Health, Medicine & Nutrition

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(Americana) LINDSLEY, John Berrien; HAWKINS, B.M.; KERRIGAN, Martin; et all.

Second Report of the Board of Health to the Honorable City Council of the City of Nashville, For the Year ending July 4, 1877 (J.B. Lindsley Association Copy); CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL 1877 FOLDING MAP OF THE CITY OF NASHVILLE, TN

Nashville, TN: Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1877. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 5/8 Inches. 230 PP. Housed in original brown cloth binding with gilt title stamping to front cover. The report includes: 1) Report on Sanitary Reform in Nashville (by J. Berrien Lindsley) 2) On the...

Price: $750.00

(Medicine) HARKINS, Henry

The Treatment of Burns (FIRST EDITION IN DJ)

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 10 Inches. 457 PP + Colophon. First printing in red publisher cloth. "For Sale" stamp on front pastedown. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. Original price of $6.50 intact on front cover. A very nice copy overall.

Price: $100.00

(Biography) GREGORY, Olinthus; GOOD, John Mason

Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Character, Literary, Professional, and Religious of the Late John Mason Good, M.D.

Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 344 PP. First American Edition that has been rebound in quarter linen and plain paper covered boards. A London physician, Good was also known for his prolific writings on medical topics.

Price: $35.00

(Medicine) ROCKWELL, A.D.

A Practical Treatise on the Medical and Surgical Uses of Electricity.; Including: Localized and General Faradization; Localized and Central Galvanization; Franklinization; Electrolysis and Galvano-Cautery

New York: William Wood & Company, 1883. Early Edition. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 758 PP. Contains nearly 200 illustrations. Original green publisher cloth binding with ruling and title stamping to spine. Stated "Fourth Edition" on title-page. A stunning copy overall. Hint of scuffing and toning, but clean and tight for the most part.

Price: $75.00

(Medicine) RICCI, James

One Hundred Years of Gynaecology (FIRST PRINTING); A Comprehensive Reiew of the Specialty During Its Greatest Centry with Summaries and Case Reports of All Diseases Pertaining to Women

Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/8 X 10 1/2 Inches. 651 PP. Original deep blue publisher cloth binding. A very attractive copy free of PO writing etc... Binding remains tight.

Price: $35.00

(Science) HORN, Daniel; HAMMOND, E. Cuyler; et all.

Cancer of the Lung: An Evaluation of the Problem (ONE OF THE FIRST FEW MAJOR SCIENTIFIC STUDIES LINKING CIGARETTES TO LUNG CANCER); Proceedings of the Scientific Session - Annual Meeting - American Cancer Society, Inc. November 3-4, 1953

New York: The American Cancer Society, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 7 7/8 X 10 1/4 Inches. 322 PP. Original stiff wraps with brown cloth binding. One of the very first serious meetings / studies that addressed the link between cigarettes and lung cancer. The researchers presenting here...

Price: $500.00

(Medicine) KEATING, J.M.

A History of the Yellow Fever, The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, in Memphis, TENN.; Embracing a Complete List of the Dead, the Names of the Doctors and Nurses Employed, Names of all who Contributed Money or Means, and the Names and History of the Howards, Together with Other Data, and Lists of the Dead Elsewhere.

Memphis, Tenn. Howard Association, 1879. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. 7 X 10 Inches. 454 PP. First printing copy in the original green cloth binding. Gilt title work to front cover and spine. Covers ruled in blind. Small 1/2 inch chip to bottom of title-page. Ink number on dedication...

Price: $100.00

(Art & Design) VASSOS, John

Phobia (SIGNED / NUMBERED / LIMITED EDITION)

New York: Covici Friede, 1931. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/8 X 12 Inches. 107 PP. #126 of 1500 signed and numbered First Printing copies. Housed in original publisher black cloth with silver decoration and title work to front cover. Signed on the limitation page by John Vassos. Vassos helped...

Price: $200.00

(Medicine) MACFADDEN, Bernarr

Diabetes: It's Cause, Nature and Treatment (SCARCE FIRST PRINTING IN ORIGINAL DJ)

New York: Macfadden Publications, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 223 PP. First printing of one of the earliest books on the diabetes epidemic that plagues America. Written only three years after the development of insulin, Macfadden throws his hat in the ring to...

Price: $250.00

(Health, Medicine & Nutrition) PICKETT, Deets

Temperance and the Changing Liquor Situation (REVIEW COPY WITH SLIP)

New York: Methodist Book Concern, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 Inches. 176 PP. First edition copy in original publisher grey cloth binding. A very clean copy with original review slip laid-in. Slight rubbing to edges. Small stain to fore-edge.

Price: $35.00

(Science) WATSON, James D.

DNA: The Secret of Life (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 7 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 446 PP. Stated First Edition copy signed directly on the title-page by the co-discoverer of DNA, James Watson. Original price of $39.95 intact on front flap of DJ.

Price: $400.00

(Health, Medicine & Nutrition) GLOVER, H. Clay; WOODWARD, B.T.

Diseases and Feeding of Your Dog (1928 First Thus)

New York: H. Clay Glover Co., Inc., 1928. First Thus. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 8 Inches. 104 PP. From the Official Veterinarian to the early Westminster Kennel Club shows at Madison Square Garden. Early treatise on the foundations of health for dogs. Illustrated througout with B/W period photographs of...

Price: $15.00

(Health) MACFADDEN, Bernarr

The Walking Cure: Pep and Power from Walking - How to Cure Disease by Walking (ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING)

New York City: MacFadden Publications, Inc., 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 179 PP. THE ORIGINAL JACK LALANNE AND CHARLES ATLAS! Original first edition, in original stiff wraps, from man credited with being the catalyst of the Health and Fitness movement in the United...

Price: $30.00

(Health) GRAVES, W.H.

Banish Constipation (IN SCARCE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET)

Los Angeles, CA: W.H. Graves, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 235 PP. Original first issue with the address on the title page marked through in ink. Accompanied by an original 3 X 5 mailing card for a subscription to Health News magazine...

Price: $250.00

(Medicine) SCHWEITZER, Albert

The Forest Hospital at Lambarene (First American Edition)

New York: Henry Holt, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 191 Pages. Housed in original dust jacket. Original blue cloth stamped in blind on front cover. Gold title on spine. Dust jacket retains original price of $2.00. PO name and inscription on the ffep...

Price: $150.00

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