Buy this book on-line Fishbein, MorrisNew York, Boni And Liveright, 1927
1st Edition. Original Boards. 8vo. 235 ; 20 cm. A nice copy of Fishbein’s second book. “Morris Fishbein M. D. (1889 –1976) was a physician who became the editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) from 1924 to 1950. In 1961 he became the founding Editor of Medical World News, a magazine for doctors. In 1970 he endowed the Morris Fishbein Center. He was also notable for exposing quacks, notably the goat-gland surgeon John R. Brinkley, and campaigning for regulation of medical devices. ” (Wikipedia, 2017) Contents: An encyclopedia of cults and quackeries -- The cult of beauty -- The craze for reduction -- Rejuvenation -- Rejuvenation : the mechanical and glandular methods -- Bread and some dietary fads -- The end of eclecticism -- Physical and electric therapy -- Psychoanalysis : a cultist movement? -- Ethics : Medical and otherwise -- The physician of the future. SUBJECT(S) : Medicine. Quacks and quackery. Boards are slightly worn but otherwise in very good condition. (KH-3-30) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Fishbein, Morris . Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, used books, incunabula, out-of-print books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |