Search Results: MEDICAL from Ray Boas, Bookseller

New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0231120249 From dementia and Alzheimer's to sensory loss, neuroscientist Lawrence Whalley delves into the mystery of the aging brain. 182pp.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1879. HC. good, green cloth (hardcover) light wear to cloth. color plates. 269pp.

n.p.: Hannah Inst History of Medic, 1979. HC. very good++, dark blue/black cloth (hardcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0772012431 This bibliography is the descendant of an earlier work entitled A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANADIAN MEDICAL PERIODICALS, WITH ANNOTATIONS. The present work attempts to rectify errors and omissions present in the earlier book and to continue the bibliography from 1934 down to 1975. 77pp.

London: Vernier Press, 1994. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 1898825009 This monograph endeavors to show how, before the sophistication of modern electronic aids, the deaf found some help in articles of a rare and beautiful ingenuity. 58pp.

n.p.: Taiwan Provincial Health Dep, 1993. HC. good+, blue cloth (hardcover). B&W and color ill., tables. The first chapter is a basic introduction to the history and causes of blackfoot disease. It describes the collective preventive efforts in the past forty years. Chapter two is written from an epidemiological viewpoint, covering the epidemiological distributions of the disease by geography, gender and age. Chapter two also discusses the possible relationship between blackfoot disease and cancer. The third chapter introduces the symptoms, anatomical changes, disease stages, clinical standards and treatment methods of blackfoot disease. Chapter four discusses the origin of blackfoot disease. Chapter five discusses medical treatments and cures. Chapter six looks at past achievements and future prospects for the prevention of blackfoot disease. Appendix is a collection of all related references to help advance future research. 105pp.

Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc, 1955. PB. good, wraps (softcover). Author was my grandfather. In the 1920s he was the youngest Chief of Staff at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. One of the first heart specialists, and developer of the EKG machine, his first machine was in my attic when I was a child, but my Dad gave it to the Smithsonian about 1960. 113pp.

Middlebury, VT: Painter House Press, 2006. PB. fine, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations. ISBN 0615130496 Photojournalist George Bellerose tackles the question of community health care by listening to residents of Addison County, Vermont. 212pp.

Des Moines, IA: Found. Chiropractic Edu, 1977. HC. good, light blue cloth (hardcover) owner's address label. B&W illustrations. A Conservative Approach to Health Restoration, Maintenance, and Disease Resistance" published by The Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research. Owner's address label on front pastedown. 118pp.

New York: The Guilford Press, 1987. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). B&W ill., tables. ISBN 0898627257 The first comprehensive reference on the theory, research, and treatment of cocaine problems. The authors, acknowledged experts in their respective fields, provide a wealth of practical information for assessing and treating cocaine abuse. 262pp.

New York: The Critic and Guide Co, 1909. HC. good, maroon cloth (hardcover) light edgewear to cloth SEE NOTE. This set was in a health service library with stamp inside front cover, and spine labels. Light edgewear, and top/bottom of spines. Clean and tight set including: VOL. I: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRICS, 445pp; VOL. II: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRICS, 646pp; VOL III: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PEDIATRICS, 472pp; VOL. IV: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THERAPEUTICS, 454pp; VOL V: CONTRIBUTIONS TO PATHOLOGY; 381pp; VOL. VI: MEDICAL ADDRESSES; 467pp; VOL. VII: MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES AND WRITINGS, 632pp; and, VOL. VIII: MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES AND WRITINGS; 613pp. This bookseller is related to Dr. Jacobi.

East Lansing, MI: Michigan State Univ. Press, 2004. PB. very good+, wraps (softcover). ISBN 0870137069 Chronicles Ruth Schwartz's life with Ana during the tumultuous twelve months following transplant surgery. 151pp.

New York: Elsevier, 1979. HC. good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0444990682 Examines social adaptations to deformed, debilitated and aged persons. 220pp.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) press release & photo laid in. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0151002037 "Benjamin Spock Raised a Generation of American Children-- and Almost Destroyed His Family and His Career." The first comprehensive biography written with Spock's complete cooperation. 520pp.

Chicago, IL: Year Book Publishers, Inc, 1939. HC. fine, 50 plates in black slipcase - faint private number on box. B&W illustrations. From the preface, "This Atlas is not intended to illustrate all the diseases found in the fundus oculi. Fifty photographs have been selected to illustrate important or interesting congenital anomalies and fundus disease. ... The pictures are actual photographs ... taken with the reflex free Nordensen Fundus Camera.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0684179504 208pp.

Chicago, IL: Alex Eger, 1900. HC. good, green cloth (hardcover) FFEP detached. B&W illustrations. Tight copy, front free endpaper (brittle paper) detached and laid in. 236pp, index.

Boston: George W. Light, 1841. HC. good, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) edgewear. A compilation of William Alcott's writings including: Dosing and Drugging; How to Prevent Consumption; City and Country; Right Use of Fruits; Thoughts on Bathing; Breathing Bad Air; Clothing and Temperature; Domestic Poisons; Tight Lacing; Abuses of the Eye; Health in Common Schools; and, Right Use of Physicians. NOTE - edgewear to leather, and wear top of spine.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1995. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0231101902 A dramatic personal account of the resiliant citizens of Merida--gay, straight, and bisexual. 168pp.

Rochester, MN: Whiting Printers & Stationer, 1971. HC. very good+, green cloth (hardcover) owner's name. B&W illustrations. The invention of the ophthalmoscope initiated the Golden Age of Ophthalmology. 127pp.

Chicago, IL: A. Robertson & Co, 1905. HC. very good, red cloth (hardcover). 239pp.