1934. (1) Typed letter signed, with cover, to Gregory Gentling. 1 page on one sheet of Mayo’s letterhead. Rochester (Minnesota), 1 August 1934. 261 x 181 mm. (2) Typed letter signed, with cover, to Louis Claude, with pencil note signed by Gentling. 1 page on one sheet of Mayo’s letterhead..... More
1934. Vital need of the body for certain unsaturated fatty acids. IV. Reproduction and lactation upon fat-free diets. Offprint from Journal of Biological Chemistry 106 (1934). 431-440pp. 227 x 149 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine copy. First Edition, Offprint Issue. The isolation of “Vitamin F,” i.e. the fatty acids alpha-linoleic..... More
1923. Existence of a hitherto unknown dietary factor essential for reproduction. Offprint from Journal of the American Medical Association 81 (1923). 8pp. 255 x 178 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good to fine. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Evans’s and Bishop’s follow-up to their 1922 paper announcing the discovery of Vitamin..... More
1922. On the existence of a hitherto unrecognized dietary factor essential for reproduction. Offprint from Science 56 (1922). 4pp. 256 x 159 mm. Original printed wrappers. Faint creasing, ink notation on the front wrapper, but very good. Stamp of physiologist Jesse Francis McClendon (1880-1976) on the front wrapper. First Edition..... More
Sentiment de Mr. Chirac sur les fièvres intermittentes. Manuscript document in a neat and legible hand, likely that of a scribe. 56pp. (possibly incomplete). N.p., n.d. [late 17th – early 18th century]. 247 x 194 mm., except for last 4 leaves which measure 255 x 180 mm. Unbound. Edges frayed..... More
Munich: J. F. Bergmann, 1924. Plastische Anatomie: Die konstruktive Form des menschlichen Körpers. Illustrated by Mollier and Hermann Sachs (1883-1940). vii, 296pp. Munich: J. F. Bergmann, 1924. 285 x 225 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (somewhat worn and chipped, with a few tears, tape stains and tape repairs). Presentation Inscription from..... More
London: In officina Ioanni Herfordie, 1545. Compendiosa totius anatomie delineatio. Folio. 44 leaves, unpaginated. Engraved title and 40 plates by Geminus after the woodcut illustrations in Vesalius’s Fabrica and Epitome; first and last plates in facsimile. London: [John Herford, October 1545 (colophon)]. 396 x 290 mm. Full calf in period..... More
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1903. Becquerel, Henri (1852-1908). Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière . . . In: Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences de l’Institut de France 46 (1903). Whole number, 4to. [4], 360, [4]pp. 71 photographic figures on 13 plates. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1903. 283 x 229 mm. Original..... More
Padua: Laurentio Pasquati, 1603. De venarum ostiolis. Folio. [2], 23, [1]pp. Last leaf (Tabula VIII) in facsimile. 8 full-page engraved plates in the text (Tabula VIII in facsimile as noted). Patavia [Padua]: Ex typographia Laurentii Pasquati, 1603. 423 x 280 mm. Quarter morocco in antique style. Minor marginal worming, a...... More
Paris: J. Bullot, 1748. Daviel, Jacques (1696-1752). Lettre de M. Daviel, conseiller, chirurgien ordinaire du roi en survivance & par quartier, à M. de Joyeuse, docteur en médecine de l’Université de Montpellier . . . 12mo. 24pp. [Paris:] J. Bullot, 1748. Original blank wrappers; preserved in a modern folding case..... More
1877. Autograph note signed to Thomas Madden Stone (fl. 1838-82). 1 page, on the blank leaf of Stone’s letter to him. London, 17 December 1877 (both letter and note). 186 x 116 mm. A few minor spots but fine otherwise. From Erasmus Wilson, one of the leading British dermatologists of..... More
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
Boston: 1852. Autograph letter signed to George M. Folsom, with Jackson’s wax seal in the lower left corner. 1 page plus integral blank. Boston, 23 January 1852. 244 x 187 mm. Creased where previously folded, but fine otherwise. From Charles T. Jackson, discoverer of ether anesthesia and noted American geologist..... More
Würzburg: Gebrüdern Stahel, 1802. Über eine einfache und sichere Methode des Steinschnittes mit einer Vorrede von Dr. Johann Barthel Siebold. xxxvi, 71, [1]pp. 6 engraved folding plates. Würzburg: bey den Gebrüderen Stahel, 1802. 257 x 211 mm. Original boards, light soiling and staining, spine and edges a bit worn and..... More
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
1870. Opium, its preparations and uses. Manuscript document signed. Bifolium. 4pp. N.p., n.d. [1830s?]. 251 x 204 mm. A few marginal tears, lacuna along central fold affecting a few words, but very good. Nineteenth-century document, apparently unpublished, on the preparation and uses of opium in medicine: “Opium is a production..... More
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
1914. Offprint from Journal of Experimental Medicine 20 (1914). 2pp. 2 plates. Original printed wrappers, edges a bit chipped and frayed, horizontal crease. More
London: 1872. Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-95). Autograph letter signed to Miss Myers. 2 sheets. 3pp. London, 23 April 1872. 200 x 135 mm. Old repairs along folds, a few tears along folds not affecting text, but very good. To an American autograph seeker: "Dear Miss Myers, If I recollect rightly..... More
London: British Medical Association, 1918. Cushing, Harvey (1869-1939). Notes on penetrating wounds of the brain. Galley proofs of text and illustrations. 7 sheets of varying lengths, fastened with metal brad. N.p., 1918. Some wear and soiling along folds, minor fraying but very good. 2 notes in pencil in an unidentified..... More
1825. Birkbeck, George (1776-1841). Autograph letter signed to William Rathbone (1787-1868). Bifolium (portions of second leaf cut away). 1 page plus address. N.p., n.d. [ca. 1825). 153 x 114 mm. Light soiling, a few pin-holes, but very good. From George Birkbeck, pioneering educator and philanthropist, soliciting support for creating what..... More
1812. [Park, Mungo (1771-1806).] Minute of a conversation with Lord Bathurst on the 23 Decr 1812—relative to Mr Park’s Journal. Manuscript document in an unidentified hand. Bifolium. 4pp. N.p., 23 December 1812. 181 x 110 mm. Remains of former mounting at the fold, but very good. Document concerning the publication..... More
London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 1800. Frere, John (1740-1807). Account of flint weapons discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk. In Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London 13 (1800): 204-5; 2 plates (nos. XIV – XV). 282 x 217 mm. Whole volume..... More
Paris: Baillière, 1841. Orfila, Mathieu J. B. (1787-1853). Rapport sur les moyens de constater la présence de l’arsenic dans les empoisonnemens par ce toxique. 53pp. Text illustrations. 204 x 130 mm. Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1841. Original printed wrappers, upper corner of front wrapper chipped. Light toning but very good. First..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. Cabot, Hugh (1872-1945). The patient’s dilemma: The quest for medical security in America. x, [2], 284pp. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1940. 204 x 135 mm. Original cloth, spine faded, lower extremity frayed. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Cabot on the front endpaper..... More