Berkeley, Califronia: Transform Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Hardcover. Heavy item; please note additional handling charge. A structure-oriented survey of psychedelic phenethylamines, amphetamines, phenylpiperazines, and others.There are 126 main compounds with detailed physical properties, synthesis and analytical chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacological properties and legal status. Fully referenced with over..... More

London: William Collins, 1944. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. Trade Paperback Edition. “Comprehensive, encyclopedic, and lucid, this book is a must for all practitioners of the healing arts who want to broaden their understanding. Readers interested in the role of herbs and foods in healing will also find much to learn here, as I...... More

Hong Kong: Research Institute for the Humanities, 2019. First Edition. Softcover. This book discusses the adaptation and evolution of Western medicine in the Hong Kong Chinese community through the case of a Chinese hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital. More

London: Ebury Press, 2021. Chris Riddell (illustrations). First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. A national treasure's journey to the brink and back. 'Will I wake up?' 'There's a 50:50 chance.' Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from..... More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Reprint. Trade Paperback. This collection of essays explores the complex and contested histories of drugs and narcotics in societies from ancient Greece to the present day. The Greek term pharmakon means both medicament and poison. The book shows how this verbal ambivalence encapsulates..... More

New York: New York Review Books, 2013. Second Printing. Trade Paperback. With an introduction by Helen Epstein New York’s Lower East Side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on earth in the 1890s. Health inspectors called the neighborhood “the suicide ward.” Diarrhea epidemics raged each..... More