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	Davis Gynecology and Obstetrics General Index Hagerstown, Maryland, W.F. Prior Co., 1944. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ as Issued, Very nice, clean copy. Heavy card covers with simulated leather texture. Slight toning to pages only fault. 93 pages. USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2118] Book number: 15698 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ARIKHA, NOGA Passions and Tempers; A History of the Humours New York, Ecco Press/Harper-Collins, 2007, First Printing. (ISBN: 9780060731168) Hard Cover with dust jacket, New/New, Crisp BRAND NEW copy. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Publisher's material laid-in. Certainly one of the more unusual histories, as this one traces the history of the humours -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler, from their Western origin in ancient Greece to their present day versions. A fascinating meld of science, psychology and philosophy. 376 pages. Indexed USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 17072 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHOR Petrolager Vintage Ad Cards "Seven Stages of Man" ( Nos. 1-3) , Chicago: Petrolager Laboratories. /, Very Good/Stiff Cardboard. White emulsified mineral oil -- does it get any better than that? Yecccchhh! But there was a day when digestive difficulties were cured with a spoonful or two of this old faithful. These humorous cards -- there were originally seven, but we have the first three only -- were designed to show the consumer that the product is useful from infancy to old age. Each measures 4x8-3/4" and shows a figure drawn in browns and reds against a white background. At the bottom there is a black band with a picture of the product and the company logo, as well as the information that there were five types of Petrolager. No date, but we're guessing by the clothing they are definitely pre-1950. The first one features a rear view of a baby with droopy diapers. The second shows a happy kid with a pinwheel skipping the light fantastic wearing high top tennies, short pants, dress shirt, tie, sweater vest and sportcoat, while the third shows a young man smoking a pipe and wearing plaid pants, a fur coat, and a hat with two books tucked under his arm. It's interesting to note that Edgar Cayce mentioned Petrolager 125 times by brand in his health readings. The latter two cards are especially nice. The first has a little light soiling and one small crease at lower left corner. Scarce -- especially three consecutive cards. Will scan images upon request. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 9601 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Adventures in Advertising New York, Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1924. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, An extraordinary collection of ads published in large magazines of the day by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to inform readers about various health issues. Here they are collected in book form due to the large number of requests for same following the win of two prestigious awards -- the John M. Holcombe Trophy for best insurance ads and the Harvard Advertising Award. The book is entitled Adventures In Advertising and consists of 32 large full-scale ads measuring 10-3/4" by 14." They are bound in brown wraps and very clean and nice with just a small bit of smudging to title page. What's fascinating about these ads is that not only do they cover a wide variety of topics with much info on each, but they were so far ahead of their time. One of the most interesting warns about the dangers of too much fat in the diet. Other topics include the need for instruction in baby and child care, the importance of nurses, the crusade against TB, cooking with science for health, the high danger of pneumonia in March, the importance of turning citizens into immigrants, cleanliness and childbirth, food safety, preventing summer death in infants, cutting down on accidental deaths, the role of happiness in health, the relationship bewtween children's health and learning, the role of the happy workplace, stamping out diptheria, saving for college, medical check-ups, heart disease, financial health, milk in the diet, appreciation of the home, keeping children in school, the importance of a happy childhood, dental health and more. Frameable. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 15000 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CROOK, WILLIAM G.,M.D. The Yeast Connection, A Medical Breakthrough, , Professional Books, 1983. /, No edition stated. Fine in VG DJ displaying a bit of wear at crown of spine and lightly along top rear edge. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Health. Medicine. Yeast. If you feel bad all over, especially on damp days, in moldy places or when exposed to tobacco or chemical smells, crave sweets and yeast-containing foods and beverages, and have taken antibiotics and birth control pills, the source of your problem, says the author, could be yeast - candida albicans. Tells you how to identify the problem, treat it, construct a user-friendly diet, and keep the yeast under control. Addresses the problems of men, women and kids. Filled with charts and drawings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 3069 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRABER, EDWARD A. Gynecologic Endocrinology (Interesting Ephemera laid-in) Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1961. