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Geneva, Switzerland: The International Journal of Health Education, 1973. First edition. SCARCE BIOGRAPHY OF PIONEERING AMERICAN EDUCATOR WHO COINED "HEALTH EDUCATION" AND DEVELOPED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. Slim volume 9 1/2 inches tall; publisher's grey card wrappers printed in dark red, French flaps; xi,[1]. 115pp. Wrappers a bit worn with spine ends bumped and slightly chipped, textblock uniformly toned, later descriptive print-out of the book taped to rear free endpaper, very good. Autograph letter signed by the author on her personal letterhead (recipient unknown) taped inside wrapper, dated April 27, 1974: "This has been a long time in the preparation - first as a dissertation and then as this publication. So much has happened and so many changes in my life since Gertrude Robinson-Smith died - and the Gladstone in NY came down. I now go to Maine where I have a cottage a [sic] Pemaquid Point summers so no more Tanglewood." SALLY LUCAS JEAN (1878 – 1971) was an American…
Read More Physical Chart of Pains, Aches and Tender Spots. An Up-to-Date Family Doctor Book, with nine illustrations and 400 Modern and Up-to-Date Recipes For Treating both General and Special Diseases of Men, Women, and Children by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin - 1911
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
Physical Chart of Pains, Aches and Tender Spots. An Up-to-Date Family Doctor Book, with nine illustrations and 400 Modern and Up-to-Date Recipes For Treating both General and Special Diseases of Men, Women, and Children
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Dayton, Ohio: The Weaver Publishing House, 1911. 5th edition, revised and enlarged.
1911 CURIOUS ILLUSTRATED HOME HEALTH GUIDE INDEXED BY CHIEF COMPLAINT WITH HUNDREDS OF REMEDIES.
11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding with decorative title to cover, [5]-52 pp, CONTENTS: Physical Chart: Weights and Measures, Table of Doses for Children, Alimentatry Canal, Treatments [numbered 101 - 433, Index of Diseases, Diseases of Women, Diseases of Children]. Wear to corners and spine ends, hinges starting, ink notation verso of front flyleaf and inscription of patient names following several recipes (John Horner and Mrs. John Horner), titles of several recipes circled, ink blot margin of p 42; otherwise tightly bound with clean pages; good+. LAID IN: newspaper clippings taped to 8x11 inch Milk Wanted dairy card. An interesting early 20th century home health guide with recipes for treatment of every ailment from Impaction of ear-wax to St. Vitus Dance and Dropsy with Feeble Heart Action. This book is included in a listing of 3 publications by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WEAVER (b. 1839) in Christopher Hoolihan, An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform (2001) Boydell & Brewer, University of Rochester Press.
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Sally Lucas Jean, 1878-1971: Health Education Pioneer
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Medical Mussolini
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Washington, DC: Columbia Publishing Co., 1938. First edition. 1938 SCARCE VIRULENT DIATRIBE AGAINST THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, BY THE EDITOR OF "PLAIN TALK," A LIBERTARIAN MAGAZINE. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding with embossed title in blue to cover and spine, copy of Rochester Anti-Vivisection Society, inscribed and hand stamped on front endpapers and embossed seal on title page. 255 pp, 12 plates, very good in good jacket with soiling and chips top of front cover and spine--protected by mylar cover. LAID IN Two clippings from Liberty newspaper referencing Medical Mussolini and the dangers of organized medicine, affixed to verso of last page of text AND a printed testimonial for the book on a perforated sticker affixed to the back endpaper. MORRIS A BEALLE (1891-1972), from a prominent Maryland family, was editor and publisher of Plain Talk, a libertarian magazine. A pamphlet advertising Plain Talk stated that "the subjects which the new magazine will cover will range widely…
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Anaphylaxis
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Liverpool: The University Press, 1913. First English edition. 1913 FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF RICHET'S MONOGRAPH ON ANAPHYLAXIS, FOR WHICH HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE THE SAME YEAR. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, xii, 266 pp. Small circular sticker to upper left corner of cover, spine ends frayed, institutional library handstamp to front flyleaf and title page, Wellcome Institute stamp to verso of title page with "withdrawn" cancel, binding tight, text pages unmarked and crisp, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. PREFACE: "In the progress and development of the Science and Art of Medicine, and of the kindred Pursuits of physiology and Pathology, successive investigators find themselves confronted with facts and with difficulties of which their predecessors were unaware, or whose significance and importance they overlooked. The more closely the phenomena of life, whether in health or disease, are examined, the more complex they are found to be; the…
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Influenza: The preparation of immune sera in horses TOGETHER WITH Influenza: Experiments on the immunization of ferrets and mice
by Laidlaw, P. P., Smith, Wilson, Andrewes, C. H. and Dunkin, G. W.
