Medical Biography

USA: Privately Printed, 1885. Interior is VG; cover has moderate edgewear and is faded. Rare copy of this collection of memorials to Joseph Gaston, MD, born in Basking Ridge, NJ in 1816; died 1885. Presented by way of letters from and to Dr. Gaston, mostly from the late 1830's to 1840's, with the last one being dated November 10, 1864, from his brother John to Dr. Gaston, noting his jubilation on the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln. Illustrated with tipped-in photos of Dr. Gaston and some of his family members.. First Edition. Leather. Fair. more information

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Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1845. "Exhibiting the public and private life of the most celebrated medical men of former days; with memoirs of eminent living London physicians and surgeons", in two parts - this if Part I only. Starts off with "antiquity of physic, and defence of medical men", covers "eccentric medical men", some "early struggles of eminent medical men" and ends with "celebrated medical poets". Only library marking if an embossed stamp on title page. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Upper part of spine edge is split; otherwise light exterior wear. Light foxing.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. Minimally Marked Ex-Library. more information

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NY: Charles C. Morchard and Co., 1935. Memorial tribute to Dr. Williams, who served in the arena of public health in New York City, as Deputy Commissioner of Health of New York State, in the Medical Reserve Corps, as military surgeon in the 80th Division, Sanitary Inspector, as Chief Surgeon in Tours, etc. After the war, he served as Director of the Rockefeller Commission for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in France, later as Managing Director of the National Tuberculosis Association, Director of the New York Academy of Medicine, etc. A man with great dedication and many honors. Some pages are uncut; light exterior wear/rubs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, Co, 1916. "Proceedings and addresses at the reception and banquet in honor of Dr. Lewis Stephen Pilcher, in celebration of the completion of his services of fifty years as a doctor of medicine, by the medical society of the County of Kings, U. S. Grant Post No. 327, of the Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Montauk Club of Brooklyn on Friday evening, the twelfth of May, Ninteen sixteen, at Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, New York. Honoring this post Civil War surgeon, who served 5 years as a Navy surgeon. Includes letter of honor from Dr. Willilam Osler. 1/2 inch worm hole down from top page edge affecting pages 9 - 42. Some pages uncut; corner wear.. First Edition. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Baltimore: The University Club, 1935. This memorial meeting was held at the University Club on May 22, 1934, and contains a portrait of Dr. Welch (tipped-in frontispiece) and addresses by Alfred Jenkins Shriver, Governor Albert C. Ritchie, Dr. John Huston Finley, Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, John Adams Kingsbury, Colonel Fielding H. Garrison, and Mayor Howard W. Jackson. Light exterior soils / fading.. Original Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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USA, 1900. PHOTOCOPY of these proceedings and addresses, for the noted American pediatrician, Dr. Abraham Jacobi, "on the occasion of the Seventieth Anniversary of his Birthday, May Five, Nineteen Hundred". . Photocopy. Leather. Very Good. more information

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Baltimore: Baltimore City Health Department, 1955. Scarce copy of this collection of brief biographies of some more modern great men of medicine, including the Doctors Edward Jenner, Lemuel Shattuck, Robley Dunglison, Edwin Chadwick, William Farr, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Pasteur, William H. Welch, Hermann M. Biggs, and Wade Hampton Frost. 27 pages.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Chicago, IL and Crawfordsville, IN: R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1959. The Directory of this renowned medical society, founded by surgeons of the United States and Canada in 1913. A great reference of 806 pages.. Original Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. more information

