Experiments & observations on the gastric juice.
Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1847. 8vo. 303, [1] pp. VERY SCARCE SECOND EDITION IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. With 3 wood engravings. Original cloth in blind, recased; an exceptionally clean copy. More
Medicine
The hand.
London: Pickering, 1833. 8vo. xvi, 314 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Without the half-title. Text illustrations after drawings by the author. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards. Small book-label of E.L. Kepner on verso of fly-leaf and contemporary ownership signatures on title and above "Notice." First edition, second issue. In this..... More
The hand.
London: William Pickering, 1834. 8vo. xvi, 348 pp. Text illustrations. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations after drawings by the author. Contemporary half-sheep over pebbled cloth, worn, spine stained; small marginal stain toward the back of the book, otherwise interior fine. Ownership inscription of Ediom Himt, dated 1864 on front flyleaf. Second..... More
Memoire sur le pancreas... In: Comptes Rendus, Suppl., I, pp. 379-563.
Paris: Bachelier, 1856. 4to. [vi], 563 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. With 9 lithographed plates (3 colored, 2 folding). Complete volume with 23 additional hand-coloured plates. Uncut in the original wrappers. First edition of Bernard's most important contributions to scientific medicine. This monograph was the culmination of a series of..... More
Memoire sur le pancreas.... From: Comptes Rendus, Supplement, I
Paris: Bachelier, 1856. 4to. pp. 379-563. FIRST EDITION. With 9 plates, the first 4 drawn by Bernard; plates 5 through 9 beautifully hand-coloured. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Minor foxing as usual, otherwise an excellent copy. First edition of Bernard's most important contributions to scientific medicine. This monograph was the culmination of..... More
Three offprints on sports medicine.
1928-1929. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Three separate offprints from Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. Excellent copies in their original printed wrappers. First editions of these valuable studies from the Department of Physiological Hygiene at the University of Toronto. More
"On the genus Boswellia, with descriptions and figures of three new species." From Transactions of the Linnean Society, Vol XXVII.
London: Taylor and Francis, 1870. 4to. iv, pp. 111-48. FIRST EDITION. Presentation slip from the author to Rivett-Carnac with his best regards pasted onto the title page. With 4 full page drawings on heavier paper of each of the new species treated. Half-morocco over linen, boards faded; interior clean but..... More
Handbuch der vergleichenden anatomie
Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterich, 1805. 8vo. xvi, 549 pp. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, engraved title depicting a bust of Democritus and 8 engraved plates; Original boards, an excellent copy with the large bookplate of H.A. and a contemporary signature on title. First edition of this monumental work in the history..... More
Histoire de la medecine et de doctrines...
Paris: [n.p.], 1873. 2 vols. 8vo. viii, 564; [iv], 634 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; interior with occasional spotting, browning on preliminaries. First edition of this valuable French contribution to medical history. It is a well written detailed description of all diseases and doctrines from the ancients through..... More
Health: Five lay sermons to working people.
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1862. 12mo. 90 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece. Original stiff pebbled wrappers, decorated in blind, gilt stamped, top wrapper as well as first few gatherings detached. First edition. “Three of these sermons were written for, and (shall I say?) preached some years ago, in..... More
Religio medici and christian morals.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., [1940]. 8vo. 192 pp. Red cloth. With booksellers label “J. J. Waterfall.”. Edited, with an introduction by Geoffrey Keynes. More
Religio medici, Letter to a friend &c. and Christian morals.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. 8vo. lvi, 392 pp. Title page with engraved portrait of author. Blue cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed at head and foot of spine; some foxing to preliminaries and last few leaves. With inscription, “June 7, 1974. With love, Mother.” Ownership stamp of San Diego Public Library..... More
Religio medici. Edited with a new introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.
Eugene: John Henry Nash, 1939. 8vo. xix, [i], 114 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 plates, including frontispiece. Linen-backed marbled boards with paper label. Bookplate of Terence Cavanagh. First edition. Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by John Henry Nash. This copy is numbered 1007 of 1500, and..... More
Religio Medici; Observations upon religio medici.
