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Davis, Edward P. MD . A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL OBSTETRICS
Philadelphia 1894-2nd Blakiston. 134 illus, 16 fullpage plates, some in color. Good, some light wear. (a14784)
$45.00 Parker, W. H. M.D. . DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OR PATHOLOGY OF THE NERVES AND NERVOUS MALADIES
Boston 1873 Peabody Medical Institute. A treatise of Psychological Medicine. Insanity, insomnia, suicide, urine analysis of nervous maladies, epilepsy, hallucinations. Hardcover. Octavo., 202pp., original green cloth. VG plus. No ownership marks. (a16000)
$97.00 Forster, T. . ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERICAL ORIGIN OF EPIDEMIC DISEASES
Chelmsford 1829 2nd Meggy & Chalk. And of its relations to their predisponent constitutional causes exemplified by historical notices and cases, and on the twofold means of preventions, mitigation and cure and of the powerful influence of change of air as a Principal Remedy. 8vo., 216pp., 3/4 leather hardcover. Institution bookplate aand stamp on title page. VG, a few light stains on title page, light cover wear. (a16275)
$299.00Mackenzie, F. W. MD. PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF PHLEGMASIA DOLENS
"As deduced from clinical and physiological researches being the Lettsomian Lectures on Midwifery delivered..1861-62." London 1862 John CHurchill. 131p. Top corner of title page cut away. Library stamp on titlepage. Bookplate of Phila Academy. Spine and corners leather. Cover good-moderate wear. Text fine, clean and tight. Owner signed. (a16277)
$140.00 Taylor, Geo. H. M.D. . PARALYSIS AND OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE NERVES: THEIR CURE BY VIBRATORY AND SPECIAL MOVEMENTS (ORIGINAL PRINTING, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
NY 1871 1st Wells. Academy bookplate and small name stamp on title page--no other ownership marks. Small octavo, 149pp., hardcover. VG, pluss, minor cover wear and light soiling, some tears on top spine end. (a16310)
$135.00Chievitz, J.H.. FOSTERETS UDVIKLING FREMSTILLET FOR MEDICINSKE STUDERENDE
Kjobenhavn 1891 Philipsens. Hardcover. 177 line drawings. 193p. Lovely etched decorated boards (swirling lines) spine and tips leather. Good, small chip from top spine end, cover tips worn, text VG lightly toned, owner signed. no dj. (a16744)
$45.00Budd, George M.D.. ON THE ORGANIC DISEASES AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH
Philadelphia 1856 Blanchard and Lea. GM 3619. 8vo., 252pp., original pressed brown cloth. ***Copy signed by Jas Aitken Meigs, famous 19th century American physician (see Appleton's Cyclopedia or Atkinson's Physicians and Surgeons of United States.) Small library stamp on title page. Good, spine ends and cover extreme tips worn and chipped. Binding secure; hinges not cracked in or out. Text clean. (a18282)
$49.00Earle, John (notes, intro). THE DEEDS OF BEOWULF AN ENGLISH EPIC OF THE 8THC DONE INTO MODERN PROSE
Oxford 1892 first edition. Clarendon. Hardcover octavo. Lime green cloth with gilt spine lettering and trim; bevelled edges on boards. Original black end papers - hinges not cracked . 203pp., index, hardcover. VG. no owner marks; no dj. (a18935)
$39.00Osler, William. PULSATING PLEURISY
Philadelphia 1889. Article in The American Journal of Medical Sciences, at pp. 43-50. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, original wraps. Small owner name stamp. Good, spine and cover chipped, edges frayed. (a19045)
$35.00 Mitchell, S. Weir . TREATMENT OF POTT'S PARALYSIS BY SUSPENSION ETC.
Phila. 1889. In American Journal of Medical Sciences, May 1889, Vol. XCVII, pp. 439-449., wraps. Lacking rear wrap, last page detached, spine chipped. Text VG, tight. (a19126)
$35.00 Mitchell, S. Weir . ON FUNCTIONAL SPASMS
Philadelphia 1876. Article in the American Journal for Medical Sciences, No. CXLIV, New Series, October 1876, at pp. 321-333, original wraps. One complete issue of this journal with several other articles. VG, some minor wear, chipping on spine. (a19961)
$35.00 Gross, S. D. MD . PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES, INJURIES AND MALFORMATIONS OF THE URINARY BLADDER AND THE PROSTATE GLAND AND THE URETHRA
Philadelphia 1855 2nd revised and much enlarged Blanchard and Lea. 8vo., 925pp., 184 illustrations, index, original pressed brown cloth. Bequeathed from estate of James Aitken Meigs to Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Bookplate of the Academy. Signed by Meigs, well known 19th century physician (see Appleton's Cyclopedia or Atkinson's Physicians of United States.) Good, spine ends frayed and cover corners worn. Text clean and binding secure. (a20794)
$250.00 Mitchell, S. Weir . THE COLLECTED POEMS
NY 1896 Century. Hardcover. Small octavo, 353pp., red cloth with mounted paper spine label. Good, fore-edges foxed, spine label browned, light occasional foxing in text. (a21075)
$35.00 Randolph, N. A. MD and Samuel G. Dixon (Eds) . NOTES FROM THE PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Phila. 1885 Lippincott. 88pp. Good, minor wear, front hinge cracking, text VG and clean. (a21876)
$50.00Mitchell, Silas Weir. POST-PARALYTIC CHOREA
NY 1874. Article in The American Journal of Medical Science 1874, Volume 68, at pp. 342-352, removed and rebound in later wraps. First Description of this disease. GM 4552. VG. (a21975)
$27.00 Tiffany, Louis McLane MD . COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SURGICAL DISEASES OF THE WHITE AND COLORED RACES
NY 1887. Author Professor of Surgery University of Maryland. In the Transactions of the American Surgical Association Vol. 5. The Tiffany article is at pp. 261-273 with 1 plate, in its original presentation in the Transactions with many other articles. Owner bookplate. VG, front hinge tender. (a22111)
