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Let's Play Doctor!
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Dr. J. D. Wallach and Dr. Ma Lan give us this insightful look into alternative medicine in "Let's Play Doctor!" They give an overview into various methodologies, including Bach Flower Remedies, Acupuncture, Herbal Remedies, and so much more. A good read for understanding of the ancient treatments and alternatives out there. $6.99. Stock number 96381.
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Acupressure Made Easy
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Interested in alternative medical practices that you can do at home? This science health report by Ben Morris, "Acupressure Made Easy-Ancient Chinese Healing Art you do yourself without needles or drugs," is a good place to start. It explains the difference in acupuncture and acupressure, the Chinese theory behind it, about harnessing life forces, how to start and then treatment for specific conditions. $8.49; stock number 96408.
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Home Treatment--With the Schuessler Remedies
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"Home Treatment--With the Schuessler Remedies" was put out by Luyties Laboratories in around 1940 with this motto: "Always consult this book in case of SICKNESS." Words to remember. Luyties Laboratories in St. Louis was the predecessor to 1-800-Homeopathy so popular today! Natural remedies for all sorts of ailments! $17.49. Stock number 96894.
Inside Home Treatments
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The Expectant Mother
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"The Expectant Mother" was written and published in 1925 by Dr. H. Will Elders and is a lovely little booklet that expains everything you need to know in preparation for pregnancy and childbirth. What you will feel, what you will need, what is happening in your body. $24.99. Stock number 96893.
Inside The Expectant Mother
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Maternity: A Book for Every Wife and Mother
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This amazing book is a blend of sometimes archaic and sometimes timeless medical information "giving full information on all the mysterious and complex matters pertaining to women." It includes: Creative Science; Bearing, Nursing and Rearing Children; Hints on Courtship and Marriage; Regulating Number of Offspring; Health, Mental and Physical Beauty, Etc., Etc. INCLUDING Diseases Peculiar to Women--Their Treatment and Cure. Written by Dr. Mary R. Melendy, Ph.D. This volume has an intricate but worn cover and the hinge is partially broken, but a fascinating read, nonetheless. $39.99. #98562.
An internal look at Maternity
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It Would Seem . . .
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This tiny book put out by Dr. Evarts A. Graham, Bixby Professor of Surgery at Washington University and The Year Book (he had edited 26 of the 51 Year Books at this point) commemorates his retirement and features some of his more intimate thoughts, including my personal favorite, "Truth is beauty even when it concerns a hemorrhoid." (1950). It is in beautiful shape. $24.99. #98659.
Explore It Would Seem . . .
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Diversions for the Sick: Occupational Therapy
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These little booklets were put out by the Life Conservation Service of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company and were very helpful in the amount of information they offered in such a small space. This one--"Diversions for the Sick: Occupational Therapy" offers such good things to know as how to keep them busy and comfortable for their confinement. $24.99. #98640.
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Caring for the Sick in the Home
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This John Hancock booklet deals with specifics on personal care for the ailing and confined. $19.99. #98639.
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Home Care of Communicable Diseases
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And this one deals with care of and prevention of communicable diseases. $12.49. #98638.
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Sensitiveness: Its Pain and Cure
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Dr. Frank Cane penned this booklet on "a common sense heart to heart talk about something that prevents many a person's success and causes a lot of unhappiness" or Sensitiveness. Undated but published around the turn of the last century, it has a sturdy cardstock cover and heavy stock pages, is age-tinted, but in fairly good condition. $22.49. #98641.
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Registered Nurses and Licensed Attendants of the State of Missouri: September 1, 1922-September 1, 1923
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Missouri State Board of Nurse Examiners put this directory out every year and this particular edition is from September 1, 1922 to September 1, 1923. It lists the registration number, the name, and the address of all holding certificates permitting practice in those fields. What a different world we live in today. $14.99. #97312.
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