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1996ref. 136603Washington DC: National Academy Press 1996. Softcover. VG- Ex-library with spine label bookplate few marks a corner bumped slightly. Brown & illus. wraps 308 pp. graphs charts. Addresses: The Context of Mortality and Morbidity ; Nutritional Status ; Obstetric Morbidity and Mortality ; Nervous System Disorders ; Mental Health Problems ; Cardiovascular Dieases Cancers and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases ; Injury ; Occupational and Environmental Health ; Tropical Infectious Diseases ; Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV Infection ; Demographic OVerview and State of the Data. National Academy Press unknown books
1910ref. 777681910. American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST - SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University 1910. Vols. 2-6 published at Baltimore: Franklin Printing Co. 1912-1916. Six octavo volumes uniformly bound in brown paper wrappers with title printed in black on spine and front wrap. General light dust-soiling and/or light wear to some wrappers but clean within and very good overall. In chronological order the annual meetings were held at Baltimore Chicago Cleveland Washington D.C. Boston and Philadelphia. Topics examined covered a broad range of sociological and medical issues affecting infant mortality; they included economic apects of infant welfare birth registration continuing education for parents eugenics midwifery housing care of homeless infants nursing and social work obstetrics and pediatrics. sc $270.00. unknown books
1977ref. 51153Berlin, Rütten und Loening, 1977. 2. Auflage 605 Seiten , 20 cm, Leinen
1942ref. 88655Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1942. VII, 422, (1) Seiten. Mit einigen Illustrationen auf Tafeln. 4° (25-35 cm). Orig.-Broschur. [Softcover / Paperback].
1930ref. EC10-538Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1930. original Broschur, gr.-8?, iv, 130 S. / p. ; Bibliothekstempel / bibliotheekstempel / cachet de biblioth?que / librarystamp, partial unopened
2014ref. x-0309290767National Academies Press 2014. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 112 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.50 inches. National Academies Press paperback
1665ref. 148683London: printed and are to be sold by E. Cotes 1665. The great plague of 1665 First edition of this complete annual sequence of the London bills of mortality for 20 December 1664 to 19 December 1665 issued at the height of the Great Plague. First instituted in 1592 and placed under the control of the Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks in 1611 the bills formed the essential statistical substrate for John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations Made upon the Bills of Mortality 1662 the foundational work of modern medical statistics. Graunt 1629-1674 a member of the Common Council of London had analysed mortality data for several years before publishing his seminal study which had already reached its second edition with a third in press by 1665. Wing attributes London's Dreadful Visitation to "John Graunt of Bucklersbury" an author of religious tracts but not of statistical works; this is almost certainly a misattribution for the celebrated statistician. Most bibliographies cite the work anonymously. The work was printed for the Parish Clerks' Company by Ellen Eleanor Cotes active 1652-70 widow and executor of Richard Cotes the City of London's official printer. Surveyed in 1668 she was operating three presses with two apprentices and nine pressmen at the Barbican. Both she and her husband produced notable medical books illustrated with large anatomical plates including translations of works by Ambroise Paré and Adriaan van de Spiegel. Cotes contributed the prefatory note "The Printer to the Reader" "I am a Printer no Preacher". Two issues are distinguished by title-page dating: one as here begins "the 20th. of December"; the other "the 27th. of December". Although the folding table is described in the title as integral Goldsmiths' catalogues it separately as a broadside nos. 1759 and 1760 the latter with mourning border. While not exceptionally rare copies are typically found worn defective or lacking the folding table; sound examples are uncommon. Bound up with it are two scarce related broadsides and a copy of Roger Drake Sacred Chronologie 1648 pp. 44; ESTC R206239. Further details of these are available on request. Small quarto 222 x 172 mm. Folding table at rear titled "A general Bill for this present year ending the 19th of December 1665.". Title page text set within a thick black woodcut border decorated with memento mori motifs including a skull-and-crossbones crowned with a winged hourglass under a banner lettered "Memento mori" plus bones picks and spades and full skeletons and three coats of arms above the imprint; woodcut headpieces initials; arms of the Parish Clerk's Company running throughout. Bound with 3 other items in late 18th-century continental half parchment marbled boards labelled "Pot Pourri" and numbered "2" in black. Spine ends lightly rubbed front joint largely cracked but board still holding firmly; blank upper margin of title a little creased very occasional light spotting or rust marks; an excellent copy with several uncut edges. Garrison-Morton 5119 27th issue; Goldsmiths' 1761 27th; Kress 1160 27th; Norman 1386 27th; Wing G-1598A issue not differentiated. hardcover
1821ref. 5560Massachusetts 1821. Beautifully hand-colored manuscript on one sheet with all text to recto. Measuring 245 x 215mm. Retaining its bright colors; with chipping and loss to all edges not affecting images or text. A unique tribute by a mother to her late daughter. The bright colors and floral arrangements of the present piece suggest that it was originally intended to document joyful family milestones. Titled "Register" its first section declares that it is of "the Family of Adolphus Draper who was born August & Married Belinda Axtell Sept. 18th 1816 who was born July 9th 1797." Below this is added less happy news however. "Sacred to the memory of Rebeckah Draper only child of Adolphus & Belinda Draper who was born Oct. 5th 1817 & departed this life August 26th 1821." In contrast to the piece's visual vibrancy Belinda adds a final verse to the piece's foot: "Rebeckah tho thou art in heaven and we on earth May this one hope delight us That thou will hail our second birth When death shall unite us. Where worlds no more can sever Parents & child forever." A unique and tragic piece of maternal history available for further research into family genealogy child mortality rates and causes of death the symbolic significance of illustrated flowers and maternal mourning practices of the period. unknown
