.. ... more information

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Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger., 1950. pp: 390. 234 text figures comprising b&w photographs and anatomical drawings. Bibliography to the end of each chapter. Index.. Sixth Edition, Second Printing.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall 8vo. Medicine, Kinesiology, Anatomy.. ... more information

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Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger. B.V., 1973. pp: 90. Illustrated with sixty-six text figures; photographs, drawings, etc. References, indices. Tight and clean internally. Owner's name to ffep. Wear to edges of covers with two-inch tear from bottom of front joint. Loosely inserted is an advertising brochure for The electronic Servox Speech Aid after laryngectomy.. ISBN: 9026501730. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fair - Good.. Tall 8vo. Medicine, Voice.. ... more information

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Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins., 1972. pp: x, 319. Illustrated throughout with b&w and x-ray photographs and drawings. Bibliographies are found at the end of each chapter. Appendices, index. Owner's name to ffep. A fine copy.. ISBN: 0683073680. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Small 4to. Medicine.. ... more information

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New York: The Sun Dial Press Inc., 1937. pp: xxii, 484. Frontispiece. Index.Introduction by Sir William Osler. Dust jacket worn to the edges and with a major tear to the front panel repaired with tape to the verso. An excellent biography of the father of modern medicine.. First Thus. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Very Good/Fair, Price Clipped.. 8vo. Biography, Medicine, Physics.. ... more information

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Springfield, IL.: Charles C. Thomas, 1956. pp: xvi, 318. Profusely illustrated in b&w ,primarily with illustrations taken from MSS., art works etc. Bibliography, index. Owner's signature to ffep. Handsomely bound in grey cloth , lettered in gilt to a green ground to the spine. Spine of dust jacket is a little worn to the head and somewhat soiled. Small stain to lower corner of front panel.. Second Printing. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Medicine, History.. ... more information

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Bulletin of the History of Medicine., 1939. pp: [i, frontispiece], 737 - 750. Frontispiece plus five b&w figures. Bibliography. An off-print fromt he Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Vol. VII, No. 7, July, 1939. Bound in blue wraps. Light soiling to the covers; discolouration to the area of the staples; bump to lower corner; crease to top corner of front cover.. Reprint. Printed Wrappers, Stapled.. Near Fine. 8vo. Canada, Medicine.. ... more information

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Philadelphia: P. BLAKISTON'S SON & CO., 1906. pp: 177, [6, ads.]. Some light soiling to the covers, but essentially a near fine to fine copy of this ( obviously) popular volume on toxicology. New material in this edition covers formaldehyde poisoning and anti-dotal methods for snakebites. The book is intended for the medical practioner rather than as a medico-legal reference.. Tenth Revised Edition.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Medicine, ... more information

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New York: Grune & Stratton, Inc., 1981. pp: xxii, 375. Illustrated with text figures; photographs, drawings, tables etc. References to the end of each chapter. Author and subject indices. Bound in full, brown, faux leather ( may be pressed leather) and titled to spine in copper. Dust jacket has a quarter-inch tear with crease to the top of the rear panel. A fine copy.. ISBN: 080891281X. First Edition. Facsimile Leather.. Fine/Very Good. Small 4to. Medicine, Voice, Speech.. ... more information

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New York: Noble & Noble., 1925. pp: x, 406. Appendices, index, questions in psychology. Owner's name to ffep; bookseller's label to front pastedown. Bound in maroon cloth, titled in blind to the top board and in gilt to the spine. Very light wear to the tips.. Revised Edition.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Medicine, Psychology.. ... more information

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Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications., 1976. pp: xviii, 487. Illustrated with twenty pages of b&w photographs, and numerous figures and graphs to the text. Appendices, bibliography, index. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Spine of dust jacket somewhat sunned. Originally published in 1965.. ISBN: 0632083700. Third Edition, Third Printing.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Science, Technology, Medicine, Radiography.. ... more information

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Houston, TX: College- Hill Press., 1979. pp: [x], 533. Numerous b&w text figures, both photographic and drawn. References at the end of each paper. This volume is a record of the proceedings of the Fifth Laryngectomee Rehabilitation Seminar held June 10 15, 1979, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The book contains historical reviews of various aspects of laryngectomy rehabilitations as well as current research and research considerations. Owner's name to ffep else fine.. ISBN: 0933014562. Firs... more information

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Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press., 1972. pp: xii, 225. Appendices, works cited, index. Bound in pale blue cloth, titled in dark blue to top board and to spine. Dust jacket is lightly worn to the edges and extremities; spine somewhat toned. Owner's name to front pastedown. Amongst other things the author demonstrates that speech is essentially the expression of thought.. ISBN: 0801407435. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good, Price Clipped. 8vo. Science, Medicine, Psychology, Thought, Speech, ... more information

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Vancouver/ Montreal.: University of British Columbia Press/ Canadian Association of Radiologists., 1995. pp: xviii, 469. Fully illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, four pages in colour, graphs, tables etc. Annexes, references, notes, appendices, index. Light vertical crease to ffep, else fine. A history of radiology in Canada, with most chapters being by different authors. Several chapters in French.. ISBN: 0969955707. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Tall 4to.. Canada, Medicine, X-rays, Radiolog... more information

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New York: International Universities Press, Inc., 1975. pp: xvi, 502. Index. A series of nineteen scholarly essays on various aspects of masturbation. Fererences are to be found at the end of the respective papers. Half-inch closed tear to the bottom of rear joint; very light wear to the edges.. ISBN: 0823631508. First Edition. Fabricoid. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Medicine, Science, Masturbation, Sexuality.. ... more information

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