Our History   1982 (November): Sam Manhoff stops breathing (see How Beechwood Healthbooks got started). 1983 Steve Vogel, M.D. and David Manhoff write Emergency Medical Treatment: Infants/Children/Adults, and create EMT, Inc. 1984 EMT, Inc. publishes the first 25,000 copies. 1990 Sales of book reach 100,000. 1995 Sales reach 1,500,000 books, MOSBY-LIFELINE. (a TIMES MIRROR COMPANY) purchases EMT, Inc. 1996 The Outdoor Emergency Medical Guide is published. 1997 The Over-the-Counter Medicine Cabinet Medicines Guide is published. 1998: Perfect Pregnancy, Baby Instruction Guide and Conventional Medicine/Alternative Medicine are published. HARCOURT GENERAL acquires MOSBY from TIMES MIRROR. 1999 BEECHWOOD HEALTHBOOKS, Inc., originated and headed by an original author and principal of EMT, Inc., buys back all consumer health titles from MOSBY.