Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1903. Johannsen, Wilhelm Ludvig (1857-1927). Ueber Erblichkeit in Populationen und in reinen Linien. [6], 68pp. Text diagrams. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1903. 242 x 165 mm. (unopened and uncut). Original orange printed wrappers. Fine. The Haskell F. Norman copy. First Edition in German. With his pure line theory...
Philadelphia & New York: Lea & Febiger, 1910. Cushing, Harvey (1879-1939). The functions of the pituitary body. In The American Journal of the Medical Sciences 139 (1910): 473-484. Also: Osler, William (1859-1919). Certain vasomotor, sensory, and muscular phenomena associated with cervical rib. In ibid.: 469-472. Also: Brill, Nathan (1860-1925). An...
1961. Crick, Francis Harry Compton (1916-2004) et al. General nature of the genetic code for proteins. In Nature 192 (1961): 1227-1232. 266 x 188 mm. Original printed wrappers, minor soiling and wear. Very good. The Haskell F. Norman copy. First Edition, journal issue. Crick and his team helped to crack...
Berlin: Springer, 1926. Pick, Ludwig (1868-1935). Der Morbus Gaucher und die ihm ähnlichen Erkrankungen. Offprint from Ergebnisse der inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde 29 (1926). 519-627pp. Text illustrations. 247 x 166 mm. Original buff printed wrappers, spine chipped, light soiling. Upper corners a bit creased but very good. Presentation Copy, with...
Bonn: Emil Strauss, 1878. Pflüger, Eduard F. W. (1820-1910). Ueber Wärme und Oxydation der lebendigen Materie. Offprint from Pflüger’s Archiv für die gesammte Physiologie 18 (1878). 247-380pp. 231 x 156 mm. Original printed wrappers, small piece torn from front wrapper, slight soiling. Some discoloration from acidic wrappers, but very good.....
Paris: Bachelier, 1835. Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796-1874). Sur l’homme et le développement de ses facultés, ou essai de physique sociale . . . 2 volumes in 1, 8vo. [4], xii, 327; [4], viii, 327pp. 5 (of 6) plates; lacking Plate 1. Paris: Bachelier, 1835. 202 x 127 mm. Quarter...
New York: D. Appleton, 1895. Osler, William (1859-1919). Lectures on the diagnosis of abdominal tumors delivered to the post-graduate class Johns Hopkins University, 1893. [6], 192, [2]pp. Text illustrations. New York: D. Appleton, 1895. Original cloth. Very good. From the library of A. Elmer Belt (1893-1980), with his stamps and...
Montreal: Medical Museum, McGill University, 1939. Second edition.
London: Geo. Strahan, 1726. Cheyne, George (1671-1743). (1) Tractatus de infirmorum sanitate suenda, vitaque producenda. [44], 248pp. London: George Strahan, 1726 (2) De natura fibrae ejusque laxae sive resolutae morbis tractatus. [2], vii, 98, [2, adverts.]pp. London: George Strahan and James Leake, 1725. Together 2 works in 1, 8vo. 197...
London: A. Millar, 1745. Second edition. Armstrong, John (1709-79). The art of preserving health: A poem. In four books. 8vo. [3]-128pp.; lacking half-title. London: A. Millar, 1745. 203 x 128 mm. Calf gilt ca. 1745, hinges cracking, light edgewear. Front flyleaf starting, light toning but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed...
Paris: 1823. Rayer, Pierre F. O. (1793-1867). Observations sur les maladies de l’appendice sus-sphénoïdal (glande pituitaire) du cerveau. In Archives générales de médecine 3 (1823): 350-67. Whole volume, 8vo. 656pp. 1 plate. 200 x 128 mm. Original boards, paper backstrip with gilt-lettered labels, light wear at extremities and corners. Very.....
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1926. Cushing, Harvey (1879-1939). Studies in intracranial physiology & surgery. The third circulation. The hypophysis. The gliomas. xii, 146pp. Text illustrations. Oxford: Oxford University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, 1926. 243 x 156 mm. Original cloth stamped in gilt and black, spine and upper portion of front...
