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Petter Moens Dag-Bok [ Dagbok ]

Petter Moens Dag-Bok [ Dagbok ]

by Moen, Petter

Oslo: J W. Cappelens Forlag, 1949. First Edition. Boards. Good/Good. First Edition. 182, [1] pages. 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Thick pressboard covers with embossed title and author name. Original printed dust jacket. Dj is worn, browned at spine, and with soiling. Text in Norwegian (?). Untrimmed. Boards. The first edition of a biography that describes the "unrevised, impassioned diary of an Oslo underground leader, written while imprisoned at Mollergt 19 in Oslo in 1944. Transferred to Germany, he wend... Read more about this item
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$50.00
[Photographically Illustrated Books] "Haematoma Auris" IN The American Journal of Insanity Vol XXVII

[Photographically Illustrated Books] "Haematoma Auris" IN The American Journal of Insanity Vol XXVII

by Hun, E. R

Utica, New York: State Lunatic Asylum, 1871. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. v, 504 pages. July 1870-June 1871. Brown cloth. Ex-National Institute of Health copy, properly de-accessioned through the Library of Congress with surplus stamp on second flyleaf. Illustrated with a full page photograph opposite page 28. Cloth. Contains an article by E. R. Hun, M. D. called "Haemoatoma Auris" (or sanguineous tumor of the eternal ear), describing the condition ("for a long time observed as a... Read more about this item
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$825.00
Bedlam  London and Its Mad

Bedlam London and Its Mad

by Arnold, Catharine

London: Simon & Schuster. 2008. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Black & white illustrations. 306 pages. Explores the history of the world's oldest psychiatiric hospital - Bedlam from its beginning in 1247 and examines London's attitude to madness over the centuries. The second book in the author's London trilogy. Robust, professional... Read more about this item
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$19.79
Autographed Letter Signed to a fellow doctor

Autographed Letter Signed to a fellow doctor

by PARSONS, A.C. (1823 - 1893)

Providence, RI, 1850. unbound. 2 pages (front and back), 10 x 8 inches, Providence, Rhode Island, June 14, 1850, to Dr. Rufus Woodward, asking him to provide a profile on his recently deceased father, Dr. Samuel B. Woodward, in part: "...As Secretary of the R. I. Medical Society it is my duty to prepare a sketch of the Honorary Members of the Society who have died during the first year. Your father was one, & I am very desirous to mention the most prominent events in his life correctly...Not... Read more about this item
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$300.00
Autographed Letter Signed to a fellow doctor

Autographed Letter Signed to a fellow doctor

by BELL, Luther V. (1806 - 1862)

Charleston, VA, 1855. unbound. 1 page, 9.75 x 7.5 inches, Charleston, Virginia, October 1, 1855, to Dr. Rufus Woodward, during Bell's brief retirement, in full: "Your letter was received just as I was leaving home, and with some others accidentally overlooked until to-day, when the application of an interested party to learn where a patient could be sent when insane, to a State Hospital, reminded me of it. I need scarcely say that I shall be very willing to be referred to via connection with... Read more about this item
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$350.00
Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Insanity; including and inquiry into the Causes Influencing the Results of Treatment in Establishments for the Insane: to which are added the Statistics of the Retreat, near York

Observations and Essays on the Statistics of Insanity; including and inquiry into the Causes Influencing the Results of Treatment in Establishments for the Insane: to which are added the Statistics of the Retreat, near York

by Thurnam, John

London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1845. xx,184,124,(28),xxvi(7) pp. Octavo. Original green patterned cloth. Gilt title on spine. Minor professional restoration to the spine. Original yellow coated endpapers. A number of library rubber stamps on the front endpapers. Pocket removed from the rear paste down. Inner front hinge reinforced. A few marginal library stamps on the edges of the text. Two folding charts. A much nicer copy than the description! The text block clean and tight. This... Read more about this item
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$632.82