Opium Addiction (From the Narcotic Wards of the Philadelphia General Hospital)
by Arthur B. Light, Edward G. Torrance, Walter G. Karr, Edith G. Fry, and William A. Wolff
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: American Medical Association, 1930. cloth, maroon buckram with gilt lettering on spine, cover., wear to corners, spine ends. owner names to front pastedown and rear. binding a little weak, yet sound. clean. no text or exterior markings. no other ownership markings.; 116pp., tables, charts, several b/w photos. ten articles describing the results of in-patient experiments with volunteer addicts - struggling through their first decade as criminals.; not a reprint, scarce thus.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20368
- Title
- Opium Addiction (From the Narcotic Wards of the Philadelphia General Hospital)
- Author
- Arthur B. Light, Edward G. Torrance, Walter G. Karr, Edith G. Fry, and William A. Wolff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Morphine Addiction.; Studies on Morphine Addiction.; History of Addiction.; Drug Addiction in America.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drugs;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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