New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1884. First Edition. Full leather. First US printing, octavo size, 873 pp. Sir Byrom Bramwell (1847-1931) was a noted British neurologist and medical lecturer, he was at one time President of both The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and London and knighted by..... More
Eugene, Oregon: Printed by John Henry Nash, University of Oregon, 1939. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, 25 pp., inscribed by David Hadden. An uncommon book of verse by David Hadden, one printed late in the career of the eminent typographer and printer John Henry Nash (1871-1947); this volume contains humorous..... More
Stuttgart: Franz Heinrich Kohler, 1840. Hardcover. Octovo size, 93 pp., all text in German. "First description of acute anterior poliomyelitis, which Heine separated from other forms of paralysis; he described the deformities arising from the disease. He also called attention to congenital spastic paraplegia, which, following Little’s classic description (No..... More
London: Printed for P. Elmsley (Successor to Mr. Vaillant), 1772. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 233 pp. French surgeon Thomas Goulard (1697-1784) promoted the use of lead in medicine, famously with his "Goulard's extract", a mix of lead acetate and lead monoxide, for a variety of purposes and health benefits; in..... More
London: C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1758. First Edition. Octavo size, 45 pp. Sir Percivall Pott (1714-1788) is considered one of the greatest surgeons of the eighteenth century and is thought of as one of the founders of orthopaedics; he was the first scientist to connect environmental causes to cancer..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1788. Leather bound. Octavo size, 60 pp. "Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, is a disease caused by bacteria that usually attacks the lungs, and at the turn of the 20th century, the leading cause of death in the United States" (n.b., from the web site..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2019). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 598 pp. From dust jacket flap: "A wide-ranging study that illuminates the connection between epidemic deseases and societal change, from the Black Death to Ebola". ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full grey paper over boards, silver lettering on the..... More
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 257 pp. Part of "The 'Lecture Notes' Series" published by Blackwell Scientific in the 1950s and 1960s, this work on Dermatology "is intended to be an introduction to dermatology for students and general practitioners. It deals chiefly with common diseases..... More
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Vercello: Presso Il Panialis, 1768. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printed edition, octavo size, 80 pp., all text in Italian. Luigi Tansillo (1510-1568) wrote several volumes of poetry, one of which was "considered licentious enough" to be placed on the list of books banned by the Vatican, by Pope Paul IV..... More