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Philadelphia, 1922. Proceedings of this December 27th, 1922 celebration of Louis Pasteur, on the date of the 100th anniversary of the scientist's birth. Includes the addresses given at the 2 sessions held this day, Illustrated with black and white photographs of the several reknowned presentors; in a beautiful flexible paperboard with simulated leather cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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NY: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.. Volume XXV of the Health Bulletin for Teachers, with Part I being on Medical Education and Research (Sir William Osler, William Henry Welch, Elizabeth Blackwell, Theobald Smith, Howard Taylor Ricketts, Hans Zinsser, Walter Bradford Cannon, Sir Frederick Grant Banting, and Florence Rena Sabin); and Part II being on Public Health Education and Administration (William Thompson Sedgwick, Charles Value Chapin, William Crawford Gorgas, Ellen Henrietta Richards, Lillian D. Wald, S. Josephine Baker, and Mabel Caroline Bragg).. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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La Habana, Cuba: Centro Nacional De Informacion de Ciencias Medicas, 1981. Interior is VG; cover has light wear/marks. Scarce copy of this work, No. 63 from Cuaderno de Historia de la Salud Publica, containing writings about Doctor Francisco Cabrera Saavedra, Doctor Manuel V. Bango Leon por el Doctor Manuel Fernandez Muniz, Doctor Ignacio Calvo y Cardenas por el Doctor Andres Escanaverino Cespedes, Doctor Gustavo G. Duplessis y Aispurua por el Doctor Jose A. Presno y Albarran, Doctor Federico Grande Rossi por el Doctor Ortelio Martinez Fortun Foyo, Doctor Juan Guiteras Gener por el Doctor Alberto Recio Forns, Doctor Raimundo G. Menocal y G. Menocal por el Doctor Dario Arguelles, Profesor Abraham Perez Miro por el Doctor Oscar Jaime Elias, Doctor Leonel Plasencia Montes por el Doctor Jose M. Martinez, Diego Tamayo y Figueredo por el Doctor Horacio Abascal, and Doctor Vicente Benito Valdes por el Doctor Rodolfo Tro Perez. Illustrated.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -. more information

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Portland, ME: Marks Printing House, 1902. 50 page "Account of the Complimentary Dinner given by the past and present Medical Officers of the Maine General Hospital to Dr. Charles Oliver Hunt on his retirement from the Superintendency of the Institution, Falmouth Hotel, 5 November, 1902". Dr. Hunt served as superintendent there from its opening day in 1874 to his resignation in October of 1902. Frontispiece photo of Dr. Hunt. Medical bookplate on front endpaper. Light exterior wear; water mark on inner top corner of frontispiece. . First Edition. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1928. Biographical summary of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928) and the memorial tributes to him, with the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania presiding at the William B. Irvine Auditorium, December 4, 1928. Frontispiece if portrait of Dr. Smith. Smith was a chemist, educator, President of the Electoral College for Pennsylvania, author on theoretical and applied chemistry, historian, Provost, etc. Minor edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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By the Association. Includes memoirs to George Eli Bennett (1885-1962), Frederick Augustus Bothe (1897-1963), James Morley Hitzrot (1875-1963), Walter Grierson Maddock (1901-1962), Michael Livingood Mason (1895-1963), Frank Lamont Meleney (1890-1963), Charles Franklin Mitchell (1875-1962), Rawley Martin Penick, Jr. (1898-1963), William McCullough Tuttle (1905-1962), Beth Vincent (1876-1962), John McMaster Waugh (1905-1962), and William Crawford White (1886-1962). Illustrated. . Journal Offprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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NY: The Committee for the Golden Jubilee Tribute to Dr. Sidney V. Haas, 1949. A tribute to this great pediatrician - "In honor of his pioneering contribution to Celiac Therapy and the Treatment of the Hypertonic Infant, and of the completion of his fiftieth year of medical practice". Illustrated. Minor edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1970. Condensed biographies of Rembrandt, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, Benjamin Franklin, and Sir William Osler. Illustrated. Top edges gilt. Dust jacket has light wear.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. more information

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Paris: Privately Printed, 1936. RARE copy of this discourse on Doctor Octave Pasteau (1870 - 1957) , noted French urologist and creator of the Secretariat of the National Associations of Catholic Doctors. Written in French. This 33 page publication has several pages uncut; light exterior marks.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -. more information

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Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1957. "A collection of papers by and about the Father of American Pharmacology - Investigator, Teacher, Prophet 1857-1938." Light exterior wear and fading.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Philadelphia: G. B. Zieber & Co., 1845. "Exhibiting the public and private life of the most celebrated medical men of former days; with memoirs of eminent living London physicians and surgeons", in two parts - this if Part I only. Starts off with "antiquity of physic, and defence of medical men", covers "eccentric medical men", some "early struggles of eminent medical men" and ends with "celebrated medical poets". Cover has significant wear; foxing throughout.. First Edition. Fair/No Jacket. more information

