Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
Language: English
Published by Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., New York, 1929
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Raging Smolder Books, North Beach, MD, U.S.A.Raging Smolder Books
AbeBooks seller since December 23, 2025
Condition: Used - Good
£ 24.88
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Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor by Howard W. Haggard, M.D. Blue Ribbon Books, New York. Twenty-Fifth Printing. Copyright 1929. Classic illustrated survey of the history of medicine, tracing the evolution of healing practices from ancient superstition and medieval plague through anesthesia, obstetrics, and modern scientific medicine. Includes numerous illustrations and reproductions from original sources, including Hogarth and Rowlandson caricatures. Hardcover in red cloth. No dust jacket. Moderate shelf wear and spine fading; interior clean and sound. A solid working copy of this widely cited medical history classic. An accessible and engaging early 20th-century overview of medical science and public health.
Seller Inventory # ABE-1772543935236
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Devils, Drugs, and Doctors: The Story of the Science of Healing from Medicine-Man to Doctor
- Author
- Howard W. Haggard, M.D.
- Publisher
- Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., New York
- Publication year
- 1929
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Printing
- 5th or later Printing
- Item weight
- 26 ounces
- Dimensions
- 5.5 inches width by 8.5 inches height by 1.5 inches depth
- Seller catalogs
- Ephemera, History, Medical
Raging Smolder Books
North Beach, MD, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 23, 2025
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