JACOB BEN ISAAC ZAHALON. [Hebrew Text:] SEFER OTZAR HA'HAYYIM. [Thesaurus vitae... pous medicum libb. XIII divisum...] VENICE: Vendramin, 1683. First Edition. Hardcovers, paper covered boards with leather covered spine and corners, Folio, 8"x12". Lacks 19 of the 97 leaves of the complete work. Lacks the title page leaf, the first Introduction leaf, leaves 29-32, leaves 61-64, and leaves 87-95. NONETHELESS, this original first printing contains many complete parts and begins with leaf numbered #1. Laid-in is a facsimile copy of the original title page (computer printed). Pagination of this copy (by numbered leaf): 1-28, 33-60; 65-86. Pagination of the Complete Book (for comparative purposes with the copy I am offering): [1 leaf] title-page and verso, [1 leaf] two pages of introduction, 95 numbered leaves. Printed on laid paper, each leaf has the wonderful tangible feel of the pressed printing. Condition: Spine covering mostly torn and chipped away; the front cover is almost completely detached, hanging on by 3 cords; the first leaf is almost disbound; lacks the title page leaf and other leaves as noted above; the title of the work has been handwritten in Hebrew on the front blank endpaper; there are a few old library stamps (deaccessioned from the Prager Israelitische Cultus-Gemeinde Bibliothek, with its stamp on the front free-endpaper); there is light to medium water-staining and shorelining throughout (text is always bright and fully legible beneath); there are some wormholes (touching a few letters); the first numbered leaf has a number of creases, small holes, and edge tears, but remains a solid page with text that is clear and with only a few words affected by holes; the second numbered leaf has its bottom blank margin torn off. This Important and Influential Rabbinical Medical Treatise is VERY SCARCE, even in this partially incomplete state.

TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS EN GÉNÉRAL, Et Des SENS En PARTICULIER, by Claude-Nicolas LE CAT. (TREATISE on SENSATIONS and PASSIONS in General, and on the SENSES in PARTICULAR) PARIS: Chez VALLAT-LA-CHAPELE, Libraire au Palai, fur le Perron de la Sante-Chapell, M. DCC. LXVII. (1767). Ouvrage Divisé En Deux Parties / TWO VOLUMES - Complete in these Two Volumes. (A year later, in 1768, a third volume was issued "La théorie de l'ouie" - "theory of the eye" - which is not here; but this work is complete as originally issued in two volumes in 1767.) TWO VOLUMES. Hardcovers, leather covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled page edges, marbled endpapers, xcv, [1], 264; lvi, [4], 201-684. (Note that the numbered pages at the end of Volume One and the beginning of Volume Two are not consecutive - i.e. Volume one ends at page number 264, Volume Two begins with page number 201. This is as the Two Volumes were originally published - probable printer's error. Both volumes have been collated by me with rare copies from major National Libraries that have been digitized online.) PRESENTATION COPY. Each Title-Page is INSCRIBED with a HAND-WRITTEN PRESENTATION by THE AUTHOR: "JEAN CHARLES GROSSARD... ex Dono auctoris". CONDITION: TWO BOOKS. The leather covers of both volumes are rubbed and scraped, the spine ends are chipped, the bottom of the spine of Volume Two is peeling, the front spine hinge of each volume is split but holding well; overall the covers are worn but remain attractive and are still doing their job well. Internally, the front pastedown has a long vertical scrape, as if from the removal of a piece of tape at some point. There are relevant handwritten margin notes and marks, in pencil and in English, here and there throughout. I do not know who might have written them, but they are certainly by someone carefully studying the work. The inner pages of both volumes have a bit of toning, foxing and some margin shorelining, here and there throughout, but overall the inner pages are tight, bright and clean, a remarkably well kept, sharp, clear and lovely printing of this scarce book. ILLUSTRATED with 19 ENGRAVED PLATES: ENGRAVED PORTRAIT by Thomiers at the front of Volume One, Lovely FRONTISPIECE ENGRAVING by Bacheley at the front of Volume Two (showing Women using all five senses: Sight - looking in a mirror, Sound - playing music, Taste - pouring wine; Smell - smoke from an incense burner; Touch - toughing a newly hammered helmet); PLUS 17 additional engraved PLATES (16 of which FOLD-OPEN). Also ILLUSTRATED with lovely ENGRAVED VIGNETTES at the head of many chapters, and with ENGRAVED HEAD and TAIL PIECES. This specific work by LE CAT, TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS, is VERY SCARCE. About Claude-Nicolas LE CAT (from Wikipedia): ******Le Cat (1700-1768) surgeon, anatomist, & physiologist. In 1736 he established a school for anatomy & surgery in Rouen. The 'Traité Des Sensations Et Des Passions'; is considered to be Le Cat's most important work. The work grew as much out of his researches in physics as in physiology. In it Le Cat presented a theory of the propagation of light contrary to that of Newtonian attraction. He further reported on the pigmented choroid coat of the eye and assigned it a common embryonic origin with the pigment of the skin. Le Cat's reputation in France and Europe is reflected by his numerous academic awards, publications, and by surgical renown.******

