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Medicine And Religion:

Weatherhead, Leslie D. . PSYCHOLOGY, RELIGION AND HEALING, A SURVEY OF THE METHODS OF HEALING THROUGH PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION.
NY 1951 Abingdon-Cokesbury. Octavo, 543pp., index, hardcover. VG in Good DJ. (a485)
$29.00 Raven, Charles E. . SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND MORALS, A SURVEY AND A SUGGESTION.
NY 1959 1st Harper. Surveys interaction of science and medicine with religion and philosophy from Ancient Greeks to present. 8vo., 189pp., index, hardcover. VG plus in VG DJ. (a742)
$20.00 (spiritual) . SPIRITUAL HEALING. REPORT OF A CLERICAL AND MEDICAL COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO SPIRITUAL, FAITH, AND MENTAL HEALING.
London 1914 1st Macmillan. Octavo, 56pp..VG. (a944)
$25.00 VanderVeldt, James H. and R. Odenwald M.D. . PSYCHIATRY AND CATHOLICISM
NY 1952 1st McGraw-Hill. 8vo., 433pp., index, hardcover. Good, spine ends a bit worn, no DJ. (a2738)
$20.00 Hogan, Rev. Michael, S.J. . THE ECCLESIASTICAL REVIEW ON MORALITY OF HUNGER-STRIKE
Jersey City c.1933 Peter's College Press. Many references to politics in Ireland. Octavo, 349pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a2779)
$20.00 Greenblatt, Robert B. M.D. . SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, A PHYSICIAN EXAMINES MEDICINE IN THE BIBLE
Philadelphia 1963 1st Lippincott. Why are sins scarlet? What meanings have 7 and 14? Are fasting, isolation, circumcision religious practices? 8vo., 127pp., index, cloth hardcover. Near Fine in VG DJ. (a3300)
$19.00 Williams G. W. . SEVENTH SEAL OPENED: THE SEVENTH TRUTH TRUMPET SOUNDED; THE LITTLE BOOK OPENED; OR THE DEMOCRATIC REGENERATOR.
NY 1850 Baner and Palmer. Rather strange pamphlet, mixing phrenology together with religion. Williams preaches strongly for a Christianity which welcomes all men as equal and he mentions the Jews in particular. Includes a phrenological diagram. Octavo, 66pp., two woodcut portraits, one of Author, one of Jesus, which look curiously alike, wraps. Good, split at spine, cover a bit soiled and worn. (a3903x)
$44.00 Joseph, Sister Mary . OUT OF MANY HEARTS
Hawthorne 1965 The Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer. Story of two nuns who established a hospice for cancer care.Hardcover. Octavo, 309pp., photo illustrations, cloth. Fine. (a4433)
$25.00 Northcote, Hugh . CHRISTIANITY AND SEX PROBLEMS
Philadelphia 1920 2nd revised and enlarged, F.A. Davis. Hardcover. Octavo, 478pp., index, cloth. Good, front hinge cracked. (a4875)
$30.00 Bertrin, Georges . LOURDES A HISTORY OF ITS APPARITIONS AND CURES
Trans by Mrs. Gibbs. London 1908 Kegan Paul. Photo illus. Good-shelf worn. Top edge gilt. (a11228)
$75.00 Drach, George and Calvi Kuder . THE TELUGA MISSION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN NORTH AMERICA
Philadelphia 1914 General Council. Containing a biography of the Rev. Christian Frederick Heyer, M.D. Missionary work in America but mostly about mission in India. Lg.8vo., 399pp., frontis, photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, some cover wear, corners worn, final 20 pages have minor water stains on margins (not affecting text.) (a12712)
$44.00 Brown, Leta May . HIRA LAL OF INDIA DIAMOND PRECIOUS
St. Louis 1954 1st Bethany. 8vo., 224pp., one photo of Hira Lal, physician and Christian, of Mungeli, in Chattisgarh, India. "The radiant life of Hira Lal will shine as an ideal for all." Fine in Good DJ. (a20388)
$25.00 Major, Ralph H. MD . FAITHS THAT HEALED
