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Octavo (9 x 6 inches) Santa Fe, New Mexico: San Vicente Foundation, Inc., 1949. First Edition. 156 pages, illustrated with black and white full page captioned photos; black and white sketches, at chapter headings, and one colored drawing, all done by Gerri Chandler.

Designed by Merle Armitage, printed by the Rydal Press. Hardcover, very good condition, light salmon colored paper over boards, bibliography, and index.

A scholarly study of Pima ethnobotany culture. Names and brief biographies of the Native American participants, with a description of the plants they use, and their purposes There is also a section on games and legends.

Octavo (8 5/8 by 5 5/8) Baltimore, Maryland, 1874. 32 page pamphlet, in sewn wrappers, illustrated with captioned woodcuts, "PRICE, 25 CENTS." printed on front cover. Very good condition (with minor age toning to upper margin of front cover, not affecting contents).

"The important discovery of Oersted of Copenhagen, which demonstrated the identify in nature, of electric and dynamic electricity with magnetic force, was soon followed by the invention of the Electric Telegraph. The attention of electrilcians was concentrated upon electro-physics until the perfection of the mechanical contrivance by Morse. In due time it was made known to the Medical Profession that electricity was a powerful therapeutical agent, and its application in the treatment of disease wrested from the hands of quacks and charlatans. Electro-therapy is now an important specialty in medicine . . . in the treatment of nervous diseases . . . experiment has shown that it is applicable to the treatment, the relief and cure of other… Read More