Item 7697Ransom's Family Receipt Book
Buffalo: D. Ransom, Son & Co, 1895. Soft cover. 32p. Contemporary illustrated orange wrapper. Internally clean with a few small chips to the cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
MEDICINE
Item 6891Kunst die Krankheiten der Menschen
Hardcover. 1299p, [80]. 19th century quarter calf over marbleized boards. An entirely handwritten MS entirely in German on medicine and how to treat illnesses. Followed by a separate work at the end. Both works are signed with the initials A.K. Ch. D. Probably dating from the first half of the.....
Item 7453Medici Insignis
Venetiis: Ex Typographia Remondiniana, 1763. Hardcover. 232p. Contemporary stiff paper covered boards with untrimmed edges and early ownership ink stamp on the title page. Title lettered on the spine. Aretaeus of Cappadocia. A latin translation of the medical work by Aretaeus of Cappadocia. Fresh clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾.....
Item 2360Observations on the Medical and Domestic Management; on the powers of Digitalis Purpurea; and on the Cure of Schrophula
Troy: Obadiah Penniman, 1803. Frontispiece, 162p, [2]. Contemporary calf. Small chip at the foot. First American edition. Thomas Beddoes (1760?1808) was an English physician and scientific writer. From the library of Seth Hastings (1745-1830) and his son, Seth Hastings, JR (1780-1861) with signatures on the inside front blanks. Both were.....
Item 2364The Hand its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design
London: William Pickering, 1834. xvi, 348p. 19th century quarter calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and a richly gilt spine. Sir Charles Bell (1774 ? 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian. He is noted for discovering the difference between sensory nerves and motor.....
Item 10572Introduction a l'Etude de la Medecine Experimentale
Paris: J. B. Bailliere et Fils, 1865. 400p. Contemporary half red sheep with speckled boards and marbled end papers. First edition, second issue with the three cities listed in the title page imprint. Claude Bernard (1813-1878) was a French physiologist. GM 1766.501 "Probably the greatest classic on the principles of.....
Item 2453Praxis Medica
London: Sumtibus Societatis, 1738. [8], 648p, [12]. Contemporary quarter calf over paper covered boards. Volume 1 only of 3. But complete in itself with an index. Lacks the frontispiece. Boards a little rubbed and corners worn otherwise a well-preserved copy.
Item 7197Buch der Cirurgia
Oberkirch: Editions Medicina Rara. Hardcover. Publishers cream colored spine over cloth boards kept in a protective slip case. Limited to 2800 numbered copies. This copy seems to be out of sequence as it is not numbered. A facsimile edition of a German work first printed in 1497. A fresh clean.....
Item 2420An Essay on the disorders of Old Age and the means for prolonging Human Life
London: Longman, Hurst, 1817. iv, 103p. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. Rebacked. Preserving the original spine. Anthony Carlisle (1768-1840) was an English surgeon. Carlisle "addressed himself directly to old people and advised the young to adopt a sound regimen early in life in order to secure longevity. He described.....
Item 10052An Address to the Members of the Merrimack Humane Society, at their Annual Meeting in Newburyport, Sept. 2, 1806.
Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1806. 42p, [4]. Contemporary marbled wrapper. First edition without 'Mass' after Newburyport. P35-39 includes "The following directions for recovering persons, supposed to be dead from drowning". Some light scattered and back strip missing otherwise a well-preserved copy.
Item 007919Lectures on General Pathology. A handbook for practitioners and students
London: The New Sydenham Society, 1889. Hardcover. Three volumes. xviii, 528p; 529-821p; viii, 823-1434p. Contemporary cloth. First published in German 1873. Julius Cohnheim (1839-1884) was the master experimental pathologist of the 19th century. See Garrison and Morton #2302. Slight crinkle to the foot of volume two due to a binding.....
Item 7698Observations Importantes sur le Manuel des Accouchemens.
Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1739. Hardcover. xxxix, 431p, [2]. Contemporary calf with richly gilt spine and marbled end papers. Complete with 40 numbered engravings on 37 plates whereof one is folding. Second edition translated into French. First printed in Latin in 1701. The author, Hendrik van Deventer (1651-1724), was as Morton.....