$65.00 Lidell, John A. . ON INJURIES OF THE SCALP
NY 1879. In the American Journal of Medical Science CLIV April 1879, Article at pp. 305-338. Complete issue has many other articles as well. Octavo., wraps. Good, top inch of spine chipped. Binding secure and text clean. (a22132a)
$35.00 Ewing, J. H. MD . CASES TREATED BY THE ANTISEPTIC METHOD AT ST. MARY' S HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA
NY 1879. In the American Journal of Medical Science CLIV April 1879, Article at pp. 416-429. Complete issue has many other articles as well. Octavo., wraps. Good, top inch of spine chipped. Binding secure and text clean. (a22132b)
$35.00 Bulkley, L. Duncan . A CLINICAL STUDY ON HERPES ZOSTER
Philadelphia 1879. In The American Journal of Medical Sciences. No. CXLIII New Series July, 1879, at pp. 21-30. Complete issue has 304p. plus 4 pages of ads preceding titlepage and 32 pages of ads at end of text. Articles on numerous topics including rabies, chorea, ligations of arteries, opium, delladona epithelium, beef tea, hydrophobia etc. Octavo, wraps. Good, some soiling and chipping on cover (a22503)
$35.00 Da Costa, J. M. . CEREBRAL RHEUMATISM
NY 1875. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, January 1875 at pp. 17-45, wraps. Included in a complete issue with several additional articles. Good plus, wraps chipped. (a22791)
$40.00 Harris, Robert P. . A STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF ONE HUNDRED CEASAREAN OPERATIONS PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE PRESENT CENTURY, AND PRIOR TO 1878
NY 1879. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, January 1879 at pp. 43-54, wraps. Good, wraps chipped. (a22792b)
$35.00 Van Deusen, E. H. . A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LATE T. ROMEYN BUCK, M.D., LL.D
NY 1856. Offprint from the New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, January 1856 at pp.9-19, steel engraved portrait frontis, wraps. Beck was a Manager of the New York State Lunatic Asylum, and an editor of the Journal of Insanity. Old library stamp on page 9. Near VG, wraps a bit chipped. (a22794)
$45.00 Lente, Frederick D. . EPIDEMIC DYSENTARY AS IT PREVAILED IN THE VILLAGE OF COLD SPRING, DURING THE YEARS 1854-5, WITH COMPARATIVE REFERENCES TO THE HISTORY OF THE DISEASE AS IT HAS PREVAILED EPIDEMICALLY IN OTHER LOCALITIES
NY 1856. In the New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences, March 1856 at pp. 171-208, wraps. Old library stamp on page 155. Good plus, wraps a bit chipped. (a22805)
$39.00 Mitchell, S. Weir . TRAUMATIC NEURALGIA; SECTION OF MEDIAN NERVE
NY 1874. Article at pp. 17-29, removed from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a22806)
$33.00 Hoff, John van Rensselaer . TYPHO-MALARIAL FEVER THE SO CALLED MOUNTAIN FEVER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Philadelphia 1880. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, January 1880 at pp. 17-37. 8vo., wraps. Good, soiled and wraps a bit chipped. (a22887)
$25.00 Lee, Charles A. . ACCOUNT OF AN EPIDEMIC FEVER WHICH PREVAILED AT SOMERS AND YORKTOWN, WESTCHESTER COUNTRY, N.Y., DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, AND JUNE 1959
Philadelphia 1859. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1859 at pp. 335-349. Included in a complete volume with many articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22888a)
$29.00 Bell, John . ON THE EFFECTS OF THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN TUBERCULAR DISEASE OR IN CONSTITUTIONS PREDISPOSED TO SUCH DISEASE
Philadelphia 1859. The Fiske Fund Prize Essay. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1859 at pp. 407-436. Included in a complete volume with many articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22888b)
$29.00 Clymer, George M.D. Surgeon of the African Fleet . NOTICES OF THE AFRICAN SITUATION
Philadelphia 1859. Extracted from two Communications to the Medical Bureau, during the cruise of the U.S. Ship Jamestown in the years 1855, 1856, and 1857. Communicated by Wm. Whalen, M.D., Chief Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S. Navy. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, October 1859 at pp. 366-389. Included in a complete volume with many articles. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22888c)
$29.00 Mitchell, S. Weir . EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCHES RELATIVE TO CORROVAL AND VAO- TWO NEW VARIETIES OF WOORARA, THE SOUTH AMERICAN ARROW POISION
Philadelphia 1859. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, July 1859 at pp. 13-60, woodcuts. 8vo., wraps. Good, wraps soiled, worn and chipped. (a22889)
$60.00Wood, George B. M.D., LL.D.. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS, ESSAYS, ADDRESSES
Philadelphia 1872. Contents: History of University of Pennsylvania ; History of Pennsylvania Hospital, History of Christianity in India, Memoirs of Dr. Franklin Bache, Rev. Frederick Beasley, Dr. James L. Fisher, American Temperance Movement, Girard College for Orphans. Wood, a 19th century physician, travelled to India, worked at the Pennsylvania Hospital. Hardcover. Large octavo, engraved frontis of the University of Pennsylvania, illustrations, index, boards. Institution bookplate. Good, large chips at spine ends (internally near VG with just very light browning around page margins, binding secure). (a23183)
$95.00Coates, B.H.. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF CHARLES CALDWELL, M.D. READ BEFORE THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Philadelphia 1855 Collins. 8vo., 31pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a2511)
$25.00Sewall, Thomas M.D.. MEMOIR OF DR. JOHN D. GODMAN, PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY, ...WHO DIED AT PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 17, 1830.
