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SAMARITAN OF THE ISLANDS: THE STORY OF REG BLANCHFORD M.B.E., G.M., O.STJ.
Written by Don Everitt.
Stock no. 1829125
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reg Blanchford was the Founder of Guernsey's Ambulance and Rescue Service. He appeared in This is your Life on TV and this book tells the full story of his unique achievements. Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos. 190 pages. Inscription in ink and rubber stamped address to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and worn, grubby to rear panel.

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JOSEPH LISTER 1827-1912
Written by Richard B. Fisher.
Stock no. 2135951
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The great surgeon who pioneered antiseptics and revolutionized 19th-century medicine. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0354041452. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with small nick to base of spine; a few marks.

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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL 1839-1948
Written by Thomas Baker Jones; W.J. Townsend Collins.
Stock no. 2134442
Published by R.H. Johns. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

B/w photos. Front cover is a bit bowed. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some other marks; foxspots etc. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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REMINISCENT SKETCHES 1914 TO 1919
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820343
Published by John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd.. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

Reminiscent sketches written by members of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service, and those connected iwth the Military nursing Service during the Great War, 1914 to 1918, conveying some idea of the work of the Army nurse in connection with the Expeditionary Forces Overseas. Blue/grey cloth boards, red vignette to front. vi and 80 pages. Covers a little marked. Scattered foxing to text block and margins.

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THE MAKING OF MR. GRAY'S ANATOMY
Written by Ruth Richardson.
Stock no. 2132946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title to spine. This book is a historical exploration of how the 'Doctor's Bible' - continuously in print for 150 years - was originally created. ISBN: 9780199552993. A little pencil writing to first page. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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WESTERN MEDICAL PIONEERS IN FEUDAL JAPAN
Written by John Z. Bowers.
Stock no. 1708074
Published by The John Hopkins Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Inscription in ink to half-title page. Wrapper spine faded.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS
Written by K. Bryn Thomas.
Stock no. 807451
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history based on the Charles King collection of the Association of Anaesthetists. Large format. Red cloth. B/w photos and illustrations. 268 pages includes index. ISBN: 0632001771. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine, small closed edge-tear at top.

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THE THERMAL BATHS OF BATH
Written by Henry William Freeman.
Stock no. 597549
Published by Hamilton, Adams & Co.. 1st 1888. Very good condition.

Their History, Literature, Medical and Surgical Uses and Effects Together With the Aix Massage and Natural Vapour Treatment. Red cloth, gilt titles and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 b/w plates including 2 in Woodburytype. 9 plans including 2 in colour. Top edge gilt. Contents near fine. Rear board a little marked. Spine slightly bumped. A bright copy.

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LETTRES A CAMILLE SUR LA PHYSIOLOGIE DE L'HOMME
Written by Isidore Bourdon.
Stock no. 988419
Published by H. Dumont. 1834. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: viij, 307. Leather spine, marbled boards; gilt decoration and lettering on spine. 6 b/w plates at end of volume showing the head and brain. Text in French. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. A nice copy.

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