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The Common Touch by J H Leavesley - 1985: A Doctor's Diverting Look at Fourteen Famous Patients
by J H Leavesley
The Common Touch: A Doctor's Diverting Look at Fourteen Famous Patients
by J H Leavesley
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Dr Jim Leavesley, a medical practitioner from Perth, Western Australia, broadcast a series of programs on ABC Radio's The Body Program, dealing with the illnesses of some famous patients. His entertaining accounts of these men and women from the past have been gathered together in this book which looks at how the patients dealt with their ailments and the way they affected the course of history.
The patients are Joan of Arc • Henry VIII • George III • Mozart • Beethoven • Nelson • Florence Nightingale • Napoleon • Lady Flora Hastings • Abraham Lincoln • Van Gogh • Franklin D Roosevelt • Winston Churchill and J F Kennedy.
Dr Jim Leavesley, a medical practitioner from Perth, Western Australia, broadcast a series of programs on ABC Radio's The Body Program, dealing with the illnesses of some famous patients. His entertaining accounts of these men and women from the past have been gathered together in this book which looks at how the patients dealt with their ailments and the way they affected the course of history.
The patients are Joan of Arc • Henry VIII • George III • Mozart • Beethoven • Nelson • Florence Nightingale • Napoleon • Lady Flora Hastings • Abraham Lincoln • Van Gogh • Franklin D Roosevelt • Winston Churchill and J F Kennedy.
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- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0006367143
- ISBN 13 9780006367147
- Publisher Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Place of Publication Sydney
- Date Published 1985
- Keywords leavesley, common, touch, doctor, famous, patients, medical, historical, true, story, ailment, history, joan, arc, henry, george, mozart, beethoven, nelson, florence nightingale, napoleon, flora hastings, abraham lincoln, van gogh, franklin roosevelt, win
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What Killed Jane Austen? : And Other Medical Mysteries
by Biro, George, Leavesley, J. H
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- 9780752459103 / 0752459104
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Mystique, Magic and Medicine. The Healing Art of Ancient Times
by Leavesley, J H
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- 9780642527646 / 0642527644
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 1987. 108pp, bw ills. Or card covers. Minor rubbing, spine a bit scuffed and slightly faded. The fourth book based on the author's ABC RAdio programs this volume traces the passage of medicine from pre-history to the classical period of Greece and Rome.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 8vo.
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A Mixed Medical Bag: a Doctor Looks at Past and Present Quirks and Idiosyncracies
by Leavesley, J H
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- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780642529848 / 0642529841
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. 128 pages, Remainder marker line on the lower page edges. Paperback. Essays from talks given on ABC radio programs.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.
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Potions and Panaceas Physicians and Prophets - Medicine in the Bible the Talmud The Koran and the Vedas
by Leavesley, J H
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Christchurch, New Zealand
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Paperback.
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Potions And Panaceas : Physicians And Prophets
by J.H. Leavesley
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- 9780733300349 / 0733300340
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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ABC Enterprises, Australia, 1990. Softcover. Good. Softcover. 103 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: ABC Enterprises, Australia, 1990. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Page edges slightly foxed. Minor edgewear to covers. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Medicine & Health; ISBN: 0733300340. ISBN/EAN: 9780733300349. Inventory No: 12082004.. 9780733300349
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Mystique, Magic and Medicine (The Healing Art of Ancient Times).
by Leavesley, J. H
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney: ABC Enterprises, 1987. Paperback trade, good condition, black & white drawings, edges little foxed, notable edgewear, old price marks. 108 pp. J. H. Leavesley, an Australian doctor, follows the "passage of medicine" from prehistory to classical ancient Greece and Rome. He includes early medical practices in Mesopotamia, India, China and Egypt. The fourth book based on his popular radio program on ABC Radio.
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A Mixed Medical Bag : A Doctor Looks at Past and Present Quirks and Idiosyncracies
by Leavesley, J. H
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- First Edition
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- 9780642529848 / 0642529841
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Georgetown, South Australia, Australia
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Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corp., 1985. some wear to covers, otherwise book clean and tight.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Potions and Panaceas: Physicians and Prophets [Medicine in the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran and the Vedas].
by Leavesley, J. H
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780733300349 / 0733300340
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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£6.32
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Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), 1990. Paperback large trade, good plus condition, figures, top edge & inside covers foxed, minor edgewear. 103 pp. J. H. Leavesley, an Australian doctor (GP), looks at the role medicine plays in both Christian and non-Christian sacred writings - the Bible, Talmud, Koran, and the Vedas of India. Based on an ABC Radio series.
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