Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. Bennett, Abram Elting (1898-1985) and Avis B. Purdy. Psychiatric nursing technic. 172pp. Text illustrations. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. 216 x 145 mm. Original cloth, a bit soiled, minor wear to extremities. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by both authors to Dr. Elvin B. Semrad..... More
1903-1904. Arrhenius, Svante (1859-1927). Collection of 6 offprints on immunochemistry from the library of Hans Sachs (1877-1945) as listed below, five with presentation inscriptions to Sachs from Arrhenius. 1903-1904. Overall very good; see below for condition details. 1. (with Thorvald Madsen [1870-1957].) Anwendung der physikalischen Chemie auf das Studium der..... More
Cadiz: Don Manuel Ximinez Carreño, 1789. Canivell [y Vila], Francisco (1721-96). Tratado de las heridas de armas de fuego, dispuesto para uso de los alumnos del Real Colegio de Cirugia de Cadiz. 4to. [8], 156, [4]pp. Cadiz: Por Don Manuel Ximinez Carreño, 1789. 194 x 143 mm. Vellum ca. 1789..... More
1858. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). De l’influence de deux ordres de nerfs qui déterminent les variations de couleur de sang veineux dans les organes glandulaires. Offprint from Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Sciences 47 (1858). 8pp. 281 x 229 mm. (uncut). Original plain wrappers, creased horizontally, tiny chips in..... More
Paris: 1793. France. Conseil de Santé. Tableau des infirmités qui nécessitent la réforme, et doivent empêcher l’admission au service militaire [title on leaf 2]. Manuscript document addressed to the Minister of War, signed by nine members of the Conseil de Santé including Antoine-Auguste Parmentier (1737-1813), Antoine Dubois (1756-1837), Guillaume Daignan..... More
1954-66. Crick, Francis H. C. (1916-2004). (1) Nucleic acids. Offprint from Scientific American (September 1957). 8, [4]pp. (2) The structure of the hereditary material. Offprint from Scientific American (October 1954). 7, [1]pp. (3) The genetic code. Offprint from Scientific American (October 1962). 9, [1]pp. (4) The genetic code: III. Offprint..... More
Philadelphia: Literary Rooms, 1831. Thackrah, Charles Turner (1795-1833). The effects of the principal arts, trades, and professions, and of civic states and habits of living, on health and longevity . . . 180pp. Philadelphia: Literary Rooms . . . Office of the Journal of Health . . . 1831. 128..... More
Paris: Béchet jeune, 1832. Trebuchet, Adolphe (1801-65). Code administrative des établissemens dangereux, insalubres ou incommodes. [6], xvi, 17-320pp. Paris: Béchet jeune, 1832. 211 x 126 mm. 19th-century quarter calf gilt, marbled boards, paper label on spine, light rubbing and edgewear. Minor foxing but very good. 19th-century French library stamp on..... More
Paris: Lesguillez Frères, 1801. Legallois, César Julien Jean (1770-1814). Le sang est-il identique dans tous les vaissaux qu’il parcourt? [2], 5-149, [1]pp. Paris: Chez l’auteur; de l’Imprimerie de Lesguilliez Frères, An X—1801. 193 x 126 mm. 20th-century quarter vellum, marbled boards, lightly rubbed, remains of paper label on spine. Minor..... More
1937. Wigner, Eugene (1902-95). On the consequences of the symmetry of the nuclear Hamiltonian on the spectroscopy of nuclei. Offprint from Physical Review 51 (1937). 107-119pp. 267 x 200 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly darkened at margins. Very good. H. A. Kramers’ copy, with his name in pencil in block..... More
1532. Paul of Aegina (fl. 640). De medica materia libri septe[m], totius fere artis medic breviarum . . . Albano Torino Vitodure[n]si interprete . . .Sextus vero de chirurgia quem German non sunt interpretati, a Ioane Bernardo Feliciano Veneto nunc primum latinitate donatus. Folio. [28], 438pp. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1532..... More
1938-39. Rabi, Isidore I. (1898-1988); Sidney Millman (1904-2006); Polykarp Kusch (1911-93); Jerrold R. Zacharais (1905-86). (1) A new method of measuring nuclear magnetic moment. Offprint from Physical Review 53 (1938). Single sheet, unbound. 267 x 200 mm. Browned at edges, light fraying, piece missing from upper corner (not affecting text)..... More
