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Discovery of Insulin. First Edition in dustjacket

Price: $24.00

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1982, ISBN:0771015763:

Seller ID: 110244

BLISS, Michael. The Discovery of Insulin. (Toronto) : McClelland and Stewart, (1982). First Edition. Pp (6),7-304, + 16-pages central section of b&w photos. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Roland, Secondary Sourcesin the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography, Volume 1, pp.53 & 123 ; Spadoni and Donnelly 3313, Garrison & Morton, Medical Bibliography (5th edition) 3979.1. "Here is the brilliant, definitive history of one of the most significant and controversial medical events of modern times. When insulin was discovered at the University of Toronto in 1921-22, even hardene...
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Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South. First Edition in dustjacket

By: SAVITT, Todd L., and James Harvey YOUNG (eds.) BREEDEN, James O.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: University of Tennessee Press, Knxville, 1988, ISBN:0870495720:

Seller ID: 110336

SAVITT, Todd L., and James Harvey YOUNG, (eds.). Disease and Distinctiveness in the American South. Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, (1988). First Edition. Pp (10),[xi]-xvii,(3),[1]-211,(1). Illustrated. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, black lettering to spine. "Disease and Distinctiveness in the Ameri¬an South is the first book to look at major diseases that have been historically associated with that region. The contributors discuss southern health problems of the past and ask whether the diseases endemic to theregion may not have been an important but somewhat neglected factor in...
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Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West : Essays on Region, History, and Practice

By: HILDRETH, Martha L. and Bruce T. MORAN, (eds.) EDWARDS, Diane D. MULLEN, Pierce C. BUELL, Paul D.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, Reno, 1998, ISBN:0874173043: 1998

Seller ID: 41807

ISBN: 0874173043

HILDRETH, Martha L. and Bruce T. MORAN, (eds.). Disease and Medical Care in the Mountain West : Essays on Region, History, and Practice. Reno: University of Nevada Press, (1998). First Printing. Pp (8),[ix]-xix,(3),[1]-154. 8vo, olive green cloth, gilt lettering to front & spine. Contents: Foreword by Todd Savitt; Introduction by the editors; 1. Ronald L. Numbers' "The Significance of Regions in American Medical History"; 2. Thomas J. Wolfe's "Steaming Saints: Mormons and the Thomsonian Movement in Nineteenth-Century America"; 3. Marie I. Boutté's "Suicide i...
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Disease in African History : An Introductory Survey and Case Studies. FirstEdition in dustjacket

By: HARTWIG, Gerald W., and K, David PATTERSON AZEVEDO, Mario Joaquim BROWN, James W. DELANCEY, Mark W.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: DuJce University Center for Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C. , 1978, ISBN:0822304104:

Seller ID: 110341

HARTWIG, Gerald W., and K, David PATTERSON, (eds). Disease in African History : An Introductory Survey and Case Studies.. Mario Joaquim Azevedo; JamesW. Brown; Mark W. DeLancey; CharJes M. Good; Gerald W. Hartwig; K. David P atterson. Durham, N.C.: Number 44 in a series published for the Duke University Center for Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, Duke University Press, 1978. First Edition. Pp (6),[vii]-xiv,(2),[3]-258. Index. Map. 8vo, blackcloth, gilt lettering to spine. "Students of the African past have paid sc ant attention to problems of disease and medicine, despite the extensiv...
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Disease, Medicine, and Empire : Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion. First Edition in dustjacket

By: MacLEOD, Roy, and Millton LEWIS (eds.) LEWIS, Milton

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Routledge, London and New York, 1988, ISBN:0415006856:

