Publisher:
New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. : 1956
Seller ID: 856
1956 PIONEERING STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN BIOCHEMICAL MAKEUP BY BRILLIANT AMERICAN BIOCHEMIST--A HARBINGER OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, xiii, 214 pp, illustrations, fine in very good dust jacket in mylar sleeve. ROGER JOHN WILLIAMS (1893 - 1988) was an American biochemist who spent his academic career at the University of Texas at Austin. He is known for isolating and naming folic acid and for his roles in discovering pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, lipoic acid, and avidin. He served as the founding director of the Clayt... View More...
Publisher:
Washington, Government Printing Office : 1905
Seller ID: 1128
1905 TWO GEOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES OF FOSSILS AND MAPS OF ALASKA REFLECT THE US GOVERNMENT COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. Two monographs of the United States Geological Survey: Professional Papers 40 and 41, bound together. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, black buckram binding, paper labels to spine, bookplate of Library of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences to front paste-down, 214 pp text, 85 lithographic plates with facing descriptive text; 133 pp, publications of the USGS, 3 pp, 20 photographic plates and maps (some foldi... View More...
RARE 1860 PRE-CIVIL WAR MANUAL OF THERAPEUTICS BY HORACE GREEN, NOTED PIONEER OF AMERICAN OTOLARYNGOLOGY. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, xvi, 214 pages, original green cloth binding with border design on covers. Spine darkened, scattered light foxing to text, otherwise unmarked and very good. CONTENTS: Narcotics and sedatives; Tonics and stimulants; Excitants and alternatives; Cathartics and laxatives; Emetics and expectorants; Astringents; Diaphoretics; Diuretics; Antispasmodics; Anthelmintics; Emmenagogues; Gargles and lotions; Antacids and antilithics; Derivatives or counter-irritants, ointme... View More...