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Good, Book is very clean and tightly bound. There is a bit of rubbing to front of orange dustjacket , a small bit of wear to bottom corner of DJ spine and one small tear at bottom rear, but is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. An interesting adjunct to the book are the pehermal items laid-in, including deveral actual medical bills from 1961 with procedures and prices listed and a pamhlet entitled "Current Technics of Measuring Peripheral Arterial Insuffiency," also dated 1961. Book itself is designed as an easy-to-use reference guide. 218 pages. Indexed. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 15705 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LE GUERER, ANNICK Scent , New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1992. /, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. ISBN:0-394-58526-7. As new copy which has not been price-clipped. A highly readable account of all thing olfactory. the author investigates the uses and properties of scent through the ages in relation to magic, myth, religion, sex, discrimination, philosophy and medicine. 260 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7367 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	JANIGER, OSCAR; GOLDBERG, PHILIP A Different Kind of Healing : Doctors Speak Candidly about Their Successes with Alternative Medicine , New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1993. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Nice clean attractive copy in mylar. Has not bene price-clipped. The result of 250 astonishing interviews with traditonally trained doctors who admit to having had great success with various forms of alternative medicine. 224 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 8101 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	KHAVARI, FARID A., PH.D., Vultures, Doctors, Lawyers, Hospitals and Insurance Companies, What's Wrong And What To Do About It, , Roundtable Publishing, 1990., 1990, No Edition Stated, Likely First. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, As new. Has not been price-clipped. Driven by the death of his wife due to medical malpractice, the author was compelled to unveil "the unholy alliance" between lawyers, doctors, hospitals and insurance copmpanies. Based on personal experience. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 2019C Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LEWIN, PHILIP Backache and Sciatic Neuritis Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1943. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, Nice copy. Handsome navy blue boards with no bumping and crisp gilt printing to spine. Pages cleana nd unmarked. Only fault is darkening to gutters, front and back. Text duiscusses back injuries, deformities, diseases, and disabilities with notes on the peliv, neck and brachial neuritis. Illustrated with 235 photos and line drawings. 745 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 15728 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCELROY, ANN; TOWNSEND, PATRICIA K. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective Boulder, CO, U.S.A., Westview Press, 1985, Later Priniing. (ISBN: 0813301769) Soft Cover, Fine/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp, beautiful copy with no spine crease. Prisitine pages and page edges. Only defect is small, minor crease to lower front corner of cover. Ilustrated throughout with amazing black and white photographs. Extensive text covers the ecology of health and disease; interdisciplinary research in health problems; the meaning of adaptation; evolving patterns of birth, disease and death; the ecology and economics of nutrition; nutrition throughout the life cycle; stress and disease; health repercussions of culture contact; and health costs of modernization. 482 pages. Indexed. USD 5.95 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 525] Book number: 12,654 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	OLANOW, CHARLES W. (EDITOR); LIEBERMAN, ABRAHAM (EDITOR) The Scientific Basis for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease , Park Ridge, New Jersey: The Parthenon Publishing Group, 1992. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. ISBN:1850703558. Nice crisp, clean copy in mylar marred only by a very small spot to side edge of pages. Provides information on levodopa and dopamine agonists, as well as on adverse effects which complicate therapy. Also presents data on the critical issues of etiology and pathogensis and the formulation of a scientific rationale for therapies designed to protect against neuronal progression and to restore function lost as a result of cell degeneration. 307 pages. Indexed. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 8521 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	QUILL, TIMOTHY E. Death And Dignity, Making Choices and Taking Charge , W.W. Norton, 1993. /, Near Fine/Very Good. First Printing. Nice, clean, attractive copy which has not been price-clipped.The author, a respected physician who put his career on the line by writing an article for the New england Journal of Medicine stating that he had provided a lethal dose of medicatyion to a terminal patient and told her how to take it. The article inspired 2000 letters of inquiry. Here he talks about the taking charge of a terminal illness, having an honest dialogue with your physician and, ultimately, making your own choices clear up to the end of life. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 4396 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	RAYMAN, REBECCA J. The Body in Brief; Essential for Health Care , El Paso, Texas: Skidmore-Roth Publishing, 1988. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps, Very Good. No Edition Stated. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Very nice, clean book, spiral bound to lie flat. Contents pristine. Only defect is a small bit of creasing to rear cover. A quick reference guide which provides info used in everday clinical practice. chapters are divided into specific systems of the body and then broken down into the following categories:overview, assessment, system procedures and conditions, diets, drugs, glosssary and English.Spanish translations. 440 pages. Indexed. USD 8.95 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 790] Book number: 10,030 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SCHER, JONATHAN, M.D. Preventing Miscarriage, The Good News , Harper & Row, 1990. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Nice copy -- clean as a whistle inside and out and has not been price-clipped. Only defect is evidence of a sticker having been removed from front pastedown. The author explains why pregnancies fail, medical tests that pionpoint the causes of miscarriage, and treatments available to prevent it. 240 pages, indexed. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 4636 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SENELICK, RICHARD C.; RYAN, CATHY E. Living with Brain Injury : A Guide for Families , San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.: HealthSouth Corporation, 1998. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps, Very Good. Later Printing. Very clean, nice copy with no spine crease. slight corner wear only defect. Contents pristine. A very thorough primer designed for families just encountering the effects of brain injury to a loved one. Explains degrees of injury; physical, cognitive and behavioral symptoms; choosing a rehab hospital; the treatment team; and the rehab process. Also, answers the questions virtually every family asks. 142 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 10,309 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SHELOV, STEVEN P.; BERNSTEIN, DANIEL Pediatrics , Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1996. /, Soft Cover. Near Fine/Wraps, Fine. First Printing. ISBN:0-683-00640-1. Crisp and fresh. Only defect is former owner's name neatly written inside. Page edges white as snow and no spine creasing. Textbook designed to help med students succeed in their pediatrics rotations. Clear distinctions between ambulatory and inpatient care; a concentration on evaluation skills and logical diagnoses; and straighforward discussions on such current issues as clinical abuse and neglect, Lyme disease, and cultural perspectives. 665 pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 6524 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SOBSEY, DICK; ORELOVE, FRED P. Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities : A Transdisciplinary Approach , Towson, MD, U.S.A.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 1991. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition. ISBN:1-55766-077-8. Crisp and clean inside and out. Former owner's name written neatly at inside front cover. Revised text cimnbines the transdisciplinary team model with a functional array of assessment, intervention, and evaluation techniques. New and expanded material provides detailed info on the sensormotor systems, educational programs, major health care problems, communication alternatives and personal care and grooming. Illustrated with charts and drawings. 481 pages. Indexed. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 7111 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SPARKMAN, ROBERT S. M.D., EDITOR The Healing of Surgical Wounds , Pearl River, New York: American Cyanamid Co. 1985. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ, Likely as Issued. No Edition Stated. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Very nice copy. Handsome navy boards with silver printing and design. Pictorial endpapers in full color.Clean as a whistle inside and out with no outstanding wear. Subtitled "State of the art in the ninth decade of the twentieth century." A symposia on wound healing moderated and edited for publication by Sparkman, but consisting of input from ten leding physicians. Photo illustrated. 126 pages. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7568 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	STEINDLER, ARTHUR Diseases and Deformities of the Spine and Thorax St. Louis, Missouri, C.V. Mosby Company, 1929, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Good-plus/No DJ, Nice clean copy of a desirable old medical text. Mild wear along front spine edge, a small bit of corner wear and a small bit of wear to crown and tail of spine including one tiny tear to crown. Gilt printing to face and spine. Endpapers have toned, but pages clean as a whistle and book is tightly bound. No names or writing.Profusely illustrated with 76 black and white plates.Chapters discuss congenital deformities of the spine and thorax; static and static constitutional anterior/posterior deformities of the spine; scoliosis; fracture and dislocation defomities; low back pain; tuberculosis of the spine; osteomyelitis of the spine; syphilis of the spine; chronic arthritis of the spine; tumors of the spine; and a synopsis of the anatomy of the spine. 573 pages. Indexed. USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7943] Book number: 17021LK Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	THEODASAKAS, JASON M.D., ET AL The Arthritis Cure , St. Martin's Press, 1997. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Very Good, Nice clean, crisp copy which has not been price-clipped. Mild wrinkling to crown of spine is only defect. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar.The author, a former sufferer of osteoarthritis himself, sets forth the claim that the disease does not have to be degenerative and , in fact, can be halted in its tracks by the use of two daily, inexpensive supplements that can be purchased in any health food store. It's a treatment that has worked well in Europe, but due to medical conservativism, has not been widely known in the U.S. Book also discusses the problem with painkillers, as well as exercise, depression, and nutrition. Hopeful and helpful. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 3666 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WEATHERALL, DAVID Science and the Quiet Art, The Role Of Medical Research In Health Care, , W.W. Nrton, 1995. /, First edition. VG book displaying bumped corner at top right front. Spine displays cracking at pages 162 & 163 and also at 227 and 228. Tightly bound, however, and clean as a whistle. DJ also VG and has not been price-clipped. Overall nice. Nonfiction. Medicine. Medical Research. Photo illustrated. Addresses head-on the big question of whether or not medical research is failing Americans at the close of the 20th century. Provides an overview of the history of medical research beginning with Hippocrates within the context of explaining how it has evolved into an exact science. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 1438 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WOFFORD, J. B. The Witch Doctor's Dance Asheville, North Carolina, Bright Mountain Books, 1999, No Edition Stated. (ISBN: 0914875329) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful, as new copy. Dustjacket has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new protective mylar. Pages and page edges pristine. The author, who practiced medicine in the American south, reflects on the changes in medical practice since WWII and how the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid has impacted. Based on both his own experience and that of other doctors who worked from the coal-ming towns of Kentucky to state-of-the-art urban centers. Many anecdotes. 214 pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 14306 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WREN, PATRICIA (EDITOR) The Centennial History of Fairview General Hospital 1892-1992 Cleveland, Ohio, Health Cleveland, 1992, No Edition Stated. Hard Cover, Oblong, Fine/Good-plus, Book itself is crisp and fresh as new. No bumps, no names, no writing. Pages pristine. Very handsome green bpoards with crisp gilt to face and spine and pretty matcbing endpapers. Dustjacket shows wear and small tear to upper front corner and the same at crown of spine, but looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Beautifully illustrated throughout with both color and vintage photos. Much text. 92 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16053 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.

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	Davis Gynecology and Obstetrics General Index Hagerstown, Maryland, W.F. Prior Co., 1944. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ as Issued, Very nice, clean copy. Heavy card covers with simulated leather texture. Slight toning to pages only fault. 93 pages. USD 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 \| £UK 14.5 \| JP¥ 2118] Book number: 15698 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	ARIKHA, NOGA Passions and Tempers; A History of the Humours New York, Ecco Press/Harper-Collins, 2007, First Printing. (ISBN: 9780060731168) Hard Cover with dust jacket, New/New, Crisp BRAND NEW copy. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Publisher's material laid-in. Certainly one of the more unusual histories, as this one traces the history of the humours -- blood, phlegm, black bile, and choler, from their Western origin in ancient Greece to their present day versions. A fascinating meld of science, psychology and philosophy. 376 pages. Indexed USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 \| £UK 9.75 \| JP¥ 1412] Book number: 17072 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHOR Petrolager Vintage Ad Cards "Seven Stages of Man" ( Nos. 1-3) , Chicago: Petrolager Laboratories. /, Very Good/Stiff Cardboard. White emulsified mineral oil -- does it get any better than that? Yecccchhh! But there was a day when digestive difficulties were cured with a spoonful or two of this old faithful. These humorous cards -- there were originally seven, but we have the first three only -- were designed to show the consumer that the product is useful from infancy to old age. Each measures 4x8-3/4" and shows a figure drawn in browns and reds against a white background. At the bottom there is a black band with a picture of the product and the company logo, as well as the information that there were five types of Petrolager. No date, but we're guessing by the clothing they are definitely pre-1950. The first one features a rear view of a baby with droopy diapers. The second shows a happy kid with a pinwheel skipping the light fantastic wearing high top tennies, short pants, dress shirt, tie, sweater vest and sportcoat, while the third shows a young man smoking a pipe and wearing plaid pants, a fur coat, and a hat with two books tucked under his arm. It's interesting to note that Edgar Cayce mentioned Petrolager 125 times by brand in his health readings. The latter two cards are especially nice. The first has a little light soiling and one small crease at lower left corner. Scarce -- especially three consecutive cards. Will scan images upon request. