Search Results: Health & Medicine from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York, London, Sydney & Toronto: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brick red cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, [viii], 390 pp, figures, notes, author and subject indices. Corners bumped, spine ends worn, rear joint torn at bottom (about 1 cm long), edges foxed. Contents: ecological systems in space; myoelectric control systems; automation in clinical biochemistry; advances in heart-lung machines; mechanical properties and behavior of human compact bone; interference and noise in biological instrumentation; a review of models of vision; in vivo energy sources.. . G+. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark blue simulated leather with American Medical Association seal blind-stamped on front board, 832 pp, index. Small tear at top of spine, a few smudges, smells of tobacco smoke, else fine. Contains sections on keeping healthy, a series of 99 diagnostic charts (if the problem is potentially serious, the reader is told to see a physician without delay), diseases and other disorders and problems, caring for the sick, drug index, and glossary. Reprinted from Random House edition. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 24 X 19 cm.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, blue cloth spine with gilt titles, xv, 366 pp, index. Sunned near top edge. DJ slightly worn at spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Story of the 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, and the race to find its cause. The signature of epidemiologist L. M. Schuman, primary author of the 1964 surgeon general's report on smoking and health, is on the front paste-down endpaper. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

Washington, D. C: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, probably 1987. Blue leather-textured cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, [2], iv, 184 pp. Fore-edge of front board rubbed, ownership stamp on fpd. Most of contents are maps of the lower 48 states showing geographical distribution cancer mortality rates for specific cancers & populations. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Foreword by Sir Stewart Duke-Elder. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine & blind device on front board, grey dec. endpapers match DJ, xi, 91 pp including 42 pp of mostly color illustrations, index. Corners & spine ends slightly worn, surface chipping along bottom edge of front endpaper. DJ slightly chipped at corners & spine ends, surface chips near front fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. Diseased and injured eyes stare out of the 42 pp of color illustrations, with brief clinical descriptions of the conditions on facing pages. I am unable to find either the British or American first edition of this book in the Library of Congress catalogue. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First US Edition. . VG/VG. 26 X 20½ cm.

New York: Raven Press, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly blue pictorial boards, white titles on spine, xx, 1080 pp, chapter bibliographies, glossary, index. Bumped corner repaired, front hinge reglued, else fine. Contents: neural membranes; synaptic function; molecular neurobiology; cellular neurobiology; medical neurochemistry; behavioral neurochemistry. Shipping weight 6 lbs.. 5th Ed, 1st Ptg. . VG/No dj. 26 X 18½ cm.

Media, PA: Harwal Publishing Company, 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher: Williams & Wilkins. Green laminated stiff paper covers, black & white titles, xiii, 287 pp, index. Spine faded to blue, a few pages have lilac highlighting and a marginal note or two, else fine. Contents: behavioral neurochemistry; pharmacology & behavior; psychophysiology; genetics of behavioral disorders; comparative animal behavior; theories of the mind; the life cycle; clinical assessment; clinical syndromes & psychopathology; human sexuality; social & family behavior; the physician-patient relationship; communication & interviewing; ethics in medicine; medical care; challenge examination. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd ed, 3rd ptg. . VG/No dj. 25½ X 18 cm.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light grey cloth, ix, 206 pp, notes. Rear endpaper cracked for about 5 inches at center of hinge but the hinge still feels solid, otherwise very good with a bumped corner, bump to bottom edge of rear board at joint, spine ends turned in, and small stains on p. 35. DJ has 2½ inch tear to rear panel, edge wear, and a few small chips and tears; in Brodart archival cover. Copyright date 1951. Diabetic specialist Dr. Abrahamson and journalist Pezet provide a readable popular description of clinical symptoms of diabetes and its clinical opposite, hyperinsulinism, history of research into nature and causes of both diseases. The last half of the book discusses hyperinsulinism in more detail. The lurid DJ blurb reads "This book is your key to understanding alcoholism, neurosis, suicide, allergy, chronic fatigue, insanity ... even murder." Shipping weight 2 lbs.… Read More

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black, white & brown pictorial boards, vii, 702 pp, many photos & diagrams, chapter bibliographies, index. Fits in Priority Mail flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 10th Ed, 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 27 X 19½ cm.

Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, black & white titles, pictorial endpapers, xi, 458 pp, chapter references. Spine sunned but legible, bottom edge of front board bumped, old ownership stamp on recto of ffep. Proceedings of a conference (date and location are not given). Reviews studies of cancer in defined populations such as Mormons and Seventh-day Adventists, and of genetic studies in similarly restricted populations. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Shannon: Elsevier North Holland, Inc, 1981 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Side stapled in mostly pale green covers with black titles on spine, [iv], 87 pp. Staple hole in corner of front cover, else fine. Publisher's promotional letter laid in. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Magazine. Near Fine/No dj. 24 X 16½ cm.

Geneva: World Health Organization, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Purple cover, stapled through fold, 26 pp. Ownership stamp, else fine. Catalogue of publications. Shipping weight 3 oz. in envelope.. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 21 X 15 cm.

New York: Privately Printed WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No dates; "Cancer..." apparently self-published about 1927; "Malignant Disease..." is a reprint of a posthumously published article in Archives of Otolaryngology, Sept. 1934 (Dr. MacKenty died 12/11/1931. Two volumes, both dark blue ribbed cloth, gilt titles on front board. Both rubbed a bit at extremities, "Malignant Disease" has a bit of scuffing and two dents on front board. Cancer...: 63 pp, 25 figures, notes. Malignant Disease...: 32 pp, 43 figures. Dr. MacKenty has been credited with advances in technique that lowered the mortality rate in patients requiring laryngectomies.. . VG+/No dj. 25½ X 17½ cm.

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 331 pp, 71 figures, notes, index. Owner's intials blind-embossed on ffep, half-title, & title page, else fine. DJ paper is browning slightly, owner's initials blind-embossed on front flap, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. This monograph was published just six years after the first successful use of a fully implantable pacemaker. Contents: historical review; etiology of Stokes-Adams disease; clinical presentation; drug treatment; short-term pacing; long-term pacing--indications & methods, complications & failures; clinical results of pacing; threshold for stimulation; hemodynamic changes during artificial pacing; special considerations. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author. Red coth, black & gilt titles on spine, blind borders on both boards, blind device on front board, top edge gilt, 842 pp, 261 figures (mostly photos), chapter bibliographies, index. Spine cocked, tail of spine worn with two small (2 mm) tears, hinges re-glued. Inscribed by Pratt to his mother in the year of publication. A flyer advertising the book, an article quoting Pratt, and two other clippings laid in.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.

New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full white cloth, maroon titles on spine, xv, 354 pp, references, index. Ownership stamp, top corner of first few leaves lightly creased, else fine. Epidemiologist Leonard M. Schuman's copy, with his signature on front paste-down. Contents: research strategies; basic concepts in the assessment of risk; planning & conducting a study; matching; sources of bias; sample size; basic methods of analysis; multivariate analysis. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, foil titles on spine, xiv, 704 pp, index. Owner's name on ffep, ink underlining in chapters 8 & 9, else fine. DJ has surface chip to front panel, small chips along top edge, tide marks to rear fore-edge, notes on reverse; in Brodart archival cover. Contains 16 chapters by 13 authors under the general headings diagnosis and assessment, avenues to communication, therapy and education, and planning for life adjustment. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ed. . VG/G+. 23½ X 16 cm.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1953 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Plain white paper with black titles, stapled through fold, 36 pp including covers, 7 b & w photos. Small tears of a few mm to edges of front cover, otherwise very good. This is a pamphlet aimed at parents of a child with either cleft lip or cleft palate, describing the surgical treatment, and, in the case of cleft palate, later therapy to develop a functioning soft palate and normal speech. Shipping weight 3 oz. in envelope.. 10th ptg. Pamphlet. G+/No dj. 23 X 15 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, gold & black titles on spine, xiii, 331 pp, 93 illustrations, subject & author indices. Light edge wear, rear hinge repaired with acid-free PVA. DJ lightly rubbed, 2 small tears with creasing (½ cm & 1½ cm); in Brodart archival cover. Fifteen articles, most with multiple authors, most with notes and references, and all followed by transcripts of discussion.. . VG+/VG+. 21 X 14½ cm.

Bethesda, MD: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown covers with white titles & black decorations, [1], xv, 232 pp. Small repaired tear to tail of spine, otherwise very good, spine sunned, top corner of front cover dog-eared. Errata sheet laid in. Contents: overview; trends in cigar consumption and smoking prevalence; chemistry and toxicology; disease consequences of cigar smoking; indoor air pollution from cigar smoke; pharmacology and abuse potential of cigars; marketing and promotion of cigars; policies regulating cigars. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Wraps. Good+/No dj. 25 X 18 cm.