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DEVILS, DRUGS AND DOCTORS - The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Man to Doctor by Haggard, Howard W - 1946

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DEVILS, DRUGS AND DOCTORS - The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Man to Doctor by Haggard, Howard W - 1946

DEVILS, DRUGS AND DOCTORS - The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Man to Doctor

by Haggard, Howard W

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New York: Pocket Books, 1946. (xvii) 427 pp. Pocket Book 379. Edge and corner wear with creasing on the covers and spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with line drawings. The Chapters are: The Conquest of Death at Birth: Childbirth and Civilization; Sairey Gamps and the Midmen; The Compassion of Peter Chamberlen; A Gentleman with Clean Hands May Carry the Disease. The Story of Anesthesia: In Sorrow Thou Shalt Bring Forth Children. The Progress of Surgery: Making an Anatomy; The Greatest Surgeon. The Passing of Plague and Pestilence: The Black Death; Pestilence and Personal Liberty; Pestilence and Moralists; The Medical Thread in the Moral Snarl. The Healing Art: The Halt the Lamb and the Blind; White Magic and Black; A Drug on the Market; The Turning Point; Toward a Better Civilization. And Medicine Through the Ages: Civilization and Medicine; followed by an index.. First Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Good Only.
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  • Publisher Pocket Books
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1946
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by Haggard, Howard W. (Wilcox), 1891-1959

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N.Y., Blue Ribbon, c1929.. Hard Cover. xxii, 405 p., [9] leaves of plates,150 illus., 22 cm. IAB. Stock# 34,739. Good+/ dj poor, panels torn.
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DEVILS, DRUGS, AND DOCTORS

by HOWARD W. HAGGARD

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New York: Pocket Books, 1946. The story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor with 150 illustrations. Wraps have scuffing and edgewear, mild blistering to front wrap. 2 moderate chips from spine cover. Moderate age-toning to page margins.Text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. Book shows heavy wear/ spine cracked along inside front spine hinge, pages clean/ boards scuffed and soiled; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped and frayed; top and bottom 1/8 inch of spine torn off/ readers slant/ several pages and page tips creased/ previous owners name on front end page
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1946. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+/No Jacket. A comprehensive history of medicine & healing from ancient times to the present, with 150 illustrations from original sources. In 427 pages. Orig. published in 1929 by Harper & Bros, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from Pocket (No. 379), the first printing from May 1946. Condition is Good+: completely clean & unmarked, binding secure but with rightward lean, light spine creases, pages moderately tanned, heavier around edges, but completely supple. Clear acetate covering is peeling in many places, but largely intact. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Blue Ribbon Books, 1929. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. A comprehensive history of medicine & healing from ancient times to the present. Orig. published in 1929 by Harper & Bros, this is a later reprint from Blue Ribbon Books, identical in content, with 150 illustrations from original sources. Hardcover book has blue cloth-covered boards with faded lettering to spine. Condition is solidly Good: generally very clean, but pages are heavily foxed around edges & tanned overall, but unmarked. Text block secure, but binding cracked at half-title page. Summary of contents pasted inside front cover, causing discoloration to facing ffep. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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