Seller ID: 110263

MacLEOD, Roy, and Millton LEWIS (eds.). Disease, Medicine, and Empire : Perspectives on Western Medicine and the Experience of European Expansion. London and New York : Routledge, (91988). First Edition. Pp (6),vii-xii,1-339,(1). Map. Index. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : Introduction (by Roy MacLeod). Part I - European medicine and imperial experience. 1. Manson, Ross and colonial medical policy, tropical medicine in London and Liverpool, 1899-1914 (by Michael Worboys). 2. Imperial health in British India, 1857-1900 (by Radhika Ramasubban). 3. European medicine in the C...
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Doctor Cardano, Physician Extraordinary. First Edition in dustjacket

By: WYKES, Alan

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Frederick Muller, London, 1969,:

Seller ID: 113836

WYKES, Alan. Doctor Cardano, Physician Extraordinary. (London) : Frederick Muller, (1969(. First Edition. Pp (10),[xi]-xii,[1]-187,(1),+ 8 pp plates. Text Illustrations. Index. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt letering to spine. Gerolamo Cardano (1501 – 1576) was an Italian polymath, whose interests and proficiencies ranged from being a mathematician, physician, biologist, physicist,chemist, astrologer, astronomer, philosopher, writer, and gambler. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance, and was one of the key figures in the foundation of probability and the earliest intro...
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Doctor Olds of Twilligate

By: OLDS, John, Dr.). SAUNDERS, Gary L. LAWTON, Louis E., foreword

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Breakwater, 1994,: 1994

Seller ID: 11368

ISBN: 1550810928

(OLDS, John, Dr.). SAUNDERS, Gary L. Doctor Olds of Twillingate : Portrait of an American Surgeon in Newfoundland. (St. John's, NF) : Breakwater, (1994). Second Printing. Pp (7), viii-xix, (3), 23-363, (5) + a 16-page cental section of plates, principally of b&w photos. With a map and a few other illustrations in the text. 8vo (152 x 228 mm), photo-illustrated cardcovers, with French flaps, with yellow lettering to spine. Gary Lloyd Saunders (b. November 23, 1935, Clarke's Head, Gander Bay, Newfoundland) was living in Clifton, Nova Scotia at the time of publication.
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Doctor's Pilgrimage. First Edition

By: BRASSET, Edmund A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Lippincott , 1951,:

Seller ID: 20935

BRASSETT, Edmund A., M.D. A Doctor's Pilgrimage. Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Co., (1951). First Edition. Pp (10),11-256. 8vo, blue cloth. Roland, Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography, Volume 1, p.124; Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 1714; Watters p.469, Rhodenizer p.467. A well-written & pleasant memoir of medical practice in NovaScotia. New Waterford, Canso, the Nova Scotia Hospital, Little Brook, near Digby. During times of financial worry in New Waterford, Brassett and his new wife developed an admirable biblio-salve: "When things got very bad ...
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Doctor's Pilgrimage. First Edition

By: BRASSET, Edmund A. CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Lippincott , 1951,:

Seller ID: 98229

BRASSETT, Edmund A., M.D. A Doctor's Pilgrimage. Philadelphia and New York : J.B. Lippincott Co., (1951). First Edition. Pp (10),11-256. 8vo (143 x 208 mm), blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Roland, Secondary Sources in the History of Canadian Medicine: A Bibliography, Volume 1, p.124; Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 1714; Watters p.469, Rhodenizer p.467. A well-written & pleasant memoir of medical practice in Nova Scotia. New Waterford, Canso, the Nova Scotia Hospital, Little Brook, near Digby. During times of financial worry in New Waterford, Brassett and his new wife developed an admirable bib...
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Doctor's Recreation Series. 10 of 12 vols.

By: MOULTON, Charles Edward (ed.)

Price: $160.00

Publisher: Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, OH, 1904,:

Seller ID: 56977

MOULTON, Charles Edward (general editor). The Doctor's Recreation Series (10 of 12 volumes). Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1904-1906. Vol I: The Doctor's Leisure Hour, Pp. 352, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol II: The Doctor's Red Lamp, Pp. 343, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol IV: A Book About Doctors, Pp. 516, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol V: The Doctor's Window, Pp. 288, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol VI: Passages From the Diary ofa Late Physician, Pp. 379, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol VIII: Doctors o f the Old School, Pp. 251, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Vol IX: The Shrine o...
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Doctors in Canada : The Changing World of Medical Practice. First Edition.

