Search Results: Medical from JimsOldBooks

Bicester, Oxfordshire: Speechmark Publishing, 2001. Includes CD. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Deals with the Accent Method of Voice-Therapy, a holistic therapy technique designed to coordinate breath, voicing, and articulation and to enhance overall communication. Designed originally in Scandinavia as a treatment for stammerers , but used in treating patients with other voice disorders. Now also used to develop vocal skills in singers. 176pp, b&w diagrams.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Edward Arnold, 1970. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book containing twenty pieces by different contributors on topics relating to the title. 478pp, b&w illustrations and diagrams.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Andre Deutch, 1960. Unclipped dustwrapper has creasing and tears to the edges, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, two previous owners' names on f/ep, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's memories of his time as a doctor in a small English country town. 191pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2006. A crease to bottom corner of front cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. A biography of Patrick H Gillies, who was the doctor on the Slate Islands in the Firth of Lorn from 1890 until his death in 1930. 212pp, b&w illustrations.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Chest and Heart Association, 1962. Minor scuffing on the back cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book, being a collection of pieces by different authors all originally given at the Sixth Commonwealth Conference on Tuberculosis which was held at University College, Ibadan, Nigeria. Mostly the pieces relate (understandably) to the disease in Africa. 248pp, 4pp b&w illustrations, tables and diagrams in the text.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1909. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red boards, also some old water-stains. Some fading to spine and rubbing to the black titles thereon, but they are still readable; those on front board are still clear, very slight rubbing to edges of b&w picture of man doing stretches. A previous owner's name on f/ep, binding a bit loose at pp60-61 and to a lesser degree at pp76-77, but otherwise a good clean copy off this not-very common hard-cover book. About half the book deals with the author's ideas on the value of exercise, the other half with three sets of exercises, intended for ladies, men and stronger ladies, and for stronger men. 122pp, 35 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: The Universal Press, 1931. No dustwrapper, spine is faded and pages yellowed, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, being a collection of amusing (in the 1930s anyway) anecdotes dealing with the medical profession. 157pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1926. No dustwrapper, some wear to spine ends and corners of red boards, some fading to spine but gilt titles thereon are still clear, an old (original?) owner's name and address on f/ep, some yellowing and foxing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in May 1922 just after the death of the author, this is a slightly later "Cheaper Edition" from July 1926. Anecdotes from the author's days as a country doctor in Kirkby Mazeard, North Yorkshire in the 1890s and early 20th century. 242pp, 4 b&w plates.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1935. Some creasing and small tears to the top edge of the unclipped dustwrapper, with some fading to spine of same; minor bumping to spine ends and corners of red cloth-covered boards, some staining to the bottom corner of pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. A collection of light-hearted articles by the author on health and fitness, some of which had previously appeared in the ''Evening Standard'' and ''Woman's Own''. originally published in November 1934, this is the 1935 reprint. 104pp, small b&w drawings at top and bottom of each article.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Taylor, Alfred E. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone Ltd, 1969. Very slight creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to corners of green boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Deals with the lives and works of two Scottish medical men of the nineteenth century: James Young Simpson (1811-70), who was the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic in the 1840s; and the surgeon James Syme (1799-1870). 288pp, 21 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Readers Union, 1946. Readers Union edition from 1946. Quite a bit of creasing and tears to the edges of dustwrapper, with the top inch or so missing at the spine. Some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue cloth-covered boards, otherwise a good tight copy of this hard-cover book. The author's life-story from his impoverished childhood as an orphaned Cuban immigrant in New York in the 1880s, his medical training in the late nineteenth century, and his many years of practise in Alaska. 243pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.