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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)
$299.00Hull, Thomas G. Ph.D.. DISEASES TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS TO MAN
Springfield 1941 2nd Charles C. Thomas. Octavo, 403pp., index, hardcover. Institute library numbers in ink on front end paper and rear pocket present but no other owner marks. VG, text clean, hinges not cracked. no DJ. (a16969)
$26.00(Bourru E. C.). L'ART DE SE TRAITER SOI-MEME DANS LES MALADIES VENERIENNES ET DE SE GUERIR DE LEURS DIFFERENS SYMPTOMES
Paris 1770 Costard. Hardcover sm octavo. Author described as Docteur-Regent de la Faculte de Medecine en L'Universite de Paris. In French. , xxxvi, 487pp., full leather. Academy bookplate. Good, later paper backstrip, front inner hinge cracked, leather boards worn and rounded on edges. Original printing, not modern remake. (a18429)
$39.00Bragman, Louis J. MD. RHYMED OUTLINE OF MEDICAL HISTORY; CHRONOLOY OF MEDICAL HISTORY
1932. Medical Life, Jan 1932 issue. Bragman poem on pp.132-154, illus., wraps. History of medicine in a poem. Illustrated with 24 plates. VG. no owner marks. (a19371)
$65.00 Burroughs Wellcome . ROMANCE OF EXPLORATION AND EMERGENCY FIRST-AID FROM STANLEY TO BYRD
Chicago Century of Press Exposition 1934. 160pp., photos, index. Red cloth. VG. (a19936)
$30.00 Andrews, Edmund MD . A HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC ENGLISH
NY 1947 1st Richard Smith. The story of its evolution based on a study of biomedical terminology. 342pp., index. Owner signed. Near Fine in Good DJ, one chip. (a21913)
$40.00De Vigo, Joannes. THE MOST EXCELLENT WORKES OF CHIRURGERYE 1543
NY 1968. The English Experience No. 67. Hardcover 4to., about 200pp., red cloth. Fine, no ownership marks; clean ; no wear, no DJ. As New. (a27141)
$115.00 (caxton) . THE DICTES OR SAYENGIS OF THE PHILOSOPHRES
NY 1971. Facsimile printing of Westminster 1477 edition. The English Experience Number 920. Hardcover. 4to., unpaginated (about 100pp.), red cloth. Fine. (a28290)
$125.00Blumer, George M.D.. HISTORY TAKING
New Haven 1949. Offprint from the Connecticut State Medical Journal. Sm.8vo., 51pp., wraps. Institution blindstamp on front blank flyleaf and on title page. VG. (a29612)
$29.00 Harvey, William . EXERCITATIO ANATOMICA; DE MOTU CORDIS ET SANGUINIS INANIMALIBUS
Birmingham 1978. A facsimile edition of 1628 Francofurti edition together with Keynes English Translation of 1928. The Classics of Medicine Library Birmingham. 8vo., 72pp., 126pp. Finely bound in tan leather with full gilt trim. All edges gilt. Fine. Would make excellent gift! (a32201)
$35.00Hayes, 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)
$50.00 Abascal, Dr. Horacio . RESENA HISTORICA Y SINONIMIA DE LA FRAMBUESA Y DEL LA PELAGRA
La Habana 1955. Cuadernos de Historia Sanitaria. In Spanish. 8vo., 35pp., illus., wraps. Owner signed on front. VG. (a39311)
$40.00Howe, 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 Berg-Schorn, Elisabeth . HENRY E. SIGERIST (1891-1957)
Koln 1978. In German. Arbeiten der Forschungsstelle des Instituts fuer Geschichte der Medizin der Universitaet zu Koeln. 8vo., 337pp., index, wraps. VG. (a40710)
$45.00 Fischer, Hans . DIE KOSMOLOGISCHE ANTHROPOLOGIE DES PARACELSUS ALS GRUNDLAGE SEINER MEDIZIN
Basel 1941 Birkhauser. Ein Beitrag zum Verstandnis des Arztes Paracelsus. Offprint from Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gessellschaft in Basel Band 52. In German. 8vo., pp. 86-136, 1 tafel, wraps. Presentation copy to Hans Syz from the Professor ('Verf'.) Signed by Hans Syz. Owner signed on front. VG. (a43471)
$45.00 Cowen, David L. . MEDICINE AND HEALTH IN NEW JERSEY: A HISTORY
Princeton 1964 Van Nostrand. 8vo., 229pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, a bit soiled and worn, (a44113)
$26.00Koshtayantz, K.S.. ESSAYS OF HISTORY OF PHYSIOLOGY IN RUSSIA (TITLE IN RUSSIAN)
Moscow 1946. Text in Russian. Hardcover. Octavo, 494pp., illustrated with some drawings and photos, index, boards. VG, light wear, no DJ. (a443)