NY 1940 1st Appleton Century. Medical miracles including the Stigmata of St. Catherine, the Bloody Boy of Augsburg, Zion Taberncle 1893, Lourdes, etc. 8vo., 290pp., index, red cloth. Near VG, no DJ. (a27467)
$21.00 Chan, Pak-Chue MD . THE MARVELOUS PROMISES THE MIRACLE OF A CHINESE CHRISTIAN DOCTOR (signed)
Ames 1974 Promise. The true life story of modern faith in action. Hardcover. Octavo, 456p., cloth. **Signed by the author. Fine in VG DJ, minor soiling. (a27479)
$45.00 Berndtson, Keith and David B. Homer (editors) . BEYOND SLIDE AND TEXT ESSAYS ON MEDICINE AND THE HUMANITIES
Chicago 1981 1st. Humanities Program Rush University. Includes: Gale Mille, The Media and Medicine; David Homer, Redefining the Treatment of the Aged; Blazek, Florence Nightingale Revisited. 8vo., 94pp., wraps. Fine. (a44655)
$45.00 Burns, Chester R. and H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. (guest editors) . THE HUMANITIES AND MEDICINE
Austin 1974. Volume 32, No. 1, Spring 1974. Includes: Kenneth Davis, Eros and Thanatos: the Not-so-Benign Neglect or Sexuality, Death and the Physician; Michael McCormick, Tissue Theory in Auguste Comte's Positive Biology; Alexander Vucinich, Ivan Pavlov; Charles Wiegel, Medical Malpractice in America's Middle Years; John Bruhn, Diagnosis of Normality etc. Large octavo, 368pp., wraps. Good, light wear. (a44656)
$28.00 Gordon, Rev. M.L. MD. . AMERICAN MISSIONARY IN JAPAN.
Boston 1892 Houghton Mifflin. Octavo., 276pp., index, hardcover. Residue of label at heel of spine. Some institution marks. VG, tiny tear in top spine end. (a60825)
$35.00 Underhill, Andrew F. . VALID OBJECTIONS TO SO CALLED CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Yonkers c.1900 Arlington Chemical Company. Narrow small octavo, 46pp., ads, original decorated wraps. Good, wraps worn, some chips on spine, a few stains. (a64155)
$26.00 Cavalca, Domenico . MEDICINA DEL CUORE OVVERO TRATTATO DELLA PAZIENZA DI FR. DOMENICO CAVALCA RIDOTTO ALLA SUA VERA LEZIONE
Roma 1741 Niccolo e Marco Pagliarini. Treatise by Dominican friar which weaves theology and medicine together to produce good health. In Italian. Hardcover. Small octavo, xv, (1), 326pp., small vignette on title page of a rectangular machine with ribbon scroll above imprinted Il piu bel Fioene Co Glie, leather spine with pinkish marbled boards and full gilt decoration on spine with mounted leather spine label (possibly 19th century rebinding). Light old library name stamp in middle of title page. Neat paragraph of old ink notation on front blank. Good plus, a few text pages lightly stained. Scarce. Nice solid attractivey book. (a79085)
$750.00 Combe, George . THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO EXTERNAL OBJECTS (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOR A REPRINT)
Boston 1842 (1835) Webb. Hardcover. Small octavo, 486pp., cloth. Good, end papers quite foxed, spine ends frayed. (a80255)
$55.00 Podmore, Frank . MESMERISM AND CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A SHORT HISTORY OF MENTAL HEALING (ORIGINAL BOOK, NOT A REPRINT)
London 1909 1st Methuen. Hardcover. Octavo, 306pp., 57pp. (Methuen Catalogue), original pink cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Owner bookplate. Good, spine and cover faded, end papers foxed. (a80721)
$65.00 Banks, A. J. Gayner and W. Sinclair Bowen . THE GREAT PHYSICIAN A MANUAL OF DEVOTION FOR THOSE WHO CARE FOR THE SICK
London 1927 1st Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover. 12mo., 169pp., red cloth. Lacks front blank end paper. VG plus, no DJ. (a80725)
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