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Mission to Shanghai: The Life of Medical Service of Dr. Josiah C. McCracken


Fulcher, Helen McCracken

Hardcover. New London NH, Tiffin Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 276 pages, hardcover. Insight into China, its history, and the heart, mind and family life of devoted Christian physician. Mild rubbing to boards. Faint soiling to rear panel. Unmarked. A bright and tight copy.

Record # 952572


Price: $29.00 

 

Mount Sinai Unit in the World War with Scenes at Base Hospital No. 3 A. E. F. at Vauclaire, Dordogne, France, The


Mount Sinai Hospital

Hardcover. New York, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1st, 1919, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Non-paginated. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Front hinge tender. Covers worn, with fraying to spine cloth along hinges. Title in gilt at top of front cover. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 610524


Price: $100.00 

 

Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians


Lowie, Robert H.

Softcover. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, First Edition, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 308 pages. Softcover. Illustration to the introduction, Medicine Crow, Lodge Grass, Crow Reservation, Montana, 1908 in bw. Black & white illustrations throughout. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 750970


Price: $15.00 

 

Naval Surgeon: The Voyages of Dr. Edward H. Cree, Royal Navy, as Related in His Private Journals, 1837-1856


Cree, Edward H.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton Adult, 1st, March 26, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 275 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket.

Record # 457395


Price: $15.00 

 

Nurses' Work, The Sacred and the Profane


Wolf, Zane Robinson

Softcover. Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania Press, First Edition, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 313 pages. Softcover with light, marginal wear to edges. Illustrated throughout in black & white, including nursing rituals on post-mortem care, medication administration & change-of-shift reports. Black & white illustrations, crisp edges, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560144


Price: $19.00 

 

Orphan Drugs: Medical Versus Market Value


Asbury, Carolyn

Hardcover. US, Lexington Books, 1st, 1985-01-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Light shelf-wear to boards. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 464613


Price: $38.00 

 

Peake in China: Memoirs of Ernest Cromwell Peake


Peake, Ernest Cromwell, Hillary Spurling (Introduction)

Hardcover. London, England, British Library, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 222 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Red cover boards, gilt title on spine. Pages and edges clean and unmarked. Binding tight, spine straight. In beautiful, nearly new condition. "Peake sailed as a young doctor in 1899 for a part for China where few people had ever seen a Westerner before, and his account of his subsequent career is vivid, sometimes startling, and almost entirely free of the self-righteous religiosity that makes most mission memoirs hard to read."

Record # 32165


Price: $25.00 

 

Pharmacy on the Niagara Frontier: The Past and Present


Lockie, Laurence D.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Stuart Incorporated, 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 264 pages, hardcover. An illustrated history of the pharmaceutical industry in western New York state. Bumping to spine. Light edgewear to boards. Unmarked. Bright and clean; a tight copy.

Record # 951445


Price: $24.00 

 

Pictures Of Health - A Photographic History Of Health Care In Philadelphia 1860-1945


Golden, Janet and Charles E. Rosenberg

Paperback. Philadelphia , University of Pennsylvania, 1st in Wraps, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black & white photos. Paperback, 197 pages. Light edgewear.

Record # 201171


Price: $15.00 

 

Plagues in World History (Exploring World History Series)


Aberth, John

Hardcover. Lanham, MD, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., First Edition, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 244 pages. Hardcover. Grey boards with silver titles to spine. Bright dust jacket, clean with light, marginal wear to edges. Some illustrations in black & white. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked pages throughout.

Record # 5560147


Price: $44.00 

Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and HistoryMatossian, Mary Kilbourne
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Poisons of the Past: Molds, Epidemics, and History


Matossian, Mary Kilbourne

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 190 pages. Hardcover. B&w illustrations and maps throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Foxing to top edge, otherwise clean, tight copy.

Record # 468100


Price: $15.00 

 

Politics of Evolution, The : Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London


Desmond, Adrian

Hardcover. Chicago, University Of Chicago Press, 1st, May 15, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 503 pages, b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, light markings in pencil through text. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 458155


Price: $38.00 

 

Principal Diseases of the Interior Valley (2 Volumes)


Drake, Daniel

Hardcover. New York, Burt Franklin, Reprint, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 878 + 985 pages. Facsimiles of the 1850-1854 editions. Brown cloth, gilt titles to spines, no dust jackets. Unfortunate soiling to boards, else a very neat, sharp set.

Record # 606481


Price: $40.00 

 

Quarter Century of Progress in Manufacturing Pharmacy


Maltbie, Birdsey L.

Hardcover. New York, American Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 220 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Fading to spine with light soiling. Previous owner's light pencil marking on front end paper, otherwise clean.

Record # 613996


Price: $44.00 

 

Religious Dances - in the Christian Church and in Popular Medicine


Backman, E. Louis

Hardcover. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, First Thus, 1952, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 364 pages. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with brown titles to spine. Black & white illustrations throughout. Faint foxing to edges & crack to rear hinge. Dust jacket with wear to edges, now protected with a plastic cover. Clean, copy.

Record # 750828


Price: $38.00 

Revels in Madness: Insanity in Medicine and LiteratureThiher, Allen
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Revels in Madness: Insanity in Medicine and Literature


Thiher, Allen

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1st, January 4, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED by author. 354 pages. Light marking to five pages. Pen mark on rear dust jacket flap. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 454458


Price: $40.00 

 

Romance of Medicine, The


Hayward, John A.

Hardcover. London, George Routledge, 1st, 1937, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 278 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Covers worn with some darkening and staining. Interior clean and tight.

Record # 608425


Price: $28.00 

Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral ChildrenNo Author
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Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children


No Author

Hardcover. New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 284 pages, b&w illustrations. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 454422


Price: $12.00 

 

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections


Drexler, Madeline

Hardcover. Washington, DC, Joseph Henry Press, First US, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 316 pages. Hardcover. Brick cloth covered boards with black printed titles to spine. Illustrations by Kathryn Born in black & white throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with light, marginal wear to edges. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked text. A nice copy.

Record # 5560155


Price: $13.00 

Secret History of the War on Cancer, TheDavis, Devra
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Secret History of the War on Cancer, The


Davis, Devra

Hardcover. New York, Basic Books, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 528 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 470484


Price: $15.00 

 

Shakespeare and Medicine


Simpson, R. R.

Hardcover. London, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 1st, 1959, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 267 pages. Wear, light soil and chipping to price clipped dust jacket, previous owner's marks in text. Nice reading copy.

Record # 857066


Price: $25.00 

 

Shamans, Mystics, and Doctors: A Psychological Inquiry into India and Its Healing Traditions


Kakar, Sudhir

Hardcover. US, Alfred a Knopf, 1st, 1982-09-01, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 306 pages. Previous owner's stamp and notes on front end paper with slight tanning from newspaper articles laid-in. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 464327


Price: $10.00 

 

Shattered Nerves Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian England


Oppenheim, Janet

Hardcover. New York, 1st, March 28, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 388 pages. Light edgewear to price clipped dust jacket, faint foxing to edges, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 457660


Price: $15.00 

 

Society of Toxicology History 1961-1986


Hays, Ph.D., Harry W.

Hardcover. unknown, Society of Toxicology, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 216 pages. Blue cloth, silver titles to front and spine. No dust jacket. Light wear to covers, previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 855218


Price: $19.00