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Problems of Ageing. Biological and Medical Aspects, with Introduction by John Dewey

By: Cowdry, E.V., Allen, E., Barker, L.F., Cannon, W.B., Carlson, A.J., Cohn, A.E., Critchley, M., Crocker, W., Dewey, J., Dublin, L.I., Engle, E.T., Friedenwald, J.S., Guild, S.R., Hamilton, G.V., Howard, L.O., Ivy, A.C., Jennings, H.S., Krumbhaar, E.B., Mc

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Co.: 1940

Seller ID: 844

A FOUNDING EVENT FOR GERONTOLOGY THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF AGING INCLUDES PAPERS BY 25 EXPERTS FROM MANY DISCIPLINES. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding, covers blindstamped, gilt title to spine, institutional library handstamp to front paste-down, no other marks. xxvii, 758 pp, 119 figures, light abrasions to front cover, gilt spine bright, binding tight, pages clean and crisp, very good in custom archival mylar cover. COWDRY, EDMUND VINCENT (1888 - 1975) was a founder of the discipline of gerontology in the United States in the 1930s. He was also involved in the worldwide spr...
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Growth

By: de Beer, G.R.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Edward Arnold & Co: 1924

Seller ID: 717

1924 BRILLIANT LITTLE MONOGRAPH ON THE BIOLOGY OF GROWTH ACROSS THE ANIMAL AND PLANT KINGDOMS, AND THE FACTORS THAT REGULATE IT. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's navy blue coth binding, gilt title to spine, physician's bookplate to front paste-down, frontis photomicrographs of plant growth, viii, 120 pp, 33 text figures, 7 black & white plates, very good. GAVIN R. de BEER (1899 - 1972) was a British evolutionary embryologist, director of the Natural History Museum, London, president of the Linnean Society of London, and a winner of the Royal Society's Darwin Medal for his studies on ev...
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Image for On the Influence of Atmosphere and Locality; Change of Air and Climate; Seasons; Food; Clothing; Bathing; Exercise; Sleep; Corporeal, and Intellectual Pursuits, &c, &c. on Human Health; constituting Elements of Hygiene

On the Influence of Atmosphere and Locality; Change of Air and Climate; Seasons; Food; Clothing; Bathing; Exercise; Sleep; Corporeal, and Intellectual Pursuits, &c, &c. on Human Health; constituting Elements of Hygiene

By: Dunglison, Robley

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Carey, Lea & Blanchard: 1835

Seller ID: 282

FIRST EDITION EARLY AMERICAN MANUAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY ROBLEY DUNGLISON, PHYSICIAN TO THOMAS JEFFERSON, SIGNED IN 1835 BY DR WM A BAYNHAM WHO EARNED MD AT UVA AT AGE 21. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, expertly rebacked with black leather label, gilt title, ink signature of Wm. A. Baynham, 1835, to front free endpaper, pencil signatures of A. N. Baynham M.D., A.H. Garnett (?) to rear free endpaper, scattered marginal contemporary ink notes throughout. Overall very good. FROM Autobiographical Ana of Robley Dunglison, edited by S.X. Radbill, Trans. Am.Philos. Soc. 53:72-74,...
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The Biology of Death, Being a Series of Lectures Delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in December 1920

By: Pearl R;

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Co.: 1922

Seller ID: 120

1922 FIRST EDITION BIOLOGY OF DEATH BY RAYMOND PEARL, JOHNS HOPKINS PIONEER IN THE STUDY OF AGING. 8 inches tall, 275 pages, original red cloth binding, many figures, graphs, tables, and photographic plates. Light wear to corners and ends of spine, bookplate of previous owner on front paste-down, signature on front free endpaper, very good. In custom archival mylar cover. EDITOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. 'Biology, which not long ago was purely descriptive and speculative, lias begun to adopt the methods of the exact sciences, recognizing that for permanent progress not only experiments are required but ...
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Life. A Study of the Means of Restoring Vital Energy and Prolonging Life

By: Voronoff, Serge

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton & Co.: 1920

Seller ID: 574

1920 THE SCIENCE BEHIND VORONOFF'S FAMOUS MONKEY GLAND TRANSPLANT PROCEDURE FOR PROLONGING LIFE. 8 1/4 inches tall hardcover, publisher's blue cloth binding, printed title to cover and spine, armorial bookplate of previous owner to front paste-down, xx, 160 pp, 39 figures (including full page black & white plates). Light edgewear to covers, 2 small spots to back cover, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good. FROM TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE: In this translation of my husband's Vivre, I Ã ave endeavored to present in English faithfully and accurately, the profound creative thought of his scientifi...
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