Medicine/Health

U.K: William Blackwood, 1968. Book in very good condition, some very slight foxing on edgesm none on pages. Pages 120 and 121 have annotations writen in ink on them. Dustjacket in good condition, closed tear 1-1/2" approx and two minute tears at front bottom edge (see picture), back cover slightly tanned, top edge very slightly rubbed. 306pp. Stories, mainly by surgeons, physicians and nurses from the times of Burke and Hare, 'the body snatchers', through the gas-lamp era of Holmes and Watson into the tumultuous days, in the battle zones on land and on the high seas, of the two Great Wars of the twentieth century. Also medical and surgical work in peacetime. There are tales from Bruma, India, Africa, Australia, Canada and the quiet English countryside. . First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Priory Press, 1973. Book in very good condition, spine and very top and bottom edges very slightly faded. Dustjacket in very good condition, has 1/2" tear at front top, also top edge a little rubbed. 190pp. With 15 plates and 13 text figuresExamining folk medicine from many countries, tracing its origins and development and surprising survival into this scientific and computerized age.. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Turnstone Books, 1979. Book and dustjacket in fine condition. Price clipped. 158pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. more information

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Liss, U.K: White Eagle Publishing Trust, 1983. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, a little cracked at spine ends - on back cover small gold bookshop label. Price clipped. 234pp. Illustrated. The Way of Life advocated by White Eagle is a simple, kindly one and its aim is wholeness, which displaces all disease and inharmony. There are therapies and techniques, and the author shows how everyone can be a healer. . Hard Cover. more information

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The Pentland Press, Durham. 1994.. ISBN 1 85821 143 3. First edition. x., 216pp. An insight into the demands of the profession against a background of growing institutionalisation, and the alleged erosion of personal elements in patient care. Dustjacket and book in very good condition.. Hard Cover. more information

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O'Brien Press, Dublin. 1984.. ISBN 0 86278 014 4. First edition. 192pp. Hardcover. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, has small crease by front top edge. On the operating table lies Ruth Williams. The surgeon and his team are attempting to save her life. This is a minute-by-minute account of the operation. It is based on a true story. Revealing the fears, tensions and hopes of all who take part in the drama of major surgery. The book is also a history of brain surgery from its early probings to its achievements.. more information

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c.1900?. Book in good condition, gilt edged, attractive flower in gilt on front board, spine rubbed, more so at top spine edge, and outer corner edges are a little rubbed. A brownish mark across front board from spine edge to front edge, widest part 1½" by spine and ¼" wide by front edge (see picture). Title-page a little tanned. A good tight copy. (8¾"h x 6") (22cms x 15cms).. Hard Cover. Good.. more information

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