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Philadelphia:: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co., 1908.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in flexible gray-green cloth covers with black title and illustration on front cover. Some wear to the covers and light soiling to the cover, previous owner's name stamped on rear endpaper. . First edition. The very uncommon first edition of this useful handbook which has been reprinted and revised many times. Illustrated with 74 photographs and drawings. In addition to the expected information from anatomy to bandages, how to carry a litter, how to deal with sunstroke, fractures, convulsions in children and much more, the final chapter is on first aid contests. References, index. Small format, measuring 6" by 4 1/2" so easy to take everywhere! vii, 247 pp.

New York:: Berkley,, (2006). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Although most U.S. cities in both the North and the South suffered through yellow fever outbreaks for 200 years, the worst in the history of the U.S. was in Memphis Tennessee in 1878, when Memphis became a 'city of corpses.' The federal government to finally determined to find the cause of these debilitating outbreaks. Work that took twenty years but led to one of our greatest successes in medical history: Walter Reed's work in Cuba that finally proved mosquitoes, not "miasma" or filth, brought on a yellow fever season. His work led to later development of a vaccine, the same one still in use today. Notes, selected bibliography. 296 pp.

West Chester, PA:: Schiffer Publishing, , 1987.. First edition -. Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a large trade paperback, not issued in hardcover. A hand-lettered tour of medical history via the doctors' instruments, illustrated with careful and detailed drawings by Wilbur, who is both a physician and an artist. Depicts a wide range of medical instruments from the mid-1700s through current usage, including microscopes, reflex hammers, stethoscopes, blood pressure instruments, electro-cardiographs, ophthalmoscopes, otoscopes, endoscopes, vaginal specula, thermometers, forceps, bullet probes, bloodletting instruments, vaccination lancets, trepanning tools, and others. Includes a price guide, a list of museums, index. Large format, 149 pp. 

New York:: Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt,, (2014). Hardcover -. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Later printing. ,Gawande examines the "ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others - as life draws to its close. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside-down. He finds people who shows us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about." Notes on sources. 282 pp.

New York:: Picador,, (2008). Very good+.. 1st trade paperback printing. An examination of medical failure and triumph, and of how success is achieved in this complex and risk-filled profession. "At once unflinching and compassionate, 'Better' is an exhilarating journey, narrated by 'arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around'." Notes on sources. 273 pp.

New York:: Bermingham & Co.,, 1882.. Hardcover -. A little bit of wear to the edges of the boards, and especially at the ends of the spine, but overall in very good condition.. 4th edition. In his preface to this edition, the British author makes the statement that gynacology is the youngest branch of medical literature, and in discussing surgery, he comments that "it is difficult for us simple-minded Englishmen to withstand American advocacy of surgical operations." Index. 250 pages. Bound in dark green embossed cloth with gold lettering on the spine.

New York & London:: Methuen , (1981.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first comprehensive look at the literature on a sometimes controversial alternative to treatment of alcoholism - one which says that total abstinence is not the only answer. Foreword by D. L. Davies. References. Name and subject indexes. 294 pp. 

Tucson:: Galen Press, Ltd, , (1994). Hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. 2nd printing. A comprehensive book on the physical and cultural aspects of death - from "embalming, cremation, cryogenics, autopsies, organ donation, anatomical dissection, burials, funerals, decay, cannibalism, body snatching, use of corpses in secret rituals and religious ceremonies. This book sheds light on a subject that our society conveniently buries - literally and figuratively." References at the end of each chapter. Illustrated with drawings. Glossary, appendices, index. 705 pp. 

Bristol, Tennessee: : The S. E. Massengill Company, , 1934.. Hardcover -. Good overall in burgundy cloth - some bleaching to the upper edge of the front board, but a sturdy copy. . Third edition revised. The S.E. Massengill Co, founded in 1897 by Samuel and his brother Norman, was one of the most respected in the country until they made a fatal error in 1937 - "a salesman for the S.E. Massengill Co., in Bristol, Tenn., reported a demand in the southern states for the drug in liquid form. The company's chief chemist and pharmacist, Harold Cole Watkins, experimented and found that sulfanilamide would dissolve in diethylene glycol. The company control lab tested the mixture for flavor, appearance, and fragrance and found it satisfactory. Immediately, the company compounded a quantity of the elixir and sent shipments - 633 of them - all over the country. . . Although there were over 100 known deaths, Massengill, the firm's owner, said: 'My chemists and I deeply regret the fatal… Read More

New York:: Norton,, nd [2003.]. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) From the back cover: 'Ignac Semmelweis is remembered for the now-commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, however, this was a subversive idea. With deaths from childbed fever exploding, Semmelweis discovered that doctors themselves were spreading the disease. While his simple reforms worked immediately, they also threatened the medical establishment and so undid the passionate but self-destructive Semmelweis that he failed to overturn the status quo, leaving it to later medical giants--Pasteur, Lister, and Koch--to establish conclusively the germ theory of disease.' A title in the Great Discoveries series. Bibliographical notes. 189 pp.

