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189456695Providence: printed by J. A. and R. A. Reid n.d. 1894. Broadside approx. 12" x 9½" previous folds several old tape repairs on the verso; good or better. Not in OCLC. <br/><br/> printed by J. A. and R. A. Reid, n.d. unknown books
200079312Santa Fe:: Arena Editions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1892041308 . Introduction by John Yau. Black and white photographs throughout. Stated first edition. Bumped upper corners else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Arena Editions, hardcover books
200049230Santa Fe NM: Arena Editions 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Santa Fe NM: Arena Editions 2000. Introduction by John Yau. First edition. Copious b/w and full color photographs. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Small 4to. Aqua paper covered boards. Lightly bumped at head heel and extremities; else interior clean bright and tight. A very nice copy in like dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Arena Editions hardcover books
1979251512New York: SCAPHA 1979. Two issues of the newsletter on 8.5x11 inch sheets six pages each one with pen doodle. Update on activities of the group leading up to the American Public Health Association meeting in the fall. SCAPHA unknown books
1978136659New York: SCAPHA 1978. Three issues of the newsletter on 8.5x11 inch sheets 4 6 and 4 pages respectively foxed and worn pages loose but all present. Not found in OCLC. Update on activities of the group one year after its foundation with planning notes for activities at the American Public Health Association meeting in the fall. SCAPHA unknown books
19554221sNew York: The American Public Health Association Inc. 1955. Octavo softbound 84 pp. Neaar-Fine with light fading to edges. Contents: Concepts and Facts About Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate; Causes and Prevention of Ceft Lip and Cleft Palate; Case Finding; Diagnosis and Planning for Care; Treatment and Guidance; Special Services Facilities and Centerrs; Organization of Community Resources; Research; Program Study and Evaluation; Apendices; Selected Bibliography. The American Public Health Association, Inc., 1955. paperback books
19721881Mount Vernon NY: The Peter Pauper Press 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. Morton Marian. 62 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Remarkable period graphics. Clean crisp copy. Covered in protective mylar. <br/><br/> The Peter Pauper Press hardcover books
1964126797Washington DC: U. S. Department of Health Education and Welfare 1964. Softbound. VG the spine is noticeably worn fraying at the top and bottom and is wrinkled as if from the glue they used to bind the rather thin covers to the interior. However the spine is actually not broken from use which is great. Red-brown patterned wraps xvii 387pp profuse BW tables and illustrations. Public Health Service Publication No. 1103. A very interesting publication of the research started around 1950 on the correlations between smoking and overall health. U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare unknown books
2000237669San Francisco: Dimensions Clinic 2000. Ten 8.5x11 inch sheets printed both sides on yellow stock and stapled upper-left corner. Extensive guide to the services and protocols of the clinic aimed at 12-25 year old LGBTQ youth including MTF & FTM transitioning protocols STD testing substance abuse etc. Dimensions Clinic unknown books
P6240Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo 1920. Octavo 18 Ã 13.5 cm. Printed self-wrappers; 32 pp. Some moisture damage to bottom right corner and wrapper edge; partially unopened and uncut good or better. Third edition. A public health and hygiene pamphlet published during the Typhus epidemic unleashed by the privations of the Russian civil war which followed the Bolshevik Revolution 1918-1923. A massive public education campaign consisting of posters information pamphlets public health manuals was mobilized both by the Bolsheviks and the White Army against the disease which claimed over three million lives between July 1919 and June 1920. This pamphlet aimed at sanitation committees provides basic information about how the disease is spread how it manifests itself as well as instructions for mass sanitation measures. The author typhus specialist Aleksei Nikolaevich Sysin 1879-1956 published nearly a dozen public health pamphlets in this period. Not in KVK or OCLC. unknown books
179346096Paris 1793. <p>France. Conseil de Santé. Tableau des infirmités qui nécessitent la réforme et doivent empêcher l'admission au service militaire title on leaf 2. Manuscript document addressed to the Minister of War signed by nine members of the Conseil de Santé including Antoine-Auguste Parmentier 1737-1813 Antoine Dubois 1756-1837 Guillaume Daignan 1732-1812 Nicolas Heurteloup 1750-1812 Pierre Bayen 1725-98 and Vincent Jean Paul Biron 1758-1817. 4ff. 2 bifolia the last leaf blank fastened along central fold with silk ties. Paris 15 brumaire de l'an 2 de la République 5 November 1793. 318 x 206 mm. Light soiling and spotting first bifolium partially split along central fold but very good. </p> <p>Elegantly written official document from the French revolutionary government's Conseil de Santé to the Minister of War Jean Baptiste Noël Bouchotte 1754-1840 calling for the need to reform the French army's medical regulations and providing a tabulated list of infirmities disqualifying soldiers and prospective recruits from serving in the military. "The list will be able to rectify the arbitrariness that too often governs the issuance of sick leave and will restore to workplaces and farms the many citizens who are no doubt worthy by virtue of their Republicanism to fight for liberty but who because of their infirmities overload the armies rather than increase their strength" f. 1; our translation. The "Tableau des infirmités" includes blindness in one or both eyes deafness goiter pulmonary disease hernia hemorrhoids sciatica loss or paralysis of a limb lameness leprosy scurvy epilepsy and bad incisor or canine teeth—this last because soldiers used their front teeth to tear open gunpowder cartridges. </p> <p> Among the signers of this document were Antoine-Auguste Parmentier best known for promoting the potato as a food source in France; Nicolas Heurteloup chief surgeon of the Grande Armée under Napoleon; Guillaume Daignan author of one of the earliest studies of puberty among Europeans see Garrison-Morton.com 7806; Antoine Dubois head of maternity services to Napoleon and his wife Marie Louise; Pierre Bayen chemist and member of the Académie des Sciences; and Vincent Jean Paul Biron secretary of the Commission de Santé. </p> . unknown books