2021ref. BN169907National Academies Press 2021. 2021. Softcover. High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults Committee on Rising Midlife Mortality Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities National Academies Press paperback
ref. A9780309290760Paperback / softback. New. The Republic of Indonesia home to over 240 million people is the world's fourth most populous nation. Ethnically culturally and economically diverse the Indonesian people are dispersed across an archipelago of more than 13000 islands. This book evaluates the quality and consistency of the existing data on maternal and neonatal mortality. paperback
ref. 0260528935.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
8pp., author's presentation copy, orig. printed wrappers, disbound. Reprinted from the 'Australasian Medical Gazette', July, 1889. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
13, [1]pp., presentation inscription from the author to Dr. Wade, a little soiled, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT, MONUMENTAL, AND BEAUTIFULLY-PRODUCED HISTORY OF LONDON. viii, [7], 800, [14] pp plus folding frontispiece engraved view of London and 24 additional full-page engravings and etchings (three folding). COMPLETE. Laid in is the rarely-encountered folio broadside "An Account of the Number of Persons Dying at the Several Ages Undermentioned for Ten Years Past", printed in 1738 or 1739 (from which we learn, for example, that of 1000 children born alive, only 495 survived to age 9). In addition to the beautiful full-page plates, this volume is illustrated with numerous smaller engravings (depicting the gates of London, including the infamous Newgate Prison), over 100 woodcuts of the arms of the various guilds, and assorted typographical ornaments. Includes a lengthy account of the history of London, a description of all of the Churches (with hundreds of epitaphs, of notable and unknown people, given in full); a description of the politics, the commerce, the schools, the inns, the courts, the hospitals, the arts, the ale-houses, the alms-houses.... A complete listing of the streets. An extensive description of Westminster and nearby areas of Middlesex. Fully indexed. PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, WITH LARGE MARGINS. Large folio. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND in recent quarter vellum and marbled boards. A few short, closed tears to the folding plates (no pieces missing), and some spots of foxing, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An extremely good copy of a rare and important book.
Albin Michel / Grand Livre du Mois 1978, In-8 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée. 257 pages. Trés bon état.
Clean and bright, one stamp on 3rd page from the medical research library, good used condition. Used
342p. Uncut. Bookplate. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, faded and chipped. MED 4
pp. xiv, 93. Title page printed in red and black. Deckle edges. Top edge gold. Penciled notation. Ownership number stamped on rear end paper. Tall 32mo. Original limp leather binding, decorated and lettered in gold. Loss at edges and spine. PRESS/W39
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 275pp. A book on the culture of grief and death in which writer and filmmaker Kevin Toolis gives an intimate eye-witness account of the death and wake of his father, and explores the wider history of the Irish Wake. He shows how we too can find a better way to deal with our mortality, by living and loving in the acceptance of death.
in-8, broche Très bel exemplaire. [CA29-1]
Over 200 pages. Your traveling pleasure companion. A guide to finding pleasure in all of the difficult places: during illness, at the periodontist, facing our aging and mortality. Unmarked. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
103 pages. Circa 1975. Helps visualize geographic variation at the county level. Dozens of maps and tables. Frequent annotations by prior owner. Binding sturdy. Sound reference copy Book
334 pages. Papers include: Health Needs and Civic Action; Housing and Health; Scientific Research by the Public Health Service; The Census and the Public Health Movement; Sources of Information upon the Public Health Movement; Work of the Committee of One Hundred on National Health; Public Health Movement on the Pacific Coast; Protecting Public Health in Pennsylvania; Health Problems of the Indians; Health Problems of the Negroes; The Rural Health Movement; Sanitation in Rural Communities; Tropical Diseases and Health in the United States; The House Fly as a Carrier of Disease; The Mosquito Campaign as a Sanitary Measure; Clean Milk and Public Health; Ventilation and Public Health; Social Service Work in Hospitals; Mouth Hygiene and its Relation to Health; The Physical Care of Children; What American Cities are Doing for the Health of School Children; The Elimination of Feeble-Mindedness; Prevention of Infantile Blindness; The Warfare Against Infant Mortality. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
Pages 209-308. Features: Frontispiece photo of George F. McCorquodale; Natural and artificial methods of salmon production - a short review of Canadian results; Salmon Fisheries of Norway; Defective Bones in Hand-reared Trout; The Grayling - part IV - bait fishing; Rod Joints and Whippings - how to recondition them for difficult climates; The Value of Hatchery Trout for Stocking Rivers; De Profundis - a tale of a fisherman's Dilemma; Experiments on the Starvation of Trout Fry; Artificial Propagation of Brown Trout - Hatchery Mortality; Reviews of new books; The Jolly Angler (continued); and more. Average wear. Few institutional library markings. A sound vintage copy. Book
Contents: Infant mortality in the U.S.; The moons of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto; The fundamental physical limits of computation; The evolution of Darwinism; The chemosensory recognition of genetic individuality; Minoan palaces; Fossil water under the Sinai-Negev peninsula; Milkweeds and their visitors. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