London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 1932. Cushing, Harvey (1879-1939). Papers relating to the pituitary body, hypothalamus and parasympathetic nervous system. vii, 234pp. Two color plates, text illustrations. London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 1932. 252 x 168 mm. Original red cloth, gilt lettered spine, blind-stamped front cover, some soiling and edgewear...
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1944. Cushing, Harvey (1879-1939). A visit to Le Puy-en-Velay. An illustrated diary. xiv, 40, [2]pp. Text illustrations, some in color. Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1944. 233 x 154 mm. Original paper-covered boards, white paper spine (a bit discolored), small spot on front cover. Very good. No. 207...
Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1674-1675. Willis, Thomas (1621-75). Pharmaceutice rationalis sive diatriba de medicamentorum operationibus in humano corpore [Vol. II: Pharmaceutice rationalis. . . pars secunda]. 2 vols., 4to. [32], 330, [10]; [56], 496, [12]pp. Signature (c) in Vol. II misbound after signature g. 14 engraved plates (6 in Vol...
Brussels: C. Muquardt, 1869. Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796-1874). Physique sociale ou essai sur le developpement des facultés de l’homme. 2 vols. in 1. [4], viii, 503; 485pp. Folding plate. Brussels: C. Muquardt; Paris: J.-B. Baillière; St. Petersburg: Jacques Issakoff, 1869. 226 x 155 mm. Later cloth. Minor foxing and...
Brussels & Paris: C. Muquardt; J. Baillière, 1871. Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796-1874). Anthropométrie ou mesure des différentes facultés de l’homme. 8vo. [7], 6-479pp. 2 folding lithographed plates; wood-engraved text illustrations. Brussels: C. Muquardt; Paris: J. Baillière & Fils, 1871. 250 x 167 mm. 20th century half cloth, paste paper.....
Springfield: Edward Gray for Nathaniel Patten, 1793. Cullen, William (1710-90). Synopsis and nosology, being an arrangement of diseases. 16mo. xxxiv, 80pp. Springfield [MA]: Edward Gray for Nathaniel Patten, 1793. 149 x 81 mm. Sheep ca. 1793, gilt spine with leather label, light wear, small wormhole in front cover. Light toning...
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1907. The border-land of epilepsy: Faints, vagal attacks, vertigo, migraine, sleep symptoms, and their treatment. vi, 121pp., 16pp. publisher’s adverts. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1907. 218 x 138 mm. Original green cloth, front hinge a little weak, paper label pasted to spine. Very good...
London: John Churchill, 1862. Pavy, Frederick William (1829-1911). Research on the nature and treatment of diabetes. ix, 210pp., plus 32-page publisher’s catalogue. Plate, folding table. London: John Churchill, 1862. 222 x 140 mm. Original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked, new spine label. Light toning but very good. First Edition. Pavy, the last...
London: John Walker, 1781.
Boston: Ticknor, 1848.
Paris: D'Hautel, 1812. Le Gallois, Jean Julien César (1770-1814). Expériences sur le principe de la vie, notamment sur celui des mouvemens du coeur, et sur le siège de ce principe . . . 8vo. [6], xxiv, 364, [2, errata]pp. Folding engraved plate. Paris: Chez d’Hautel, 1812. 192 x 124 mm...
Berlin: George Jacob Decker, 1783. Walter, Johann Gottlieb (1734-1818). Tabulae nervorum thoracis et abdominis. Folio. [6], 17pp., printed on thick paper. 4 elegantly drawn plates, each with outline key, by J. H. Meil after J. B. G. Hoppfer. Berlin: G. J. Decker, 1783. 643 x 453 mm. Original boards, some...
Brussels: Culture et Civilisation, 1964. High quality full-size facsimile printed on excellent paper. Leather-grain cloth binding. FIne.
