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336. Homophile Community Health Service. Announcing the second annual conference on homosexuality. Boston, the Service, 1974. 2p. (printed verso only), 8.5x14 inches, mimeographed and stapled wraps. Conference program and registration. 20.00 337. Hornblum, Allen M. Acres of skin; human experiments at Holmesburg Prison, a true story of abuse and exploitation in the name of medical science. New York, Routledge, 1998. xxii, 297p., photo section, clothbacked boards in dj, mild signs of handling. 15.00 In addition to dermal testing, LSD (and "something ten times stronger than LSD," according to inmate assistant Zabala) was administered. Inmate testimony finally brought a halt to the program. 338. Horne, Steven H. Guía sistemática a los remedios naturales; un índice de los usos históricos de las hierbas individuales, las fórmulas herbáceas y los suplementos alimenticos. Payson, UT, Tree of Light Institute, 1995. 22p., wraps. Spanish translation by Juan Vergaray. 15.00 339. Horz, Herbert, Hans-Dieter Politz, Heinrich Parthey, Ulrich Roseberg, and Karl-Friedrich Wessel. Philosophical problems in physical science; revised English-language edition edited by Erwin Marquit on the basis of a tranlation by Salomea Genin. Minneapolis, Marxist Educational Press, 1980. 190p., wraps. (Studies in marxism 7) 20.00 340. Howard, Samuel H. The flight of the phoenix; thoughts on work and life. Franklin, TN, Providence House Publishers, 2007. xvii, 156p. + 16p. photos, first printing, dj. Autobiography by the Tennessee entrepreneur who works with TennCare, the state health agency for the poor. 12.00 341. Huang, Mingda. Meiguo jia ting chang yong xi yao shou ce / The medical manual for Chinese family. Allston, MA, Boshidun Ya mei yin wu guan, 1992. xiii, 185p., lightly shelfworn wraps, text mostly in Chinese. 15.00 Medical information for Chinese immigrants, devoted almost entirely to explanations of the use and effects of medications. 342. Huppert, George. After the Black Death; a social history of early modern Europe. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1986. xiv, 169p., preface, notes, bibliographical essay, index, very good in cloth. (Interdisciplinary Studies in History, Harvey J. Graff, General Editor) 12.00 343. Hutcheson, William L. Socialized medicine is no bargain. Chicago, American Medical Association, 1951. Single sheet folded to make 6-panel brochure, very good. OCLC lists one copy at Harvard. 20.00 "A national labor leader warns: government compulsion over labor would follow government compulsion over professions!" Hutcheson was first vice president of the AFL. 344. Hyatt, Thaddeus P. El cuidado de los dientes, una mirada hacia el futuro. New York, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1931. 15p., prettily illus. with b&w drawings, wraps decorated in colors; browned rear wrap. Dental hygiene, aimed at children. 50.00 345. Hygiene and Health Group, Ministry of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi, compilers. Public health in Belgian Africa; Brussels Universal and International Exhibition 1958. Brussels, Infor Congo, 1958. 78p., illustrated throughout with photos and tables, library rejection stamp otherwise very good in original pictorial wraps. 15.00 346. Ibrahim, I. A. A brief illustrated guide to understanding Islam. Houston, Darussalam, 1997. 74p., later printing of the second edition, trade-size wraps, glossy paperstock throughout with multicolor imagery and type, very good copy. 12.00 Perhaps half the text presents accepted modern facts of human biology, meteorology and water mechanics, that are adumbrated in the Quran. 347. Institute for Social Studies & Action. Women's health: facts and issues. Information kit on women's health. Quezon City, Philippines, Institute for Social Studies & Action, 1991. 9x11.5 inch folder containing five stapled packets: A critical overview of women's health -- Alternative healing and health care -- Linking ancient healing & modern medicine -- Sexuality and reproductive health -- Facts about abortion. OCLC lists two holdings. 25.00
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