London: Tho. Milbourn for Andrew Crook, 1659. 2 works in 1. 8vo. [xvi], 297, [5]; [ii], 75, [2] pp. I: FIFTH EDITION; II: THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. Engraved title to vol. I, separate titles to Annotations upon Religio medici and Digby’s Observations. Contemporary calf, rebacked. Signature of T.C. Goldingham of Oxford..... More
Pseudodoxia epidemica....
London: Edward Dod, 1646. Folio. [xx], 386 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, rebacked, corners renewed. Imprimatur leaf repaired on fore-edge, occasional foxing and browning. Presented to the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Edward Wilson, with the Academy's bookplate on the front paste-down. First edition. In..... More
Pseudodoxia epidemica....
London: A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650. 4to. [xvi], 329, [10] pp. SECOND EDITION. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Text within double-lined borders Contemporary calf, worn, author, title and date in gilt on spine; interior with some waterstaining. Signature of Lewis Fry, Bristol, 1854 and another signature..... More
A text-book of dental pathology and therapeutics, including pharmacology.
Philadelphia: Lea Bros. 1898. 8vo. 587, [1] pp., plus 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full calf, somewhat worn, labels on spine; interior fine. First edition. This text represents data from every available source, and includes an unbelievable amount of..... More
Rapports du physique et du moral de l'homme.
Paris: Bechet Jeune, 1824. 2 vols., 8vo. [iv], c, 477, [1]; [iv], 526, [2] pp. With half-titles. Quarter morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine; sporadic foxing, minor worming and chipping to spine. Contemporary hand-written note tipped in before title of Volume I, pencil annotations on first leaves of each volume and..... More
An inaugural dissertation on the use of mercury in fevers.
Philadelphia: For the Author, 1804. 8vo. 26 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers. Uncut and unopened. First edition. Dedicated to Dr. William Punell of Belfield, Virginia, and Benjamin Smith Barton. More
Isolement et psychotherapie traitement de l'hysterie et de la neurastheme, Pratique de la reeducation morale et physique.
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1904. 4to. viii, 407, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original blue printed wrappers bound into cloth. First edition of this important title. "Psycho-therapy was put upon a working basis in this book on the moral treatment of psycho-neuroses." More
A short account of the malignant fever, lately prevalent in Philadelphia, with a statement of the proceedings that took place on the subject, in different parts of the United States.
Philadelphia: By the author, 1793. 8vo. 164 pp. Third edition. Top wrapper (original) only, though detached; some spotting. Uncut, some unopened. Signature of Robert Bolling on title. Fourth edition of Carey's eyewitness account of the great yellow fever epidemic which enveloped the city of Philadelphia in 1793. "In this little..... More
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De vocis auditusq[ue] organis historia anatomica singulari....
[Ferrara]: [Victorius Baldinus], [1601] (second colophon, 1600). Two parts in one. Folio (395 x 263 mm). [lx], 191, [1]; 126, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. Elaborately engraved title, 2 engraved portraits, and 33 engraved anatomical plates. Our copy is one of a few printed with a blank verso M3, a printer's..... More
An essay on hydrocephalus acutus, or dropsy in the brain....
Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1814. 8vo. 201, [3] pp., including leaf of publisher's advertisements. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, spine label; margin of fly-leaf repaired, slight browning, otherewise a very nice copy from the library of George Milton Smith, with his small book-label. First American edition, originally published in..... More
Methode naturelle de guerir les maladies du corps....
Paris: J.F. Quillau, 1749. 2 vols. 8vo. cxviii, 365, [3]; 448, [6] pp. FIRST FRENCH EDITION WITH ADDITIONAL PREFACE BY DE LA CHAPELLE. Numerous woodcut initials, head- and tail pieces. Contemporary mottled calf, decorative gilt spine. Minor rubbing to joints, otherwise a lovely copy. First French edition, greatly enlarged with..... More
Die Akustik.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1802. 4to. [2], xxxii, 304, [2], 305-310 pp. With engraved portrait on title and 11 folding engraved plates. Marbled paper over original boards. More