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Opium Addiction - From the Narcotic Wards of Philadelphia

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Title: Opium Addiction - From the Narcotic Wards of Philadelphia

Author: Arthur B. Light M.D. - Inscribed 1st Edion

Date/Period: 1929

Publisher: American Medical Association, Chicago

Edition: first editon

Additional Information: 1929-30. First Edition. --'Opium Addiction...from the Narcotic Wards of Philadelphia'-- Presentation copy signed by Dr. Arthur B. Light. Not a reprint, scarce thus. Publisher's crimson gilt-lettered cloth, 116pp., tables, charts, several b/w photos.
Early 20th century medical accounts of opium addiction-- (10) articles describe results of in-patient experiments with volunteer addicts.
Very nice condition-- clean, tight & sound.

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