D'ADESKY, ANNE-CHRISTINE

Moving Mountains the Race to Treat Global Aids

London: Verso, 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1844670023. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, light soiling of front page edges. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 16.26 X 4.06 X 21.34 millimeters; 487 pages; "In dispatches written from around the world, Anne-christine d’Adesky reports on the greatest challenge facing us today: the global effort to provide life-saving medicines and care to 40 million people living with HIV and AIDS in resource-poor countries, the great majority in sub-Saharan Africa. She analyzes the obstacles to providing universal access to antiretroviral drugs whose cost has been out of reach to millions until now, and she exposes the underlying and often competing agendas of donor and recipient governments, funders, activists and individuals with HIV who are struggling to survive. In lively, in-depth field reports from countries including Cuba, Brazil, Russia, Haiti, Mexico, Uganda, South Africa, China and India, she reveals how pilot and national treatment programs are serving as models. They provide a litmus test of the feasibility of HIV and AIDS treatment in settings of abject poverty, underdevelopment and economic and political instability.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21100

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 1844670023 AIDS Anti-retrovirals Africa Cuba India HIV Science::Medicine

GOLDACRE, BEN

Bad Science: Quacks, Hacks, and Big Pharma Flacks

New York: Faber & Faber, 2010. Softcover. ISBN: 0865479186. Card covers show light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; "Ben Goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus credentialing programs, and biased scientific studies. He has also taken the media to task for its willingness to throw facts and proof out the window. But he's not here just to tell you what's wrong. Goldacre is here to teach you how to evaluate placebo effects, double-blind studies, and sample sizes, so that you can recognize bad science when you see it. You're about to feel a whole lot better.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21594

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0865479186 pharmacare Placebo Science::Medicine

GRAHAM, HARVEY

The Story of Surgery

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc, 1939. Later Printing. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact.; B&W Plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 425 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 20208

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Keywords: surgery Science::Medicine

HAULTAIN, W.F.T. & KENNEDY, CLIFFORD

A Practical Handbook of Midwifery and Gynaecology for Students and Practitioners

Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1947. Third Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Color plates. Red cloth covered boards show light wear, white T on spine, some notations and underlining of text; A tight solid book; B&W Illustrations; 388 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 8824

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: Medicine midwife gynaecology Science::Medicine

MOYNIHAN, R. & ALAN CASSELS

Selling Sickness

Vancouver BC: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1553651316. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 254 pages; "Selling Sickness reveals how widening the boundaries of illness and lowering the threshold for treatments is creating millions of new patients and billions in new profits. This in turn is driving up personal drug bills and threatening to bankrupt national health systems all over the world. As more and more ordinary life is "medicalized," the industry moves ever closer to being able to "sell to everyone."". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 21094

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 1553651316 pharmaceutical Medicine Science::Medicine

NONE

Kato's Integrated English

Japan: Nanzando, 1978. Reprint. Leather Bound. ISBN: 3047011206. Withdrawn stamp on front free end paper, library stamp top page edges, previous owner's name on back end paper. Only light wear. ; A bright, solid book, gold imprinted titles front and spine. Despite condition grading, this is in very nice condition. ; Ex-Library; 1718 pages; Text in English and Japanese. This is a reprint of the 1960 first edition.. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 15057

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 3047011206 Japanese Reference Medical Science::Medicine

OSHINSKY, DAVID M.

Polio an American Story

New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0195152948. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.5 inches; 342 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21082

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0195152948 Poliomyelitis sabin Epidemic Jonas salk SCIENCE Science::Medicine

PATTERSON, FRANK P.

The Cutting Edge; Reminiscences of Surgery at the Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia, 1915

Vancouver BC: Hatzic Publishing, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0968566006. Signed by Author; Only slight wear; Signed by the author on half title page. A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 235 pages; Doctor Patterson was head of Orthopaedics at the UBC School of Medicine from 1950-1973 at which time he became Head of Surgery. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 14266

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0968566006 Surgery Hospital Surgeon orthopedics orthopaedics UBC school of medicine University of British Columbia British Columbia Biographies & Memoirs Science::Medicine

PRESTON, RICHARD

The Demon in the Freezer a True Story

Toronto: Random House, 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0375508562. Previous owner's name on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 6.31 X 0.95 X 9.54 inches; 240 pages; "The first major bioterror event in the United States-the anthrax attacks in October 2001-was a clarion call for scientists who work with “hot” agents to find ways of protecting civilian populations against biological weapons. In The Demon in the Freezer, his first nonfiction book since The Hot Zone, a #1 New York Times bestseller, Richard Preston takes us into the heart of Usamriid, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, once the headquarters of the U.S. biological weapons program and now the epicenter of national biodefense.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21097

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0375508562 bioterrorism Biological weapons USAMRIID Fort detrick Infectious Disease Science::Medicine

TIMBERG, CRAIG & DANIEL HALPERIN

Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the Aids Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It

New York: Penguin, 2013. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0143123009. Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 422 pages; "tell the surprising story of how Western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned the flames. Drawing on remarkable new science, Tinderbox overturns the conventional wisdom on the origins of this deadly pandemic, and in a riveting narrative that stretches from colonial Leopoldville to 1980s San Francisco to South Africa today, it reveals how human hands unleashed this epidemic and can now overcome it, if only we learn the lessons of the past.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 21595

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0143123009 AIDS Epidemic Science::Medicine

TUCKER, JONATHAN B.

Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0871138301. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 291 pages; "Tucker traces the history of the smallpox virus from its first recorded outbreak around 3700 B.C. through its use as the first biological warfare agent in human history, and draws some decisively important lessons for the future. In a timely debate, Tucker addresses the ever-growing concerns about the proliferation of the deadly smallpox virus and its use by terrorist organizations.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21433

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: 0871138301 Smallpox Terrorism Biological warfare eradicate SCIENCE Science::Medicine

WARREN, J. COLLINS AND A. PEARCE GOULD (EDITORS)

The International Text-Book of Surgery By American and British Authors - Volume 1

Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders & Company, 1903. Second Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Color plates. Black cloth covered boards worn head and tail of spine, split 1 inch down back edge of spine, some wear along front edge of spine, some discoloration of end papers. Corners bumped, bump back fore edge. ; A tight solid book, hinges intact. Many full color plates. ; B&W and color illustrations; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 965 + ads pages. Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9045

Catalogue: Science::Medicine

Keywords: surgery Medicine Science::Medicine