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17 Doors to Prince Edward Island and a Window on Cathay. First Edition

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Friends of St. Andrew's Press, 1983,

Seller ID: 101281

MacINTYRE, Wendell. 17 Doors to Prince Edward Island, and a Window on Cathay. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: "Published under the aegis of the Friends of St. Andrew's Press", Fall 1994. Printed by Kwik-Kopy Printing. First Printing. Pp (14),v-x,1-122,(2), including a photo-section in the early pages. 8vo, cream cardcovers, lettered in red to front and spine. A collection of piecesby MacIntyre, many of which had appeared as magazine articles. "Whither Go es Prince Edward Island?"; "Seaman's Beverages Limited: 1939-1994"; "Banking Comes to Prince Edward Island"; "An E...
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A Century of Care : A History of the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax 1887-1987. First Edition in dustjacket,

By: HOWELL, Colin D.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Victoria General Hospital, Halifax , 1988, ISBN:096934081

Seller ID: 2020

HOWELL, Colin D. A Century of Care : A History of the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, 1887-1987. [Halifax] : "published by The Victoria General Hospital", (1988). First Edition. "Printed and bound in Canada". Pp. (5),6-128. With 35 b&w photos in the text. 8vo (144 x 226 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to front & spine. Roland & Bernier, Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography, Volume 2, pp.71 & 191. Colin D. Howell (b. 1944, Middleton) was teaching at Saint Mary's University, Halifax at the time of publication. "The history of the Victori...
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A History of Medicine. First American Edition

By: CASTIGLIONI, Arturo KRUMBHAAR, E. B. (trans & ed)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941, : 1941

Seller ID: 49326

CASTIGLIONI, Arturo. A History of Medicine. Translated from the Italian and edited by E. B. Krumbhaar. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First US Edition. Pp. 1013, i-xl, being the index. Includes 443 illustrations. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, top edge red.

Arturo Castiglioni (b. April 10, 1874, Trieste – d. January 21, 1953, Milano) an Italian-American medical historian.

Front board slightly shaky, cloth rubbed, previous owner's name inked to flyleaf, else very good. 75.00
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A History of the Moncton Hospital : A Proud Past - A Healthy Future (1895-1995). First Edition

By: MacLELLAN, Donald I.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing, Halifax, 1998, ISBN:1551092766 : 1998

Seller ID: 96724

ISBN-13: 9781551092782

MacLELLAN, Donald I. A History of the Moncton Hospital : A Proud Past - A Healthy Future (1895-1995). (Halifax, NS) : Nimbus Publishing, (1998). First Edition. Pp (4),[v]-vi,(2),[1]-320. Illustrated with 66 b&w photos 8vo, photo-illustrated cream & red card covers, red & black lettering to spine. Donald I. MacLellan, M.D., C.M., F.R.CS. (C.) (b. Moncton). The spine and front cover omit the indefinite article in the title. “When the Moncton Hospital first opened its doors on Saturday, June 11, 1898, it consisted of two floors of the almshouse overlooking the Petitcodiac River. Today, i...
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A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases. First Edition in dustjacket

By: COPEMAN, W.S.C.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, 1964, : 1964

Seller ID: 46505

COPEMAN, W.S.C. A Short History of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases. Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press, 1964. First Edition. "Printed in the United States of America". Pp (4),[v]-ix,(3),[1]-236 + a 16-page central section of illustrations. 8vo (150 x 221 mm), purple cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Garrison-Morton, Morton's Medical Bibliography, Fifth Edition 4509.1. William Sydney Charles Copeman, C.B.E., T.D., F.R.C.P. (b. 1900 – d. November 24, 1970). Foreword by C.D. O'Malley., Los Angeles [Charles Donald O'Malley, 1907-1970]. Preface. 1. A Synop...
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A Students Manual of Osteology and Arthrology. First Edition

By: CAMERON, John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: John Cameron : 1922

Seller ID: 5296

CAMERON, John, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.S.C. A Students Manual of Osteology and Arthrology. Halifax : The Ross Print Limited, 1922, First Edition. Pp (4), 5-206, (2, index). Illustrated. 8vo (158 x 223 mm), blue cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.

John Cameron, M.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.R.S.C. (b. September 16, 1873, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland – d. November 27, 1960, Bournemouth, England) was Professor of Anatomy at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Some wear to cloth, else very good. 40.00

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A Treatise on the Eye : Containing Discoveries of the Causes of Near and Far Sightedness, and of the Affections of the Retina, with Remarks on the Use of Medicines as Substitutes for Spectacles. Second Edition

By: WALLACE, William Clay

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Samuel Colman : 1839

Seller ID: 117030

WALLACE, William Clay. A Treatise on the Eye : Containing Discoveries of the Causes of Near and Far Sightedness, and of the Affections of the Retina, with Remarks on the Use of Medicines as Substitutes for Spectacles. Second Edition. New York : "Published by Samuel Colman, VIII Astor House", 1839. Pp (6),[9]- 88. With many illustrations in the text. 12mo (117 x 174 mm), rebound in blue buckram, with gilt lettering to spine. William Clay Wallace, (b. circa 1800) Oculist, America's First Professor of Ophthalmology. Light foxing throughout, else very good. 400.00...
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Aboriginal Peoples and the Law : Indian, Metis and Inuit Rights in Canada. Hardcover