By: BLISHEN, Bernard R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Statistics Canada; University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1991, ISBN:0802059260:

Seller ID: 106728

BLISHEN, Bernard R. Doctors in Canada : The Changing World of Medical Practice. Toronto: Published in association with Statistics Canada by Universityof Toronto Press, (1991). First Printing. Pp. (4),[v]-xii,(2),[3]-195,(1). 8vo, decorated pale blue cloth with black lettering to front board and spi ne. "Through the twentieth century, the nature of medical practice has changed more quickly, more dramatically, and far more publicly than that of anyother profession in Cnada. In this study Bernard Blishen identifies the so cial and political pressures on the medical profession and assesses how...
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Doctors of Infamy: The Story of the Nazi Medical Crimes. Translated by Heinz Norden. With statements by three Americans identified with the Nuremburg Medical Trial: Andrew C. Ivy, Telford Taylor, & Leo Alexander, and a note on medical ethics

By: MITSCHERLICH, Alexander and Fred MIELKE

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Henry Schuman, New York, 1949,:

Seller ID: 100353

MITSCHERLICH, Alexander and Fred MIELKE. Doctors of Infamy : The Story of the Nazi Medical Crimes. Translated by Heinz Norden. With Statements by Three American Authorities identified with the Nuremburg Medical Trial: Andrew C. Ivy, Telford Taylor, & Leo Alexander, and a Note on Medical Ethics by Albert Deutsch (including the New Hippocratic Oath of the World Medical Association). New York : Henry Schuman, (1949). Pp (8),ix-xxxix,(3),1-172,(2),+ 16 pp plates. Index. 8vo, grey cloth, black lettering to spine. "Here, forthe first time, is the uncensored, unglossed, and fully documented stor...
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Doin' the Locum Motion. 1st ed trade

By: ROLTON, Chris

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, 2000,:

Seller ID: 60767

Doin' the Locum Motion. First Edition, Signed

By: ROLTON, Chris

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Creative Publishers, St. John's, NL, 2000, ISBN:1894294262:

Seller ID: 54442

ROLTON, Chris. Doin' the Locum Motion. St. John's : Creative Publishers, 2000. Pp. 211. 8vo, ill. card covers, black titles to spine. The experiences of a doctor working in the small northern and rural communities of Canada, in particular, Newfoundland. Slight bend at lower front corner, previous owner's name inked to the half-title, else very good. Author's signed gift inscription to dedication page. 20.00
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Dotchester's Doctors ... from the beginning. with ALS

By: PETCHEY, Helen

Price: $20.00

Publisher: 1998, ISBN:0968439209:

Seller ID: 101576

PETCHEY, Helen. Dorchester's Doctors ... from the beginning. N.pl.: n.pub.,1998. Pp (2),1-8,(2). Illustrated. Map. 8vo, illustrated yellow stapled ca rd covers. Contents : The Pioneers; Doctor and Duelist; Native Sons; The Acadian Sportsman; Community Servants. Very good. With an Autograph Letter Signed from the author laid in. NOTE: Shipping will be less for this slim item. 20.00
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Drugs of Hallucination

By: COHEN, Sidney WILSON, John Rowan, foreword

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Scientific Book Club / Canadian Bookclub Centre Ltd., London / Montreal, 1964,:

