Books with author Dr. S. Weir Mitchell

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FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: 1905Constance Trescot; a novel [FACSIMILE] Originally published by New York Century Co in 1905. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text. 402 pages.

Silas Weir Mitchell (1829-1914) was an American physician and writer. During the Civil War, Dr. Mitchell was in charge of nervous injuries and illness in a Philadelphia hospital, and became a specialist in neurology after the war. His introduced the rest cure -- absolute rest in bed, frequent and abundant feeding, and the systematic use of massage and electricity. In War Time is his first novel, depicting the cowardice of a New England doctor during the Civil War.

Lang:- eng, Pages 132. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back[1908]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Title: A venture in 1777 1908 [Hardcover], Author: Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir),Gould, J. J. , ill,George W. Jacobs & Company. pbl

"The Autobiography of a Quack" is the story of a physician He moves through a series of increasingly seamy scams in search of quick and easy money--including claiming to be a homeopathic physician, then an expert in vegetable remedies and 'electromagnetic' treatment, falling through a multitude of suspect activities culminating in his setting up shop as a spiritualist. "The Case of George Dedlow" is an absurdist short story about a Union doctor, Seeing that the doctor has fallen into a depression, an acquaintance invites him to a spiritualist meeting.