Medical Books at Dial a Book Sydney

The Ophthalmic Prescriber's Codex
Francis E. Preston
Book Number: 6027
ISBN:
Publisher: H.K. Lewis 1943
16mo. Blue cloth, red page ends, good condition with no marks. Faded spine. better sight, treatment, dangerous drugs, weights and measures, formulas, solubilities, vitamin content, doses, anaesthetics, abbreviations, diseases of the eye and how to treat them.
Price: $25.00

What to do in Cases of Poisoning - Eleventh Edition
Murrell
Book Number: 57939
ISBN:
Publisher: H K Lewis London 1912
12mo. Hardcover. 283pp. Very good. Po name on fep and half-title, notes in rear. Index. This pocket-sized manual represents the eleventh edition of a treatise on poisoning which was first published by Dr. W. Murrell in 1881. The initial sections on Classification, Antidotes, Emetics, etc., and especially on Diagnosis of Poisoning, are excellent in their terse but adequate presentation. The body of the volume comprises a discussion first of acute, then of chronic poisonings, arranged in alphabetical order. It includes symptoms, fatal dose and treatment.
Price: $35.00

Verruca Pedis Methods of Treatment - The Actinic Series Vol. I
P. J. Read, C. E. Kemp, General Editor
Book Number: 6393
ISBN:
Publisher: London, The Actinic Press 1950
Blue wraps with buff d/w - unclipped, both good solid condition, damaged spine, light foxing on page ends, clean copy. Volume 1 in the series dedicated to foot care. Illustrated with diagrams, figures, and tables.
Price: $25.00

Tray and Trolley Setting
Dickie, Helen M.
Book Number: 20216
ISBN:
Publisher: U.K. Livingstone. 1961
12mo. maroon cloth softcover. 167pp. good.
Price: $15.00

Squire's Companion to the Latest Edition of the British Pharmacopoeia
Squire, Peter
Book Number: 42250
ISBN:
Publisher: J. & A. Churchill, London 1916
8vo. maroon cloth hardcover. 1691pp. index. very good, light rubbing to cover edges, title page foxed.
Price: $55.00

Arzneibuch für das Deutsche Reich. Dritte Ausgabe. (Pharmacopoea Germanica, editio III.)

Book Number: 39975
ISBN:
Publisher: Berlin 1890
8vo. Red cloth hardcover with gilt symbol on black cloth paste down on front board and gilt title (worn)on black cloth paste down to spine. The end pages look newer than the copy, so I think it may have been rebound. The copy is lightly toned and there is a watermark running through the bottom of the pages, the pages have no waffle. 432pp. A comprehensive pharmacopoeia, in A-Z form, with additional chapters, describing the drugs and medicines in use in Germany in 1890, including alot of natural medicine, with details of methods of preparation and strengths of dosage. Text peinted in the German language and in the beautiful old german script.
Price: $45.00

Nervous Girl's Guide to Nip and Tuck - TV's Ten Years Younger
Bowler, Patrick
Book Number: 43617
ISBN: 0007225482
Publisher: THORSONS May 2, 2006
8vo softcover 288pp very good. In his jargon free guide, Dr Patrick explains all the latest beauty fixes from Botox to Facial chemical peels, microdermarasions to laser treatments. He answers the questions such as Does it Hurt? Does it Work? and How Much Does it Cost??
Price: $8.00

Research and Experiment in Stuttering.
Beech, H.r. And Fransella, Fay
Book Number: 30535
ISBN:
Publisher: London: Pergamon Press. 1971
8vo. hardcover. 224pp. index. very good. / no d/w.
Price: $12.00

Dizziness - an Evaluation and Classification
deWeese, David Downs. MD
Book Number: 54842
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas 1954
8vo. pajco lexide soft cover. near fine. gilt title to front and spine. 80pp. Index. Illustrations.
Price: $12.00