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USA: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1939. A collection of speeches, letters and tributes to Dr. Harvey Cushing given at his 70th birthday celebration by the members of the Harvey Cushing Society at their eighth annual meeting, held in New Haven, CT on April 6 - 8, 1939. Dr. Cushing died while this tribute was in press. Illustrated.. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Boston: Shepard, Clark & Brown, 1857. Biography of the noted Boston physician and Revolutionary War general "Embracing the prominent events of his life, and his Boston Orations of 1772 and 1775; together with the celebrated eulogy pronounced by Perez Morton, M.M., on the re-internment of the remains by the Masonic Order, at King's Chapel, in 1776." Bound together with two additional tomes - "Russia and England - Their Strength and Weakness" by John Reynell Morell (Riker, Thorne & Co., NY, 1854); and "The Union of the States" by Anna Ella Carroll (James French and Co., Boston, 1856). Minor wear to corners and spine ends; foxing on endpapers and title page; hinge cracking at junction of Dr. Warren's biography and the Russia-England book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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London: John Murray, 1922. Biography of this nineteenth century English physician, who studied and worked in both England and France, before moving to the Yorkshire moors when "the call of the moorlands was not to be resisted". Wear to corners; bottom right corner of cover is significantly faded; otherwise minor exterior wear.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. more information

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Springfield, IL & Baltimore, MD: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1940. A series of medical articles written and put together to honor Dr. Frank Howard Lahey, for his birthday celebration June 1st, 1940. The dedication notes of Dr. Lahey "You have honored medicine, and medicine delights to honor you." 466 pages. Small moisture mark on bottom right corner of some pages; few exterior rub marks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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London: Chapman and Hall, 1937. Medical stories by the author of Leaves from a Surgeon’s Case-Book (1938); The White Coated Army (1938); Behind the Mask (1940); A Surgeon’s Heritage (1953), Surgeon's Journey: The Autobiography of J. J. Abraham (1957), who also wrote under the pseudonym of James Harpole. Light edgewear; few exterior rubs.. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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NY & London: Whittlesey House/McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1944. Interior is VG, however the exterior has significant mottling of the cloth around the edges. "A rather intimate autobiography of Isaac Arthur Abt", with the author's "homely philosophy and his wise counsels set forth in fascinating anecotes and experiences". . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. more information

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Maitland, FL: By the Author, 1968. Autobiography of this Iowa-born early 20th century physician, offering "a full panorama of modern medical history". Illustrated. Light exterior wear.. First Edition. Stiff Card Covers. Very Good -. more information

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NY: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1963. Light rubmarks on rear of dust jacket. Stories about doctors, with distinguished writers sharing their favorite doctor stories, with "more than 100,000 words of laughter and pathos". . First Edition, Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: The MacMillan Co, 1949. Autobiography of Jane Addams and the story of Hull-House in Chicago, which was opened by her in 1889 in the Charles Hull mansion at 800 S. Halsted street, in Chicago. Aided by Ellen Gates Starr, Miss Addams helped hundreds of Chicago immigrants and others gain a place of self-respect in society. Edgewear and exterior rub marks. Miss Addams' campaigns for social and labor reforms were known the world over and she won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. In the years following 1889, about a dozen . 1949 Printing of 1910 First Edition. Very Good -/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1952. Biography of Dr. Norman Bethune, who served during WWI, was afflicted by tuberculosis, and later made thoracic surgery his specialty, becoming world famous for his operative techniques. Coer has wear to edges and light exterior soils.. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. more information

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Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 1963. Dust jacket has light edgewear and fading. The story of America's Family Physician and popular columnist tells his life stroy from mining-camp doctor to Mayo Clinic specialist. Illustrated. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. more information

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USA: Covenant Press, 1965. Dust jacket has edgechips and is faded. The story of Paul Carlson "who chose to use his technical training to help the diseased and dying in the Congo", which choice cost his his life. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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Wellington, Auckland and Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 2970. "Case history" and autobiography of this country doctor in the Lake Wakatipu district of the South Island of New Zealand. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. Book spine has a 3" split on bottom part of spine.. Sixth Printing. Very Good -/Very Good -. more information

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NY, Evanston and London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964. "A personal portrait of a towering spiritual leader, by his film biographer." Illustrated. Dust jacket has light edgewear.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good -. more information

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NY & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979. "The true story of a modern man of medicine who rose from poverty and imprisonment, a story of the excitement of science, the rush of discovery, the rivalry of factions, the rough and tumble of personalities in a supposedly objective world." The authobiography of this Obstetrician/Gynecologist - childhood in Lebanon, youth in Brazil, adulthood and medical practice in the United States.. DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good. more information

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USA: Harvard Medical Alumni Association, 1970. Biography of this innovator in modern medical education. Includes early industrial hygiene material and a chapter on the formation of Harvard School of Public Health and its early liaison with MIT. Illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good +. more information

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Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1949. Minor exterior wear/marks. Biography of this great behavioral psychologist and researcher, offering a concise account of both his life and his work. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-Library. more information

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Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1978. Biography of this nineteenth century Louisville, KY physician, from The Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf publications. Minor corner edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. more information

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NY: Scholastic Book Services, 1965. The story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. Illustrated by Evelyn Copelman. Pages are lightly age-toned; minor exterior wear/marks.. Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. Ex-Library. more information

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NY: The MacMillan Co, 1939. Autobiography of Dr. S. Josephine Baker who expanded the scope of public health care as the first director of New York's Bureau of Child Hygiene from 1908 to 1923. In 1917 she became the first woman to earn a doctorate in public health from the New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College (later the New York University School of Medicine). Frontispiece is a black and white photo of Dr. Baker. . Stated First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. Dampstain along right side of front cover; spine label is rubbed. "The reminiscences of the distinguished physician and medical authority, long identified with Johns Hopkins, where he succeeded his old friend and mentor, Dr. Osler, as head of the Department of Medicine." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Only. more information

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Buffalo, NY: The Peter Paul Book Co., 1898. Late 19th century thoughts of Dr. C. Barlow - on his "peculiar profession", "lessons of value in the management of the sick, and especially of the contagious and infectious diseases", the responsiblities of the physician, etc. Illustrated with drawings. Interior is VG; however the cover has significant stains and light wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Only/No Jacket. more information

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NY: The MacMillan Co, 1970. 402 page autobiography of the great Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who was the first to perform a human heart transplant. This is his fascinating personal and professional story. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good +. more information

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Palham Manor, NY: By the Author, 1940. A typewritten manuscript of this biography of Dr. Joseph Strong, who served as a surgeon in the Legion of General Anthony Wayne during the Ohio Campaign of 1793-1797, later practicing medicine in Philadelphia. Later published in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. With copies of a few of his letters, including 1 to Dr. Benjamin Rush. Water mark along bottom edge of pages; edgewear to cover.. Original Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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London: Constable & Co., Ltd., 1930. Biographies of the medical greats: Gilbert the Englishman, John of Gaddesden, Thomas Linacre, William Harvey, Thomas Sydenham, Hans Sloane, John Hunter, Edward Jenner, James Young Simpson, Joseph Lister, and William Osler. Light edgewear.. Second Printing. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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NY: Veritas Press, 1940. "Musings on hobbies, meals, patients, sport and philosophy" with several contributing authors. Dust jacket has minor edgechips and age-toning.. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. more information

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NY: The MacMillan Co, 1940. Biography of the First Baron Moynihan of Leeds, "the most famous English surgeon of his day". Illustrated. Minor wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Zurich: Juris Druck & Verlag, 1980. GM 2226 - Biography of this 1st head physician of the Medical University Clinics of Basel and noted mathematics theorist who wrote about Hypergeometric Tails. Written in German, includes bibliography. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. more information

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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1968. Biography of this "First Significant Figure in American Medicine", (1663-1728). From the Publications of the Institute of the History of Medicine, First Series: Monographs, Volume V. Previous owner's name on ffep; ink underlining; water mark along bottom of page edges; small smudge mark on cover.. First Edition, Second Printing. Good/No Jacket. more information

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Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1935. Dr. Crummer was at the time of his death associate editor of The Annals of Medical History, member of American Heart Association, Associate Editor of the American Heart Journal... "He served as a Captain in the Medical Corps during WWI, and practiced in Omaha, Nebraska. Includes "a word in memory by A. Edward Newton and numerous memoirs and appreciations." Text is illustrated. This copy is inscribed, dated and signed by Dr. Crummer's widow. Few exterior marks.. SIGNED BY DR. CRUMMER'S WIDOW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. more information

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NY: Time Incorporated, 1962. The story of the murder trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams, in the mid-1950's in Great Britain, for the murder of his patient, Mrs. Edith Alice Morell.. Soft Cover. Very Good. more information

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