(no dust jacket, as issued) [minor bumping to top corners, very light wear at most other corners, internally bright and clean]. (B&W photos, diagrams) View More...
[light dampstain to both front and rear covers, several corners bumped and lightly frayed; jacket shows shallow chipping at edges, slight fading along spine and left edge of front panel, minor paper loss at spine ends]. (B&W plates) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author: "To Ann [sic] Bancroft / In appreciation of your / Magnificent performance / in The Miracle Worker / Ruth E. Binder / 1-11-61." The book is described as "the first really comprehensive study of the development of training for the deaf." The date of the inscription -- even if it was meant to be 1962 instead of 19... View More...
[a little shelfwear, rear hinge cracked, light spotting/foxing to top edge of text block; jacket shows a little wear along top edge, minor tears and slight dog-earing at top of spine, spine itself a little sun-browned]. (tables, figures) INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep: "To _____ and ____ / With love, / Hy." I have nothing to say about heparin whatsoever, but for the sake of filling up a little space will quote Wikipedia's description of it as a "medication which is used as a blood thinner [that is specifically] used to treat and prevent deep vein thrombosis, pulmon... View More...
(brown cloth; no dust jacket) [general overall wear, white lettering on front cover partially rubbed away, spine lettering completely rubbed off; binding in shape, text is clean]. "Authorized by The Life Extension Institute," of which the author was Medical Director, as well as "Reviewed and Criticised by Members of the Hygiene Reference Board and Approved by a Majority." Facing the title page is a one-page blurb about the Life Extension Institute ("What is it? What does it do?"). This would appear to be the only original copy of this book (i.e., non-POD) currently offered on the net. View More...
(price-clipped) [nice clean copy with only minor wear; the jacket is lightly surface-rubbed and has some uneven fading at the edges of the front panel, but still presents very well]. (B&W photographs) Autobiographical account, by one of the most controversial figures in the history of American medicine, of the origins of his Hoxsey Cancer Treatment. Derived from herbal remedies which he inherited from his great-grandfather, its "unconventional" nature brought him into conflict with the medical establishment (the "High Priests of Medicine"), in particular the American Medical Association, whic... View More...
[cloth faded at a couple of spots along bottom edge, moderate foxing to page edges, vintage bookseller's label (H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., Medical & Scientific Booksellers, London) on front pastedown; jacket browned at spine and edges, small tears at several corners with minor paper loss, light staining along bottom edge]. (B&W photographic plates) Elizabeth Kenny's pioneering and then-controversial treatise on infantile paralysis -- later to be known more familiarly as polio (short for poliomyelitis) -- which flew in the face of conventional medical wisdom about the disease, emphasizing muscle re... View More...
(no dust jacket) [moderate exterior wear, bumped corners, covers bowed outwards a bit, previous owner's signature on ffep but otherwise quite clean]. (B&W/color photographs) Text entirely in German, but the pictures transcend language -- and if you're a fan of tumors and growths, this is the book for you. Hundreds of photographs (the great majority in color) illustrate a truly mind-boggling array of diseased and/or misshapen internal organs: lungs, heart, intestines, lymph nodes, they're all here -- and not looking well. View More...
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