MEDICAL / History Books

New York: Macmillan, 1996 Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Not price clipped (12.95). No chips. No tears. Photo illustrated throughout in full-color. From the Dust Jacket: "A practical introduction to the benefits of this therapy... Acupressure is used the world over to relieve stress and increase the flow of Chi, the essential body energy. Similar to acupuncture, it uses pressure - rath... more information

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Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare / Public Health Service / National Institutes of Health, 1975 Near Fine condition. Appears unread. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. No creases. Illustrated with many diagrams and two fold-out charts ("Anterior [and Posterior] View of Body Demonstrating Common Acupuncture Points"). Translated by staff of the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. Subtitle: "A... more information

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NY: MD Publications, Inc., 1962. "Essays on the Arts and the History and Philosophy of Medicine," described as traversing "the multifaceted world of medicine and the complex universe of the human mind". Dust jacket has some edge chips.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good -. ... more information

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Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.: Published By Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytic Chemists, 1892 Pamphlet. Octavo. 32 pp., illus., plus decorative printed wrappers, with image of Columbus' landing [for the 400th anniverary?], some tanning, minor chipping at edges, otherwise good. Besides the normal calendar almanac type stuff, it is loaded with advertisements and stories of Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co's wonder drugs; Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Ayer's Pills, & Ayer's Hair Vigor and Catha... more information

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Good condition. Clean.. 142 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. New York (1939, Printing code: October, 1939) (Hardback, about 7 inches tall) (GM2581) (Volume twenty two in the Clio Medica series of primers on the History of medicine) )(Signed by the author in the front flyleaf) ... more information

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Good condition. Clean.. 142 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. New York (1939, Printing code: October, 1939) (Hardback, about 7 inches tall) (GM2581) (Volume twenty two in the Clio Medica series of primers on the History of medicine) ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980. Discusses "the astonishing advances in your lifetime in medicine, science, and technology". Illustrated by Stan Fedinick.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. ... more information

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London: Grange Books, 1991 Cloth. Fair. Quarto. 256 pp., illustrated in color, book good with normal shelf wear, jacket has wear to extremities, some soiling, couple of tears at tips. From the d/j: "Colour explains and describes all the scientific, technical, emotional and aesthetic aspects of colour - our most potent means of perception and communication." This book "brings together in a single difinitive work all aspects of this fascination topic. It explains what colour is, and how the eye... more information

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Good condition. 388 pp. Little, Brown and CIBA Foundation. 1965 (Hardback) ... more information

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Good plus condition. New spine with old spine laid on. New endpapers. Front cover with 1/8 inch ding in top edge. Some wear at cover corners. Covers are original cloth. Clean inside.. IN: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. pages 59-78.1 Plate. Vol. 59 (1876) (Hardback, The complete volume is offered) (GM2983) ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1978 Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. From the Dust Jacket: "This eloquent and exciting book by the head of a large cancer hospital in France, who works directly with patients, offers reassuring, documented evidence that although we still do not know precisely what cancer is or how it works, we have during the last ten years had unprecedented success in treating it." Translated from the Fr... more information

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Good condition. Clean but for pen markings on front endpaper. No dust jacket.. 120 pp. John Hale, Sons and Danielson. London 1930 (Hardback) ... more information

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Chula Vista, California: New Century Press, 1999 5.25" wide by 8.5" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Flat spine, with one minor reading crease. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated with many photographs, including X-rays and micrographs. Seems to be a nutritional approach, including avoidance of certain foods and products. Presents successful case histories. From the cover: "Including hard evidence of tumor shrinkage and disappearance… The success rate for advan... more information

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Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Old Saltbox Pub Co, 1990. Clean, tight copy with no writing or markings. Not an ex-library book. Includes numerous photographs, introduction, and 3 chapters.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Measures: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". 48 Pages. ... more information

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Danvers, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Old Saltbox Pub Co, 1990. Very slight cover wear. Nice, tight copy.. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. ... more information

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Penguin Books, 1988. Soft Cover. Very Good. 331 Pages ... more information

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Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1989 Fine condition in bright, shiny Fine Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Illustrated with a few maps and photos. Appendix (List of Greek-Jewish Victims). Selected bibliography. Holocaust memoir of a Greek Jew in Auschwitz-Birkenau, and later in Dachau as a "prisoner-nurse" (the rank permitted to physic... more information

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Good condition. Small tear at top of spine. No dust jacket.. 468 pp. llustrated. J. B., Lippincott (1941, second impression) (Hardback) ... more information

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Very good condition. Spine and cover edges faded. Little to no cover wear. Interior unmarked but for name on front endpaper and 1/4 by 2 inch piece cut out of rear endpaper. Scattered foxing.. 160 pp. Bailliere Brothers. New York. 1861 (Hardback, brown cloth) ... more information

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Chicago: Normandie House, 1940. "A collection of historical narratives of the lives of great American physicians and surgeons whose service to the nation and to the world has transcended the scope of their profession." With introduction by Harold W. Camp and twenty portraits by Raymond Warren. Dust jacket has moderate wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Good. ... more information

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