NY n.d (. 1840) 150 Nassau Street. American Tract Society No. 370. 12mo., 24pp., original wraps. Good, worn along spine. (a2512)
$22.00Cotting, Benjamin Eddy M.D.. MEDICAL ADDRESSES (ORIGINAL WORK, NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Boston 1875 1st David Clapp. Harvard graduate, President of Massachusetts Medical Society, author of numerous medical works. Octavo, 123pp., rebound in later wraps. Good plus. (a2515)
$25.00Derby, Hasket MD. ON THE ATROPINE TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED AND PROGRESSIVE MYOPIA WITH A TABLE OF CASES
Boston 1875 John Wilson. Read before The American Ophthalmological Society at Newport, July,1874. Octavo, 8pp. plus 8 double pages charts of casework on 36 patients treated by Derby, rebound in later wraps. Charts taped at folds. Good. (a2517)
$35.00Mitchell, J. K. MD. AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA MEDICAL SOCIETY PURSUANT TO APPOINTMENT.
Philadelphia 1825 Ashmead. 8vo., 28pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a2522)
$25.00M'Clintock, James M.D.. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE TO THE WINTER COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
Philadelphia 1850 Hughes and Gaskill. 8vo., 15pp., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a2524)
$25.00McClellan, George M.D.. VALEDICTORY ADDRESS DELIVERED TO THE GRADUATES OF THE JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE.
Philadelphia 1836 William S. Martien. 8vo., 16pp., rebound in later wraps. Good, some foxing. (a2527)
$25.00 Johnson, James M.D. . CHANGE OF AIR, OR THE PHILOSOPHY OF TRAVELLING WITH OBSERVATIONS... ON THE MORAL, PHYSICAL, AND MEDICINAL INFLUENCE OF TRAVELLING-EXERCISE, CHANGE OF SCENE, FOREIGN SKIES, AND VOLUNTARY EXPATRIATION.
NY 1831 Samuel Wood. Author, Physician Extraordinary to the English King, suggests specific places to visit for specific ailments but gives such great historical detail about each place that the book almost seems to be a travel guide. But medical matters are always the focal point.Hardcover. Large octavo, 326pp., cloth. Fair, printed spine label rubbed, end papers foxed, top corner of front blank end page chipped off, cover very worn. Binding secure and hinges not cracked. (a30264)
$90.00 Houghton, Alfred S.; Jensen, P.C. M.D. . THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY DISEASE BY PNEUMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; ACUTE CATARRHAL PHTHITIS: RECOVERY
Chicago 1885. Offprint from the Journal of the American Medical Association, November 7, 1885. 12mo., pp.1-15, 16-20, wraps. Small stamp on front. Good, wraps a bit worn, split at spine. (a30571)
$39.00 Hartshorne, Henry M.D. . MEMOIR OF GEORGE B. WOOD, M.D. LL.D.
Philadelphia 1880. Paper read before the American Philosophical Society, October 11, 1880. 8vo., 35pp. Good, lacking rear blank wrapo, front wrap chipped. (a30576)
$35.00 Hall, Edward H. . REMINISCENCES OF DR. JOHN PARK
Worcester 1890. In the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Vol VII, New Series Part 1, October 21 1890 at pp.69-93. Dr. Park, a surgeon, spent much time in the West Indies. He was also a pioneer in the education of women. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., wraps. Unopened. Text VG; cover good with small chips and light wear. (a31172d)
$55.00 (quarantines) . ON THE REMOVAL OF THE QUARANTINE ESTABLISHMENT
NY 1849. Letter from Dr. A. H. Stevens in the New York Municipal Gazette, Vol. 1, Number 57, April 10, 1849 at pp. 839-840. Whole issue comprises pp. 933-940. Upon the arrival of the ship Liverpool (from Liverpool) which lost 40 passengers to Cholera, Dr. Stevens proposes that the quarantine arrangement for ships arrving from abroad be maintained and not extended. Good, three small holes at left margin from stringbinding, light foxing, light wear. Rebound in later wraps. (a31254)
$45.00 Flint, Austin Jr. M.D. . ON THE SOURCE OF MUSCULAR POWER
NY 1878. 12mo., 103pp., hardcover. One or two pages have ornate pen writing in margins. Fair , inner hinges cracked, a few stains in text,, some wear on covers. (a31847)
$23.00 (royalty medal ) . CORONATION MEDAL, EMPRESS MARIA ANNA AUGUSTA AND EMPEROR FERDINAND I
