Physician's diary, weekly, semi-monthly and monthly journal
New York: 1900. Blank physician's ledger / diary from around the turn of the 20th century, in original half russia gilt, cloth boards, marbled edges. Mint condition. 272 x 213 mm. More
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Proceedings of a Harvard symposium on digital computers and their applications.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1962. xvi, [2], 332pp. Original cloth, dust-jacket (chipped, a few small tears). First edition. More
Studia bibliographica in honorem Herman de la Fontaine Verwey
Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger & Co., 1967. More
The transistor: Selected reference material on characteristics and applications
New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1956. [8], 792pp. Text illustrations. 279 x 215 mm. Original printed boards. Library stamps on title and front endpapers. Contains 35 papers from an important Bell Labs symposium, including 4 papers authored or co-authored by William Shockley, who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics..... More
XLII Esposizione internazionale d'arte la biennale di Venezia. Arte e scienza.
Venezia: Electa Editrice, 1986. Very good copy in the original printed wrappers. More
Lithograph Portrait by M. Gauci after P. W. Wilkins.
244x186 mm. Slight soiling in margins. More
Crystalline insulin. Offprint .
1927. Offprint from Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics XXXI. 8vo. pp. 65-85 Paper wrappers, faded around edges, but very good. First edition. Garrison-Morton 1206 and 3971. Abel was the first to obtain crystalline insulin. More
Two crystalline pharmacological agents obtained from the tropical toad. Offprint
1912. 319-377pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper stamped: "Compliments of Dr. D. I Macht." "Isolation of bufagin" (Garrison-Morton.com 1901). More
On the presence of histamine (beta-iminazolyl-ethylamine) in the hypophysis cerebri and other tissues of the body and its occurrence among the hydrolytic decomposition products of proteins. Inscribed copy
1919. Offprint from The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 13 (1919). 243-300pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper inscribed: "Professor [John] Howland with the kind regards of J.J. A. & S. K."; Howland's stamp on front wrapper. Very good. Abel isolated histamine from the pituitary extract of animals and demonstrated its..... More
On the presence of histamine in extracts of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and on preliminary experiments with the pressor constitutent. Inscribed copy
1920. First edition, offprint issue. 347-399pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper inscribed: "Professor [John] Howland with the kind regards of J. J. A. and T. N."; Howland's stamp on front wrapper. Very good. John Howland (1873-1926), the recipient of this copy, was a director of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and..... More
On the pharmacological action of some phthaleins...Offprint
1909. First edition, offprint issue. 231-264pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "This work led to the universal clinical use of phenolsulphonephthalein in renal function tests and of phenoltetrachlorphthalein in hepatic function tests" (Garrison-Morton.com 1896). More
On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis. Offprint.
1914. Abel, John Jacob (1857-1938); Rowntree, Leonard G.; and Turner, B. B. On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis. Offprint from J. Pharm. & Exp. Therapeutics 5 (1914). 8vo. 275-316pp. Text illustrations. 267 x 182 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly chipped at..... More
Plasma removal with return of corpuscles (plasmaphaeresis) Offprint. GM 1976
1914. Offprint from The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 5 (1914). 625-641pp. Original printed wrappers. Stamp of John Howland on the front wrapper. First edition, offprint issue. Very good. Garrison-Morton.com 1976. More
Important and long Autograph letter signed to Thos. H. Burder, "My dearest Friend"
Edinburgh: 1820. Abercrombie, John (1780-1844). Autograph letter signed, dated Edinburgh, 20th November 1820, to Dr. Thomas H. Burder (1789-1843). 4pp., including integral address leaf. 251 x 202 mm. Creased where previously folded, light wear along a few folds, light soiling, but very good, preserving Abercrombie's wax seal. Excellent long letter..... More
Autograph letter signed
London: 1793. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent (possibly the publishing firm of Cadell & Davies). London, n.d. [1797?]. 160 x 183 mm. Mounted. Small repair slightly affecting one word, but very good otherwise. From British surgeon John Abernethy, author of the first classification of tumors based on pathologic..... More
Autograph letter signed to C. Wing
London: 1816. Autograph letter signed to C. Wing, surgeon. 1 page plus integral address leaf. Bedford Row [London], 10 August 1816. 228 x 185 mm. Lacunae in address leaf, light soiling, traces of former mounting, but very good. Writing to a fellow surgeon, Abernethy states that “I can perceive nothing..... More
Engraved Portrait by J. Chochran after Thomas Lawrence.
London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1846. Plate: 225x142 mm. Margins: 280x209 mm. Slight discoloration around bottom margin, faint foxing around right margin, slight paper flaw on reverse of print, not affecting image. More
Engraved Portrait by J. Cochran after Thomas Lawrence.
London: Risher, Son & Co, 1830. Plate: 229x145 mm. Margins: 272x185 mm. Hand colored Slight discoloration around top and left margin, not affecting image. More
Engraved Portrait by J. Thomson. Published for the European Magazine by J. Asperne.
London: 1819. Margins: 212x125 mm. Soiling around theedges, small tear in lower right hand margin, 3 small pin holes in right margin. More
Engraved Portrait.
Margin: 165x101 mm. Partial hand-coloring. More
The George Abrams Collection. Sothebys Auction catalogue in Abrams Venetian types
London: Sothebys, 1989. More
Academie royale de Chirurgie. Recueil des pieces qui ont concouru pour le prix. . . .
Paris: Delaguette & Le Prieur, 1753. 1st edition. 3 vols., 4to. Frontispieces in each volume engraved by Le Bas after Francois Boucher (1703-70). c.1900pp. 258 x 192mm.Contemporary half calf, gilt, a little rubbed. Occasional very light foxing or browning, faint dampstain on a few leaves in vol. 1 but a...... More
Engraved Portrait by J. Thomson after S. Drummond. Published for the European Magazine.
London: J. Asperne, 1820. Margins: 215x130 mm. Discoloration around edges, slight foxing, remains of mounting on reverse of print, small tear in left hand margin. More
Infantis androgyni historia et ichnographia
Jena: Typis et sumptibus Maukianis, 1805. First edition. Ackermann, Jacobo Fidele (1765-1815). Infantis androgyni historia et ichnographia . . . Folio. [2], viii, 112, [2]pp. 5 engraved plates. Jena: Typis et sumptibus Maukianis, 1805. 355 x 227 mm. 19th cent. quarter sheep, paste paper boards, vellum corners, leather lettering-piece on..... More
Oxford and Modern Medicine: A letter to Dr. James Andrew...
Oxford: 1890. Printed for private circulation. v, 60pp. Lacking wrappers. Acland was Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford; he took a leading part in the revival of the Oxford medical school and in introducing the study of natural science into the university. More