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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 Jousset, Dr. P. and Dr. Marc Jousset . JOUSSET'S LEITFADEN DER HOMEOTHERAPIE
Radeburg 1929 Madaus. In German. Octavo, 152pp., hardcover. Bookseller stamp on title. Good, end papers and initial and final pages lightly foxed, cover faded and spotted. (a11727)
$25.00 Ehrenwald, Jan MD . TELEPATHY AND MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY
NY 1948 1st Norton. Foreword by Gardner Murphy. 8vo., 212pp., index, hardcover. Good, front inner hinge cracked, no DJ. (a11881)
$24.00 Hanish, Dr. O . MAZDAZNAN MONATS-RATSCHLAGE FUR KUCHE UND KORPERPLEGE
Leipzig 1928 Mazdaznan. 8vo., wraps. In German. Fine, cover almost completely done in gold foil. (a12910)
$40.00 Jordan, Richard H. . IDE-O-MATIC, EINE ERFOLGS-METHODE ZUM SELBSTSTUDIUM
Regen/Bay c. 1960 Alois Ulrich. In German. 4to., about 50pp., stiff wraps. Good plus, bit of tearing along top spine end. (a2177)
$30.00 Keller-Hoerschelmann, Dr. Med. . HEILUNG AUS EIGENER KRAFT
Budingen 1951 Lebensweiser. Anleitungen zur Suggestions-Technik. In German. 8vo., 132pp., wraps. VG. (a2265)
$22.00Macfadden, Bernarr (foreword). DEBATE-SUBJECT: IS MEAT ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH?
NY 1946. Held in New York City, October 1946. Debaters: Drs. Maxwell and Gian-Cursion v. Thomas Gaines and Professor Frank Sauchelli. Sm.8vo., 48pp., green printed wraps. VG text beginning to brown. (a275)
$23.00 Hoorwitz, Aaron Noah Ph.D. . HYPNOTIC METHODS IN NONHYPNOTIC THERAPIES
NY 1989 Irvington Publishers. Use of hypnosis to stop smoking, sexual obsession, exorcism of voices, headaches, temper tantrums and so on. 8vo., 253pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a2821)
$25.00 Flint, Austin Jr. M.D. . ON THE SOURCE OF MUSCULAR POWER
NY 1878. 12mo., 103pp., hardcover. One or two pages have ornate pen writing in margins. Fair , inner hinges cracked, a few stains in text,, some wear on covers. (a31847)
$23.00 Bosanyi, Dr. Bela . ST. LUCASBAD HOT AND TEPID SULPHUROUS THERMAL SPRINGS
Budapest 1903 St. Lucasbad Company. Hardcover. 12mo., 141pp., color drawings, monochrome photo illustrations, color pictorial limp boards. VG, front decorative end paper present but detached. Attractive pictorial cover showling spa building and large flowering iris. Internally near Fine, bright and clean. (a41662)
$95.00 (england) Agnes de Mille association . THE NEW BATH GUIDE OR USEFUL POCKET-COMPANION
Bath n.d. (1767 written in pencil on the title page) 5th C. Pope. For all persons residing at or resorting to this antient and opulent City. Hardcover. 12mo., 64pp., copperplate frontispiece of Richard Nash, 1/2 leather with marbled paper-covered boards and later paper spine. ***Agnes DeMille's copy, signed by her. Good, spine, margins lightly cropped (not near text.) (a42825)
$300.00 Croizier, Ralph C.; Mann, Felix . TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IN COMMUNIST CHINA: SCIENCE, COMMUNISM AND CULTURAL NATIONALISM; CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE: A PRACTITIONER'S VIEW
London 1965. Two articles in the The China Quarterly, No. 23, July-September 1965, at pp. 1-27; 28-36. Whole issue has several articles. Lg.8vo., wraps. Good, closed tear on front, light wear. (a48414a)
$45.00 Claridge, R.T.; traduzione dall'inglese del D. Tartaglia . IDROPATHIA OSSIA METODO CURATIVO DELL'ACQUA FREDDA
Napoli 1853 Diogene. Nel Modo Usato da Vincenzo Priessnitz a Grassenberg, Sileaia ed Austria. Trad. per D. Tartaglia. Early hydropathy. In Italian. 8vo.. 237pp., indice, nice leather spine, marbled boards. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, foxing on initial and final pages, pages edges and fore-edges, cover lightly rubbed. (a5505)
$95.00 Lindquist, R. Jerome . APPROACH TO ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS
Los Angeles 1939 1st Ward Ritchie. 8vo., 117pp, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a5707)
$35.00 Cutler, Docteur . SPAS ET SES EAUX, OBSERVATIONS DUR LES PROPRIETES CHIMIQUES ET THERAPEUTIQUES DES EAUX MINERALES DE SPA.
