Search Results: Health and Medicine from Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB

New York: Plenum Trade [0-306-45565-X] [1997], 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 352pp. Photographs, tables, graphs, notes, index. Previous owner's inscription. Foreword by Kenneth L. Kaplan, Keith Peters & Daniel L. Schodek. (Medicine, Medical Innovations, Robosurgery, Surgery).

Toronto: Robert Rose 978-0-7788-0215-0 [978-0-7788-0215-0] 2009, 2nd edition, newly expanded and revised. (4to paperback) 413pp. Very good plus. Illustrations, index, advertisements. The covers are lightly edgeworn. "We owe it to ourselves to learn as much as possible about any preventative or therapeutic treatment we may be considering. This certainly applies to medicinal herbs, which have gained widespread populuarity in managing common health conditions. This book has been written for anyone interested in herbal remedies and treatments, as well as health-care professionals who are looking for the most current and authoritative information". (Medicine, Guidebooks, Health, Herbal Medicine, Herbs, Medicinal Herbs, Medicine, Natural Remedies, Reference).

Ottawa: Queen's Printer 30/1 [30/1] [copyright date 1965], 3rd edition. (Staplebound) 32pp. Very good. Illustrations, tables. Bound upside down. Fitness exercises for men. Publisher series: Physical Fitness Series. (Fitness, Exercise, Physical Fitness, R.C.A.F.).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf [0-679-44715-6] 1997. (Hardcover) 276pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Appendix, notes, index. "From Dr. Andrew Weil - one of the most brilliant and universally respected of the vanguard of doctors and medical researchers who are profoundly changing the ways in which we think about healing and health - his most immediately useful and important book. Here, in Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Weil translates the brilliant insights and discoveries he outlined in his acclaimed best-seller, Spontaneous Healing, into a practical plan of action". (Medicine, Healing, Health, Medicine, Mental Health, Nutrition, Physical Health).

Pavia: Edizioni Medico-Scientifiche [1989]. (4to) Very good plus in very good dust jacket. 405pp. Monochrome and color photographs, charts, graphs, diagrams, index. Text in Italian and English. Parallel text in Italian and English. (Medicine, AIDS, Disease, Epidemics, Medical Research).

New York: Raven Press [1982]. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 278pp. Photographs, tables, graphs, diagrams, notes, index. Edited by J. Hirsh & J. Fraser Mustard. (Health, Acetylsalicylic Acid, Aspirin, Disease, Prostaglandins).

St. Paul: Adler-I-Ka Co. 1919. (Ephemera) Very good. 4pp. The printed pale blue card covers of a note book (contents missing), the inside front is for personal information to be entered by the owner, and the back cover contains testimonials on both sides. The spine is split from the bottom staple hole to the top, and the covers are a bit soiled with some creasing on the back cover. (Health, Adler-I-Ka Co., Patent Medicines).

London: H.K. Lewis & Co 1941. (Hardcover) 451pp. Very good, no dust jacket. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Photographic frontispiece. The covers are lightly edgeworn and rubbed and there is a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. "Some men command admiration by their intellectual gifts; others, perhaps fewer, attract by the magnetic charm of their personality. When these characteristics are combined in the same individual, his influence is irresistible. Such a man was William Osler" - from a note in the text by W. Langdon-Brown. (Medicine, Doctors, Health, Lectures, Medicine, Medicine--Canada, Nurses, Nursing, Pathology, Physiology, Speeches, Students).

London: Oxford University Press 1908, 1st edition. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 334pp. Owner's bookplate. Minor wear at ends of spine, with a very small tear at the top. (Medicine, Biography, Canadian Author, Doctors).

New York: Works Publishing Company 1939, 1st edition. (Hardcover) 400pp. Good, no dust jacket. The scarce first printing of the first edition. In red cloth with titles in gilt. Additional half-title after p.viii and 3 blank pages at the back. The covers are worn at the corners and spine, and some writing in red pencil on the front endpaper and inner board. (Addictions, Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Self Help).

New York: Alcoholics Anonymous 1964, 2nd edition, 1st British printing. (Hardcover) 575pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. The title page imprint is New York and copyright page states 'Printed in Great Britain by Hazell Watson & Viney...', the price on the bottom front flap of the jacket is 32 / 6. The jacket has minor edgewear including chipping and a small edge-tear. Rare. (Addictions, Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism, Self Help).

Kelowna: Apple Communications [0-9695681-3-4] 1998. (Trade paperback) Very good. 185pp. Illustrations, notes, references, index. The spine is lightly faded and cocked. "This book discusses twenty-five common ailments and provides modern, natural therapies that have been proven to help these conditions. A brief discussion of the condition is followed by conventional medical treatment. Then natural treatment beginning with diet, vitamins and minerals, nutritional supplementation and botanical medicine is outlined. Each specific botanical medicine is discussed in detail. The book is fully referenced from current scientific research articles from around the world". (Alternative Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Diet, Illness, Infection, Medicinal Herbs, Minerals, Natural Healing, Remedies, Vitamins).

Toronto: British Drug Houses (Canada) [circa 1955]. (Ephemera) 2pp. Very good. A single fold brochure. There is a horizantal fold. (Health, Iron, Medicine, Pharmacy).

Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Publisher 1958, 4th edition. (Trade paperback) Very good. 150pp. Frontispiece, chronology, index. English translation of Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. Book about William Harvey. Translated by Chauncey D. Leake. (Medicine, Blood, Medicine).

Nutley: Roche Laboratories [1966]. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 135pp. Gilt lettering, embossed cloth cover, diagrams, bibliography, index. (Medicine, Drugs, Sleep).

New York: Global Medical Communications [1994]. (Folio hardcover) Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. 146pp. Color illustrations, color photographs, bibliography, index. Previous owner's name. (Medicine, Allergies, Medical History).

Canada: Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine [0-7720-1243-1] [1979]. (Hardcover) Very good in very good dust jacket. 77pp. Photographs, chronology, bibliography, indices. Previous owner's name. Locale: Canada. (Medicine, Bibliography, Periodicals).

New York: Alcoholics Anonymous [0-916856-92-5] 1998, 1st printin. (Trade paperback) 170pp. Near fine. Text in Croatian Language. (Addictions, Addictions, Alcoholics Anonymous).

Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg 1988. (Pamphlet) Very good. 37pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Based on the work of Harold B. Gill, Jr.. Time Period. Publisher series: Williamsburg Craft Series. Locale: United States; Virginia; Williamsburg. (Medicine, Apothecary).

Lexington: University Press of Kentucky [0-8131-3586-1] 2012. (Hardcover) 386pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Maps, illustrations, tables, notes, bibliography, index. "For a number of reasons, Appalachians living both in and outside the region face significant challenges in obtaining effective and affordable health care. Accurate, up-to-date information about Appalachians' health care needs and the resources that communities have developed to meet them is essential to overcoming these challenges. In Appalachian Health and Well-Being... The contributors introduce specific recommendations for vital research, suggest practical approaches to curtailing health inequities suffered by Appalachians, and present best-practice models for successful health intervention in the region and beyond". Foreword by Richard A. Couto. Locale: Appalachia; USA. (Medicine, Medicine).