ABHANDLUNG ÜBER DEN CROUP, Welche den am Vierten Juni 1807 von dem Vormaligen Kaiser Napoleon Ausgesetzten Preis Getheilt Hat. Von LUDWIG JURINE (By LOUIS JURINE).

Louis Jurine's scarce early work on croup. TEXT in GERMAN. Translated from the French by Dr. Philipp Heineken. Foreword by Dr. J. A. Albers.

Published by Georg. Joachim Göschen, Leipzig (Germany), 1816. First German Edition.

Hardcover Book, speckled boards with leather spine and corners, 4to, 8x10 inches (20x24.5 cm). Pagination: xii, 303, [1] pages, plus a fold open table.

GOOD Condition: Covers are cracking at the spine folds but holding well, wear to the cover corners, edges, and spine ends, and some rubbing to the boards. Internally, the top 1.25 inches of the front free endpaper has been neatly clipped off (perhaps removing a previous owner's signature), there is an early ownership stamp of "F. Mayor Dr. Ch." on the title page, offsetting to endpapers, first and last few leaves foxed with scattered light foxing throughout; overall the inner pages are tight, bright, clean and clear. A solid, nice, very presentable copy.

About LOUIS JURINE (from Wikipedia):

******Louis Jurine, b.1751 d.1819, was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist. He lived in Geneva.

He studied surgery in Paris and quickly acquired a great reputation for his expertise in medicine and natural history. He taught courses in anatomy and surgery at the Société des Arts in Geneva and was made honorary professor of zoology at the Academy (today: University of Geneva). He also founded a maternity hospice in 1807 and was awarded prizes for his work on the gasses of the human body, artificial feeding of infants, and pectoral angina.

Upon learning of Spallanzani's experiments with bats, in which Spallanzani showed that bats do not rely on sight when navigating in darkness, Jurine conducted a series of experiments from which he concluded that bats use sound to navigate in darkness. Jurine's collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are in the Natural History Museum of Geneva.******

An ESSAY on REMITTENT and INTERMITTENT DISEASES: Including, Generically MARSH FEVER and NEURALGIA : Comprising Under The Former, Various Anomalies, Obscurities, and Consequences, and, under a New Systematic View of the Latter, Treating of TIC DOULOUREUX, SCIATICA, HEADACHE, OPHTHALMIA, TOOTHACHE, PALSY and Many Other Modes and Consequences of this Generic Disease. By JOHN MACCULLOCH, M.D., FRS. PHILADELPHIA: Carey & Lea, 1830. Hardcovers, leather covered boards, red leather spine title label, spine lined in gilt, 5x8.5 inches, 474 pages. (Pages numbered i-xiv, 17-474. The first page of text was incorrectly numbered by the printer 17 instead of 15. This volume, with the above pagination, is complete and has been collated with original copies at Ghent University and elsewhere.) GOOD Condition: The covers have some peeling of the leather, scrapes, and are worn at the edges and corners; There are several ink ownership signatures on the front free endpaper, a blank prelim, and the title page, the most recent being Albert G. Welch, 1834. The blank front free endpaper has its upper corner area torn off, has a dime size ink splotch (mirrored on the front pastedown), and some offsetting and soiling. The rear blank free endpaper has a quarter size hole, a dime size hole, and offsetting. Both the front and rear endpapers are foxed. There is some light foxing throughout, mainly confined to the margins. Otherwise the inner pages remain tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Overall a solid, nice copy. An important and somewhat forgotten work on Malaria by a Renowned Scottish Geologist. About JOHN MACCULLOCH (excerpted from various online medical journals including the Cambridge Journal of Medical History, 1977): ******JOHN MACCULLOCH, M.D., F.R.S. (1773-1835), THE PRECURSOR OF THE DISCIPLINE OF MALARIOLOGY. The first time the term 'malaria' was used in an English scientific publication was in 1827 in a book by John Macculloch. Though renowned as one of the prominent, early British geologists, his works on "Marsh Fever" make him one of the first English physicians to develop the field of Malariology. His works on Malaria, though rather forgotten, were at the time both important and groundbreaking. (footnoted: In the eleventh edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the following entry will be found: "Malaria, an Italian colloquial word introduced into English medical literature by Macculloch in 1827, as a substitute for the more restricted terms marsh miasm or paludal poison." See also H. Scott, "A History of Tropical Medicine"; and PF. Russell "Man's Mastery of Malaria".) There is a long Wikipedia page about John Macculloch's many important geological works, but Wikipedia does not mention a word about his medical studies.******