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London: H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1935. First edition. 1935 LANDMARK STUDIES ON TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA BY HYPERIMMUNE HORSE SERUM AND DURATION OF IMMUNITY IN FERRETS BY PIONEERING BRITISH VIROLOGISTS. 10 inches tall offprint in orange printed paper covers, stapled, two papers from The British Journal of Experimental Pathology, vol. XVI, pp 275 - 302. Previous owner pencil signature and handstamp number top of cover, very good with no internal markings. SIR PATRICK PLAYFAIR LAIDLAW (1881 - 1940) was a Scottish virologist. From 1920–23, he studied the properties of histamine at the Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories after which he went to Guy's Hospital as a lecturer in experimental pathology. As a virologist at the Medical Research Council in 1922 his researches on dog-distemper led to two ways of immunization against it, which achievement earned him the award of a Royal Medal by the Royal Society in 1933. In 1927 he had been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He was one of the…
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The Lightning Doctor a Self-Diagnostician and Practical Doctor Book
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Saalfield Publishing Company, 1905-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. .
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LIGHTNING DOCTOR A Self-Diagnostician and Practical Doctor Book for Private Families, Students and Physicians
by Weaver, Benjamin Franklin
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New York, NY: Saalfield Publishing Company. FR/No Dustjacket. 1905. ........ Cloth. Sm 4to., 484 pp., cover rubbed, frayed, bumped, hinges broken, page toning, shaken .
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THE LIGHTNING DOCTOR A SELF-DIAGNOSTICIAN AND PRACTICAL DOCTOR BOOK
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Physical Chart of Pains, Aches & Tender Spots. An Up-To-Date Family Doctor Book w/9 illusts. & 400 modern & up-to-date Recipes for Treating both General & Special Diseases of Men, Women & Children Third edition, revised & enlarged.
by Weaver, Dr. Benjamin Franklin
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Bucyrus, 1909, 8-1/2Óx12Ó, 48pp. starts with title page, then pp.7-46, contains all recipes called for in the index. (#s.101-431) lacks chart (whatever that was) &/or 1-6pp. of text. 9 stickers for Wilkinsburg, Pa. druggists pasted in to front free ep to go to to fill perscriptions. boards decorated with a diagramed head. quite faded but still legible. text seperated from covers, fingermarked & soiled, but itself sound
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Attempt on Roosevelt Life
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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Oregon; Or, a Short History of a Long Journey: Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River
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YE Gallon Press, 1970. Limited Edition. #499/605. VG. Interior is tight, clean, and free of ownership marks except for one penciled notation on the flyleaf. Cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with light soiling, edge, corner, and spine wear. Overall a solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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DOLLY MADISON: WOMEN OF COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TIMES
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book is in G condition with light rubbing to edges, cocked spine, bumping & fraying to spine ends, pencil marking to FFE, owner's name to title page, a couple of small tears to title page else still a bright and solid copy. SA 6/21
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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BOSTON ~ 150 VIEWS: One Hundred and Fifty Glimpses of Boston and Historical Surroundings
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Union News Company , New York and Boston, circa 1910, Very Good Stapled Softcover, 50 pages, 10" x 7", 150 photographs of Boston points of interest, landmarks, buildings, bridges, street views and more.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Readin' 'Ritin' 'Rithmetic: Northern San Luis Obispo County Area One-Room Schools; Memories, Photos
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El Paso de Robles Area Pioneer Museum. Very Good. 2004. No Edition Stated. Softcover. 1929117094 . Light edgewear, corners of book have light curl, small indentation to front cover; b/w photos; 172 pages .
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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