Publisher:
Philadelphia & London:, J. B. Lippincott, (1918). : 1918
Seller ID: M4281
236 x 161 mm. 8vo. xv, 444 pp. Frontis., 129 figs. (including 9 stereographic figs. inserted in envelop mounted on rear paste-down), 45 charts, index. Dark red cloth, gilt spine. Ex library rubber stamps. Fine. View More...
230 x 150 mm. 8vo. xi, 377 pp. Occasional browning. Modern quarter dark brown morocco, raised bands, gilt spine, marbled boards, marbled end-papers; new end-leaves. Untrimmed. Fine, handsome copy. FIRST EDITION. Pravaz's essay on the uses of compressed air in medicine. He accounts for the chemical changes due to atmospheric pressure. The phenomena related to high altitude and mountain climbing are studied. As an application for tuberculosis and as a treatment for Pott?s disease, as a treatment for rickets (compressed air), for the use of deviations of the spine or chest, for chlorosis and ane... View More...
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.:, Government Printing Office, 1919. : 1919
Seller ID: M8115
267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis., extensively illustrated, tables (1 folding), index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good. This extensively illustrated manual for the medical personnel of the United States Air Service contains numerous figures and plates including photographs of aviation equipment in use, physical examinations of flight candidates, and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions. View More...
Publisher:
Washington, D.C.:, Government Printing Office, 1919. : 1919
Seller ID: M8116
267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis., extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use, physical examinations of flight candidates, and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions, tables (1 folding), index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed, inner hinge cracked. Very good. View More...