Prague 1836. Original bronze medal celebrating the coronation of Empress Maria Ann Augusta and Emperor Ferdinand I as Queen and King of Bohemia in Prague, September 1836. Dated 1836 on obverse side. Front side shows bust of Empress; rear is coat of arms. 1.75 inches in diameter, 26 grams. VG, tarnished. (a38499)
$150.00Hayes, Isaac (editor). THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES VOLUME LXIV
Philadelphia 1872. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, New Series, Vol. LXIV. Whole volume includes the July and October 1872 issues. Hardcover octavo., 592pp. 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Owner label (J.S Green) inside front board. VG. (a38826e)
$50.00Mitchell, Silas Weir. RESEARCHES ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CEREBELLUM
NY 1869. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, New Series, Vol. LI April 1869 . Mitchell article at pp.320-338. Hardcover. Whole volume includes the January and April 1869 issues. 8vo., 580pp., index, 3/4 leather and marbled boards. Mitchell, leading American neurologist of his time, performed over 350 experiments upon the cerebellum. GM 1404. Good plus, cover somewhat worn. Medical library stamps; no spine numbers no pocket. no bookplate. (a38829)
$60.00 Giles, Chauncey . BLESSEDNESS OF DEATH, AND THE SOUL'S RELIEF FROM ITS BURDENS
NY 1876 Swinney. 12mo., 24pp., wraps. VG (a3903)
$22.00Howe, S.G. M. D.. A LETTER ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE TROOPS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOSTON ADDRESSED TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS
Washington 1861 GPO. Octavo., 16pp., wraps with later paper spine. Institution stamps on front. Good, light soiling. Original printing, not modern remake. (a40298)
$29.00 Rapelje, George . A NARRATIVE OF EXCURSIONS, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS PERFORMED AT DIFFERENT PERIODS IN AMERICA, EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA
New York 1834 Printed for the Author by West & Trow. Rapelje was born in 1771. 'This is a journal kept during a year's voyage to Europe and the Mediterranean in 1821-22. More interesting than most, it captures both the tedium and the excitement of travel' (--Smith, American Travellers Abroad). Hardcover. Sm.4to., 416pp., original green cloth with gilt illustration on front board (very faded) and gilt spine lettering. Owner signed (J. M. Dyer) on end paper. Fairly Good, a few tiny spots in text, end papers foxed, corner worn and frayed, some wear and tear on cloth along outer hinges, spine ends worn down slightly and somewhat frayed, small chip in cloth in middle of front board. Rare. (a42422)
$330.00Akenside, Mark M.D.. THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A CRITICAL ESSAY ON THE POEM BY MRS. BARBAULD
NY 1813 R. M'Dermot. 12mo.,198pp., steel frontispiece vignette of the three Muses, original printed paper on cardboard boards cover. Good. leaves browned and spotted, spine chipped and worn. (a4257)
$35.00Paine, Martyn MD.. ESSAYS ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF VITALITY AS CONTRADISTINGUISHED FROM CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PHILOSOPHY, AND ON THE MODUS OPERANDI OF REMEDIAL AGENTS.
NY 1842 1st edition. Printed for Author by Hopkins and Jennings. octavo. 70pp., rebound in later wraps. VG. no owner marks. (a44133)
$52.00Richardson, Benjamin Ward M.D.. HEALTH AND LIFE
London 1878 Daldy, Isbister. Some chapters: Health and Civilization; Jewish Vitality; Air As Food; Ozonized Air; The Modern Gaol; A Model House: the Basement; Idleness as Disease; Disposal of Dead and so forth. Sm.8vo., 335pp., original brown cloth. Good, front inner hinges tender, some cover wear. (a44705)
$30.00 Loomis, Alfred MD. . LESSONS IN PHYSICAL DIAGNOSIS.
NY 1893 10th revised, enlarged. 8vo., 278pp., illus., index, hardcover. Good, cover rubbed and somewhat worn and faded. (a45296)
$25.00(medicine). CATALOGUE OF THE PAST AND PRESENT STUDENTS OF THE TREMONT STREET MEDICAL SCHOOL IN BOSTON, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ORIGIN AND PLAN OF INSTRUCTION.
