On Sea-Sickness.
by Barker, Fordyce
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Kanab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton; New York; 1893., 1893 Copyright 1870, this edition 1893. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt front board lettering, all edges gilt, 6 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches, 36 pp. Binding shaken, some signatures starting, and one page loose. Complete. Rare. "I will now offer a few suggestions in regard to the prevention and management of sea-sickness, and the treatment of its results." "Publishers' Notice: The following paper first appeared in the New York Medical Journal of November, 1868. As there has been a great demand for this number of the Journal, the publishers have requested the author to add such prescriptions as he has found useful in relieving the suffering from sea-sickness, and now offer the paper in the present form. New York, June, 1870". (3214002). Hardcover. Fair.
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- Bookseller
- Boojum and Snark Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2954
- Title
- On Sea-Sickness.
- Author
- Barker, Fordyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- D. Appleton; New York; 1893.
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- MEDICINE, SEASICKNESS, TREATMENT, PREVENTION HISTORY
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- History;
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