Comparative Health Policy.
New York: Palgrave, 2010. Third edition. Paperback. 309 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Third edition. A critical examination health care around the world. Some faint shelfwear to covers. Textblock clean & crisp.
MEDICINE & HEALTH
Fertility and the Male Life-Cycle in the Era of Fertility Decline.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. Cloth. 376 pp, 8vo. Cloth in dj. Minor shelfwear, sl. bump/crease to upper corner of few center pgs. Pencil checkmarks beside some chapter titles in Contents pgs and to few scattered margins throughout. Else clean. Dj lt. shelfworn, sl. scuffing to panels.
Introduction to Homeopathic Medicine:; Second Edition
Beaconsfield, England: Beaconsfield Publishers Ltd., 2002. Second edition. Paperback. 285 pp., 8vo. Paperback. Second edition. A systematic intro to the principles of homeopathic medicine; w/ comprehensive entries on diagnoses & remedies. Also containing Dr Margaret Tyler's invaluable 'Study of Kent's Repertory' in an appendix. Very light scuffing & wear to.....
Cardio-Charting:; Universal Method of Recording Heart Auscultation
New York: Macmillan, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. 58 pp., 4to. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated w/ charts & diagrams. Some light scuffing & shelfwear to boards. Slight sunning & shelfwear to spine. Binding sturdy. Slight foxing to textblock edges. Po stamp to ffep otherwise pgs clean & crisp.
Stories of Sickness.
New Haven: Yale Univ Pr, 1988. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 210 pp.; collection of writings on the experience of sickness, the perspective of the patient, giving emphasis to the role of narrative in the physician-patient relationship; DJ lightly soiled and shelfworn, esp. at corners and edges; stamp on ffep.....
Anatomy and Histology of the Mouth and Teeth.
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1923. Sixth edition, revised. Cloth. 461 pp., 8vo. Cloth hardcover. Sixth edition, revised. W/ 362 medical illustrations. Heavy dampstain discoloration, slight rubbing & wear to boards & spine; slight cocking/shaking but binding holding. Slight soiling to textblock edges. Slight foxing/soiling & dampstains to pds.....
Dr. Howe and the Forsyth Infirmary.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. Cloth. 8vo. 188 pp. Corners sl. bumped. Cloth and interior clean & bright. Review slip and letter laid in. Dj sl. soiled, several nicks, 2" closed tear and crease to rear panel, 1/2" closed tear to front panel. Founder of the Boston pediatric dentistry.....
John Browne's Myographia Nova.
New York: Editions Medicina Rara, Ltd., circa 1970. Leather. 109+ pp., folio. Brown leather hardcover in slc. #82 of 300 copies bound in full leather. Facsimile reprint w/ plates from 1697 London edition. Folio Medicina Rara Vol. 1, No. 1 laid in. Boards & spine fine. Binding tight. Gilt textblock.....
Buch der Cirurgia.
New York: Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., (1970). Limited edition. Hardcover. 128 paginated leaves (256 pgs), 4to. Full parchment, in slipcase. Facsimile reprint of the 1497 ed. In German. Limited to 2800 total copies, of which 300 are bound in full parchment and numbered in roman numerals; this is no. LXXXII.....
A Manual for the Practice of Surgery.
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1879. Leather. 945 pp. 4to. Leather. Wear, soiling, and peeling to boards. Very large damp stain to front cover. Bumping to corners w/ board exposure. Bits of white paper stuck to front cover. 5" crack to front joint. Large pieces of spine label missing. Binding between.....
A Boke or Counseill against the Disease called the SWEATE (1552).
New York: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1937. Cloth. 8vo. xix + (78 pp/39 fol.) Spine and edges sunned, cloth discolored. Corners bumped. Endpapers foxed, owner's ink signature on ffep. Faint inkstamp price on rfep. Interior clean and tight. Facsimile of the Streeter copy, printed by Richard Grafton, London, 1552. The.....
New England Popular Medicine.
Boston: George A. Curtis, 1848. Cloth. 620 pp. 8vo. Library cloth. Newer eps. Lightly edgeworn, sp. foot lightly bumped, several sm. brown stains to cloth. Browning and lt soil to textblock. Sunning to ep edges. Soil and foxing to original ffep. Foxing to many pages. Po.'s ink signature to original.....
