Category: Health & Medicine

The American Journal of Nursing, March 1936, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1936

Seller ID: 015644

Binding: Magazine

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Arthritis," "Occupational Therapy in Arthritis," "Medical Social Service," and "New Entrance Requirements." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 211-318 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Chipping to top spine, bottom 1/2" of spine torn off, edgewear, moderate handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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Lost Lullaby (signed)

By: Alecson, Deborah Golden

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press : 1995

Seller ID: 016841

ISBN-13: 9780520088702

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The story of Alecson's perfectly formed baby girl, born "with massive irreversible brain damage" from oxygen deprivation while in the womb, and the subsequent moral and legal battle by the parents to let their baby die rather than be kept alive through technological means. Pink boards w/cream cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 207 pages (including selected bibliography and list of resources for parents). Moderate general wear, light soil, in like dust jacket.
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POUR UN NOUVEL ART DE VIVRE, Entretiens sur la vie, la sante, l'ethique biomedicale et l'education

By: Ikeda, Daisaku, Rene Simard, and Guy Bourgeault

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal : 2001

Seller ID: 011766

ISBN-13: 9782760618237

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Translated from the English edition (published as "On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge") by Jean Chapdelaine Gagnon. Based on a series of dialogues originally published in a Japanese literary magazine in 1998. Cream cloth w/olive cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, 294 pages, illustrated. A lovely copy.
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From There to Here

By: Kennedy, Doris

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hartland, Privately Printed : 2007

Seller ID: 018959

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A New Brunswick nurse details "the historical events in Carleton County when a better healthcare system for its citizens was being established," a process that resulted in the founding of a nursing school in 1903, and which closed in 1972. 181 pages, including bibliography, illustrated. Uneven vertical crease to back cover, impressions/thin scratches, moderate handling wear. Internally tight and clean. Uncommon.
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The Visionaries, 1916-1991/Visionnaires, 1916-1991 (signed)

By: McGee, Arlee Hoyt (Editor/Rédacteur George Bergeron)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Nurses Association of New Brunswick (NANB)/L'Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Nouveau-Brunswick : 1991

Seller ID: 009966

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

Written in English on one side, French on the other, this is a history of professional nursing in New Brunswick, compiled to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nurses Association of New Brunswick. Covers the entire range of material, including a wealth of photographs and information on the years prior to NANB's formation, its members, presidents, awards, schools, and much else. 94 pages (English side) including sources consulted and photo credits. 102 pages (French side) including sources consultées and légends des photos. Edge and corner wear, scuffing/impressions, 3/8" tear to top left...
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THE PATH TO CURE, The Whole Art of Healing (signed)

By: McQuinn, Allyson A.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Book Coach Press : 2004

Seller ID: 017583

ISBN-13: 9780973520705

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

"McQuinn takes readers on an intimate journey, showing how she came through homeopathic medicine to the broader system of Heilkunst (Healing Art) through her son's serious physical and behavioural problems." 156 pages (including endnotes). Light edgewear, impressions, moderate general wear.
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MOI, MA SANTE, De la dependance a l'autonomie (signed)

By: Mongeau, Serge

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Montreal, les editions Ecosociete : 1994

Seller ID: 011485

ISBN-13: 9782921561204

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

French-language text of a title concerned with health and its development. This copy inscribed/signed/dated (on half-title) by author. 182 pages + advertisements for other titles by this publisher. Mild general wear.
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Abdominal Pain

By: Morley, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Edinburgh, E.&S. Livingstone : 1931

Seller ID: 018994

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Written by Morley because of his "growing conviction that the prevalent theories of abdominal pain are in important respects physiologically unsound." Blue cloth w/gilt lettering/rule to spine, 191 pages (including index), illustrated. Bumped/lightly worn corners/spine ends, scuffing to back cover, small scrape to spine..
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WHITE CAPS AND BLACK BANDS, Nursing in Newfoundland to 1934

By: Nevitt, Joyce

Price: $14.00

Publisher: St. John's, Jesperson Press : 1978

Seller ID: 016383

ISBN-13: 9780920502082

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A partial history of nursing in Newfoundland. 278 pages (including index), illustrated. Light soil, moderate general wear.
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THE HYPNOSIS BOOK: How to Use Modern Hypnotic Techniques to Improve Physical and Mental Health (signed)

By: Pecarve, Reuben

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Montreal, Optimum Publishing International : 2002

Seller ID: 017888

ISBN-13: 9780888902368

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Pecarve claims that his methods will help people "permanently kick harmful habits and addictions," "permanently change negative behaviour patterns," permanently overcome various fears, "triumph over conditions such as: cancer, asthma, migraine headaches, anorexia and acne," safely control a variety of pains, and "upgrade your ability to concentrate, remember key facts, figures and faces." Apparently the only things it won't do are bring you your slippers and mow the lawn. 276 pages (including glossary, bibliography, index). Lightly bumped/worn corners/spine ends, small abrasion to front cover,...
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40 YEARS UNDER THE BLUE, A History of Blue Cross of Atlantic Canada