Boston 1855 David Clapp. 8vo., 31pp., original green wraps. Good, folded in half lengthwise once. (a492)
$65.00 Aikin, Jesse . THE CITIZEN'S TUTOR, CONTAINING A VARIETY OF VALUABLE RECEIPTS FOR THE CURE OF THE DIFFERENT DISEASES OF MAN AND BEAST; ALSO, FOR COLOURING WOOL, COTTON, AND HATS
1831 Printed in Mountpleasant (Ohio). Real home medicine, eg, "Phthisic. Take rackoons fat morning and evening, the quantity accoriding to the age, say a table spoon full at a time. Or: "Polypus in the Nose. Take the blood root, called precoon root , dried and powered fine, use it as a snuff." or: "Preserve lightning. Bore holes in the bottom of the bedstead feet and put the necks of beer bottles in the holes." Hardcover. Octavo, 106pp., index, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Some staining on top end of entire book. Much scribbling on end papers. Fair, cover edges rounded, boards worn. Binding secure. Rare. (a51654)
$600.00 Chase, Heber M.D. . TREATISE ON THE RADICAL CURE OF HERNIA BY INSTRUMENTS: EMBRACING AN ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE VARIOUS TRUSSES NOW IN USE
Philadelphia 1836 1st J. G. Auner. Number 68 on the top spine end (with glue residue around the number.) A description of the new instruments invented by the Author, and General Directions to Patients for the safe employment of these Instruments, with hints to Surgeons in their application, etc. with numerous illustrations. Hardcover. Tall octavo, 195pp. plus 8pp. (advertisements), original binding of green paper-covered boards with later paper spine with original label.** Inscribed and signed by 'The Author' to The Academy of Natural Sciences. Good plus, some light spotting and foxing throughout, boards worn on edges and cracked at both outer hinges. (a51890)
$390.00 Hall, Dr. W. W. . DYSPEPSIA AND ITS KINDRED DISEASES
NY 1877 1st ed, Worthington. Sm.8vo., 272pp., original green cloth with black and gilt decoration. Good, cover spotted and soiled, cloth detaching a bit on rear board. (a51961)
$40.00 Ruiz y Sandoval, Gustavo . TRABAJOS DEL SEGUNDO CONGRESO MEDICO MEXICANO
Mexico 1881 Diaz de Leon. 338p. Foldout plate of "desinfeccion" systems for hospitals, etc.Final 35 pages browned, rest of text much brighter with minor foxing.One foldout chart of the weather in March 1878. 3/4 leather. Good, cover rubbed; binding secure; just slight bit of light foxing here and there; no owner marks. Hinges not cracked. (a5365)
$90.00Harris, E. Eliot MD (ED). MEDICAL DIRECTORY OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT
NY 1899 Trow. This was the first volume in this series. 881p. 12mo. Both hinges cracked .Fairly good. Text VG. (a5432)
$39.00 Claridge, R.T.; traduzione dall'inglese del D. Tartaglia . IDROPATHIA OSSIA METODO CURATIVO DELL'ACQUA FREDDA
Napoli 1853 Diogene. Nel Modo Usato da Vincenzo Priessnitz a Grassenberg, Sileaia ed Austria. Trad. per D. Tartaglia. Early hydropathy. In Italian. 8vo.. 237pp., indice, nice leather spine, marbled boards. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, foxing on initial and final pages, pages edges and fore-edges, cover lightly rubbed. (a5505)
$95.00 Hasse, Charles Ewald M.D. . AN ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION AND RESPIRATION
London 1866 1st Sydenham Society. Large octavo, 400pp., original pressed green cloth hardcover with gilt shield on front and gilt spine lettering. Good, light wear on cover, inner hinges cracked, chipping on spine ends. (a60581)
$65.00Richerand, A.. ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGY.
Philadelphia 1818-from 5th London edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, Thomas Dobson. With Notes by N. Chapman, MD. Hardcover. octavo, 621pp., full leather. Good, top half inch of title page margin cut away, some spotting in text throughout, later paper backstrip. Binding secure. (a610)
$39.00 Cirillo, Domenico . OSSERVAZIONI PRATICHE INTORNO ALLA LUE VENEREA
Venezia 1800 Luca Marotta. Uultima Edizione Correttissima, audendo agendoque. On Venereal Disease. In Italian. Octavo, xvi, 288pp., engraved title page with bird and boy, full vellum. Verso of title page is covered with ink inscription which appears to be signed: Il Padre dell'Autor De Pietro. Tiny circular red ink stamp of previous owner on verso of title page and final text page. Contemporary owner signature on front end paper. Good, very slight foxing, some browning, bottom edge of paper inside front cover and on first blank are torn. Scarce. (a64715)
$600.00 Kane, Robert MD . ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY
NY 1845 Harper. American edition, with additions and corrections. Including the most recent discoveries and applications of the science to Medicine and Pharmacy, and to the Arts by John William Draper, M.D. 8vo., 704pp. , full leather. Good, some foxing, leather very worn and rubbed, outer hinges cracked. (a6486)
$100.00 De Fontaine, A. MD . BOOK OF PRUDENTIAL REVELATIONS: OR THE GOLDEN BIBLE OF NATURE AND REASON, AND THE CONFIDENTIAL DOCTOR AT HOME
Boston 1845 first edition. Author. Hardcover octavo. 3 parts in one volume. 507pp., vi, 53p. full leather. Includes Dr. Fontaine's Elixir of Life; A Philanthropic tour through the US, origin and progression of diseases, remedies, and so on. Good, leather boards worn, esp on edges and rubbed; later paper backstrip with original printed spine label. Front inner hinge cracked; text clean and bright, no foxing, no ownership marks. Rare. (a6533)
$185.00 Waring, Edward John M.D. . BIBLIOTHECA THERAPEUTICA, OR BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THERAPEUTICS CHIEFLY IN REFERENCE TO ARTICLES OF THE MATERIA MEDICA VOLUME I