The English Malady (1733).
Delmar, NY: Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. 280 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint. Inscribed in pen on ffep by Ted Carlson. Light shelfwear to boards & spine. Binding sturdy. Textblock clean, practically crisp. Inscribed.
"Plum Blossom" Needle Therapy.
Hong Kong: Medicine & Health Publishing Co., 1982. Hard Cover. 64 pp. 8vo. Boards in dustjacket. Wear to jacket, 1 1/2" tear w/ crease to bottom back corner, sunning to spine. Bowing to boards, edgeworn. Endpapers slightly soiled.
Almroth Wright: Provocative Doctor and Thinker.
Wiliam Heineman Medical Books, Ltd., 1954. Cloth. 8vo. 286 pp. Jacket soiled slightly, dampstain to spine and rear cover of jacket, some wear and tiny chips to edges. Some browning to page edges, faint spotting to endpapers. Black and white photos.
Central Nervous System Effects of Hypothalamic Hormones and Other Peptides.
New York: Raven Press, 1979. Cloth. 8vo. 435 pp. Light wear to corners and spine ends of cover, corners lightly bumped. Former owner's name crossed out to ffep. Dj has wear to corners and spine ends.
A Textbook of Pharmaceutical Analysis.
NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1967. Cloth. 8vo. 614 pp. Spine is slightly shaken with spine edges lightly bumped. Dj spine is sunned with small closed tear across spine and wear at front joint. Price sticker on inside front flap. Dj rear cover is white and shows soil. A detailed.....
Statistical Report on the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States, 2 vols.
Washington, D.C. George W. Bowman, 1860. Half-Leather. 4to. Leather worn, corners and spines scraped. Top of spine, Vol. II chipped 1/8". Ink stamps and library markings on endpapers, title pages, copyright pages. Bindings tight. Title cont'd: "..Compiled fromt the records of the Surgeon General's office.." Vol. I: 703 pp. ".embracing.....
Women on the Verge:; The Culture of Neurasthenia in Nineteenth-Century America
Stanford, CA: Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, 2004. Paperback. 85 pp., 4to. Flexible softcover. Profusely illustrated w/ art. Light shelfwear to covers; slight scuffing to rear cover. Binding tight. Some very light soiling scattered to mostly clean & crisp textblock.
The American Dispensatory.
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1831. Leather. Thick 8vo. 832+ pp. Rubbing to covers, joints, spine ends, edges, and corners. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Joints cracked. Spine cracked, faded, heavily rubbed, and browned. Boards slightly exposed at corners. Covers scratched, small part of back cover peeled. Hingesplit to front.....
London Medical Examiner, Monthly Review of Practical Medicine, Volume II; Appendix to the Treatise on the Structure, Diseases, and Injuries of the Blood-Vessels; Examination of the President and Examiners of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
London: Teape and Son, 1852. Cloth. 8vo. 454 pp. Corners bumped and worn away, small pieces missing to spine ends, tear to spine head, cover partially detached from binding, soiling. Former owner's inscription to ffep.
Tumor Virus Infections and Immunity.
Baltimore: University Park Press, 1976. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 271 pp. Spine ends and corners very lightly bumped and rubbed. Very light rubbing to dj edges. Sixteen reports and evaluations of advanced research into carcinogenic viruses, with particular emphasis on immunological aspects.
One Man's Food...
New York: Richard Marek Publishers, 1980. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 225 pp. Light shelfwear to edges of cover. Small tear to front cover of dj. Owner's name in ink on ffep. A revolutionary new method of natural healing based on personal blood type. A complete guide to the foods.....
Tumor Immunology:; Immunotherapy and Cancer Vaccines
Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hardcover. 355 pp., 8vo. Hardcover. Ex-library; w/ stickers, date card & stamp. Cancer: Clinical Science in Practice series. A comprehensive survey of advances in the understanding of the relationship between the cancer cell & the immune response. Scuffing & light wear to boards. Light.....
Men Against Death.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 349 pp. First UK edition, in VG condition. Minor wear to edges, light soiling to textblock and endpapers, binding slightly shaken. Interior clean and crisp. Sunning/light soiling to dj, wear to dj edges, small piece missing from upper dj spine end. "An.....