New York:: Harper & Row,, (1965.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a good dust jacket (some short closed tears, crease on spine of dj).. First edition. "A highly technical monograph on the extent of mortality and morbidity among children resulting from consanguineous marriage in Japan." Chapters include Statistical Methods; The Comparability of the Consanguinity Groups; Inbreeding & Mortality in the Japanese; Medical Histories; Physical Disease; Anthropometries; Radiological Studies of Growth & Development; Dental Characteristics; Laboratory Studies; Neuromuscular & Mental Status; School Data; The 'Average' Child of Inbreeding; The Interpretation of the Effects of Inbreeding; Appendices. Includes charts & tables.Quarto. xii, 419 pp.

New York:: Ballantine,, 1999.. SIGNED -. Near fine.. 1st revised trade paperback printing. All the facts about the new treatment for nearsightedness, astigmatism and farsightedness, by one of the leading surgeons in this area. SIGNED by the author on the half title page, bookplate with 'compliments of the author' inside the front cover.

Indianapolis:: Bobbs-Merrill,, (1954). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark red boards in a very good dust jacket (toning to the pages).. First edition. "The answers to give when your child asks about sex." Illustrated. A slim, slightly oversized book. Reading list. 96 pp

New York:: Random House, (2006). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket (short closed tear to dj at top of spine) .. First printing. "A riveting detective story that plumbs one of the deepest mysteries of biology. The story takes the reader from the torments of an Italian family cursed with sleeplessness to the mad cows of England(and, now America), following an unlikely trail of misfolded proteins." Index, Notes. xxxi, 299 pp.

San Francisco:: The Femina Company, , 1893.. Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in embossed dark brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine and front cover. Missing front endpaper, rear hinge cracked, and usual toning to the pages, but despite the flaws this is still a very sturdy copy on a hard to find book. . First edition. The author was a graduate of the Medical Department of the University of California who also held credentials from the Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg. The prefatory note indicates that this work, deals mainly with inflammatory diseases in women and while imparting strictly scientific information, uses familiar language, avoiding technical terms where possible, to make it accessible to the general reader. For example, in a chapter entitled "Delusions on the Curative Powers of Drugs" Miller emphasizes the body's ability to heal itself. There is also an occasional reference to patent medicines like the "gentle Femina laxative syrup."… Read More

New York:: Crown,, (2013). SIGNED hardcover -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. 5th printing. The culmination of six years of reporting, this book by a Pulitzer Prize winner is a "landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina - and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. . .After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths." Winner of many awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the 2014 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Ridenhour Book Prize, and more. Named an ALA Notable Book and one of the New York Timess Best Ten Books of the Year. INSCRIBED and… Read More

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1970.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in red cloth in a near fine dust jacket. (some light toning, price-clipped). First printing. The second book under his own name, and the first work of nonfiction by the author of The Andromeda Strain and Jurassic Park. Glossary, bibliography. 231 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

New York:: Boni & Liveright,, 1926.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in dark olive green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good printed dust jacket in a lighter olive green (some wear to the dj and minor loss at the top of the spine and corners of folds). First American edition. Volume One only of this work which is part of Stekel's 'Disorders of the Instincts and the Emotions." Authorized English translation based on the third German edition. Notes. viii, 304 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2012.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (upper corners bumped) Uncommon signed. . First printing. An account of the twenty years Sweet spent at San Francisco's Laguna Honda Hospital, the last almshouse in the country, a descendant of the Hotel-Dieu (GodÕs hotel) that cared for the sick in the Middle Ages. "Victoria Sweet writes beautifully about the enormous richness of life at Laguna Honda, the chronic care hospital where she has spent the last twenty years, and the intense sense of place and community that binds patients and staff there. Such community in the medical world is vanishingly rare now, and Laguna Honda may be the last of its kind... God's Hotel is a most important book which raises fundamental questions about the nature of medicine in our time. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the 'business' of healthcare Ð and especially those interested in the humanity of… Read More

Berkeley, CA:: Ronin Publishing,, (2014). Fine (a new copy.). Trade paperback. A book which "explains how researchers believe that the stress response creates an environment that promotes physiological breakdown, while the relaxation Response creates a healing environment. [It] offers specific things you can do, and do today, to turn on your body's innate healing mechanisms, including meditation, prayer, laughter, listening to music and rocking, Qi Gong, gratitude and forgiveness, and more." Index. 235 pp.