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 9601 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Adventures in Advertising New York, Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1924. Soft Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Wraps, Very Good, An extraordinary collection of ads published in large magazines of the day by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to inform readers about various health issues. Here they are collected in book form due to the large number of requests for same following the win of two prestigious awards -- the John M. Holcombe Trophy for best insurance ads and the Harvard Advertising Award. The book is entitled Adventures In Advertising and consists of 32 large full-scale ads measuring 10-3/4" by 14." They are bound in brown wraps and very clean and nice with just a small bit of smudging to title page. What's fascinating about these ads is that not only do they cover a wide variety of topics with much info on each, but they were so far ahead of their time. One of the most interesting warns about the dangers of too much fat in the diet. Other topics include the need for instruction in baby and child care, the importance of nurses, the crusade against TB, cooking with science for health, the high danger of pneumonia in March, the importance of turning citizens into immigrants, cleanliness and childbirth, food safety, preventing summer death in infants, cutting down on accidental deaths, the role of happiness in health, the relationship bewtween children's health and learning, the role of the happy workplace, stamping out diptheria, saving for college, medical check-ups, heart disease, financial health, milk in the diet, appreciation of the home, keeping children in school, the importance of a happy childhood, dental health and more. Frameable. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 15000 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CROOK, WILLIAM G.,M.D. The Yeast Connection, A Medical Breakthrough, , Professional Books, 1983. /, No edition stated. Fine in VG DJ displaying a bit of wear at crown of spine and lightly along top rear edge. SIGNED and inscribed by author. Health. Medicine. Yeast. If you feel bad all over, especially on damp days, in moldy places or when exposed to tobacco or chemical smells, crave sweets and yeast-containing foods and beverages, and have taken antibiotics and birth control pills, the source of your problem, says the author, could be yeast - candida albicans. Tells you how to identify the problem, treat it, construct a user-friendly diet, and keep the yeast under control. Addresses the problems of men, women and kids. Filled with charts and drawings. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 3069 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRABER, EDWARD A. Gynecologic Endocrinology (Interesting Ephemera laid-in) Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1961. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Good, Book is very clean and tightly bound. There is a bit of rubbing to front of orange dustjacket , a small bit of wear to bottom corner of DJ spine and one small tear at bottom rear, but is most handsome in brand new mylar cover. An interesting adjunct to the book are the pehermal items laid-in, including deveral actual medical bills from 1961 with procedures and prices listed and a pamhlet entitled "Current Technics of Measuring Peripheral Arterial Insuffiency," also dated 1961. Book itself is designed as an easy-to-use reference guide. 218 pages. Indexed. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18.25 \| JP¥ 2648] Book number: 15705 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LE GUERER, ANNICK Scent , New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1992. /, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. ISBN:0-394-58526-7. As new copy which has not been price-clipped. A highly readable account of all thing olfactory. the author investigates the uses and properties of scent through the ages in relation to magic, myth, religion, sex, discrimination, philosophy and medicine. 260 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 7367 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	JANIGER, OSCAR; GOLDBERG, PHILIP A Different Kind of Healing : Doctors Speak Candidly about Their Successes with Alternative Medicine , New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1993. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Nice clean attractive copy in mylar. Has not bene price-clipped. The result of 250 astonishing interviews with traditonally trained doctors who admit to having had great success with various forms of alternative medicine. 224 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 8101 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	KHAVARI, FARID A., PH.D., Vultures, Doctors, Lawyers, Hospitals and Insurance Companies, What's Wrong And What To Do About It, , Roundtable Publishing, 1990., 1990, No Edition Stated, Likely First. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, As new. Has not been price-clipped. Driven by the death of his wife due to medical malpractice, the author was compelled to unveil "the unholy alliance" between lawyers, doctors, hospitals and insurance copmpanies. Based on personal experience. USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 618] Book number: 2019C Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LEWIN, PHILIP Backache and Sciatic Neuritis Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1943. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, Nice copy. Handsome navy blue boards with no bumping and crisp gilt printing to spine. Pages cleana nd unmarked. Only fault is darkening to gutters, front and back. Text duiscusses back injuries, deformities, diseases, and disabilities with notes on the peliv, neck and brachial neuritis. Illustrated with 235 photos and line drawings. 745 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 15728 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MCELROY, ANN; TOWNSEND, PATRICIA K. Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective Boulder, CO, U.S.A., Westview Press, 1985, Later Priniing. (ISBN: 0813301769) Soft Cover, Fine/Wraps, Very Good, Crisp, beautiful copy with no spine crease. Prisitine pages and page edges. Only defect is small, minor crease to lower front corner of cover. Ilustrated throughout with amazing black and white photographs. Extensive text covers the ecology of health and disease; interdisciplinary research in health problems; the meaning of adaptation; evolving patterns of birth, disease and death; the ecology and economics of nutrition; nutrition throughout the life cycle; stress and disease; health repercussions of culture contact; and health costs of modernization. 482 pages. Indexed. USD 5.95 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 525] Book number: 12,654 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	OLANOW, CHARLES W. (EDITOR); LIEBERMAN, ABRAHAM (EDITOR) The Scientific Basis for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease , Park Ridge, New Jersey: The Parthenon Publishing Group, 1992. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. ISBN:1850703558. Nice crisp, clean copy in mylar marred only by a very small spot to side edge of pages. Provides information on levodopa and dopamine agonists, as well as on adverse effects which complicate therapy. Also presents data on the critical issues of etiology and pathogensis and the formulation of a scientific rationale for therapies designed to protect against neuronal progression and to restore function lost as a result of cell degeneration. 307 pages. Indexed. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 8521 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	QUILL, TIMOTHY E. Death And Dignity, Making Choices and Taking Charge , W.W. Norton, 1993. /, Near Fine/Very Good. First Printing. Nice, clean, attractive copy which has not been price-clipped.The author, a respected physician who put his career on the line by writing an article for the New england Journal of Medicine stating that he had provided a lethal dose of medicatyion to a terminal patient and told her how to take it. The article inspired 2000 letters of inquiry. Here he talks about the taking charge of a terminal illness, having an honest dialogue with your physician and, ultimately, making your own choices clear up to the end of life. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 4396 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	RAYMAN, REBECCA J. The Body in Brief; Essential for Health Care , El Paso, Texas: Skidmore-Roth Publishing, 1988. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps, Very Good. No Edition Stated. 12mo - over 6Â¾" - 7Â¾" tall. Very nice, clean book, spiral bound to lie flat. Contents pristine. Only defect is a small bit of creasing to rear cover. A quick reference guide which provides info used in everday clinical practice. chapters are divided into specific systems of the body and then broken down into the following categories:overview, assessment, system procedures and conditions, diets, drugs, glosssary and English.Spanish translations. 440 pages. Indexed. USD 8.95 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 790] Book number: 10,030 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SCHER, JONATHAN, M.D. Preventing Miscarriage, The Good News , Harper & Row, 1990. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. Nice copy -- clean as a whistle inside and out and has not been price-clipped. Only defect is evidence of a sticker having been removed from front pastedown. The author explains why pregnancies fail, medical tests that pionpoint the causes of miscarriage, and treatments available to prevent it. 240 pages, indexed. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 4636 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SENELICK, RICHARD C.; RYAN, CATHY E. Living with Brain Injury : A Guide for Families , San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.: HealthSouth Corporation, 1998. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Wraps, Very Good. Later Printing. Very clean, nice copy with no spine crease. slight corner wear only defect. Contents pristine. A very thorough primer designed for families just encountering the effects of brain injury to a loved one. Explains degrees of injury; physical, cognitive and behavioral symptoms; choosing a rehab hospital; the treatment team; and the rehab process. Also, answers the questions virtually every family asks. 142 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1059] Book number: 10,309 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SHELOV, STEVEN P.; BERNSTEIN, DANIEL Pediatrics , Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1996. /, Soft Cover. Near Fine/Wraps, Fine. First Printing. ISBN:0-683-00640-1. Crisp and fresh. Only defect is former owner's name neatly written inside. Page edges white as snow and no spine creasing. Textbook designed to help med students succeed in their pediatrics rotations. Clear distinctions between ambulatory and inpatient care; a concentration on evaluation skills and logical diagnoses; and straighforward discussions on such current issues as clinical abuse and neglect, Lyme disease, and cultural perspectives. 665 pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 6524 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SOBSEY, DICK; ORELOVE, FRED P. Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities : A Transdisciplinary Approach , Towson, MD, U.S.A.