By: MORSE, Bradford W. (ed.) Carleton Library Series No. 131

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Carleton University Press, Ottawa, 1984, ISBN:0886290198

Seller ID: 106869

MORSE, Bradford W. (ed.). Aboriginal Peoples and the Law : Indian, Metis and Inuit Rights in Canada. Ottawa : Carleton University Press, (1984). Pp (4),v-xlv,(10,1-800. 8vo, grey library cloth, white lettering to spine. Carleton Library Series No. 131. Contents : Chapter 1. Aboriginal peoples and the law (by Bradford W. Morse): 1. The aboriginal peoples in Canada. (a) Who are the aboriginal people? (b) Demographic and economic information. (c) The position of aboriginal families. (d) Conclusion. 2. Further reading. Chapter 2. Aspects of aboriginal rights in international law (by Maureen Davies...
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Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. 31, No. 1,Autumn 2001

By: FRANK, David (ed.) GODFREY, W.G. LEWIS, Timothy D. TWOHIG, Peter L.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., 2001,

Seller ID: 103142

FRANK, David (ed.). Acadiensis : Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region. Vol. XXXI, No. 1, Autumn 2001. Fredericton, N.B.: Department of History, University of New Brunswick, 2001. Pp [1]-224. Illustrated. 8vo, blue and white card covers. Contents : Private and Government Funding: The Case ofthe Moncton Hospital, 1898-1953 (by W.G. Godfrey); Rooted in the Soil: Far m Family Persistence in Burton Parish, Sunbury County, New Brunswick, 1851-1901 (by Timothy D. Lewis); "Local Girls" and "Lab Boys": Gender, Skill andMedical Laboratories in Nova Scotia in the 1920s and 1930s ...
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Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. reprint

By: DAVY, John GOONERATNE, Yasmine Ceylon Historical Journal, Vol. 16

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, Dehiwala, Ceylon, 1969,

Seller ID: 112121

DAVY, John. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon and of its Inhabitants with Travels in that Island. Complete and unabridged from the original editionof 1821. With an introduction by Yasmine Gooneratne. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Dehiwala, Ceylon : Tisara Prakasakayo Publishers, (March 1969). Facsimile Reprint. 8vo, white card covers, spine lettered in black, front cover lettered in black and illustrated in red, in a matching dustjacket. Contents : Part I. An Account of the Interior of Ceylon, and o f its Inhabitants: 1. Name. Geographical outlines. Rocks. Minerals. Soils. ...
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Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead

By: CARPUE, J.C. Classics of Medicine Library McDOWELL, Frank

Price: $120.00

Publisher: Classics of Medicine Library, Birmingham, 1981,

Seller ID: 39666

CARPUE, J.C. An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead. With a Foreword and Biography by Frank McDowell. Birmingham : Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Pp 102. Illustrated with 5 Plates. 4to, full red cowhide with 22-karat gold-stamped decorations, a.e.g. A facsimile of the London 1816 edition. Fine. 120.00
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Across the Medicine Line , in dustjacket

By: TURNER, C. Frank

Price: $16.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Limited, Toronto, 1973, ISBN:0771086164

Seller ID: 107487

TURNER, C. Frank. Across the Medicine Line. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1973). Pp (8),9-270,(2),+ i-xvi (plates). Endpaper Maps. 8vo,brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Spadoni & Donnelly 2500. Dj ads : Th e Epic Confrontation Between Sitting Bull and the North-West Mounted Police. "Across the Medicine Line is the story of the dramatic encounter between Sitting Bull, the exiled leader of the Sioux, and James Morrow Walsh, Superintendent of the North-West Mounted Police. Between this gravey, wily, persuasive Indian and his adventurous, quick-tempered antagonist, there aro...
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Activists and Advocates : Toronto's Health Department, 1883-1983. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MacDOUGALL, Heather

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Dundurn Press, Toronto and Oxford, 1990, ISBN:1550020722

Seller ID: 105278

MacDOUGALL, Heather. Activists and Advocates : Toronto's Health Department,1883-1983. Toronto and Oxford : Dundurn Press, 1990. First Edition. Pp (5) ,6-334,(2). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. "For more than a century, Toronto's Health Department has served as a model of evolving municipal public health services in Canada and beyond. From horse manure to hippies and small pox to AIDS, the Department's staff have established and maintained standards of environmental cleanliness and communicable disease control procedures that have made the city a healthy place...
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Administration of the Navy Department in World War II

By: FURER, Julius Augustus, Rear Admiral EDISON, Charles, foreword. ELDER, Ernest McNeill, Rear Admiral, intro.