The March of Medicine Aberrations and triumphs of the Healing Art
Glasscjeon. Dr. H S Translated from the German by Mervyn Savill
Book Number: 51198
ISBN:
Publisher: Macdonald London 1963
8vo. Green cloth in d/w. very good. 360pp. 41 b&w illustrated plates. Index. Doctor and Scientist Dr. Glasscheib combines historical events with clinical facts to reveal the tremendous tragedy of human physical suffering against which medical science has had to struggle. Follies such as blood letting and the use of clysters, brought misery in the guise of help. Theories evolved in good faith, such as magnetism, homeopathy and psycho-analysis had to be put to the test before their effectiveness defined.
Price: $15.00

The fever : how malaria has ruled humankind for 500,000 years
Shah, Sonia
Book Number: 50494
ISBN: 9781742370484
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin 2010
8vo softcover 307pp index. Fine. Malaria is coming. It already infects 200 million new patients each year and kills 1 million. With climate change it is moving into new regions of the world, and scientists predict it will become endemic in northern Australia for the first time in the foreseeable future. Sonia Shah takes us on a tour through the strange biology of the mosquito and the even stranger history of its relationship with humans over the ages.
Price: $14.00

Talks on Classical Homoeopathy 3 Volumes
Vithoulkas, George
Book Number: 51904
ISBN: 8170211719
Publisher: B. Jain Publishers, New Delhi, 1993.
8vo hardcovers. 3 volumes. pp.318,350,112. Very good, owner's name on feps. / Very good d/ws.
Price: $30.00

Catherine's Gift. Inside the world of Dr Catherine hamlin
Little, John
Book Number: 54128
ISBN: 9780330425988
Publisher: Macmillan Australia, 2008
8vo softcover 271pp colour illus. very good.
Price: $8.00

Life's Dominion : an Argument about Abortion and Euthanasia
Dworkin, Ronald
Book Number: 49156
ISBN: 0002159341
Publisher: Harper Collins 1993
8vo. hardcover. 272pp. index. Very good+, library stamp on fep & title pages. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $22.00

Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect'
Moerman, Daniel E.
Book Number: 48641
ISBN: 0521000874
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2005
8vo softcover 172pp. index. fine.
Price: $25.00

Samuel Hahnemann His Life and Work. Volume 1
Haehl, Richard
Book Number: 54478
ISBN:
Publisher: Jain Publishers, New Delhi, India, 1992.
8vo. hardcover. 443pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ faded d/w.
Price: $12.00

The dance of life: The life and times of an antipodean surgeon
Nicks, Rowan
Book Number: 54643
ISBN: 0909844291
Publisher: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1996
8vo Hardcover in d/w. 258pp near fine. Signed by author.
Price: $24.00

Nols Wilderness First Aid
Schimelpfenig, Todd & Lindsey, Linda
Book Number: 47423
ISBN: 0811730840
Publisher: Stackpole Books 1992
8vo softcover 356pp index, b/w illus. very good. A sound foundation in first aid skills, this standard reference emphasizes prevention and treatment of common wilderness accidents and illnesses.
Price: $10.00

Wrong Rooms - A Memior
Sanderson, Mark
Book Number: 46621
ISBN: 0743231252
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK December 31, 1939
8vo softcover 320pp near fine. After meeting in 1992, and moving in together in 1993, Mark and Drew's happiness was shattered by Drew being diagnosed with skin cancer. He was told he would have two years to live, he died three months later. This is their story about finding love, and losing love.
Price: $12.00

Repetitive Strain Injuries : A Drug-Free Answer
Lim, Yoland
Book Number: 41522
ISBN: 0864360266
Publisher: Slimax 1986
8vo softcover 111pp, b/w illus. very good, owner's stamp on fep.
Price: $10.00

