Medical Books from High Desert Books
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Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted
by Imber, Dr. Gerald
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$46.18
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This is a biography of one of the most remarkable and innovative doctors ever to practice medicine in the United States. Item Price
A$46.18
The Creative Loop: How the Brain Makes a Mind
by Harth, Erich
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$12.31
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This book examines the connection between the biological and the ethereal parts of the brain. Item Price
A$12.31
Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy
by Leiblum, Sandra R.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This book is in very good condition with only a few underlinings in the preface. Item Price
A$15.39
Plague: A Story of Science, Rivalry, and the Scourge that Won't Go Away
by Marriott, Edward
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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A$15.39
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This book relates a riveting history of Bubonic Plague. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
The Plague and the Fire: London, 1665/1666
by Leasor, James
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This book explores the two most horrifying years in the history of London.
There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
by Wasik, Bill and Murphy, Monica
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This book explores the four thousand year history of one of the world's most deadly viruses. Item Price
A$15.39
Fever Season: The Story of a Terrifying Epidemic and the People Who Saved a City
by Keith, Jeanette
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This is the story of an epidemic of Yellow Fever in Memphis in the year 1878. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
by Randall, David K.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2019
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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In March of the year 1900 health officials in San Francisco raced to prevent the city from becoming the epicenter of an outbreak of one of the most deadly diseases in human history. Item Price
A$15.39
Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man: A History of the Hostilities Since 1880
by Harrison, Gordon
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good dustjacket with slight edge wear
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This is the story of humanity's crusade against one of the most fatal diseases in history. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes
by Olson, Steve
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This book genetically explores the past 150,000 years of history to reveal how modern people came to be. There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
Pox: An American History
by Willrich, Michael
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This is the story of how America's war on Smallpox sparked one of the greatest civil liberties battles of the twentieth century. Item Price
A$15.39
Man and Microbes: Disease and Plagues in History and Modern Times
by Karlen, Arno
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$15.39
Diagnosing Giants: Solving the Medical Mysteries of Thirteen Patients Whio Changed the World
by Mackowiak, Philip A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- 3rd Printing
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$15.39
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This book looks at the history of medicine through the medical histories of patients who proved to be important. Item Price
A$15.39
Microbes and Morals: The Strange Story of Venereal Disease
by Rosebury, Theodor
- Condition
- Used - Good condition with slight cover wear
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$23.09
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A fascinating history of venereal disease and societal reactions. Item Price
A$23.09
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - Volume Two Only
by Darwin, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Published
- 1888
- Binding
- Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled covers
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$230.88
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This is Volume Two only of a two volume set. It is the Second Edition, 22nd thousand, bound in 3/4 leather (leather spine and corners) with marbled covers and marbled endsheets.There is a former owner's handwritten name and date (1890) and bookplate inside. The book is in very good condition. Item Price
A$230.88
Plagues in World History
by Aberth, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good Dustjacket
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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A$11.54
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There is a former owner's name inside. Item Price
A$11.54
The Ship's Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dustjacket
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Bound in black cloth hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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A$23.09
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This is an excellent medical guide for anyone in an isolated situation. There is a former owner's bookplate inside. Item Price
A$23.09
Medicine Women, Curanderas, and Women Doctors
by Perrone, Bobette; Stockel, H. Henrietta; and Krueger, Victoria
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Edition
- 8th printing
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Bound in pictorial paper
- ISBN
- 9780806125121
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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A$15.39
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This book explores the healing practices of ten female healers from three different cultures. Item Price
A$15.39
Advanced Techniques of Hypnosis and Therapy: Selected Papers of Milton H. Erickson - autographed by Milton H. Erickson
by Erickson, Milton H.
- Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good dustjacket with some edge wear
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Bound in blue cloth with dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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A$538.72
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This scarce book is a record of Dr. Erickson's four decades of clinical research with hypnotherapy.
This book is inscribed and autographed by Dr. Erickson on the front endsheet. Item Price
A$538.72
Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis
by Bynum, Helen
- Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Binding
- Bound in grey cloth with silver lettering and dustjacket
- ISBN
- 9780199542055
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
- Item Price
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A$15.39
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This is a very thorough history of one of the most influential diseases on human history. Item Price
A$15.39
