Advice of Ten Doctors.
by Cole, E. W. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: E. W. Cole, 1891. 1st ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, card covers, new black cloth spine (repair), top corner front cover creased, pages lightly toned, few marks covers & edges, edges lightly foxed & toned, corner tips front cover repaired, little insect damage front cover, minor edgewear. 248 pp. Collection of medical advice from ten doctors, mainly about the dangers of enema cures and water cures. A preface by E. W. Cole severely criticises the remedies (quackery) of Dr. A. Wilford Hall. (No date, but 1891, Trove. Last page lists a book to be published in December 1892. Second edition not stated.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40084
- Title
- Advice of Ten Doctors.
- Author
- Cole, E. W. (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. W. Cole
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- health, medicine, self-help, complementary health, criminology, quackery, first edition, collectible, collectable
- Bookseller catalogs
- HEALTH & MEDICINE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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