The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain

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Author Name:   Dormandy, Thomas

Title:    The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain

Binding:   Hard Cover
Book Condition:   Fine
Jacket Condition:   Fine
Edition:   First Edition
Size:   8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Publisher:   New Haven, CT Yale Univ Press 2006
ISBN Number:   0300113226 / 9780300113228

Seller ID:   002306

Fine hardcover book in fine dust jacket; never having been read and as new, the book is clean, tight, square and free of any markings; unclipped dust jacket is in similarly fine condition; book and jacket protected by newly applied Brodart clear cover; 547 pages including index and extensive bibliography; illustrated with 16 pages of black & white photographs. "This riveting book takes the reader around the globe and through the centuries to discover how different cultures have sought to combat and treat physical pain. With colorful stories and sometimes frightening anecdotes, (the author) describes a checkered progression of breakthroughs, haphazard experiments, ignorant attitudes, and surprising developments in human efforts to control pain." (Quoted material from dust jacket)

Pain Management; Analgesia; Anesthesia

Price = 14.00 USD

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