Devils, Drugs and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Man to Doctor
Published by Blue Ribbon Books N.D., New York, 1929
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Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Ally Press Center
AbeBooks seller since November 8, 1997
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 11.66
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5.75 X 8.5 inch blue cloth Hardcoverwith faded gilt type on spine. Condition: Very Good. Owner's library label on front end page, otherwise unmarked. Many illustrations from orginial sources. xxii, [2] 405 pages.Solid square binding frayed top and bottom of spine and corners. The story of the science of healing from medicine man to doctor. Part 1, the conquest of death at birth contains chapters entitled: childbirth and civilization; Sairey Gamps and the Midmen; compassion of Peter Chamberlen; a gentlemen with clean hands may carry the disease. Part 2 is the story of anesthesia, in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and Part 3, progress of surgery, contains making an anatomy and the greatest surgeon. Part 4 passing of plague and pestilence, includes: the Black Death; pestilence and personal liberty; pestilence and moralists; medical thread in the moral snarl. The healing art, Part 5, includes: the halt, lame and blind; white and black magic; drug on the market;turning point; toward a better conclusion. The final Part 6 discusses medicine through the ages, civilization and medicine. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Devils, Drugs and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine Man to Doctor
- Author
- Haggard M.D., Howard W.
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books N.D., New York
- Publication year
- 1929
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
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- Science
Ally Press Center
St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since November 8, 1997
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