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Title: Disorders of Menstruation
Author: Edward W. Jenks, M.D., LL.D.
Publication Year: 1888
Publisher: George S. Davis, Detroit
Series: Physicians’ Leisure Library (Second Series)

This late 19th-century medical monograph provides a clinical overview of menstrual disorders including amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and menorrhagia. It reflects the transitional period of gynecology as a developing specialty, combining observational practice with early pharmacologic and mechanical interventions.

Therapies described include the use of iodine, arsenic, strychnine, and opiates, along with procedures such as uterine dilation. The volume also contains pharmaceutical advertisements from companies such as Parke, Davis & Co., illustrating early drug standardization and marketing practices.

Condition: Digitally preserved from a disbound original; fully scanned and OCR-searchable.

Digital Copy:

https://www.beboutfamilymedicine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Disorders-of-Menstruation.pdf
https://archive.org/details/disorders-of-menstruation

Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology - Seventh Ed.

Bought this book around 1-2 years ago thinking it will be helpful. But I haven’t used this even once.
Unused book, nothing written or marked.

Selling price: 23,000 INR(slightly negotiable)

Greetings! I’m a nurse with an interest in medical history and antiques. Some books are newer than others, but all of them bring me joy to look through. I’m always on the lookout at antique stores and used book sales for interesting titles.

Fun story: the large “Library of Health” book is what helped raise my grandmother. She was illegally adopted and my great-grandmother didn’t want to alert more people than necessary that she had obtained a baby, so instead of Doctors, the book was consulted. They burned furniture and other books during the depression for heat, but never that book.