London 1878 New Sydenham Society. With numerous critical, historical and therapeutical annotations, and an appendix containing the bibliography of British mineral waters. Hardcover. Octavo, 427pp., original brown cloth with gilt bust on front and gilt spine lettering. VG, beginning to crack along outer hinge, head of spine lightly worn. Volume 1 only (of 2). (a65931)
$40.00 Seiler, Carl . HANDBOOK OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF THE THROAT, NOSE AND NASO-PHARYNX
Philadelphia 1889 3rd Lea Bros. Sm.4to., 373pp., 16pp. (catalogue of medical books), green cloth hardcover. VG, light wear. (a65933)
$25.00 Graham, Thos. J. M. D. . THE COLD-WATER SYSTEM: AN ESSAY
London 1843 Simpkin, Marshall and Co. Exhibiting the real merits and most safe and effectual employment of this excellent system in indigestion, costiveness, asthma, cough, consumption, rheumatism, gout, &c. with cautionary remarks, addressed to people of extreme opinions and some new cases. Hardcover. Octavo, 168pp., original paper covered boards with cloth spine and mounted paper spine label. Good, corners on several leaves bumped, spine label mostly chipped off. (a66113)
$220.00 Andrews, John . A DISCOURSE DELIVERED BEFORE THE MERRIMACK HUMANE SOCIETY...1812
Newburyport 1812 Allen. Includes: Odea for 1811; Directions For Recovering Persons Who Are Supposed To Be Dead From Drowning; How to Avoid The Dangerous Effects of Noxious Vapors from Wells, Cellars, etc; In Case Of Suffocation From Fumes Of Burning Charcoal; To Prevent The Fatal Effects Of Lightning, etc. List of Society Officers ( Micajah Sawyer M.D., president; William Bartlet vice president, etc. Octavo, 32pp., removed from volume and rebound in later wraps. Good. (a66586)
$50.00 Palmer, A. B. M.D. . HOMEOPATHY: WHAT IS IT? A STATEMENT AND REVIEW OF ITS DOCTRINES AND PRACTICE
Detroit 1880 1st Geo. S. Davis. Octavo, 104pp., orange cloth hardcover. Good, hinges tender, outer edge of title page frayed, cover rubbed. Scarce. (a67461)
$145.00 Noble, Daniel M.D. . ELEMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PRACTICAL STUDY OF INSANITY
London 1855 John Churchill. Octavo, 356pp., 32pp, (Churchill book catalogue), original brown cloth. Contemporary book review tipped inside front cover). Near VG, hinges tender but not yet broken, oval piece cur from the front blank end page (signature?), cover a bit rubbed and somewhat faded. Very Scarce early work on psychology and insanity. (a68143)
$450.00 (Choate, Joseph H.) . MEMORIAL OF EDWARD B. DALTON, M. D.
NY 1872. Dalton was author of History of College of Physicians and Surgeons of City of New York and Chief Medical Officer of the Army of the Potomac. Hardcover. Octavo, 49pp., (1), gilt printed green cloth. All edges gilt. Signed by Choate. VG, light wear. (a68658)
$220.00 Headland, Frederick William M.D. . ON THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE SYSTEM
Philadelphia 1873. From the 4th London ed, revised and enlarged, Lindsay & Blakiston. Octavo, 431pp., hardcover. Good, inner hinges cracked, light wear and light fading. (a68934)
$45.00(medicine). THE LANCET - A JOURNAL OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN MEDICINE - ISSUE for OCTOBER 20, 1877
London 1877. Articles of interest include: Analysis of 800 Consecutive Midwifery Cases by W. H. Plasiters; Etiology of Hydrophobia; Sanitary Condition of Royal Residences. 4to., 72pp., many illustrated advertisements, wraps. Good, some fraying on all edges. Later paper backstrip. (a72818)
$49.00Rattlehead, David MD.. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF AN ARKANSAW DOCTOR
NY 1879 1st Hurst. "Rattlehead's Humorous Series, No. 1" Humorous fiction about a country doctor, apparently written by author of at least 8 medical books listed in Cordasco. Hurst also published Byne's other non-fiction publications in the 1870's. Hardcover. Small octavo, 166pp., drawings, hardcover. Good, leaves browned (not brittle). (a734)
$29.00 Bell, Clark . INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY OF CITY OF NEW YORK
NY 1874 Russell. November 26, 1873. Octavo, 23pp., later wraps. Good, front page has small chips. Lists donors to Library of the society as well as members of the society. (a7347)
$25.00 Lawson, General Thomas . STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL'S OFFICE; EMBRACING A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FROM JANUARY 1855 TO JANUARY 1860
Washington 1860 Bowman. Senate, 36th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 52. 4to., 515pp., foldout color map, tan buckram. Very light Documents Library markings, no spine numbers, no pocket. VG plus. (a75340)
$240.00Pepper, William. ON THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF PULMONARY CAVITIES BY INJECTIONS THROUGH THE CHEST-WALL
NY 1874. Article at pp. 313-342, removed from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a75862)
$25.00Harris, Robert P.. HISTORICAL AND ANALOGICAL RECORD OF THE SIAMESE TWINS
NY 1874. Detailed study of Eng and Chang. Article at pp., 359-376, removed from The American Journal of the Medical Sciences and rebound in later wraps.VG. (a75863)
$39.00 Scheppegrell, W. . A CRITICAL SUMMARY OF LITERATURE ON THE INFLUENCE OF HEREDITY ON DEAFNESS
New York 1900. Article at pp. 184-200, removed from the American Journal of Medical Sciences and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a75864)
$30.00 Clemow, Frank G. M.D. . THE CLINICAL ASPECT OF PLAGUE WITH ILLUSTRATIVE CASES
New York 1900. Articles at pp. 391-414 and 547-565, removed from the American Journal of Medical Sciences and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a75865)
$75.00Good, John Mason M.D.. PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEM OF NOSOLOGY WITH A CORRECTED AND SIMPLIFIED NOMENCLATURE.
Boston 1823 Wells and Lilly. 8vo., 443pp., index, later wraps. Cordasco 20-0247. Good, title page cropped about one inch at top (not affecting text). (a770)
$70.00Reed and Carnick. AN ABSTRACT OF THE SYMPTOMS.