Seller ID: 97904

COHEN, Sidney. Drugs of Hallucination. Foreword by John Rowan Wilson. London [and Montreal]: Scientific Book Club [and Canadian Bookclub Centre Ltd.],(1964). Pp. (6),[vii]-xviii,(4),[3]-268. 8vo, red cloth with black letteri ng to spine. With a "Canadian Bookclub Centre Ltd., / 130 Bates Road, / Montreal 8, Quebec." label over original publication information on title page. "In this book Dr Sidney Cohen tells with precision and restraint the story of the most interesting [hallucinogen], LSD. He has long worked with the drug under hospital conditions and is aware of its possibilitie...
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Drugstore Memories : American Pharmacists Recall Life Behind the Counter, 1824-1933

By: SONNEDECKER, Glenn, David L. COWEN, and Gregory J. HIGBY, eds.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Americna Institute of the History of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 2002, ISBN:0931292387:

Seller ID: 103019

SONNEDECKER, Glenn, David L. COWEN, and Gregory J. HIGBY, (eds.). DrugstoreMemories : American Pharmacists Recall Life Behind the Counter, 1824-1933, as edited by Glenn Sonnedecker, David L. Cowen, and Gregory J. Higby. Madi son, WI: American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, 2002. Pp. (4),v-ix,(1),1-154,(4). Illustrated in black and white. 8vo, illustrated cream card covers with black titles to front and spine, Edward Hopper illustration to front cover. "Here are ordinary practitioners, telling in their own words what it was like behind the coutner. They hail from places as far apart ...
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Dying Justice : A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide inCanada. First Edition in djustjacket

By: DOWNIE, Jocelyn

Price: $35.00

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2004, ISBN:0802037607:

Seller ID: 77030

DOWNIE, Jocelyn. Dying Justice : A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide in Canada. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (2004). Pp. (6),[vii]-x,[1]-201,(5). 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering to spine.AT the time of publication, Downie was the director of the Health Law Inst itute at Dalhousie University, Halifax. "The legal status of assisted deathin Canada is in urgent need of clarification and reform. If this is to tak e place, however, the process must be informed by a careful, thorough, and thoughtful analysis of the issues. In Dying Justice, Jocelyn Downie pro...
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East Greenland Eskimo Dentition : Numerical Variations and Anatomy : A Contribution to Comparative Ethnic Odontography

By: PEDERSEN, P.O.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, Kobenhavn, 1965,:

Seller ID: 100555

PEDERSEN, P.O. The East Greenland Eskimo Dentition : Numerical Variations and Anatomy : A Contribution to Comparative Ethnic Odontography. With 27 figures in the text and 30 plates. København: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1965. Second Printing, originally published 1949. Pp. [1]-244, + 30 leaves of plates.4to, printed pale blue card covers with black titles to front and spine. M eddelelser om Grønland, udgivne af Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland, Bd. 142, Nr. 3. "During the Spring and Summer of 1933 thepresent writer was engaged in dental practice at the cryolite minin...
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Eighteenth-Century Container Glass from the Roma Site, Prince Edward Island[and] Bottle Glass from a Privy at Fort George Military Reserve, Ontario [ and] Glassware Excavated from Fort Anne, Nova Scotia

By: ALYLUIA, Jeanne, Pierre R. BEAUDET, and Jane E. HARRIS BEAUDET, Pierre R. HARRIS, Jane E. History and Archaeology, number 45

Price: $50.00

Publisher: National Parks and Historic Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, Hull, 1981, ISBN:0660107341:

Seller ID: 98131

ALYLUIA, Jeanne, Pierre R. BEAUDET, and Jane E. HARRIS. Eighteenth-Century Container Glass from the Roma Site, Prince Edward Island [and] Bottle Glassfrom a Privy at Fort George Military Reserve, Ontario [and] Glassware Exca vated from Fort Anne, Nova Scotia. (Hull, Quebec): National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, Environment Canada, 1981. Pp. (2),[3]-206,(2). Illustrated in black and white. 4to, brown card covers with orange lettering to front and spine. History and Archaeology, number 45. Alyluia's "Eighteenth-Century Container Glass" (pp. 3-82): "The 18th-century...
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