THÉORIE POSITIVE de L'OVULATION SPONTANÉE de la FÉCONDATION des MAMMIFÈRES et de L'ESPÈCE HUMAINE, Basée sur L'Observation de Toute la Série Animale. Par F. A. POUCHET

(Félix Archimède Pouchet). (English Translation: PROVEN THEORY of SPONTANEOUS OVULATION and FERTILIZATION of MAMMALS and the HUMAN SPECIES, Based on the Observation of the entire Animal Series. By F. A. POUCHET.) Published by Chez J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire de L'Académie Royale de Medecine, PARIS, 1847. First Edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. Two Volumes: The TEXT VOLUME plus the Especially Rare ATLAS VOLUME that contains 20 HAND COLORED PLATES. TEXT VOLUME: Original printed wrappers, 5.5x9 inches (14x22.5 cm), 8vo. Pagination: xxxi, [1], 476, [1] fold open table, [3], 28 irregularly numbered Publisher's advertisement pages. ATLAS VOLUME: Hardcovers, original printed paper covered boards and cloth covered spine, large format 9x12 inches (23x30cm). Contains TWENTY HAND COLORED PLATES, one folding, all with tissue guards. CONDITION: Text Volume GOOD Condition: Some wear and soiling to wrappers including several inches of splitting at the spine folds, wear to the spine ends, and edge wear including some small chips. Internally, the front and rear endpapers are mostly glued to the inside front and rear covers; there is some scattered foxing though most pages are bright and white; many pages are still uncut / unopened. Overall a solid, complete copy with original wrappers. Atlas Volume VERY GOOD Condition: The covers spine has been neatly rebacked with cloth; the covers have some soiling, light staining, and edge wear, but remain solid and are doing their job well; there are two rubber ink stamps on the title page "Property of the N. York Hospital" and "Triplicate"; there are creases and a few tears to some of the tissue guards; otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The plates are all lovely. (Note: The New York Hospital, whose rubber ink stamp is on the title page of the Atlas volume, was founded in 1771 with a charter from King George III. It is the second oldest hospital in New York City, and the third oldest in the United States.) This Two Volume 1847 First Edition Set with the ORIGINAL ATLAS with its 20 HAND COLORED PLATES is SCARCE. About FÉLIX-ARCHIMÈDE POUCHET (from Wikipedia): ******Félix Archimède Pouchet (b. 1800 d. 1872) was a French naturalist and a LEADING PROPONENT of the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION of LIFE from

NON LIVING MATERIALS, and as such an opponent of Louis Pasteur's germ theory. From 1828 he was director of the Rouen Jardin des Plantes. In 1838 he became professor at the School of Medicine at Rouen. In 1847, Pouchet effectively launched the study of the physiology of cytology. His major scientific work Hétérogénie was published in 1859. He also wrote a layperson's encyclopedia The Universe, published in 1870, which gives an overview of the sciences, but in which Pouchet ridicules Louis Pasteur's theories. Pouchet was 60 years old while Louis Pasteur was 37 years old when the heart of the debate about spontaneous generation began. Their opinions on generation originated from two competing theories. Pouchet believed in HETEROGENESIS, which assumed that NEW LIVING ORGANISMS CAME FROM INANIMATE OBJECTS, SUCH AS AIR. The parents of these new organisms were not the same species as the new organism. Pasteur supported the germ theory that said microorganisms arose from germs and those microorganisms came from parents of the same species. He supported the idea that germs were mostly everywhere, including things like air and those germs explained the appearance of microorganisms on different inanimate things.****** You can read much more about Félix-Archimède Pouchet on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet. I believe this is the perfect time to bring the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION OF LIFE theory back to life, given our ruling government no longer believes in real science.

LOS SUICIDIOS EN ESPANA (SUICIDES IN SPAIN), by Ambrosio Tapia. MADRID: Published by Libreria de Victoriano Suarez, 1900. First Edition. Professionally and Beautifully Bound in Leather Covered Boards with gilt lettering and lining on the spine. Entire softbound edition bound in, including the covers. 4.5x7 inches, 253 pages. Text in Spanish. Condition: The recent leather covers are cracked at the front spine fold but holding

well, otherwise the covers are lovely. The original book that is bound in has toned with age, has some foxing and spotting to the front and rear covers, and the inner pages have a few previous owner's margin marks, some corner creases, and show light wear. Overall a solid, complete copy that is bound in attractive leather and gilt covers. A 1900 Study on Suicides in Spain. For that Spanish speaking friend of yours with a dark side.