1536-44. Adamantius (fl. 5th century CE). Physiognomicon, id est de naturae indiciis cognoscendis libri duo, per Ianum Cornarium medicum physicum latine constripti. 8vo. 203, [5]pp. Basel: Robert Winter, 1544. [With:] Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca (1467-1504). Physiognomiae et chiromantiae compendium. 8vo. [214]pp. Numerous text woodcuts of chiromancy. Strasbourg: Apud Ioannem Albertum..... More
Lyon: Jacques Myt, 1516. Valesco de Tarenta (fl. 1382-1418). Practica Valesci de Thara[n]ta: Que alias Philonius dicitur. Una cum domini Joannis de Tornamira introductio. 8vo. [8], 424pp. (paginated in roman numerals). Lyons: Jacobus Myt, 1516. 178 x 123 mm. Old half calf, paste paper boards, original clasps lacking, spine wormed..... More
Antwerp: En casa de Juan Latio, 1555. One of the Rarest Botanical Works of the 16th Century [Laguna de Segovia, Andrés (1499-1559).] Dioscorides Pedanius (ca. 40-90 CE). Acerca de la materia medicinal, y de los venenos mortiferos, traduzido de lengua griege, en la vulgar castellana, & illustrado con claras y...... More
Strasbourg: Joannus Scotus, 1532. [Abulcasis (936-1015.] [Priscianus, Theodorus (fl. 4th cent.)] Horatianus, Octavius. Rerum medicarum lib. quatuor . . . Albucasis [sic] chirurgicorum omniu[m] primarii, lib. tres . . . Folio. [8], 319pp. 8 full-page woodcuts by Hans Wechtlin (ca. 1480 – post 1526). Argentoratum [Strasbourg]: apud Joannem Schottum, 1532..... More
1927. Pauli, Wolfgang (1900-1958). Über Gasentartung und Paramagnetismus. Offprint from Zeitschrift für Physik 41 (1927). 81-102pp. 228 x 156 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly worn. Very good. Presentation Copy, Inscribed by Pauli to H. A. Kramers (1894-1952) on the front wrapper: “Meinem lieben Kramers mit den herzlichsten Grüßen! [in pen]..... More
1855. Bell, Thomas (1792-1880). Cabinet-size photographic portrait by Maull and Polyblank, mounted on heavy paper printed with gilt borders. [London, 1855.] 198 x 146 mm. (image); 303 x 253 mm. (mount). Traces of mounting on verso, but fine otherwise. Excellent portrait of British zoologist Thomas Bell, who described the reptile..... More
Boston: 1895. Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-94). Autograph letter signed to an unnamed correspondent. Bifolium (2pp.). Boston, 12 October 1892. 178 x 113 mm. Fine. Preserved in a cloth folding case. Holmes, one of the foremost American writers, physicians and medical reformers of the 19th century, here discusses his enthusiasm for..... More
Chicago: A. G. Newell, 1884. Duhring, Louis Adolphus (1845-1913). Dermatitis herpetiformis. Offprint from Journal of the American Medical Association 3 (1884). 16pp. 198 x 137 mm. Original printed wrappers, vertically creased, one corner a bit chipped, light dust-soiling. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the frnt wrapper: “Compliments of the Author.” [With:]..... More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1855. Hayward, George (1791-1863). Surgical reports, and miscellaneous papers on medical subjects. 452pp. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1855. 179 x 113 mm. Original cloth, light wear at head and foot of spine. One signature starting, but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the front..... More
Boston: 1850. Hayward, George (1791-1863). Statistics of the amputations of large limbs that have been performed at the Massachusetts General Hospital, from its establishment to Jan. 1, 1850. In Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 43 (1850): 169-181. Whole number. [2], 169-188, [2]pp. 240 x 155 mm. Without wrappers. Margins a...... More
1847. Hayward, George (1791-1863). Some account of the first use of sulphuric ether by inhalation in surgical practice. [Read before the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, April 12, 1847.] 8pp. N.p., 1847. 237 x 148 mm. Original printed wrappers, vertically creased, a bit dust-soiled. Very good. First Separate Edition, privately..... More
New Haven: 1852. Silliman, Benjamin (1779-1864). Autograph letter signed (“B. Silliman Senior”) to N. O. Round [?]. Bifolium (4pp.). New Haven, 14 September 1852. 206 x 134 mm. Small tears along folds, light soiling but very good. More
