Category: Medical

"A Victory for Progress in Mental Medicine: Defeat of Reactionaries, the History of an Intrigue"

By: Lloyd Vernon Briggs

Price: $80.00

Publisher: USA, Privately printed : 1923

Seller ID: 101044

ISBN-13: 9781258250140

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Near Fine

"A Victory for Progress in Mental Medicine, Defeat of Reactionaries the History of an Intrigue, L. Vernon Briggs, 1924. Privately printed by author. Signed by author on loose paper and pasted into front fly to Dr. Hilbert F. Day of the Harvard. Medical School Faculty. nL. Vernon Briggs practiced medicine in Boston, Mass. and was instrumental in founding the Boston Psychopathic Hospital and Metropolitan State Hospital. His great interest was forensic psychiatry. He was generally responsible for the passing of the "The Briggs Law," which required the psychiatric evaluation of people held in cust...
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"Physiological Mysteries and Revelations in Love, Courtship and Marriage: An Infallible Guide-Book for Married and Single Persons, in Matters of the Utmost Importance to the Human Race"

By: Eugène Becklard

Price: $240.00

Publisher: USA, : 1842

Seller ID: 100944

ISBN-13: 9780266699712

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Becklard's Physiology, Eugène Becklard, 1842. First U.S. Edition translated from the 3rd Paris Edition by Philip M. Howard. The full title Physiological Mysteries and Revelations in Love, Courtship and Marriage betrays the true content with what the short title on the cover belies. A Victorian guide to sex and love and if you can forgive the seemingly backward nature of the advice, this is a remarkably sex positive text given the social context of Victorian life it was published in. Very scarce first edition sex advice book from the 1800s, its miniature size is 3x4.5, presumably more apt to k...
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"The Physiological Action of Drugs, an Introduction to Practical Pharmacology"

By: M.S Pembrey

Price: $25.00

Publisher: UK, Edward Arnold : 1901

Seller ID: 100606

ISBN-13: 9781314255676

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"The Physiological Action of Drugs, an Introduction to Practical Pharmacology. Pembrey and Phillips, 1901. Systematic set of experiments using dissected frogs to determine specific actions upon muscle and heart tissues. Alcohol, ether, chloroform, strychnine, morphine, caffeine, cocaine, and other drugs examined in this context. Presumed first edition, 1901. Red cloth boards, gilt spine. Generally clean and tight. Some age to covers. VG copy. 100pp. 5.5x8.75"
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Eyeless Sight

By: Jules Romains

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Secaucus, Citadel Press : 1978

Seller ID: 101434

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

"Eyeless Sight, Jules Romains, with new introduction Leslie Shepard, Citadel Press, Secaucus, 1978. Romains describes his many experiments which appear to prove that people can see with parts of of the body other than the eyes, and Leslie Sheppard in his new introduction records some sensational contemporary instances of this phenomena. VG paperback. Corner creases to cover, else clean and tight. "
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Infirmities of Genius

By: Dr W R Bett

Price: $20.00

Publisher: UK, Christopher Johnson : 1952

Seller ID: 100183

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Near Fine

Near fine copy with like dj. Minor scuffing to jacket. Illustrated with b&w images.
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Modern Medical Counselor: A Practical Guide to Health

By: Hubert Oscar Swartout

Price: $38.00

Publisher: USA, Pacific Press Publishing Association : 1943

Seller ID: 100693

ISBN: B000K0HYYA

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Quaint home text book covering anatomy, physiology and common medical treatments for multiple medical conditions and situations. Up to date for the 1940s, having been advised and written by team of doctors. Each system is covered with black and white photos and colors plates. VG condition, pages have some slight warp otherwise clean and tight. Green cloth boards slightly faded. Marbled edges. 926pp. 6x8.75"
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Orthopedics A History and Iconography

By: Leonard F Peltier

Price: $100.00

Publisher: USA, Norman Publishing : 1993

Seller ID: 100149

ISBN: 930405471

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Fair

"Norman Orthopedic Series, No. 3. Fine condition book with near fine dj. Large size book with numerious illustrations and photos of medical history and osteopathology."
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Pathology for the Physician

By: William Boyd

Price: $45.00

Publisher: USA, Lea & Febiger : 1958

Seller ID: 100688

ISBN-13: 9780812100211

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Sixth edition, thoroughly revised with 489 illustrations and 12 color plates. Medical doctor's book of diseases fully explained and up to date to the time of its release. 900pp. 7x10. VG. Spine cocked, previous owners sig in pen on inner board. Else clean and tight, no marks. Red cloth boards with gilt title on spine."
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Photographed Illustrations of Skin Diseases

