Paris: Gulielmi Pele, 1646. Two works in one. 4to. [xii], 150, [25]; 39, [1] ff. Title in red and black, decorative woodcut on dedication, 3 full-page plates and 2 text illustrations. Nineteenth century boards, re-backed; interior is lightly toned throughout, with occasional spots and a small tear in the lower... More about P. Alpini de medicina aegyptiorum. Libri quator. & Iacobi Bontii in Indiis Archiatri, de...

Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1893. 8vo. vii, 208 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, probably removed from old covers, fore-edges of the exterior insignificantly chipped; with the unidentified signature of G. Futteur. Preserved in a clamshell box. First edition of this classic paper. While working in the Koch Laboratory, Behring demonstrated... More about Die Geschichte der Diphtherie

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 footnotes, references and bibliographies. More about A text-book of dental pathology and therapeutics, including pharmacology

Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. 8vo. xxii, 315 pp. plus frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. Original rust-coloured publisher’s cloth with brown end-papers; a fine copy. First edition of Clarke’s (1820-77) final work, a study of hallucinations and visions, and their causes. It contains an interesting study of the effects of drugs..... More about Visions: A study of false sight. (Pseudopia). With an introduction and memorial sketch by Oliver...

New York: [n.p.], 1897. 8vo. [1], 234-299 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 8 full page plates. Original wrappers bearing Cushny's manuscript presentation in German as well as the eminent neurophysiologist R. Magnus's manuscript exlibris. A small section off the spine and library stamp on front cover. First edition. The present rare... More about On the action of...the Digitalis. In: Jl. of Experimental Medicine

Paris; London: Petrum-Guillelmur Cavelier; A. Millar, 1771;1774; 1757. 3 works in 1. 4to. xi, [1], 191, [1]; xlvii, [i], 269; [ii], 99, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION OF BOOK I, FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF BOOK II, Later edition of book III. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, edges worn, marbled endpapers. From... More about Hygieine, sive ars sanitaten conservandi poema. (b/w) L’hygieine....; (b/w) The art of...

Goshen: David M. Westcott, 1795. 16mo. [ii], ii, [ii], 130, [1] pp., including errata. Contemporary calf, rebacked. An excellent copy with the bookplate of the Springfield (Massachusetts) City Library stating that the book was given by Dr. George C. McClean, and the signature of William Sheldon on the paste-down. First... More about Strictures on the Elementa Medicinae of Doctor Brown

London: Car. Davis, 1743. 8vo. 12, 217, [15] pp., including index (the preface and contents are misbound in the index). Contemporary calf, worn, front joint cracked. Later edition of Burnet's abstract and commentaries on Hippocrates, first published in Edinburgh, 1685. Burnet (1635?-1715), the son of an eminent Scotch lawyer, studied... More about Hippocrates contractus, in quo magni Hippocratis, medicorum principis, opera omnia in brevem...

Halle: Orphanotrophei, 1735; 1723. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. [vi], 534, [54]; [iv], 112 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Titles in red and black with oval vignettes; a few decorative head- and tailpieces. Contemporary (?) pasteboards, interior paper lightly stained. From the library of Fr. Xav. de Hieber with his dated (1773)... More about Conspectus physiologiae medicae et hygieines...; Conspectus formularum medicarum

Philadelphia: Carr & Smith, 1801. 4to. [vi], 53, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 plate (trimmed) depicting a steam cabinet. Disbound. First edition describing the physical effects that bathing has on the body. He discusses warm, hot or tepid baths as therapeutics in the treatment of diseases as diverse as... More about An inaugural dissertation on the warm bath

Leipzig: Grossi. 1674. 8vo. [12], 140, [22] pp. FIRST EDITION. With errata, plus 4 plates (3 folding). Recent full calf in a contemporary style; fore-margin of title and errata leaf repaired. An uncut copy. First edition of this important work on scurvygrass by the great German physician, Moellenbrock (fl. 1650)... More about Cochlearia curiosa

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. 8vo. xiv, 403, [1] pp., plus 2 pages publisher's advertisements and 16-page publisher's catalogue dated February, 1855. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth, covers somewhat soiled, hinges loose; very minor foxing. First edition of Royle's valuable work on the fibrous plants of India, especially his... More about The fibrous plants of India fitted for cordage, clothing, and paper. With an account of the...

Halle: Johann Jacob Gebauer, 1800-1803. 5 vols. 8vo. xii, 688; vi, 714; viii, 632; x, 564; [2], viii, 678 pp. Engraved frontispiece in vos. I & II, frontispiece portraits of Harvey and Hoffman in vos. IV & V. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines. Second edition... More about Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde