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Adobe Bricks and Steel Adobe, Brick and Steel
by Eleanor Rodgerson, MD, is a 71-page booklet detailing the history of hospitals and shelters for the sick in Sacramento and El Dorado Counties.
Paperback $12.00

Gold Rush Medicine Gold Rush Medicine
From Ideal to Horrific
Prior to the arrival of settlers and explorers into Northern California, this region was described as "...one of the healthful territories on the continent with a climate unrivaled in purity and equability..."(Full Text Brochure)
Walking Tour of Medical Pioneer Gravesites Walking Tour of Medical Pioneer Gravesites
by Irma West, MD, and the Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society Historical Committee is an 18 page booklet designed as a self-guided tour of historical gravesites at the Sacramento City Cemetery. Paperback pamphlet $3.00

The Advent of Malaria in California and Oregon in the 1830's
by Bonita Louise Boles - Sacramento County Historical Society - Golden Notes Series
Paperback, 15 pgs.; some photos. $3.00

History of the Medical Society of the State of California
by J. Roy Jones, MD - A history of the California Medical Association from 1848 to1964.
Hardbound cover, 220 pgs. $20.00

Cholera and Other Plagues of the Gold Rush
by Irma West, MD, M.P.H. - Sacramento Historical Society - Golden Notes Series
Paperback, 28 pgs. $3.00

A Saw, Pocket Instruments and 2 ounces of Whiskey
Frontier Military Medicine in the Great Basin

by Anton Paul Sohn -"Illuminates events in this region and provides an understanding of the medical sciences and military medicine in the ninteenth century."
Hardbound cover, 237 pgs.; 35 illustrations. $33.00

Founders of the Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement by Irma West, MD, M.P.H. - Brief biographies of the founders of our Society. Paperback, 14 pgs; some photos. $3.00

Gawking Guide for GEEZERS (and Geezerettes)
Photographed, Compiled and Edited by Bill Gaylord and Don Smith - 150 Museums, Parks, Zoos, Wildlife Refuges, Railroads, Gold Mines, Factories, Airports (and other points of interest to Mature Gawkers). Paperback 75 pgs.; many photos. $10.00

100 Years S.S.M.I. 1868 - 1968
Sacramento Society for Medical Improvement
- An album representing the Centennial Celebration of our Society.
Hardbound 200 pgs., many photos. $15.00

 

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