Hermann Boerhaave. Engraved portrait by I. Staub
Zwickau: Schumann. 270 x 221 mm. Light foxing but very good. More
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Johannes Harris A.M. Regiae Societatis Socius. Engraved portrait by G. White after R. White
1704. 271 x 170 mm. Tiny tear in lower margin, small crease but very good. Portrait of the author of the "Lexicum Technicum," the first English encyclopedia. More
Disintegration of uranium by neutrons; a new type of nuclear reaction. In Nature 143: 239-240.
London: 1939. Whole volume. liv, 1080, iii-vi pp. 258 x 185 mm. Half calf, marbled boards, rebacked, corners worn. First edition. Printing and the Mind of Man 422b. In 1938 Hahn and Strassmann, who were bombarding uranium with neutrons in the expectation of producing “transuranium” elements, discovered barium isotopes among... More
The curability of insanity
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1887. More
De nymphomania sive furore uterino
Montpellier: Picot, 1776. More
Popular errors on the subject of insanity examined and exposed
Dublin: James McGlashan, 1853. xii, 265pp. plus leaf of adverts. 168 x 105 mm. 19th cent. quarter morocco, marbled boards, slight wear. Very good. First edition. More
Visions: A study of false sight (pseudopia). Introduction and memorial sketch by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1878. xxii, [5]-315pp. Frontispiece. 178 x 116 mm. Original cloth, extremities a bit worn. Inner hinges beginning to crack, but very good. Bookplate. First edition. More
Illustrations of the gross morbid anatomy of the brain in the insane
Washington DC: GPO, 1908. 154pp. 75 plates. 290 x 227 mm. Original cloth, light wear, waterstain on upper cover. Good to very good. First edition. More
Contribution a l'etude de l'hysterie chez l'homme
Montpellier: C. Coulet, 1883. More
Behavior: An introduction to comparative psychology
New York: Henry Holt, 1914. More
A dissertation on the influence of the passions upon disorders of the body. 3rd ed.
London: C. Dilly, 1796. More
Examen medicale . . . suivi de quelques considerations medico-legales sur la liberte morale. Manuscript (copied from book)
Paris: 1825. [6], 342, [2]pp. 204 x 128 mm. 19th cent. quarter morocco, mottled boards, light wear. Very good. More
Traite clinique et therapeutique de l'hysterie
Paris: Baillière, 1859. More
De' mali hipochondriaci libri tre
Rome: V. Mascardi, 1651. More
Dementia praecox and paraphrenia
Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1919. x, 331pp. 220 x 140 mm. Original cloth, spine faded. Some toning but very good. Ownership signature/stamp on front endpaper. First ed. in English. More
Chapters on mental physiology. 2nd ed.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, 1858. More
The Honeyman collection of scientific books and manuscripts. 7 parts.
New York: Sotheby, 1978. More
Mesmerism and hypnotism, by an adept
Blackpool: Ellis Family, 1900. More
Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear and rage
New York: D. Appleton, 1915. More
Caracteres phrenologiques et physiognomoniques des contemporains les plus celebres
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1837. More
De la suggestion et de ses applications a la therapeutique
Paris: O. Doin, 1886. [4], iii, 428pp. 185 x 120 mm. Original wrappers, spine worn, some foxing. Foxed throughout, edges a bit frayed, but very good. Remains of paper label on title. First edition. A republication of Bernheim's De la suggestion dans l'etat hypnotique et dans l'etat de veille (1884)... More
L'hypnotisme et la suggestion dans leurs rapports avec la medecine legale
Nancy: A. Crepin-Leblond, 1897. More
Phrenological illustrations, or the science practically developed. Hand-colored etching
London: S. W. Fores, 1824. More
Lectures on diseases of the nervous system, especially in women. Card with Mitchell's autograph presentation inscription tipped in
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son, 1881. More