Item 000806"Every Man His Own Doctor". Popular Medicine in early America
Philadelphia: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1998, 1998. Original Wraps. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64p. With an introductory essay by Dr. Rosenberg and Mr. Helfand. Includes a checklist of books prints by James Green. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item 007938Sleep Psychologically Considered with reference to Sensation and Memory
New York: George P. Putnam, 1850. Hardcover. [17], 18-188p. Contemporary dark green cloth with design on the boards in blind. The author, Dr Blanchard Fosgate (1809-1887) was the physician at Auburn Prison. Scattered foxing throughout. Professionally rebacked preserving the original spine. Old institutional bookplate almost entirely removed from the inside.....
Item 000200Die Anatomie Des Menschen Zweite Abteilung
Wiesbaden: Wiesbaden: J.f. Bergmann, 1913, 1913. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ix, 200p. A clean fresh copy. Includes only the text volume. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Item 7250Essai sur L'Instruction des Aveugles
Paris: Imprime par Les Aveugles, 1817. Hardcover. Frontispiece, 224p. Contemporary cream paper covered boards with a gilt ruled spine and leather label. Untrimmed edges and a few gatherings still unopened. Complete with one frontispiece and 21 engraved plates. First edition of an important work on the education of the blind.....
Item 6557Fragmenta Anatomica et Physiologica. Fascic. I Cum Tab. Aenea Amplissimi Philosophorum Ordinis Auctoritate D. XXII. Iun. MDCCXCI. Ad Disceptandum Proponit M. Bernhardus Nathanael Gottlob. Schreger Med. Bacc. Adsumto Socio Romano Adolpho Hedwig Ioh. Fil.
University in Leipzig: Ex officina Klavbarthia, 1791. Soft cover. 52p. 1 foldout plate. Modern marbleized wrapper. Untrimmed edges and almost entirely unopened. A little dust soiled in areas, otherwise a good copy. 1791 Medical Thesis / dissertation : Latin Published: Lipsiae, Ex officina Klavbarthia, by Bernhard Nathanael Gottlob Schreger (1766-1825).....
Item 003215A Handwritten Document from The Health Committee Dated October 9th, 1794
Paris: 1794. The document is a report to the Committee on Public Health concerning the opening of a position if Chief Surgeon at the hospital in Dunkerque. The report states that the surgeon Martin, 1st class surgeon, is asking for the position. The document continues that the health councils is.....
Item 001173British Hospitals
London: London: Collins, 1948, 1948. Hardcover. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 50p. A fresh clean copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item 000896Aphorismorum De Viribus Medicaminum Prolegomena
Upsaliae: Upsaliae: Johan Edman, 1793, 1793. Unbound. Unbound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 13p. A little spotted along the edges. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Item 7264William Turner Tudor Naturalist, Physiciand and Divine
London & New York: Rouledge, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 223p. Publishers cloth with a crisp clean dust jacket. A well researched academic study. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.
Item 10185Conspectus Chirurgiae tam Medicae, Methodo Stahliana
Halle: Orphanotropheus, 1731. [16], 661p, [90]. Contemporary polished calf with a richly gilt spine and gilt ruled boards. Foredge stained red. Johann Juncker (1679-1759) was a German physician and chemist. Second edition. First printed in 1721. Hirsch III p430. Old bookplate removed from the inside front board. A few worm.....
Item 2363On the Adaptation of External Nature to the Physical Condition of Man
London: William Pickering, 1833. xvi, 375p. 19th century quarter calf over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and a richly gilt spine. John Kidd (1775 ? 1851) was an English physician, chemist and geologist who took a leading role in Oxford's "scientific awakening" in the early years of the 19th century.....
Item 7265The Road to Medical Enlightenment 1650-1695
London: McDonald, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. x, 209p. Publishers cloth with a very lightly rubbed dust jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Item 6985Eucharius Rosslin's "Rosengarten" Gedruckt im Jahre 1513
Munchen: Carl Kuhn, 1910. Hardcover. 110p, xv. Publishers wrapper. A facsimile of the 1513 edition with fold out plates. From the Library of Thomas Paul Fleming Jr with his bookplate on the inside front board. A fresh clean copy of an uncommon edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.....