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Proceedings of the National Medical Conventions...
Philadelphia: for the AMA by T. K. and P. G. Collins, 1847. [Hays, Isaac (1796-1879).] American Medical Association. Proceedings of the national medical conventions, held in New York, May, 1846, and in Philadelphia, May, 1847. [5]-175pp. (all present). Philadelphia: Printed for the American Medical Association, T. K. & P. G.... More
Comparative studies of the mode of oxidation of phenyl derivatives of fatty acids by the animal organism and by hydrogen peroxide. With 4 related offprints.
1908-1910. Dakin, Henry Drysdale (1880-1952). Comparative studies of the mode of oxidation of phenyl derivatives of fatty acids by the animal organism and by hydrogen peroxide. Offprint from Journal of Biological Chemistry 4 (1908). 419-435pp. 234 x 156 mm. Original printed wrappers. Stamps of biochemist Lafayette B. Mendel (1872-1935; see... More
The preparation of the crystalline ovarian hormone from the urine of pregnant women. Offprint
1930. Doisy, Edward Adelbert (1883-1986), et al. The preparation of the crystalline ovarian hormone from the urine of pregnant women. Offprint from Journal of Biological Chemistry 86 (1930). 499-509pp. Text illustrations. 226 x 150 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. From the library of Herbert M. Evans (1882-1971), co-discoverer of... More
Stereoskopbilder zur Lehre von den Hernien
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1906. Enderlen, Eugen (1863-1940) and Emil Gasser (1847-1919). Stereoskopbilder zur Lehre von den Hernien. [2], 76pp. 72 stereoscopic photographs, some with additional hand-coloring, in 18 blue card sleeves; the photographs are removable. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1906. 300 x 210 mm. Original cloth, rebacked preserving original gilt-lettered spine... More
Dissertatio de febribus biliosis
Lausanne: Marci-Mic. Bousquet & Soc. 1758. Tissot, Samuel Auguste André David (1728-97). Dissertatio de febribus biliosis; seu histori epidemiae biliosae . . . accredit tentamen de morbis ex manusturpratione. 8vo. xiv, 264pp. Lausanne: Marc-Michel Bousquet & Soc., 1758. 204 x 127 mm. 19th-century quarter morocco, marbled boards, vellum corners, light... More
Cours de zoologie et d’anatomie comparée. Unpublished manuscript notebook in the hand of Beneden’s student Amand Proost
Leuven: 1836-39. Beneden, Pierre-Joseph van (1809-94). Cours de zoologie et d’anatomie comparée. Unpublished manuscript notebook in the hand of Beneden’s student Amand Proost. 530, [64], [86], [34]pp. (irregularly numbered; last 184 pages unnumbered), plus a few inserted leaves. Louvain [Leuven], 1836-39. 192 x 161 mm. Quarter cloth, marbled boards ca... More
Traité des maladies des reins. 3 vols. text plus atlas
Paris: Baillière, 1837-41. Rayer, Pierre François Olive (1793-1867). Traité des maladies des reins et des altérations de la sécrétion urinaire . . . 3 vols. 8vo, plus folio atlas. xvi, 638; [4], 620; [4], 810pp. (text); [6], 4, [86]pp. (atlas). 6 plates in the first text volume; 60 hand-colored plates... More
Pflanzen-Geographie auf physiologischer Grundlage
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1898. Schimper, Andreas F. W. (1856-1901). Pflanzen-Geographie auf physiologischer Grundlage. xviii, 876, [2, errata]pp. 69 plates, 4 chromolithographed folding maps, text illustrations. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1898. 153 x 171 mm. Modern quarter cloth, marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in, top edges gilt. Wrappers a bit soiled... More
Notes on Chinese materia medica
London: John E. Taylor, 1862. Hanbury, Daniel (1825-75). Notes on Chinese materia medica. Reprinted, with some corrections, from The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions. [4], 48pp. Text illustrations. London: John E. Taylor, 1862. 208 x 133 mm. Original cloth, spine faded, inner hinge cracked but sound overall. Light toning but very... More
The theory of rain. Offprint from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Edinburgh: 1784. Hutton, James (1726-97). The theory of rain. Offprint from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1 (1788). 4to. 46pp. 255 x 198 mm. Quarter calf in antique style. First and last leaves coming loose, minor toning but very good. First Edition, Rare Offprint Issue, with only... More
The Red Cross. In presentation binding.
1880-91. Goetz, Wolfgang. The Red Cross, a monthly journal for practical instruction, to aid the sick and wounded in military and civic life. Vol. I, no. 3 (all published?). Bound from parts, variously paginated, original printed wrappers bound in; two presentation leaves bound in the front of the volume, the... More
24 notebooks plus 2 ledgers relating to his scientific education at l'Ecole Centrale
1840-43. Poitevin, Alphonse (1819-82). Archive consisting of 24 autograph signed manuscript notebooks from Poitevin’s student days at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures and 2 ledgers documenting Poitevin’s business and other expenses in later years. Together 26 volumes, containing over 7000 pages total. 1841-43 and 1856-94. Notebooks measure 217... More
On the flora of Australia
London: Lovell Reeve, 1859. Hooker, Joseph (1817-1911). On the flora of Australia, its origin, affinities, and distribution; being an introductory essay to the Flora of Tasmania. Offprint from The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ships ‘Erebus’ and ‘Terror’, Vol. III (Flora Tasmaniae), part I (June, 1859)... More
Cabinet photograph by Michele Schemboche
Florence: Schemboche, 1871. Menabrea, Luigi Federico (1809–96). Cabinet photograph portrait (head and shoulders) by [Michele] Schemboche (fl. 1865-1906), mounted on printed card. Florence, Rome, Turin, Paris, n.d. [ca. 1870]. 165 x 109 mm. (mount); photograph measures 133 x 98 mm. Light soiling and edgewear but very good to fine. Menabrea’s... More
Behavior: An introduction to comparative psychology
New York: Henry Holt, 1914. More
De' mali hipochondriaci libri tre
Rome: V. Mascardi, 1651. More
Caracteres phrenologiques et physiognomoniques des contemporains les plus celebres
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1837. More
Nosographie philosophique. 2 vols. in 1
Paris: Maradan, 1797. xxxvi, 252; viii, 319pp. 199 x 129 mm. Half vellum, speckled boards ca. 1797. Light toning but fine. First edition. Pinel is remembered today primarily for his contributions to psychiatry, but to his contemporaries he was also known for his skill in internal medicine. In 1795 he... More
Radioactive transformations. Library perforated stamp on title.
New York: Scribners, 1906. More
Mental hygiene
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1863. xi, 338pp. 181 x 110 mm. Original cloth, spine faded, light wear at extremities. Light toning but very good. First edition of the second American book on this subject. More
Lectures on the kidney. Offprint by Chasis and Redish laid in.
Lawrence, KS: Univ. Kansas, 1943. More
Brevis delineatio impotentiae conjugalis
Jena: Joh. Theodori Fleischer, 1682. More
De melancholia tractatus
Venice: Alexander Polus, 1620. Sassonia, Ercole (1551-1607). De melancholia tractatus perfectissimus . . .Folio. 44, 30pp. Venice: Apud Alexandrum Polum, 1620. 324 x 224 mm. Old quarter vellum, modern boards, a bit soiled. Minor marginal worming and dampstaining, paper flaw in one leaf (not affecting text), but very good. First... More