NY 1891. "With the latest dietetic and medicinal treatment of various diseased conditions. The Food Products Digestion and Assimilaton. The new and valuable preparations manufactured by Reed and Carnrick." Hardcover. 12mo., 79pp., index. VG. (a778)
$25.00 Jacobi, Dr. A. . DIE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITAET VORTRAG
NY 1881 1st Steiger. Gehaten vor dem Deutschen Gesellig-Wissenchaftlichen Vereine von New York, am 15. December 1880. In German. 8vo., 33pp., rebound in later wraps. Stamp of Mercantile Library of NY on title, page 1, page 21 and final page. Good, a bit browned and frayed on edges. (a7877)
$35.00Keen, William MD; Thompson S. Westcott and George E. de Schweinitz. SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND SEQUELS OF TYPHOID FEVER WITH A CHAPTER ON THE OCULAR COMPLICATOINS OF TYPHOID FEVER
"Based upon tables of 1700 cases compiled by the author and by Thompson Westcott, MD. with a Chapter on the Ocular Complications of Typhoid Fever by George Schweinitz...and as an appendix The Toner Lecture No. V." Philadelphia 1898 1st edition. Saunders. Hardcover. 386p. Index. near VGood , inner hinges beginning to crack. Very little wear. No ownership marks, no dj. Original book not modern remake. (a7987)
$50.00Hatfield, Marcus MD.. THE PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE OF THE HOUSE IN WHICH WE LIVE
NY 1887 1st Chautauqua Press. Entire book is an extended metaphor for the parts and functioning of the human body. 8vo., 283pp., illustrations, gilt and black stamped hardcover. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a830)
$25.00 Pepper, William M.D. . MEMOIR OF JOHN FORSYTH MEIGS, M.D.
1883. Read before the Ameri Philosophical Society Soc Oct 19, 1883.Octavo, 14p., rebound in later wraps. Good. (a8360)
$25.00Tyson, James M.D.. PRACTICAL EXAMINATION OF URINE
Philadelphia 1883 4th Blakiston. 8vo., 196pp., color frontispiece with 9 color strips to illustrate Vogel's Scale of Urine Tints, text illustrations, index, hardcover. Good, light wear. (a862)
$39.00 (tuberculosis) . HOUSE OF REST FOR CONSUMPTIVES 4TH ANNUAL REPORT 1873; 9th REPORT 1878
NY 1873, 1878 Syles and Cash. Each 12mo., 33pp., wraps. Good, light wear and light soiling. 2 separate reports. (a8805)
$45.00Kennedy, D.. A SERMON ON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THOMAS W. BLATCHFORD, MD.
Troy 1866. Delivered in the 2nd St. Presbyterian Church, Troy, January 28, 1866. 8vo., 58pp., original wraps. Good, wraps worn, front wrap detached. (a893)
$26.00Fitch, Samuel S. M.D.. A POPULAR TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE HEART, PALSY, RHEUMATISM, DYSPEPSIA, DYSENTERY...CHOLERA (etc.)
NY 1860 (1859) Fitch. Hardcover. Octavo, 168pp., illustrations, gilt stamped original green cloth. Good. (a962)
$55.00 Ultzmann, Dr. R. . NEUROSES OF THE GENITO-URINARY SYSTEM IN THE MALE WITH STERILITY AND IMPOTENCE
Trans by G. Allen MD. Phila 1890 F.A. Davis. 12mo.167p. Index. Fair-a few tears in page margins only. Some pencil lines throughout text. Hinges tight. Some wear along outer spine. (a9776)
$30.00Chambers, Thomas King M. D.. THE RENEWAL OF LIFE. LECTURES, CHIEFLY CLINICAL
Philadelphia 1866 2nd American Lindsay and Blakiston. Chapters on typhoid, smallbox, rheumatic fever, gonorrhea, pleurisy, laryngitis, pneumonia, consumption, anemia, diabetes, bloodletting, diarrhea, etc. Hardcover. Large octavo, 646pp., index, hardcover. VG. (a999)
$49.00 Hodge, Benjamin G. . EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE ABSORPTION OF ACTIVE MEDICINE INTO THE CIRCULATION; SUBMITTED, AS AN INAUGURAL THESIS, TO...MEDICAL FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA...1801.
Philadelphia 1801 Author by Hugh Maxwell. Octavo, 55pp., rebound in later wraps. VG. (m127)
$95.00 Liautard, A. M.D. . ANIMAL CASTRATION
NY 1884 1st William Jenkins. 12mo., 148pp., index, hardcover. VG, light wear. Original book, not reprint. (m179)
$29.00 Parsons, C. W. . ESSAY ON THE QUESTION, VIS MEDICATRIX NATUREAE, HOW FAR IT IS TO BE RELIED ON IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES?
Boston 1849 Fiske Fund Prize Dissertation of the Rhode Island Medical Society No. XI. Octavo, 18pp.. rebound in new wraps. VG, small chip in final leaf, title page soiled. (m236)
$40.00 (medicine) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE - DEDICATION OF THE LIBRARY HALL
NY 1880 The Academy. Hardcover. Octavo, 61pp., gilt decorated bright blue cloth. VG,light discoloration on cover. (m257)
$35.00 Sajous, Charles M.D. . HAY FEVER AND ITS SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT BY SUPERFICIAL ORGANIC ALTERNATION OF THE NASAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE
Philadelphia 1885 1st Davis. Hardcover. Octavo., 103pp., 13 wood engravings of instruments used in the technique, cloth. Good, cover worn. Original book, not a reprint. (m565)
$150.00 Artman, William . BEAUTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE BLIND
Rochester 1882 1st Published for the Authors. Chapters on successful blind writers from Milton to lesser known writers; and a shorter section on blind lawyers, doctors, other professionals. Lovely Biblical quotation is printed in a full page of raised letter blind stamp as frontis (printed by N.B. Kneass, Jr. Philadelphia printer.) Hardcover. Octavo, 387pp., original cloth. Good, light wear. (m9)
$40.00 (medicine) . IN MEMORIAM, A MEMOIR OF ABRAM DU BOIS, M.D, OF NEW YORK.
