Berlin: Verlag von S. Karger, 1905. 8vo. 88 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 plates (1 in colour), 9 text illustrations. Original printed boards, backed in cloth. First edition of a valuable investigation on the detachment of the retina by Hirsch, an assistant at the Deutschen Universität at Prague. In addition..... More
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1844-59. 5 vol. 8vo. 4], iii, [1], 835, [5]; [4], 806; [4], 516; [6], 536; [4], 1012 pp., including publisher's advertisements and index. FIRST EDITION. A very nice set uniformly bound in contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, small tear to cover of second volume. First edition of..... More
Paris: Bureau du Bulletin General de Therapeutique, 1862. 8vo. [4], 130 pp. With numerous text illustrations of prosthetic devices. Original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. First printing, apparently for purposes of handing out at a conference of orthopedic surgeons. This work contains fourteen short articles by famous physicians, including presentations..... More
[Paris]: [Henri Plon], [n.d.]. 8vo. [ii], 31, [1] pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With an engraved frontispiece representing the instrument invented by Dr. Sales-Girons and constructed by Charriere (repeated in the text). Bound in boards, morocco backstrip. A fine copy. INVENTION OF THE FIRST PRESSURIZED INHALER. First and only edition..... More
Vienna: Anton von Haykul, 1828. 8vo. xxxii, 484 pp. With 5 full page plates (4 coloured) and a folding plate of instruments. Modern cloth-backed boards; some light spotting, library stamp. The present book is the author's most famous. It has been corrected and improved from the original printing of 1822..... More
