Medicina e salute

Yoga Over Forty.

VOLIN, MICHAEL & PHELAN, NANCY. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

London:Pelham,1975. 8th imp. "No one is too old for yoga. Even those whose physical condition prevents them from attempting strenuous postures may safely practice relaxation, breathing cycles and techniques for increasing vital energy." Ex libris. Pp.165,47 b/w illustrations,f...

Eating and Allergy.

EAGLE, ROBERT. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Futura Publications Ltd, 1979. 1st ed. Provides startling evidence that the food we eat can be the cause of a wide range of illnesses. Pp. 223. Ex libris stamp to fep. Toning to pages. P/b. G.

Cancer Explained.

SUTTON, DR. MAURICE. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1966. 1st ed. Symptoms, Signs and Early Diagnosis. Pp. 79/1 Index, 7 b/w illustrations. P/b. VG.

Living Medicine. The Healing Properties of Plants.

PAHLOW, MANNFRIED. · 1980 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Northamptonshire: Thorsons Publishers Ltd, 1980. 0722506058. 1st English ed. Introduction by Dr. Karl Heinz Caspers. Trans. from the German by Linda Sonntag. "How to prepare and use plants with scientifically proven properties". Pp. 96, colour photos +figures + line drawings. ...

Health Service Counselling.

STEWART, WILLIAM. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Tunbridge Wells: Pitman Medical, 1979. 1st ed. "The theme of this lively and interesting book is that nurses and all who have caring roles within organisations should themselves be cared for." Pp. 11/175. Ex libris to verso front cover,. stamp to fep. P/b. G+.

Loss and Grief in Medicine. Foreword by Valerie Hunt.

SPECK, PETER. · 1978 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Balliere Tindall, 1978. 1st ed. Introduces a 'wider' meaning to loss and grief in a broad medical setting. Pp. 14/175, 2 b/w illustns. + 1 cartoon strip ('Peanuts'). Inscrip. and stamp to fep, stamp to verso front cover. P/b, scuffing to spine. G+.

Rheumatism. Is Prevention and Cure.

JEFFREY, CLEMENT. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London:Mills and Boon,1929. 2nd ed. "The Author, backed by a wealth of practical experience, has succeeded in telling what everyone should know concerning Rheumatism. He deals with its causes and its various types, and describes fully the simple natural methods which can be us...

Human Memory. Essential Psychology edited by Peter Herriot.

GREGG, VERNON. · 1975 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Methuen, 1975. 1st ed. Based mainly on the theme of how meaning, language, imagery and events are recorded in memory and how they are "found" again when required. Pp. 142/2 (ads). Tear to fep. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover. G.

Heart Attack. The Family Response at Home and in the Hospital.

SPEEDLING, EDWARD J. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

London: Tavistock Publications. 1982. "This book recounts the experience of members of eight families following a heart attack to the husband." Pp. 8/184. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

Medical Terminology in Hospital Practice. Foreword by Prof. G.J.Cunningham.

DAVIES PAUL M. T.D., B.S., D.P.H., F.F.R., D.M.R. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: William Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, 1969. 1st ed. A Guide for all those engaged in professions allied to medicine. Pp. 351. Name to fep. P/b. G+.

Quest for a Cure. The Public Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1773-1885.

ZWELLING, SHOMER S. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Willliamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1986. 0879351101. Second printing. "On October 12, 1773, the Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds admitted its first patient..When it opened, the Virginia hospital was the only public institution exclus...

The Original Writings of Edward Bach.

HOWARD, JUDY AND RAMSELL, JOHN. · 1990 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Saffron Walden: The C.W. Daniel Company Limited, 1990. 0852072309. 1st edition. Compiled from the Archives of the Dr Edward Bach Healing Trust, Mount Vernon, Sotwell. "The Flower Remedies discovered by Dr Edward Bach are now used extensively throughout the world..Throughout hi...

Observations In Surgery. By Benjamin Travers, Jun., F.R.C.S. [ Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia ] .

TRAVERS, BENJAMIN 1783-1858 · 1852 · Chilton Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852 . 0. A very good original brown cloth binding. 8vo. pp.8/pp.230. Corners and edges a little bumped. Spine with gilt titles, top & tail carefuly strengthened. Printed endpapers with advert for "Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia." B...

Studies of Old Case-Books

PAGET, SIR JAMES (1814-1899) . · 1891 · Chilton Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Longmans, Green, and Co, 1891 0. First edition. A very good original binding. 8vo. pp.12/pp.168. Dull red cloth, edges rubbed and bumped. Spine lightly sunned with gilt titles. Book plate to verso of the front board: "Ex Libris Jennifer Diana Burton". Library stamp to title-pa...

Stammering: Its Treatment.

BEASLEY, B. · 1897 · Chilton Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Birmingham: Hudson and Son, 1897. 17th edition. The author cured himself after suffering for more than thirty years. Pp.62, occasional spotting throughout, advertisement for the author's establishment for the cure of stammering or stuttering at Brampton Park near Huntington to...

Strong at the Broken Places. Voices of Illness, a Chorus of Hope.

COHEN, RICHARD M. · 2008 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New York: HarperCollins, 2008. 9780060763114. 1st edition. The remarkable story of five ordinary people trapped in the complex world of serious chronic illness. "Cohen spent three years chronicling the lives of five diverse 'citizens of sickness': Denise, who suffers from ALS;...

Injuries and Diseases of the Knee-Joint Considered from the Clinical Aspect.

BENNETT, SIR WILLIAM. · 1909 · Chilton Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London: James Nisbet & Co Limited, 1909. 1st edition. Contents: I.The Normal Knee; II.Acute Effusion into the Knee-Joint; III.Acute Suppuration; IV.Painless Effusion:(1)Occuring Mainly in Women and Young Girls; V.Painless Effusion:(2) Apart from the Special Class considered in...

Everybody's Animal Doctor.

MANNERING, ROSSLYN. · 1925 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: W.Foulsham & Co.Ltd, nd (c.1925). "I have endeavoured to make the book as useful as possible for the small farmer and stockbreeder, the owner of a few horses, the lover of dogs and other domestic pets, and for poultry, game birds, and cage birds."(author's preface). Co...

A Pocket Gynaecology.

CLAYTON, S.G. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: J & A Churchill Ltd, 1956. 3rd edition. "An attempt to present the essential facts of Gynaecology in a book that can literally be carried in the pocket." Pp.viii/111, 17 figure illustrations, minor creasing(printer's fault) to a few pages, small bookseller's label (H.K...

Report on the Health of the City of Liverpool for 1959 by the Medical Officer of Health.

SEMPLE, ANDREW B. · 1959 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Liverpool: 1959. "It has been a very strenuous year for several reasons. First the Mass X-ray Campaign, a vast joint enterprise with the Liverpool Regional Hospital Board extended our resources to the limit, and imposed a heavy physical strain on all the staff. We also had an ...