Health, Medicine, Science, and Pseudoscience - Bolerium Books

Sample entries pp.328 to 333 : "Wakefulness, Weber-Fechner law, Will, Work capacity, Workmediated
interpersonal relationships (theory of), World outlook, Worry, Wurzburg school, Yerkes-
Dodson laws, Yoga." Translated from the Russian and issued by CPUSA publishing house, freely
cites American and other western researchers such as Pribram and Chomsky.
499. Petrushevsky, Professor S. A. The militant materialism. Sydney, Current Book Distributors,
1951. 32p., staplebound 7x4.75 inch printed wraps; very browned, tending on brittle, otherwise
mildest signs of handling. 18.00
Lauditory critique of the "Scientific session" of June-July 1950, a reprint of a 1951 article first
appearing in Moscow. Raises issues such as P. K. Anokhin's "attempt to localize stable conditioned
reflexes not in the cerebral cortex, but in the subcortical regions--" feh. "Pavlov psychology.. is a tool
for practically changing the world, a weapon in the fight for the health of the working people." As
regards the health of the working people, Prof. Petrushevshy hadn't yet grasped the new
wonderworker, television.
500. Pettifer, Shirley; Janet Torge. Sexual assault. Montreal, Montreal Health Press Inc., 1994. 50p.,
wraps, blank colored label taped to bottom left of cover. 15.00
Illustrated educational guide to dealing with sexual assault, from both medical and social
perspectives.
501. Pickering, Andrew. Constructing quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics. Chicago,
University of Chicago Press, 1984. xi+468p., cloth boards, dj chipped and soiled, light stains on
bottom edge, embossed owner's stamp on front free end page, else very good. 15.00
502. Pinkham, Lydia Estes. Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text-Book; revised edition. Lynn, MA, Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., [192-]. 63 p, 4.5 x 6 inches, intact brown wraps and black lettering, brown
cloth tape binding, dated based on statement in text that Pinkham's had been in business for over
fifty years (founded 1875). A self-help pamphlet based on Pinkham's Seven Rules of Health (drink
water, keep clean, play and work hard, eat well, sleep well, get sun and fresh air, and BE
CHEERFUL!) and her herbal remedies (including the Pill for Constipation, Sanative Wash (douche),
Pile Suppositories, and her famous Vegetable Compound). Pinkham cautions that "this little book
treats of delicate subjects". 25.00
Lydia Estes Pinkham (1819-1883) was also a Quaker who advocated abolition, a temperance
supporter (despite the fact that the original Vegetable Compound contained 18% alcohol), and a
Grahamist (vegetarianist and inventor of the Graham cracker). Pinkham had little faith in 19C
medicine, with good reason due to its harsh treatments and low success rate. She treated her sons
stricken with TB with her Herbal Medicine. While they succumbed to the disease, medicine at the
time had little better cures. Vegetable Compound is still on the market .
503. Pittenger, Mark. American socialists and evolutionary thought, 1870-1920. Madison, The
University of Wisconsin Press, 1993. 310p., very good condition in the original cloth binding.
12.00
504. Polakoff, Phillip L. Work & Health: It's Your Life. An Action Guide to Job Hazards. Washington,
Press Associates, 1984. 232p., wraps, very good; inscribed by author with his card laid in.
12.00
505. Politics of Health Group. Cuts and the NHS, what are we fighting for. London, Politics of Health
Group, [1979]. 32p., wraps. (Pamphlet no. 2) 12.00
506. Pollock, Allyson M. NHS plc the privatization of our health care. London, England, Verso, 2004.
xvi., 271 p., hardback with the dj in very good condition. 12.00
Pollock's account of the privatization of England's public healthcare system and its consequences
on human rights, democracy, and health. Written with Colin Leys, David Price, David Rowland., and
Shamini Gnani.