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, 1991. /, Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Edition. ISBN:1-55766-077-8. Crisp and clean inside and out. Former owner's name written neatly at inside front cover. Revised text cimnbines the transdisciplinary team model with a functional array of assessment, intervention, and evaluation techniques. New and expanded material provides detailed info on the sensormotor systems, educational programs, major health care problems, communication alternatives and personal care and grooming. Illustrated with charts and drawings. 481 pages. Indexed. USD 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 \| £UK 8.5 \| JP¥ 1236] Book number: 7111 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	SPARKMAN, ROBERT S. M.D., EDITOR The Healing of Surgical Wounds , Pearl River, New York: American Cyanamid Co. 1985. /, Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ, Likely as Issued. No Edition Stated. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Very nice copy. Handsome navy boards with silver printing and design. Pictorial endpapers in full color.Clean as a whistle inside and out with no outstanding wear. Subtitled "State of the art in the ninth decade of the twentieth century." A symposia on wound healing moderated and edited for publication by Sparkman, but consisting of input from ten leding physicians. Photo illustrated. 126 pages. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1765] Book number: 7568 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	STEINDLER, ARTHUR Diseases and Deformities of the Spine and Thorax St. Louis, Missouri, C.V. Mosby Company, 1929, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Good-plus/No DJ, Nice clean copy of a desirable old medical text. Mild wear along front spine edge, a small bit of corner wear and a small bit of wear to crown and tail of spine including one tiny tear to crown. Gilt printing to face and spine. Endpapers have toned, but pages clean as a whistle and book is tightly bound. No names or writing.Profusely illustrated with 76 black and white plates.Chapters discuss congenital deformities of the spine and thorax; static and static constitutional anterior/posterior deformities of the spine; scoliosis; fracture and dislocation defomities; low back pain; tuberculosis of the spine; osteomyelitis of the spine; syphilis of the spine; chronic arthritis of the spine; tumors of the spine; and a synopsis of the anatomy of the spine. 573 pages. Indexed. USD 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 60.25 \| £UK 54.25 \| JP¥ 7943] Book number: 17021LK Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	THEODASAKAS, JASON M.D., ET AL The Arthritis Cure , St. Martin's Press, 1997. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Very Good, Nice clean, crisp copy which has not been price-clipped. Mild wrinkling to crown of spine is only defect. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar.The author, a former sufferer of osteoarthritis himself, sets forth the claim that the disease does not have to be degenerative and , in fact, can be halted in its tracks by the use of two daily, inexpensive supplements that can be purchased in any health food store. It's a treatment that has worked well in Europe, but due to medical conservativism, has not been widely known in the U.S. Book also discusses the problem with painkillers, as well as exercise, depression, and nutrition. Hopeful and helpful. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 706] Book number: 3666 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WEATHERALL, DAVID Science and the Quiet Art, The Role Of Medical Research In Health Care, , W.W. Nrton, 1995. /, First edition. VG book displaying bumped corner at top right front. Spine displays cracking at pages 162 & 163 and also at 227 and 228. Tightly bound, however, and clean as a whistle. DJ also VG and has not been price-clipped. Overall nice. Nonfiction. Medicine. Medical Research. Photo illustrated. Addresses head-on the big question of whether or not medical research is failing Americans at the close of the 20th century. Provides an overview of the history of medical research beginning with Hippocrates within the context of explaining how it has evolved into an exact science. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 883] Book number: 1438 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WOFFORD, J. B. The Witch Doctor's Dance Asheville, North Carolina, Bright Mountain Books, 1999, No Edition Stated. (ISBN: 0914875329) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful, as new copy. Dustjacket has not been price-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new protective mylar. Pages and page edges pristine. The author, who practiced medicine in the American south, reflects on the changes in medical practice since WWII and how the introduction of Medicare and Medicaid has impacted. Based on both his own experience and that of other doctors who worked from the coal-ming towns of Kentucky to state-of-the-art urban centers. Many anecdotes. 214 pages. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 14306 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	WREN, PATRICIA (EDITOR) The Centennial History of Fairview General Hospital 1892-1992 Cleveland, Ohio, Health Cleveland, 1992, No Edition Stated. Hard Cover, Oblong, Fine/Good-plus, Book itself is crisp and fresh as new. No bumps, no names, no writing. Pages pristine. Very handsome green bpoards with crisp gilt to face and spine and pretty matcbing endpapers. Dustjacket shows wear and small tear to upper front corner and the same at crown of spine, but looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Beautifully illustrated throughout with both color and vintage photos. Much text. 92 pages. Indexed. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 \| £UK 11 \| JP¥ 1589] Book number: 16053 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.