$35.00Blake, John B. (editor). EDUCATION IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE REPORT OF A MACY CONFERENCE...BETHESDA, MARYLAND JUNE 1966
NY 1968 first edition. Hafner. Hardcover blue cloth octavo., 132pp. Fine in VG DJ. no owner marks. (a44918)
$25.00Flexner, Simon and James Thomas. WILLIAM HENRY WELCH AND THE HEROIC AGE OF AMERICAN MEDICINE
NY 1941 1st Viking. For half a century he (Welch) was a leader in virtually every important medical development in the country, one of the 4 doctors who founded Johns Hopkins Medical School. Hardcover.4to., 539pp., illustrations, index, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a450)
$25.00Doetsch, Raymond N. (editor). MICROBIOLOGY: HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 1776 TO 1908
New Brunswick 1960 1st Rutgers. Spallanzani, Schwann, Pasteur, Cohnm, Tyndall, Koch, Schloesing, Burrill, Lister, Ehrlich, Winogradsky, Warington, Beijerinck, Smith, Orla-Jensen. Hardcover. Octavo, 233pp., cloth. VG in VG DJ. (a45202)
$25.00 Cianfrani, Theodore M.D. . A SHORT HISTORY OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
Springfield 1960 1st Thomas. 8vo., 449pp., illustrations, index, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a48345)
$85.00 Brown, John M.D. . SPARE HOURS - THIRD SERIES : LOCKE AND SYDENHAM AND OTHER PAPERS
Boston 1890 6th edition. Essays on Locke, Sydenham, Andre Combe, Military Hygiene, Edward Forbes, etc. Hardcover. 12mo., 373pp., cloth. VG. bit of residue from price tag on front end paper. (a49347)
$24.00 Holubar, Karl . ZUR HUNDERTJAHR-FEER DER OSTERREICHISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FUR DERMATOLOGIE UND VENEROLOGIE 1890 - 1990
Wien 1990 Institut fur Geschichte der Medizin. In German. Large octavo, 83pp., illustrations, stiff wraps. **Signed presentation copy from Holubar. VG. (a51860)
$47.00 Greenwald, Harriet R. and Victoria A. Harden (editors) . NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES INTRAMURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, 1887-1987
1987. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 4to., 133pp., some photo illustrations, wraps. Depository library stamps and numbers. VG, light wear. (a54946)
$95.00Berner, Andrew. THE RISES AND FALLS OF THE MEDICIS OF FLORENCE
New York 1993. first edition. University Club. Article (75pp.) in one complete issue of The Illuminator. Two other articles in same issue including "At The Timeof the Medici - a Chronology'" . octavo., wraps. VG+. (a58070)
$37.00 Bishop, Louis Faugeres and John Neilson, Jr. . HISTORY OF CARDIOLOGY
NY 1927 1st Medical Life Press. Sm.8vo., 71pp., illustrations, gilt stamped maroon cloth. VG, no DJ. (a60308)
$35.00 Devignat, Dr. R . LA PESTE ANTIQUE DU CONGO BELGE DANS LE CADRE DE L'HISTOIRE ET DE LA GEOGRAPHIE
Bruxelles 1953 Institut Royal Colonial Belge. In French. Octavo, 47pp., charts, original printed wraps. Light laboratory stamp on front. VG, slight vertical crease. (a62704)
$75.00 (chinese medicine) . CHINESE MEDICINE - AN EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATING THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE
London 1966 Wellcome Building. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Octavo, 8pp. of introductory text on history of Chinese medicine, 23pp. of intriguing photo illustration, 251 items listed and briefly described, hardcover. Near Fine, light wear. (a65958)
$20.00 Doe, Janet . A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WORKS OF AMBROISE PARE: PREMIER CHIRURGIEN & CONSEILLER DU ROY
Chicago 1937 1st University of Chicago. History of Medicine Series ..of New York Academy of Medicine No. 4. Hardcover. 4to., 265pp., illustrations, gilt printed green cloth. Top edge gilt. Fine. Like New. (a68719)
$120.00 Artelt, Walter . EINF�HRUNG IN DIE MEDIZINHISTORIK
Stuttgart 1949 1st Enke. In German. Octavo, 240pp., hardcover. Good, top corner bumped throughout, some chipping on cover, no DJ. (a69748)