Hysterectomy: New Options and Advances
Dennerstein, Lorraine
Book Number: 40987
ISBN: 019551033X
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA May 18, 1995
8vo softcover 272pp very good. Just the prescription for a woman contemplating this complex issue. The author has not only produced a book which clarifies the many different types of hysterectomy, with illustrations, but have concentrated on how to deal with the physical and emotional aspects of these operations....Their uncluttered writing style makes it easy for the potential candidate for the operation to understand her body; evaluate her symptoms; be aware of the factors which influence gynecologists to choose surgery; know how to discuss her anxieties about the operation with her doctor; have an accurate knowledge of the physical and emotional effects of hysterectomy; and make an informed decision about surgery....[The authors] maintain that in tests, women with a better understanding of the operation made a much better adjustment.
Price: $6.00

Race Against Time: Finding Hope in Africa's Battle with AIDS
Lewis, Stpehen
Book Number: 38952
ISBN: 1921145161
Publisher: Text Publishing Company 2006
8vo softcover 198pp. very good+.
Price: $6.00

Speech Disorders - Aphasia, Apraxia and Agnosia
Lord Brain
Book Number: 35197
ISBN:
Publisher: London Butterworths 1962 reprint
8vo. Brown cloth hardcover. 184pp. Title in gilt on spine. no d/w. Solid, unfoxed, copy, clean external boards, would be called very good, execpt for the underlining. Illustrated with examples. Underlining throughout some sections - some in pencil, some in pen. Contents include The Origin and Nature of Laqnguage, The Development of Speech in the Child, Handedness and Cerebral Dominance, The History of Thought about Aphasia, The Anatomy, Phychophysiology and Morbid Anatomy of Speech, The Neurology of Language, The Aphasias and Other Speech Disorders, The Alexias and Agraphias, The Examination of the Patient, The Prognosis and Course of Aphasia, The Treatment of Aphasia, Developmental Disorders of Speech, the Apraxias, the Agnosias, Index.
Price: $25.00

Harley Street.
Pound, Reginald.
Book Number: 29346
ISBN:
Publisher: Michael Joseph London 1967. First edition
8vo. hardcover. 198pp. index, b/w illus. very good. / good d/w.
Price: $18.00

Through other eyes : the Fred Hollows Foundation ten years on.
Keneally, Thomas (intro) Various authors
Book Number: 27034
ISBN: 0732911478
Publisher: Sydney Pan Macmillan 2002
8vo softcover 394pp colour & b/w illus. very good, Inscribed and signed by several authors, and keneally
Price: $35.00

Simpson, the obstetrician : a biography
Simpson, Myrtle.
Book Number: 26845
ISBN: 0575013680
Publisher: London Gollancz 1972
8vo hardcover 304pp index, b/w illus. very good, small owne'rs name & small liquid paper mark on fep. / very good d/w with faded spine. Bibliography: p. [287]-298.
Price: $25.00

Physiotherapy in Obstetrics ( Including Education for Childbirth and Post-natal Restoration)
Ebner, Maria
Book Number: 23929
ISBN:
Publisher: E. &S. Livingstone Third editon 1967
8vo, 158pp. Good copy with ffl missing, blue d/w with light wear around the edges. index, glossary, includes, Anatomy, physiology, mechanism of labour, endocrine funciton in normal pregnancy, deviations from the normal during pregnancy, deviations from the normal during and after labour, history of obstetrics, methods of arranging instruction, physical preperation, mental preperation, rehearsal of labour, lactation, analgesics and anaesthetics, post natal restoration, asepsis for the physiotherapist.
Price: $25.00

Diagnostic considerations in ancient Indian surgery (based on Nidana-Sthana of Susruta-Samhita)
Singhal (G.) Singh (L. & K.)
Book Number: 22692
ISBN:
Publisher: 1972 Institute of Medical Sciences Banras Hindu University, India
8vo. Cloth, dw a very torn, worn and chipped however copy is very good, cloth good. Allahabad, 1972. Dr. Singhal's monumental undertaking to publish Susruta in concise English with the accompanying Sanskrit Slokas will be valuable to all scientists interested in comparative studies of Medical Systems
Price: $35.00