BAKTERIOLOGIE FUR DIE MOLKEREISCHULE (BACTERIOLOGY for DAIRY SCHOOLS), by Professor Dr. W. Henneberg (Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg), of Kiel, Germany.

PRESENTATION COPY from the AUTHOR to FRAULEIN TAMM. Inscribed at the top of the front cover: "Fräulein Tamm / Überreicht vom Verfasser" (Miss Tamm / Presented by the Author).

Interestingly, Fraulein Tamm (Herta Irene Tamm) studied dairy bacteriology under Dr. Henneberg in Kiel, then later emigrated to Los Angeles where her first job was as a bacteriologist at a local dairy. There is a nice obituary on Herta Irene Mock (née Tamm) on the SF Gate website.

Published by Molkerei-Zeitung, Hildeshiem. TEXT IN GERMAN.

Booklet, paper covers, side stapled, 6x8.5 inches (14x27 cm), 56 pages. Laid in are two pamphlets on cultures and bacteriology of Yoghurt and Kefir. One is 2 pages, the other 4 pages.

VERY GOOD condition booklet, just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and clear. The two laid in pamphlets have been folded, are toned, and both have a bit of handwriting at the top in German which I cannot translate.

About Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg (from Wikipedia, roughly translated from the German by Google):

******Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg, b.1871 d.1936,

was a German bacteriologist and first director of the Bacteriological Institute at the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy.

From 1897 he was employed in the vinegar department at the Institute of Fermentation in Berlin. From 1906 he headed the bacteriological department of the technical scientific laboratory of the Institute of Fermentation. In 1922 he was appointed to Kiel to head the Bacteriological Institute of the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy Farming. In the eleven years as a university professor in Kiel, he supervised more than 80 dissertations and wrote several textbooks on the bacteriology of milk. Henneberg initiated the founding of the Federation of Technical Bacteriologists .

For bacteriological diagnostics, Henneberg invented new methods of investigation, such as the Chinese blue water agar developed especially for dairy farming, the spring stick culture and the cover glass agar method.

In his last years he devoted himself to the study of the saprophyte flora of the intestine and the human intestinal flora, in particular their conversion by the consumption of dairy products such as yoghurt and acidophilus milk.******

A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ASSERTIVENESS AND ANXIETY AS EXPERIENCED BY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS. An Original PhD Thesis by Betty H. Briggs.

Dissertation submitted to The Fielding Institute (Santa Barbara, California) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Psychology.

Self published, 1985.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, 8.5x11 inches, 139 pages, pages printed on one side only.

NEAR FINE condition, the covers are sharp and bright, inner pages are lightly toned at the margins, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

Fielding Graduate University is a private university in Santa Barbara, California. It offers postgraduate and doctoral studies mainly in psychology, education, and organizational studies.

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1987 MASTER PLAN for SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL Maps Architecture Expansion CITY PLANNING Medical Centers

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN - November 1987. Prepared by Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz, Architects & Planners; and by Gordon H. Chong & Associates, Architects.

Published by the City & County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health.

Printed paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 210 pages (pages numbered in sections). Illustrated with b&w maps, architectural renderings, charts, graphs and tables.

VERY GOOD condition: the covers are slightly creased where they overhang the inner pages, the tabs marking sections are bent, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

From the Executive Summary: "This Institutional Master Plan for the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, submitted to the City and County of San Francisco, is a record of the Hospital's growth needs and development plans for the future as they are currently defined. This Master Plan...(is) a vehicle for communicating identified needs and preferred methods of resolving those needs. The information presented in this document is grouped into three general parts: 1) background information regarding the nature of the facility, services provided, history of growth, and description of the physical plant; 2) development plans for future growth; and 3) a study of the transportation circulation and parking needs of the facility."

An interesting look at the expansion plans for San Francisco General Hospital as they were envisioned in 1978.

Synthesis and Structure-Reactivity Studies of 2' Substituted Nicotinamide Nucleoside Analogs of NAD+. An Original PhD Thesis by ANTHONY L. HANDLON.

Dissertation submitted to the University of California San Francisco in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Self published, 1991.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, 8.5x11 inches, xiv + 129 pages, pages printed on one side only.

Approved and Signed by UCSF Professor Norman Oppenheimer and two others.