$27.00 Ashburn, P. M.; Frank D Ashubrn (editors) . THE RANKS OF DEATH, A MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA
Philadelphia 1980. Reprint of original 1947 edition. Causes of illness and death in 17th and 18th century colonial America. Hardcover. Octavo, 298pp., cloth.. 298p. Near Fine, faint foxing on closed page ends. no dj. (a71766)
$28.00 (italian medicine) . ITALIAN MEDICINE NUMBER - COMPLETE ISSUE OF MEDICAL LIFE FOR FEBRUARY 1932
NY 1932 Medical Life Press. Contents: Medical Side of Dante by Leopold Vaccaro; Leonardo da Vinci by Vaccaro; Antonio Maria Valsalva by Arturo Castiglioni; Lombroso and Freud by Cesare Legiardi-Laura; Santorius Number by Legiardi-Laura. Octavo, pp. 65-124, illustrations, advertisements, original printed wraps. VG, light wear to spine. (a72904)
$45.00 Klebs, Arnold C. . GLEANING FROM INCUNABULA OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
1932 Offprint from Papers of the Bibliographical societ of America. Sm.4to., pp. 52-88, original printed wraps. Owner signed. Good plus. (a73430)
$24.00 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 Alcott, Edward B. . AEROSPACE MEDICAL DIVISION: TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF EXCELLENCE 1961 - 1986
Texas 1986 Brooks Air Force Base. 4to. 174pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. Very light Depository Library marks-number label on front and stamps on title page, no other library marks. VG pus. (a75692)
$85.00 Kirkland, Frederic R. (editor) . JOURNAL OF A PHYSICIAN ON THE EXPEDITION AGAINST CANADA
1935. Article at pp.321-361 in single issue of The Pennsylvania Magazine. Several additional articles in issue as well. Octavo, original printed wraps. Good. (a78077)
$35.00Kagan, Solomon R. M.D.. LIFE AND LETTERS OF FIELDING H. GARRISON (signed by Kagan)
Boston 1938 1st edition. Medico-Historical Press. Introduction by Prof. James J Walsh. Hardcover Octavo, 287pp., a few illustrations, cloth. Bookplate of Victor Froben Robinson.*** Inscribed and signed in presentation to Dr. Robinson by Solomon Kagan. Article about book laid in and a typed letter, unsigned, from Dr. Kagan laid in. VG ++ almost no wear at all. no dj. Original book not remake. (a80972)
$75.00Goodnow, Minnie RN.. NURSING HISTORY IN BRIEF.
Phila 1943-2nd, revised Saunders. 338p. Index. Photo illus. Fine. Hardcover. (a835)
$30.00 Cohn, Alfred E. . JOHN WYCKOFF: 1881-1937
1938. Reprinted from the Bulletin of Institute of History of Medicine. Hardcover. Octavo, frontis portrait of Wyckoff,22p., cloth. VG, no DJ. Not a modern reprint. (a85133)
$22.00 Breitner, Burghard . GESCHICHTE DER MEDIZIN IN OSTERREICH
Wien 1951. In German. Octavo, 270pp., index, wraps. VG, slight cover wear, internally Fine, no ownership marks. (a87043)
$90.00 Gray, George W. . THE ADVANCING FRONT OF MEDICINE
NY 1941 2nd McGraw Hill. Hardcover. Octavo, 425pp., index, cloth. History of medicine. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. Clean and tight. (a8834)
$20.00 Fenn, Wallace O. (editor) . HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 1889-1968; A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES; THE MINNEKAHDA VOYAGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONGRESSES 1938-1968
1968 first edition. American Physiological Society. Hardcover. Sm4to.,100p., photo illusustrations, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a8836)
$35.00 Freeborn, George C. M.D. . HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, NEW YORK.
Lancaster 1909 1st New Era. Hardcover. Octavo, 93pp., cloth. Bookplate and owner signed. VG. (ny144)
$25.00(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)
$95.00 Freeborn, George C. M.D. . HISTORY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE ALUMNI OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, NEW YORK.
Lancaster 1909 1st New Era. 8vo., 93pp., hardcover. Owner bookplate and signature. VG. (om68)
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