Bruxelles 1856 Muquardt. Includes chemical analysis of water at 6 French spas. In French. 12mo., 161pp., hardcover. *Presentation copy signed L'Auteur. Good, light wear. Scarce. (a661)
$45.00 Graham, Thos. J. M. D. . THE COLD-WATER SYSTEM: AN ESSAY
London 1843 Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Exhibiting the real merits and most safe and effectual employment of this excellent system in indigestion, costiveness, asthma, cough, consumption, rheumatism, gout, &c. with cautionary remarks, addressed to people of extreme opinions and some new cases. Hardcover. Octavo, 168pp., original paper covered boards with cloth spine and mounted paper spine label. Good, corners on several leaves bumped, spine label mostly chipped off. (a66113)
$220.00 Luckiesh, M. and A. Pacini . LIGHT AND HEALTH
Baltimore 1926 1st Williams and Wilkins. Octavo, 302pp., illustrations, index, blue cloth hardcover. Owner bookplate. VG, no DJ. (a68493)
$25.00 Humphris, Francis Howard . ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT AND ITS THERAPEUTIC USES
London 1928 4th Oxford University. Hardcover. Octavo, 306p., illustratiojns, index, cloth. VG plus, spine faded with one small spot on spine, no DJ. (a7723x)
$25.00 Hudson, Thomson Jay . THE LAW OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA
Chicago 1905 13th McClurg. A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc. Hardcover. Small octavo, green cloth. Good plus, light chipping on spine ends. (a79023)
$25.00 Humphreys, Frederick MD . HUMPHREYS' MENTOR MEDICAL ADVISOR IN THE USE OF HUMPHREYS' REMEDIES
NY 1926 revised and enlarged, Humphreys. Homeopathy. Hardcover. maroon cloth. small octavo., 489p., ada, index, cloth. VG plus. (a80181)
$22.00 Doherty, Edward J. . THE SAINT OF PARALYTICS
Los Angeles 1925 2nd Times-Mirror. Journalist writes of life work of Milton H. Berry of Hollywood whom author credits as having taught paralyzed people to move again. Hardcover. Small octavo, 157pp., photo illustrations frontis, black and red cloth. VG, no DJ, (a80370)
$23.00 Hanish, Dr; Germaine et Carlos Bunge (editors) . L'ART DE LA RESPIRATION D'APRES LE DR. HANISH
Paris 1935 edition nouvelle adaption par Germaine et Carlos Bunge. Les Editions Mazdeennes. Ses Applications pratiques au domaine de la sante de l'epanoussement des Facultes Cerebrales. In French. Hardcover. Octavo, 618p., 7 plates on long foldout diagram in rear, cloth. VG plus, snag in cloth on rear panel (probably from the printer), no DJ. (a85095)
$50.00 Jacoby, George MD. . SUGGESTION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.
NY 1912 1st Scribners. Sm8vo., 355pp., hardcover. illus., index. Telepathy, psychoses, Christian Science, flagellation, anorexia. Near Fine. no dj. (a854)
$39.00Funk, Casimir and H. E. Dubin. VITAMIN AND MINERAL THERAPY PRACTICAL MANUAL
NY 1936 first edition U.S. Vitamin Corporation. Hardcover. Octavo, 94pp., original lime green cloth. Near VG, light cover wear, no DJ. No ownership marks. Health classic. (a87051)
$49.00 Billig, Hugo M.D. . DR. VOGEL'S HOMEOPATHISCHER HAUSARZT.
Leipzig 1890 Schwabe. In German. Homeopathy. Hardcover. 12mo., 471pp., index, decorated red cloth. Owner signed. Good, a bit worn. (m29)
$22.00 Carey, George M.D. . BIOCHEMIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE COMPRISING THE THEORY PATHOLOGICAL ACTION, THERAPEUTICAL APPLICATION, MATERIA MEDICA, AND REPERTORY OF SCHUESSLER'S TWELVE TISSUE REMEDIES.
St. Louis 1898 5th Luyties. Nice very early edition of this Homeopathic classic. Hardcover. Large octavo, 44pp., cloth. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear. (m42)
$24.00Le Givre, Pierre (1618-1684).. ARCANUM ACIDULARUM.. ADDITAE SUNTEPISTOLAE MULTORUM ILLUSTRIUM MEDICORUM COM EJUSDEM RESPONSIS.
Amstelodami 1682 Janssonio Waesbergios. About medical use of mineral waters. 12mo., 366 pp., wraps. Lacks final 5 pages after epilogue. First published in 1654. NUC lists only one copy of first edition and 3 copies of this 2nd edition. (Missing pages we believe were correspondence with Isaac Cattier and Antoine de Sartes). Good, original marbled wraps with later paper backstrip. (om120)
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