Category: Nutrition

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On the existence of a hitherto unrecgnized dietary factor essential for reproduction [2 offprints: 1) Preliminary report in Science, Vol. LVI, pp 650-1, 1922 and 2) Expanded report in Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 81, pp 889-892, 1923]

By: Evans, Herbert M. and Bishop, K. Scott

Price: $150.00

Publisher: : 1922, 1923

Seller ID: 1030

1922, 1923 LANDMARK PAPERS ANNOUNCING THE DISCOVERY OF VITAMIN E, A DIETARY FACTOR ESSENTIAL FOR REPRODUCTION. Two offprints 10 inches tall, printed paper covers, staple-bound, 1) 4 pp; 2) 8 pp; previous owner inscribed Evans top cover of each offprint, otherwise unmarked, corners bumped, light soiling to covers, very good minus. GARRISON-MORTON No. 1055 noting both papers. HERBERT McLEAN EVANS (1882 - 1971) became associate professor of anatomy at Johns Hopkins University, then moved to California in 1915 and was made professor of anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley, a position...
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Essays in Biology in Honor of Herbert M. Evans

By: Evans, Herbert M., Fahrquhar, Samuel T., Leake, Chauncey D., Lyons, William R., Simpson, Miriam E., Allen, F.M., Althausen, T.L., Alvarez, W.C., Anderson, E.N., Purkinje, J.E., Bensley, R.R., Cole, H.H., Goss, H., de Graaf, R., Coward, K.H., Crowe, S.J.,

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of Calofornia Press : 1943

Seller ID: 798

IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY OF 3 EMINENT BIBLIOPHILES OF SCIENCE IN THE BERKELEY CIRCLE: FESTSCHRIFT FOR HERBERT EVANS, COPY OF CHARLES SINGER AND MELVIN EDWARD JAHN. 10 1/2 inches tall hardcover, tan cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplates of Dr. Charles Singer and Melvin Edward Jahn to front paste-down, frontis portrait of Herbert M. Evans, xxvii, 684 pp, many illustrations, plate with facing descriptive text; corners bumped, edges soiled, binding tight, very good in very good dust jacket. HERBERT McLEAN EVANS (1882 - 1971) was a U.S. anatomist and embryologist. In 1908, he obtained hi...
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You are what you eat - a Volvelle

By: Hohensee, Adolphus

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, Wheel O' Life Co. : 1941

Seller ID: 1091

1941 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT VOLVELLE PROMOTING ADOLPHUS QUALITY HEALTH FOODS HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF MICRONUTRIENTS TO HEALTH. Ten inches in diameter, printed in 2 colors on heavy cardboard, with holes revealing mineral and vitamin content of various foods and descriptions of the health benefits of each. The back of the volvelle lists combinations of foods that are recommended and cautioned. Condition is near fine, with a minor bend at the top point. ADOLPHUS HOHENSEE (1901-1967) was born in Poland and at some point lived in the Washington, D.C. area. He had very little early schooling. Yet...
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Structural changes when growth is suppressed by undernourishment in the albino rat TOGETHER WITH 4 additional offprints

By: Jackson, Clarence Martin

Price: $40.00

Publisher: : 1925 - 1939

Seller ID: 1034

1925-1939 FIVE OFFPRINTS ON THE EFFECTS OF UNDERNUTRITION AND REFEEDING ON GROWTH, AND PROGRESS IN ANATOMY EDUCATION. 1) Structural changes when growth is suppressed by undernourishment in the albino rat. Am J Anat Vol 51, November 1932; pp 347-379, 16 figures; 2) Recovery in rats upon refeeding after prolonged suppression of growth by dietary deficiency of protein. Am J Anat Vol 58, January 1936; pp 179-193, 6 figures; 3) Recovery of rats upon refeeding after prolonged suppression of growth by underfeeding. Anat Rec Vol 68, June 1937; pp371-381, 1 table, 1 figure; 4) The nature of the abnorm...
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Nouvelle Chymie du Gout et de l'Odorat, ou l'art de composer facilement & a peu de frais les Liqueurs a boire & les Eaux de Senteurs

By: Poncelet, (Polycarpe)

Price: $400.00

Publisher: Paris, Pissot : 1774

Seller ID: 379

1774 SCARCE FRENCH MANUAL ON THE CHEMISTRY OF TASTE AND SMELL AND THE PRODUCTION OF LIQUEURS, ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS OF DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT. 8 inches tall hardcover, 2 volumes in one, octavo. xlviii, 210; [3]-320, [4 (avis au relieur & errata) inserted between pages 318 and 319], [3] pp. 6 engraved plates, index, binder's instructions and errata; light stains, yellowing, marginal tear page 313. Original calf boards, corners worn, expertly rebacked spine with raised bands, gilt red leather label. ''Placed in the text are six plates of stills and apparatus. Each plate is signed: De la Ga...
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Category: Nutrition

On the existence of a hitherto unrecgnized dietary factor essential for reproduction [2 offprints: 1) Preliminary report in Science, Vol. LVI, pp 650-1, 1922 and 2) Expanded report in Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 81, pp 889-892, 1923]

Essays in Biology in Honor of Herbert M. Evans

You are what you eat - a Volvelle

Structural changes when growth is suppressed by undernourishment in the albino rat TOGETHER WITH 4 additional offprints

Nouvelle Chymie du Gout et de l'Odorat, ou l'art de composer facilement & a peu de frais les Liqueurs a boire & les Eaux de Senteurs