Isbn: 9780465027101 - great and desperate cures!: rise and decline of psychosurgery and other radical treatments for mental illness (18 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. Very Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Interior clean, binding tight, spotting to the top edge, covers and dust jacket with mild shelf wear, price sticker on jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Bound in publisher's burgundy cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996). …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Description: A substantial history of psychosurgery and other radical psychiatric treatments, focusing particularly on the rise and eventual decline of frontal lobotomy. Neuropsychologist Elliot S. Valenstein examines the physicians, institutions, scientific theories, professional ambitions, and social pressures that allowed invasive psychiatric treatments to gain widespread acceptance before their limitations and consequences became fully apparent. An important contribution to the history of psychiatry, neurology, medical ethics, and twentieth-century medicine. 338 pages, with illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. Detailed Condition: Hardcover itself is clean, sound, and firmly bound with little apparent wear. Interior pages shown are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows considerably more wear, including rubbing and surface scratches, creasing and wrinkling, edge wear, and noticeable crushing/chipping and small tears at the upper spine area. Additional light wear is present along the jacket edges and corners. Jacket remains complete and presents reasonably well despite the wear. Book: Fine. Dust Jacket: Good. Shipping / Returns: Carefully packed and shipped with tracking. Thirty-day returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 5b.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inch volume with maroon cloth covered boards and gold lettering on the spine has 338 pages. There are some black-and-white images and illustrations within this volume. The book is clean internally and externally. The dust jacket is also clean and without rips or tears but does show some curling to the edges. The dust jacket is currently protected by a clear removable cover. The number and year lines are complete, e.g. 9-1 and 86-89 respectively.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG octavo hardcover in a like dj. First edition with full number line. 8vo. 338pp index. Name on ffep and bookplate on fry pastedown. Nf science.

Hardcover. First ition edition. Very Good/Very Good (35852) . Hardcover, very good condition, w. v. ltly slanted, v. ltly compressed sp, v. ltly bumped bottom corners. V. ltly warped brds. V. ltly tanned p. edges. Cln, tight, unmarked. Dj very good, ltly rubbed--lt scuffs. Sme lt scratches.Ltly tanned flaps. In new mylar Brodart jacket. 338.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. xiv, 338 pp; illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, in dust jacket. First Edition.

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hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.