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New York, USA: Boni & Liveright. Bound in smart black cloth with gilt titles to spine, this dated 1927 hardcover First Edition is VG. 235pp with Preface, and 11 chapters. Condition VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1927.

New York, Boni And Liveright, 1927. Hardback. 1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 235 ; 20 cm. A nice copy of Fishbein's second book. "Morris Fishbein M. D. (1889 -1976) was a physician who became the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950. In 1961 he became the founding Editor of Medical World News, a magazine for doctors. In 1970 he endowed the Morris Fishbein Center. He was also notable for exposing quacks, notably the goat-gland surgeon John R. Brinkley, and campaigning for regulation of medical devices. " (Wikipedia, 2017) Contents: An encyclopedia of cults and quackeries -- The cult of beauty -- The craze for reduction -- Rejuvenation -- Rejuvenation : the mechanical and glandular methods -- Bread and some dietary fads -- The end of eclecticism -- Physical and electric therapy -- Psychoanalysis : a cultist movement? -- Ethics : Medical and otherwise -- The physician of the future. SUBJECT(S) : Medicine. Quacks and quackery. Boards are slightly worn but… Read More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Small octvo, pp 235, uncut, the corner of one page margin almost detached (very minor), otherwise extremely clean internally, dark blue cloth very slightly faded but otherwise a very good copy. Extremely scarce. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. First edition. Fine in a fine graphic dust jacket with a small abrasion to the spine.. 8vo, 235pp;.