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Indianapolis: Indianapolis Printing Company,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Hydropathy; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xlvxii , 364 pages; Xlvxii is a variant of XLVIII; XXXXVIII. [hydropathy (medicine) , therapeutic system that professes to cure all disease with water, either by bathing in it or by drinking it. ]A BOLD ARRAIGNMENT OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, FOR THE PRACTICE OF FALSE THEORIES. Theories on whether using the cold bath to cure all fevers is a fraudulent science or not with the papers of Drs. Simon Baruch and G. C. Smythe on the treatment of Typhoid Fever with cold water. The author is a proponent of the use of water as a therapy and/or cure and goes on to discuss its various beneficial applications while he also continuously chastises the medical profession for their derision of Hydropathy. The author was definitely a radical thinker who believed the medical profession did more harm than good for their patients. Ink ownership on blank page, also,… Read More

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2005. Dvd. 078174251X . CD-ROM, Institutional- Multi-Seat Version; 0.55 x 7.6 x 5.24 Inches; Without case- please see graphic. Dated c/r 2005. .

New York: O Halstead. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1831. Second Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Orig salmon colored bds, paper cover label; some edge wear, slightly dusty, spine frayed. The "cure" called for the abdomen to be kneaded. Includes explanatory pictures. .

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Hospitals; London; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; xxii, 614; xiii, 992 pages; With errata slip. Original red cloth. Books near fine apart from moderately toned endpapers. Seldom found with dust jackets which have chips, some tears. Vol I: 38 plates: frontis portrait + 37 plates carrying 40 images. Vol II: 6 photo-plates (incl frontis) : 2 of architecture + 4 facsimiles. 44 plates. Graphic [Dr Norman Moore, President of the Royal Academy of Physicians of London], of one plate also available. .

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1865. First American Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xvi, (13) - 353 pages; Complete with 2 plates bound in after the table of contents. Bound in publishers blind paneled & decorated purple cloth. Ink ownership on ffep with offsetting on facing pp. Binding rear corners lightly bumped, scattered occasional spot of soil, otherwise contents clean and tight. Very scarce, Worldcat returns no records for 1865 1st ed. .

Lancaster, PA: Mollie Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Texas; Science; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; [2], xv, [1], 507 pages; . The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1528-1853. [Lancaster]: the Mollie Bennett Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946. First Trade Edition. Tall thick 8vo, green cloth, paper labels at spine and upper cover, xv and 507 pages, 28 inserted b/w reproductions and portraits. Very good copy, brief rubbing and shelfwear, spine label slightly sunned, text clean. Dobie, page 70. Jenkins 153. U. S. IANA N161 a. "The best work on Texas medical history (by a 1909 graduate of Johns Hopkins) ... One of the best state medical histories ever published" - Jenkins. Chapters on quackery, military and naval medicine, diseases peculiar to Texas, hospitals, and other related subjects." Howes N161 The edition also… Read More

Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 136 pages; 98 photographic plates both color and black and white. Provenance- Paul E Steiner, bookplate. Red cloth with light bubbling to front cover and whitened area on back cover. Binding sound and complete. All color plates are there. Bound in Publisher's cloth. .

Churchill. Fair with no dust jacket. [1873]. Hardcover. Surgery; Anatomic Drawings; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28pp and 8 plates on stiff paper, line drawings. Disbound. .