By: George Henry Fox

Price: $325.00

Publisher: USA, E.B. Treat : 1888

Seller ID: 100297

ISBN-13: 9781397307996

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Acceptable

"201pp plus index, all plates present and in good condition. Nearly one hundred photographic cases from life, colored by hand. Second Series. 1888. Spine and hinge repaired, front cover detached, repaired. Foxing, full leather, edge worn. Elephant folio, heavy. Revised second edition, 1885. Eight chapters of diseases plus images taken from real cases to enthrall. Glandular, inflammatory, hemorrhagic, hypertrophic, atrophic, neoplastic, neurotic and parasitic diseases."
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Portfolio of Dermochromes Vol 2

By: Eduard Jacobi

Price: $60.00

Publisher: USA, Rebman Company : 1903

Seller ID: 100147

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

Very good plus condition volume of colorized images of diseases of the skin. A little external shelf wear. Volume Two of 3 volume set. 71 colored plates in near fine condition with extensive explanation of medical pathology.
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Portfolio of Dermochromes Vol 3 Supplement

By: Eduard Jacobi

Price: $50.00

Publisher: USA, Rebman Company : 1906

Seller ID: 100148

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Very good condition volume of colorized images of diseases of the skin. External shelf wear, sunned, red boards spotted. Volume Three of 3 volume set. Numerous colored plates in near fine condition with extensive explanation of medical pathology. collectible copy."
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Selected Writings of Florence Nightingale

By: Florence Nightingale

Price: $10.00

Publisher: USA, Macmillan : 1954

Seller ID: 100516

ISBN-13: 9781528716260

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Good

"Good condition hardbound, red cover with silver titles. Lacking jacket, small tear at spine top. Bookplate. Else VG."
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The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World

By: "Guido Majno, Nick Fotheringham, Susan B. Rothschild, Susan Lee Brunenmeister"

Price: $25.00

Publisher: USA, Harvard University Press : 1975

Seller ID: 101219

ISBN-13: 9780674383302

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Near Fine

"The Healing Hand: Man And Wound In The Ancient World, Majno, Guido, Harvard University Press, 1975. Man's struggle to understand and treat wounds inflicted by nature and and by people. This journey to the beginnings of the physician's art brings to life the civilizations of the ancient world--Egypt of the Pharaohs, Greece at the time of Hippocrates, Rome under the Caesars, the India of Ashoka, and China as Mencius knew it. Probing the documents and artifacts of the ancient world with a scientist's mind and a detective's eye. Near Fine / Near fine. Mild foxing. Illustrated. 570pp."
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The Most Excellent Works of Chirurgerye

By: Joannes de Vigo

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Amersterdam, Da Capo Press : 1968

Seller ID: 101487

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"The Most Excellent Works of Chirurgerye, Joannes de Vigo, Da Capo Press, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., Amersterdam, 1968. Facsimile reprint of 1543 edition in Old English. Vigo's exceptional ""Cirurgie"" is justly considered to be the most complete system of surgery after that of Guy de Chauliac. Vigo was a pioneer of modern surgery, and was one of the first to provide a coherent treatise for the discipline. ""It was a book which especially suited a practitioner who knew nothing of anatomy and feared or dislike to make use of the knife"" Although he is generally known today only for his mista...
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The Story Of Dissection

By: Jack Kevorkian

Price: $80.00

Publisher: USA, Philosophical Library : 1959

Seller ID: 100598

ISBN-13: 9781258077464

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"History of surgical dissection by Jack Kevorkian, well known doctor whom affirmed terminal patient's right to die by physician-assisted suicide. This book was written well before the author conviction for second degree murder in a case of voluntary euthanasia. The text mostly relates ancient and classical origins of surgical exploration. VG with no dj. Rust from paper clip on inside paste down is the only defect. Clean and tight. 80pp."
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Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner

By: "Michael M. Baden, Judith Adler Hennessee"

Price: $15.00

Publisher: USA, Random House : 19895

Seller ID: 100687

ISBN-13: 9780394569826

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Chief medical examiner for the City of New York and chairman for the forensic panel that reviewed the assassinations of J.F.Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Dr. Baden provides a first hand look into the science and politics of criminal medical forensics. VG+ in like dj, 204pp. 6x9"
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Vomiting of Pregnancy: A Symposium of the Current Literature

By: Bisodol Company

Price: $35.00

Publisher: USA, Bisodol Company : 1932

Seller ID: 101042

ISBN-13: 9780849367816

Binding: Hardbound

Condition: Very Good

"Vomiting of Pregnancy: A Symposium of the Current Literature, Bisodol Company, 1932. A collection of anecdotes from medical doctors gathered, edited and published by the pharmaceutical business Bisodol under the auspices of a symposium of preventing toxemia during pregnancy. As the Bisodol Company had a stake in selling antacids, it was an opportunity for them to be associated with the current research in eclampsia, nausea and instances of emesis during pregnancy, Six illustrated plates, fairly explicit. VG condition. 75pp."
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Category: Medical