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Department of the Navy, 1959,

Seller ID: 38326

FURER, Julius Augustus, Rear Admiral. Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. With a Foreword by The Honorable Charles Edison; and an Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Elder. Washington: (Department of the Navy), 1959. Pp 1042. 8vo, blue cloth. Contents include: "The Naval Establishment- An Overall Survey"; "Secretary of the Navy"; "Chief of Naval Operations - Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet"; "Fleet Organization"; "The Bureau System"; "Bureau of Ships"; "Bureau of Naval Personnel"; "Bureau of Ordnance"; "Bureau of Aeronautics"; "Bureau of Yards ...
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Adoption of Inoculation for Smallpox in England and France. in dustjacket

By: MILLER, Genevieve

Price: $160.00

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1957,

Seller ID: 110264

MILLER, Genevieve. Adoption of Inoculation for Smallpox in England and France. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, (1957). Pp (12),[17]-355,(1), frontispiece + 8 pp plates. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt letering to spine. Garrison & Morton, Medical Bibliography (5th edition) 5436.1. Contents : 1. Introduction. 2. The New Scourge: Smallpox. 3. An Eastern Innovation. 4. Royal Patronage: Inoculation in England, 1721-1722. 5. Reaction andControversy, 1722-1729. 6. The New Art of Preventing Distempers. England: 1730-1755. 7. The Fate of Inoculation on the Continent. 8. The Adoption of I...
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Advice to the Sealorn, US in dj

By: PAYSON, Herb

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Sheridan House, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1997, ISBN:157409002x

Seller ID: 75681

PAYSON, Herb. Advice to the Sealorn. (Dobbs Ferry, New York): Sheridan House, (1997). First printing. Pp.(i)-viii,1-343,[1]. Illustrated. 8vo brick red cloth with gold lettering to spine. "Herb Payson has distilled over 20 years of sailing experience into the perfect compendium for those who are contemplating live-aboard cruising, sailors with some experience in weekend and day sailing, and all those sailors who read for information and fun. The book loosely follows a questions and answer format that allows the author to range over a broad spectrum of cruising topics." -from the dj. Co...
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Aequanimitas : With other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine. 2nd ed, 8th printing

By: KELLY, Arthur D.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Toronto, 1977,

Seller ID: 114562

KELLY, Arthur D. Aequanimitas. [Toronto] : Published privately, 1977. FirstEdition. "Layout and Lithography H.F.P. Lithography Limited, Ajax, Ontario ; Bindery by Canadian Bookcraft, Ajax, Ontario". Pp (4),i-vi,(2),1-396,(8) + b&w portrait photo [opp. p.vi].. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Arthur Dill Kelly, O.C., M.B., D.Sc. LL.D. (b. March 15, 1901, Toronto - d. December 13, 1976. A collection of short pieces, signed ADK, that originally appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal from the mid '60s through the early '70s. I chanced upon a local interest one, ...
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African Fever : A Study of British Science, Technology, and Politics in West Africa, 1787-1864.. First Edition in dustjacket

By: CARLSON, Dennis G. TAYLOR, Carl E., foreword STNSELL, Susette Sites

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Science History Publications, U.S.A., Canton, MA, 1984, ISBN:0882021966

Seller ID: 110247

CARLSON, Dennis G. African Fever : A Study of British Science, Technology, and Politics in West Africa, 1787-1864. Foreword by Carl E. Taylor. Illustrations by Susette Sites Stansell. (Canton, MA) : Science History Publications, U.S.A., (1984). First Edition. Pp (12),[xiii]-xviii,(2),[1]-108. Illustrated. Maps. Index. 8vo, green cloth, gile lettering to spine. "Few periodsin the history of medicine have demonstrated the combination of adventure, glamour, and hardship to be found in records of the pioneers of tropical m edicine during the Age of European Imperial Expansion. Physicians, stat...
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Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War.

By: QUINN, Shawna M. New Brunswick Military Heritage Project

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, Fredericton, N.B., 2010, ISBN:9780864926333 : 2010

Seller ID: 91820

ISBN-13: 9780864926333

QUINN, Shawna M. Agnes Warner and the Nursing Sisters of the Great War. (Fredericton, New Brunswick) : Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, (2010). First Printing. Pp(6),7-171,(5). Illustrated with 26 b&w photos, as well as reproductions of several posters, maps in the text. 8vo, illustrated card covers, black spine. Agnes Warner (b. 1872, Saint John - d. April 23, 1926, New York City). "When Canada entered the Great War in 1914, thousands of women eager to see active service signed on to nurse the wounded. What they experienced in the hospitals behind the fro...
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Alabama Student and Other Biographical Essays. 1st ed / Cdn issue

By: OSLER, William

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1908,

Seller ID: 9035

OSLER, William. An Alabama Student and Other Biographical Essays. Tor. : Oxford University Press Canadian Branch, 1908. Pp (8),[1]-334,(2),frontis. 8vo, red cloth. Garrison-Morton 6722, Golden Roland 1368:1478. Light fading to spine, nicking to spine ends, else very good. From the library of WilliamLawson Grant (with his bookplate to front pastedown). 135.00
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