By: Pincombe, C. Alexander

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Maritime Hospital Service Association : 1985

Seller ID: 018998

ISBN-13: 9780969207207

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

136 pages (including bibliography, appendices, index), illustrated. Faint sticker shadow to top right corner of front cover, light surface wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The American Journal of Nursing, April 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1933

Seller ID: 015640

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

Edited by Mary M. Roberts. First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Communicable Diseases," "Medical Asepsis," "Nursing--Just Nursing," and "Postgraduate Education -- Old and New." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 303-414 plus 64 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Nearly a dozen address forms cut from various advertisement pages throughout the magazine (...
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The American Journal of Nursing, August 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 8

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1934

Seller ID: 015641

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Fever Reducing," "Relief Employment," "Florence Nightingale International Foundation," "Undulant Fever," and "Building a Library." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 741-838 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Moderate handling wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The American Journal of Nursing, December 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 12

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1934

Seller ID: 015637

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "State Responsibility for Nursing Education," "Early Discovery of Tuberculosis," "Endemic Pellagra," and "Care and Treatment of Burns." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1137-1234 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light edgewear, light general wear. Internally tight.
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The American Journal of Nursing, February 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 2

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1933

Seller ID: 015638

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Psittacosis," "An Experiment in Hourly Nursing," "Nursing the Pernicious Anemia Patient," and "The Value of Chemistry." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-186 plus 66 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light general wear. Internally tight and clean.
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The American Journal of Nursing, February 1935, Vol. XXXV, No. 2

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1935

Seller ID: 015643

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "What Every Obstetrical Supervisor Should Know," "Modern Methods in Psychiatry," "Graduate Nurse in Hospital Service," and "Our Clinical Services." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 97-198 plus 58 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Several coupons cut throughout (no text in articles affected), light handling wear. I...
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The American Journal of Nursing, January 1935, Vol. XXXV, No. 1

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1935

Seller ID: 015642

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Nursing in Neurosurgery," "Fatigue as it Affects Nursing," "The Eight-Hour Day," "Curriculum Revision." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1-96 plus 48 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Previous owner's name nearly across top edge of front cover, 1/2" separation to bottom right spine edge, same to top left spine ed...
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The American Journal of Nursing, March 1933, Vol. XXXIII, No. 3

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1933

Seller ID: 015639

Binding: Magazine

Condition: About Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Oxygen Therapy," "A New Type of Nursing Unit," and "The Patient Goes Home." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 187-302 plus 60 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Small soil mark to front cover, slight sunning to edges. Internally tight and clean.
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The American Journal of Nursing, November 1934, Vol. XXXIV, No. 11

By: Roberts, Mary M. (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Concord, American Journal of Nursing Company : 1934

Seller ID: 015636

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good to Very Good

First published in 1900, AJN is "the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world." Single issues from this era are uncommon. This issue contains a variety of articles and features, including "Cirrhosis of the Liver," "Technic of Taking Blood Pressure," "Extra-curricular Activities," and "Time Study of Head Nurse Activities." Also contains advertisements, editorials and information specific to the nursing profession. Pages 1031-1136 plus 54 pages of advertisements at rear, illustrated. Light soil, previous owner's name neatly across top edge of front cover. Internally tight.
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Diseases of the Gall-Bladder and Bile-Ducts

By: Robson, A.W. Mayo

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox : 1897

Seller ID: 019242

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

A collection of lectures delivered by Robson "at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1897." Garnet cloth w/gilt lettering/rule to front cover/spine, 150 pages + "A Consecutive Series of Operations on the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts" (27 pages) + 32-page catalogue of other medicine/surgery/science and art titles offered by this publisher, illustrated. Bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, small abrasion to bottom of back cover, front hinge just starting to show splits (still entirely tight). A nice copy of an uncommon item in first edition.
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Medicine in New Brunswick

By: Stewart, W. Brenton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Moncton, The New Brunswick Medical Society : 1974

Seller ID: 019217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

"A history of the practice of medicine in the Province of New Brunswick, and of the men and women who contributed to this history, encompassing the period of time from prior to the arrival of the white man inAmerica to the early part of the twentieth century." Inscription/signature on first end paper. Red buckram w/gilt spine lettering, 413 pages (including bibliography, index), map endpapers, illustrated. Light general wear, in dust jacket w/moderate edgewear, light chipping, small piece from bottom right corner of front panel, uneven 1" tear to top of front fold.
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A Journey Worth Making

By: Tooley, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Self-published (printed by Carbon Alternatives : 1992

Seller ID: 017824

ISBN-13: 9780969649809

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A physician and military historian tells his story. 232 pages, illustrated. Internally tight and clean w/only light general wear.
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A Journey Worth Making

By: Tooley, Robert

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Fredericton, Self-published (printed by Carbon Alternatives : 1992

Seller ID: 017872

ISBN-13: 9780969649809

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A physician and military historian tells his story. 232 pages, illustrated. Internally tight and clean w/light edgewear, crease to bottom right corner of front cover.
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Category: Health & Medicine