Bad Medicine; True Stories of Weird Medicine and Dangerous Doctors
by Robert Youngston and Ian Schott
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0762444371
- ISBN 13
- 9780762444373
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2013 Running Press, Philadelphia, PA. 2012. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light edge bumps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or cracked; text is secure in binding. 407 pp 8vo. The strange and very true history of quacks, weird surgery, and medical disasters. The authors have written the definitive account of medical mishaps in modern and not so modern times. Treading a fine line between the comical and the tragic, the honest mistake and the intentional crime, this book shows you that you can't always trust the people in the white coats. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009401
- Title
- Bad Medicine; True Stories of Weird Medicine and Dangerous Doctors
- Author
- Robert Youngston and Ian Schott
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0762444371
- ISBN 13
- 9780762444373
- Publisher
- Running Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- medical errors, wrong side surgery, patent medicines, quack doctors, human guinea pigs, incompetent doctors, medical tragedy, medication errors, medical disasters,
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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