19292452New Kensington Pennsylvania: The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company 1929. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Near fine. 48 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Advertising booklet features care tips for the “Wear-Ever” branded aluminum cookware as well as recipes using the same. Concept based on the pitch of a new cooking method designed to eliminate flavor loss while cooking fresh fruits and vegetables. Elegant color illustrations. Light toning to cover interior pristine. <br/><br/> The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company paperback books
19161689Battle Creek Michigan: Good Health Publishing Co 1916. Wraps. Original tan wraps. Good. 71 pages. 16 x 10.5 cm. Originally named Western Health Reform Institute John Harvey and his brother W.K. Kellogg built an new structure and took the word "sanatorium" and changed two letters transforming and adding a new word to the English language. 11 paper label/addenda are stapled to the front cover. Chipped creased and rubbed. <br/><br/> Good Health Publishing, Co paperback books
1995229728Jerusalem: Union of Palestinian Relief Committees 1995. xiii 161p. paperback mildly shelfworn. Union of Palestinian Relief Committees unknown books
2004191997Barnes & Noble Classics 2004-10-25. Paperback. Very Good. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Barnes & Noble Classics paperback books
1998708971NY: Pantheon Books. 1998. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Pantheon Books paperback books
18892086Washington DC: The Brodix Publishing Co. 1889. Wraps. Oversized pink paper wrappers staple bound. Very good. 12 pages. 42 x 28 cm. This charming periodical features six sheets of cooking instructions detailing: Fish-Soup; Meat; Sauces-salads; Vegetables; Pastry; Sweets and Preserves; and How to Make Bread. The binding style and large type set likely indicates that this publication was meant for display in the kitchen. The inside cover purports the benefits of a healthy diet especially focused on wheat and grain's positive effects on the brain. The following pages outline recipes and instructions for proper food preparation taking care to mention the repercussions of poorly tended food ranging from indigestion from unchopped capers to dangers of under or overcooked vegetables. The final page includes helpful hints for food shopping health and safety suggestions as well as a treatise on the proper diet for invalids. <br />The Home Magazine a monthly illustrated periodical ran from 1888 to 1908 serving as a guide to social domestic and business life. Mrs. John A Logan served as editor for the Home Magazine following the death of her husband a Civil War general and statesman John A. Logan. Born Mary Simmerson Cunningham an educated woman from Missouri she played an active role in her husband's political life accompanying him on campaigns and organizing volunteers. Mary became a prominent figure in Washington society in her own right often meeting with Adele Douglas wife of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and Julia Dent Grant wife of Ulysses S. Grant to discuss political happenings and social issues. Mary was a celebrated American writer and editor authoring two books and contributing to several publications including William Randolph Hearst's monthly syndicate Cosmopolitan. She was committed to social causes dedicating herself to the women's suffrage movement and was an early supporter of the American Red Cross. Weak fold across cover wear to edges and small paper loss to inside pages not effecting text. <br/><br/> The Brodix Publishing Co. paperback books
19203211qslN.l.: Indiana State Board of Health nd.d. ca. 1920. Second Edition. Octavo stiff illustrated wrappers stapled 83 pp i pp. Illustrated. Near-Fine with small former-owner signature near top of front cover. Indiana State Board of Health, nd.d. [ca. 1920]. Second Edition. unknown books
200922968Boston: Museum of Fine Arts 2009. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First American edition. 239 pp. An artfully constructed memoir of the life of conceptual artist Christian Boltanski told in the form of a book-length interview with Catherine Grenier. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. Foreword by Luc Sante. Translated from the French by Marc Lowenthal. This copy INSCRIBED by Boltanski on the front endpaper. <br/><br/> Museum of Fine Arts hardcover books
1986UAMEREL00JHCDoubleday & Co. Inc. 1986. Very Good. American Health Magazine. The Relaxed Body Book : a High-Energy Anti-Tension Progrm. Goleman Daniel; Bennett-Goleman Tara. Garden City N.Y.: Doubleday & Co. Inc. 1986. 192pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Light edgewear. Doubleday & Co., Inc. hardcover books
1981261246Washington DC: Health & Energy Learning Project 1981. Six panel brochure 3.75x8.5 inches very good condition. "Karen Silkwood is a union martyr. She died fighting a union battle for health and safety at a plutonium fuel processing plant in rural Oklahoma." - front panel. Health & Energy Learning Project unknown books
1965255098Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House 1965. 38p. stapled wraps 6.5 x 8.5 inches illus. wraps worn staples rusted else good condition. Novosti Press Agency Publishing House unknown books
1993121053Sacramento: California Department of Health Services 1993. 24p. 8.5x11 inches the summary followed by lengthy appendixes very good report in stapled blue covers cloth tape spine. Report of a task force convened in 1992 to seek ways to extend state health services into ethnic communities that had been underserved. California Department of Health Services unknown books
1851WB16357Boston: C.C.P. Moody 1851. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Original gilt stamped cloth. pp. 36. A nice copy of an uncommon title. <br/><br/> C.C.P. Moody hardcover books
2011UCENTHE00LWMission & Ministry Department Centura Health 2011. Very Good. Centura Health. These Hands: Stories of Care and Compassion Volume 2. Englewood CO: Mission & Ministry Department Centura Health 2011. 67pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with very light bumping. Mission & Ministry Department, Centura Health paperback books
