Mina L Dobbie (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. J. & A. Churchill, 1933. Fourth edition; includes twine bookmark with paper missing; cover lightly rubbed/bumped/soiled, paint near the center of the front board, corners/spine ends quite rubbed/bumped, few tiny tears at the top spine end; edges very lightly rubbed/bumped, faintly soiled, lightly sunned; interior very lightly age-toned throughout, small bookplate at the center of the ffep; binding tight; cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted. Hard Cover. Good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Second Edition. 260pp + ads. Used but still well bound. some pencil notes mainly in margins & on rear end pages - could be erased. Owner's name inside cover. A good reading / reference copy. Picture of this book available.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Third Edition. Third Edition, 262 + 16ppp of book adverts, illustrated throughout with black and white photos from the 1920s showing the techniques and exercises for the conditions being treated, hardcover, 8vo, bound in blue cloth, gilt lettered, binding a little worn and faded but hinges strong and firm and internally good, with the issued bookmark on a string from the publisher, Provenance: with the bookseller label of H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd of London and previous owner's name within, J. & A. Churchill Ltd, London, 1936. ILLUSTRATED (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition. Hardback, bound in green cloth with printed titling to spine and upper board. 19 × 12cm, xi +284pp. A book of ailments and medical or surgical condition, and how they may be successfully treated by massage and movements. The condition range from fractures and deformities to nervous and circulatory problems. For example, scoliosis may be treated with massage to strengthen the muscles and relieve pain, whilst gymnastics are used to re-educate the patient in regard to the upright position.(gymnastics here suggest things like "heave-grasp-standing" for chest expansion, and "back-kneading and massage plus hips-firm-stoop-stride-sitting". Condition: A very good copy with some spotted foxing to the prelims and page edges.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Medical Gymnastics and Massage in General Practice. Previous owners name to inside cover. Slight foxing to edge. Some pieces of D/J. missing. Some marks to D/J. Plastic protective covering. Contents: General Pathology, Methods of Examination and Principles of Treatment. Conditions Affecting the Skin. Fractures. Diseases and Injuries of Muscles and Joints. Deformities. Constitutional and Blood Diseases. Diseases of the Nervous System. Diseases of the Circulatory System. Diseases of the Respiratory Orgawns. Diseases of the Digestive Organs. Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs. Climacteric - Pregnancy - The Puerperium. Index. 295 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.). …