FINE condition, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

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ACUPUNCTURE. Chinese Book, text entirely in Chinese. ILLUSTRATED with 87 PAGES of DETAILED COLOR PLATES (pages numbered 18 to 104), plus there are in-text b&w drawings here and there throughout. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, embossed gilt lettering to the front cover and spine, 7.5x10.5 inches, 310 pages. Condition: GOOD PLUS book, there is soiling and creasing to the first few pages, the last page has some soiling, an edge crease. and a closed edge tear; otherwise tight, bright, clean and unmarked; in a GOOD dustjacket is rubbed and has some edge and spine end wear, but is still doing its job well. A solid, nice, presentable copy. Because I do not read Chinese, that is about all I can tell you about the book. Just judging it by the large number of highly detailed plates makes me think the book could be a useful reference. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This book is large and heavy and will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them before your payment is processed. Or you can contact us ahead of time to find out the shipping charge to your country. Thanks.

COLLECTED PAPERS of the FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. VOLUME I : SOCIETY MEETING ABSTRACTS 1930-1961. Collected, Transcribed, and Collated by Dr. Paul L. Day and Miss Rena Padway, Office of the Scientific Director. Published by the FDA, 1961. Hardcovers, brown cloth covered boards, gilt titling on the spine, 7x10 inches, viii +260 pages plus a number of "a" pages (i.e. 61, 61a) that were numbered as such if an abstract was more than 1 page long. Pages printed on one side only. An interesting book of abstracts of papers written by Scientists working at the FDA in the period 1930-1961. Includes abstracts for all sorts of scientific inquiries of interest to the FDA, including studies on Vitamins, DDT, DDD, Fish Oils, Whale Pituitaries, Cosmetics, Skin Absorption, Insulin, Insecticides, Food Toxicities, Sweeteners, Fat Storage, Shellfish Poisons, Additives, Nitrates In Cattle Rumen, and many more. COPY OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, with an FDA blindstamp on the title page, an ink stamp stating: "Scientific Director / Jan 12 1962 / FDA Received DHEW (Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare)" on the front free endpaper, and a DHEW label glued onto the title page. Ex the FDA Pharmacology Library. The front free endpaper has the handwritten statement: "Division of Pharmacology Library", there is a shelving number written on the spine, and there is a card pocket on the rear pastedown. VERY GOOD Condition: Ex FDA Pharmacology Library, as noted above. Ex lib aside, just lightly used, a bit of light blue staining to the front page edges (page edges of the closed book), otherwise still tight, bright, and clean. A solid, presentable copy. RARE. I cannot find another copy online, the OCLC does not list a copy, and I have never seen another copy. It is possible this is a one off produced for the FDA, or a very limited printing. The pages are printed on one side only and many of the pages have a mimeograph or carbon copy type look to them, there is a chart on the very last page that is hand pasted on and a DHEW label on the title page that is pasted on. Plus, this copy was deaccessioned from the FDA DHEW Pharmacology Library, where, if it was a one off or very limited printing, is where you would expect it to be found. I do not know for certain, of course, if this is a one off or very limited printing; all I know is that, as of this writing, I cannot locate another copy and have never seen another copy. An important resource for anyone interested in early FDA research.

INTRIGUING AND ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS AND STORIES FROM THE WORLD OF DENTISTRY

- First Published in the Bulletin and Journal of the History of Dentistry, by Arden G. Christen, DDS, MSD, MA, and Joan A. Christen, BGS, MS.

SIGNED by the author Arden G. Christen on the title page above his printed name.

Published by the Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2008.

Softcovers, 8.5x11 inches, 230 pages.

GOOD condition, there is a crease to the bottom corner affecting the rear cover and lightly affecting the latter half of the inner pages; otherwise looks and feels unread, smooth spine, pages that are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

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FOUNDATIONS OF HYPNOSIS : From MESMER to FREUD, by Maurice M. Tinterow. Published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois, 1970. First Edition, First Printing, with the date 1970 on the copyright page with no indication of additional printings. Hardcover Book in Dustjacket, 6x9", 606 pages. Condition: VERY GOOD book, the covers are bumped at their bottom corner tips, the inner pages are toned at their margins as is normal for this book, and are lightly creased at their bottom corner; overall the book is tight, bright, clean and unmarked. In a VERY GOOD dustjacket that has a bit of creasing to its spine ends and edges. A solid, very nice copy of this book and dj. The four sections of the book are: The Era of Animal Magnetism 1780-1834; The Era of Cerebral Physiology and Mesmerism 1843-1851; The Age of Braidism 1843-1860; and Hypnotism in the Late Nineteenth Century. An important work on the early history of hypnosis. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavy book that will require additional shipping charges. After placing your order you will be notified of the additional charges and be able to accept or reject them. Thanks.