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Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science

Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science

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Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science

by HAGGARD, Howard W

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Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. 12mo. Pp. [4], 5-192. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of woodcuts, portraits, and photos of more recent personalities in modern science. Glossary of proper names and medical terms. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt vignette stamped on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Two chickpea-size gouges on front board; former owner name and date on the front free endpaper. In the printed dust jacket, a touch soiled and with a chip on the upper edge of the rear panel. A lively survey of the history of medicine by the Yale professor, tracing the attribution of disease from conjecture to scientific fact, much of the latter occurring in only the last 150 years. Includes insightful capsule biographies of leading innovators. The uncommon dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6943
Title
Mystery Magic and Medicine. The Rise of Medicine From Superstition to Science
Author
HAGGARD, Howard W
Format/Binding
Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good+
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Date Published
1933
Keywords
Paul Ehrlich Edward Robinson Squibb William Stewart Halsted Dorothea Lynde Dix

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About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

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12mo
A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Soiled
Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Vignette
A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...

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