Search Results: Medicine from Book Happy Booksellers

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 354pp; Laminated blue boards with white titling to front & spine, boards square, clean & bright, slight wear to one corner of rear board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Textbook on the aging and loss of function of the autonomic nervous system. Illustrated with photos & diagrams, some photos in color.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth in DJ; 496pp; DJ price-clipped, clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine/VG condition. Selected papers of Ludwig Edelstein on the history of ancient medicine. Translated from the German.

New York: Ballantine, 1961. Paperback. Very Good. 255pp; Slight scuffing to back cover & fore-edge, pages slightly age-toned, clean, tight copy, VG condition. From cover: An intimate exposure of doctors, surgeons and quacks from 1300 to today, showing how the medical profession scrambled into respectability. Revised Edition of "Call the Doctor.

Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1948. Softcover. Good. Wraps; 32pp; Covers & pages age-toned, previous owner's stamp to front cover, portion of top of title page torn off (doesn't affect text), text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Scarce, vintage pamphlet containing early anti-circumcision argument by Herbert Snow (1847-1930), surgeon to the Cancer Hospital of London. "An attempt to demonstrate that circumcision is either unnecessary for the purposes claimed, or that they may be accomplished by saner, simpler methods." First published in London in 1890 in a small edition. Edited, with a Foreword by A. F. Niemoeller.

New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1943. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 379pp; No DJ, green cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG condition. General clinical aspects and methods of laboratory diagnosis of the disease of brucellosis in animals and humans. Illustrations, some in color.

Cancer Vaccine Institute, 2010. Hardcover. Fine. 161pp; Extremely clean, tight copy, Fine condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Series of 27 essays exploring the psychological, historical, sociological, and religious aspects of cancer by physician who specializes on hematology and oncology. Illustrated with photos, many in color.

New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 323pp; Illustrated boards, small scuff to bottom edge of front board, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Compilation of the work of experts in specialized fields relating to all aspects of the catharanthus alkaloids. Partial Contents: Introduction by Gordon H. Svoboda; A Synopsis of the Genus Catharanthus (Apocynaceae) by William T. Stearn; The Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Catharanthus Roseus (L.) G. Don by Gordon H. Svoboda and David A. Blake; The Biosynthesis of Catharanthus Alkaloids by Ronald J. Parry; Tissue Culture Studies of Catharanthus Roseus by David P. Carew; more. With Author Index and Subject Index.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1958. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 197pp; DJ slightly edgeworn with a few short tears, boards square, clean & bright, faint rubber stamp to front pastedown, text unmarked, binding is tight, pen marks to a few pages, binding is sound, Good+/VG condition. American Lectures in Orthopaedic Surgery Series. Monograph which thoroughly discusses the anatomy as it applies to the cervical syndrome, illustrated with diagrams and photos.

Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. 102pp; Covers clean, spine age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. The Henry E. Sigerist Supplements to the Bulletin of the History of Medicine New Series No. 3. Includes: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introductory Essay; Pinel's paper in French; Pinel's paper translated & annotated; Editor's Notes; Index. Illustrated with facsimiles of a few pages of Pinel's essay.

Summit, NJ: CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., 1958. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 30pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage medical journal. This issue: Medical Problems Involved in Underwater Compression and Decompression by Captain Gerald J. Duffner, MC, USN; Anatomy of the Pharynx by John Franklin Huber M.D. Illustrated. Cover painting by F. Netter M.D. depicting anatomy of scuba diver.

Summit, NJ: CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., 1957. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 40pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage medical journal. This issue: Treatment of the Office Neurotic by Frank J. Ayd, Jr., M.D.; Psycho-Iconography of the Office Neurotic by Walter L. Brown, Art Therapist. Illustrated. Includes paintings of various types of "office neurotics" by F. Netter M.D.

Summit, NJ: CIBA Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Wraps; 32pp; Covers slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage medical journal. This issue: Disorders of the Shoulder by H. F. Moseley. Illustrated.

New York: Vantage Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/None. 245pp; No DJ, navy blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, clean, tight copy, VG+ condition. Guide to clinical aviation medicine by USAF Colonel.

Summit, NJ: CIBA Pharmaceutical Products Inc., 1958. Softcover. Very Good-. Wraps; 40pp; Slight handling wear & age-toning to covers & pages, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage medical journal. This issue: Pulmonary Emphysema by Seymour M. Farber, M.D. & Roger H. L. Wilson, M.D. Illustrated with photos & paintings.

Torino, Italy: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, 1922. Hardcover. Good. 7-1/4" x 10-1/2" Cloth; 455pp; Textured dark green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, wear to spine ends & corners of boards, boards moderately edgeworn, original decorated endpapers, previous owner's name to 1/2 title page, pages age-toned, a few marks in text binding is sound, Good condition. Vintage medical textbook in surgery, illustrated with diagrams & photos. Text in Italian.

St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1948. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 211pp; Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, pages clean & tight, VG+ condition. Medical text covering diseases affecting the vulva, with 36 illustrations and 19 color plates.

Kansas City, MO: Thornton & Minor Clinic, 1936. Softcover. Very Good. 7" x 10-1/4" Wraps; 30pp; Covers bright with a few small smudges, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage informational and promotional booklet from the Thornton & Minor Clinic in Kansas City, Missouri, for rectal and colon disorders. Illustrated with photos & line drawings.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 191pp; DJ price-clipped & moderately age-toned, boards square & clean, text unmarked, binding is tight, Near Fine/VG condition. Life and writings of the "English Hippocrates." Illustrated.

Folkestone, UK: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 223pp; Green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, endpapers illustrated with map, boards square & clean, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Reprint of 1946 publication based on a Thomas Vicary Lecture given at the Royal College of Surgeons, London. Illustrated.

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 320pp; Fading to spine & back cover, extremely clean, tight, bright copy, Near Fine condition. Definitive source for physicians wishing to master the latest advances in facial refinement. Illustrated with photos & diagrams.