Medicine from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Lebanon, PA: Applied Arts Publishers. G PB ex-library. (1972). 4th ptg. A collection of hundreds of the interesting and often humorous remedies for many ailments, many presented in the early language . and type that appeared in almanacs and home doctoring books more than a century ago. Library markings. .

Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co. Fair. 1901. 2nd ed. Black binding, gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear, .

Bosston: W. M. Leonard. VG. 1915. 2nd ed 2nd ptg. Black binding, gilt lettering. Sl edge wear, owner name ft endpaper. .

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders. G. 1924. Reprint. Maroon binding, gilt lettering on spine. Edge wear, 1" piece of ft endpaper missing from top edge. .

NY: William Wood. G. 1908. 1st Amer ed. Maroon binding, gilt lettering on spine. Flyleaf missing, half title page spotted, edge wear esp spine ends, hinges cracked. .

NY: Public Affairs. VG in VG DJ. (2002). 1st ed 1st ptg. In the past the physician's art has been devoted to making sick people well. Now it will be increasingly dedicated to making . people sexier, happier, prettier, smarter, and generating enormous profits for its practitioners and their corporate sponsors. .

NY: Harvest/Harcourt Brace Jov.. VG lg sz PB. (1984). 1st ed 1st ptg. Origins & definitions of over 1,000 medical terms in dictionary format with Haubrich's dry humor of his profession's language. .

NY: Norton. VG PB advance reading copy. nd. Semmelweis is remembered for the now commonplace notion that doctors must wash their hands before examining patients. In . mid 19th century Vienna this was a subversive. Deaths from childbed fever were exploding. His simple reforms threatened the medical establishment and he failed to overturn the status quo. .… Read more about this item

NY: Appleton. G. 1882. Edge wear, spine torn, front hinge cracked. Contains over 50 pages of ads for medical books at end of book. .

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co. VG. (1943). Corners bumped, small dent to cover fore-edge on ft side. .

NY: Funk & Wagnalls. G+. (1917). Gilt illustration and letters on front cover. Top of spine chewed (mice), o/w nice, bright copy .

Knoxville, TN: Grand Rounds Press. VG in VG DJ. (1991). DJ sl edge wear. .

Greenwich, CT: Greenwich Press/BristolMyers. VG in VG DJ. (1998). Cardiology is barely 75 years old as a specialized medical discipline but it has taken giant steps toward understanding & . treating mechanisms of disease & recovery of the heart. .

NY: Simon & Schuster. VG in VG DJ. (1991). 1st ptg. DJ sl chipped. From Raymond Carver to Margaret Atwood to Dylan Thomas and Kurt Vonnegut. .

NY: Harmony. VG in VG DJ. (1991). 1st ed 1st ptg.

Los Angeles, CA: J. P. Tarcher, Inc.. VG in VG DJ. (1980). 2nd ed. DJ chpd. Owner's stamp fep. For more than 150 yrs, homeopathic remedies have been respected part of medicine in many countries .