NY 1893 Private. Hardcover. Octavo, 30pp., very fine steel engraved portrait of DuBois, black cloth. VG. (ny265)
$45.00 Sewall, Thomas MD. . MEMOIR OF DR. GODMAN: BEING AN INTRODUCTORY LECTURE DELIVERED NOV 1, 1830.
NY 1832 B. Waugh and T. Mason. Sewall (1794-1830) was an orphan who went to Medical school and as a 'lecturer on anatomy and as a naturalist ... had but few equals among his contemporaries in the U.S' despite his early death. (Appleton) 12mo., 24pp., original brown printed stringbound wraps. Fairly Good, a few chips on wraps, some stains and foxing. (ny352)
$29.00(health). THE JOURNAL OF HEALTH
Philadelphia 1830 first edition. Published at No. 108 Chesnut Street. Contains Volume 1 No. 1 through No. 24 (Sepember 9, 1829 August 25, 1830.) This was a short-lived publication, lasting only 4 years. Indexed by topic, there are articles on a wide range of topics including: Baths of the Romans, Bran Bread, Alcohol, Exercise, Sleep, Medical Charlatans, Small Pox Vaccination, Snuff, Water Cure, Unripe Fruit, etc. Hardcover. 8vo., 384pp., full calf with leather spine labels (labels chipped on edges.) Good PLUS, minor page spotting. One volume. Contemporary owner signed (Chester Carrington) Hinges not cracked in or out. (om107)
$95.00Armstrong, John MD.. PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF TYPHUS FEVER OF THE COMMON CONTINUED FEVER AND OF INFLAMMATORY DISEASES.
NY 1824 Every Duyckinck. From the last London edition with notes by an American physician. Hardcover. octavo., 432pp. Attractive "tree" leather cover with mounted red leather spine label. Good, pages toned but legible, moderate cover wear. Binding secure; no owner marks. (om12)
$55.00 Philip, A. P. W. . TREATISE ON THE NATURE AND CURE OF THOSE DISEASES, EITHER ACUTE OR CHRONIC WHICH PRECEDE CHANGE OF STRUCTURE.
Baltimore 1831 First American edition, Edward Coale. Notes by Dr. J. H. Miller.Hardcover. Octavo, 328pp, original leather boards and original red leather spine label remounted on later spine. Austin 1541-2-3; not in Garrison and Morton; not in Packard. Good, light foxing throughout, front inner hinge cracked. Hard to find first American edition. (om146)
$50.00Philip, Alexander M.D.. TREATISE ON INDIGESTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Philadelphia 1823 3rd Carey and Lea. Sm.4to., 195pp., original hardcover. Good, new paper spine, foxed throughout, final 8 leaves have small wormhole in top margin only, covers stained. but tight. Pictures available on request. (om147)
$79.00 Regnoli, Giorgio . NUOVO METODO PER L'ESTIRPAZIONE DELLA LINGUA.
Piza 1838 Pieraccini. Ed Esposto dal Dottor Andrea Ranzi. In Italian. Sm.4to., 15pp., 3 engraved plates, later cardboard wraps. VG (om159)
$150.00 (medicine) . THE MEDICAL NEWS 48 ISSUES JANUARY 1871 - DECEMBER 1874 (IN ONE VOLUME)
Philadelphia 1871-1874 Henry Lea.. 48 monthly issues bound in one volume. Volume XXIX No. 337, January 1871 through Volume XXXII No. 384, December 1874 (complete.) Large octavo, wraps with leather spine. A few institution stamps. Good, cover soiled, text clean. (om197)
$100.00 Treves, Frederick. . SCROFULA AND ITS GLAND DISEASES.
NY 1882 Bermingham's Medical Library. Sm.8vo., 181pp. Fair-Good, cover stained and owner signed. Text good-tight; slight browning on top margins. (om202)
$35.00 Weidgen, Johann Baptiste . DE FUNGO MEDULLARI CAPITIS. DISSERTATIOINAUGURALIS
Bonnae 1834 Caroli Georgii.. Study of the brain. The following positions are defended: that the fungus medullaris should not be removed; it is not the site of syphilis; the fungus medullaris and fungus haematodes are the same; etc. In Latin. Octavo, 42pp., foldout steel engraving of fungus meduallaris in longitudinal dissection (10 x 13 inches), wraps. Good. (om211)
$95.00 Burrall, F. A. MD. . ASIATIC CHOLERA.
NY 1866 1st Wm. Wood. 8vo., 155pp., cloth. Good, light wear, light old dry water stain throughout text but quite legible and binding secure. (om35)
$55.00 Wilson, James C. MD . A TREATISE ON THE CONTINUED FEVERS
NY 1880 Wm Wood. Intro by J.M. Da Costa MD. 365p. VG some wear. (om602)
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