Clinical Remarks on Some Cases of Liver Abscess Presenting Externally
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. First edition. 8vo. Original muslin.
Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1839. First edition. 8vo. Original muslin.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1813. 8vo. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. Includes articles by some of the most significant physicians of the day, including Cooper, Travers, Roger, Brodie, and Charles Bell.
London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1815. Third edition. 8vo. xxiv, 420 pp. 8 engraved plates at end. Contemporary half leather. Includes important papers by Astley Cooper, who litigated the common carotid artery and two rare papers by Edward Jenner (one on smallpox the other on distemper). See Garrison-Morton-Norman 2929 (Cooper).....
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 3 1/4 pages plus address panel, a bifolium. In French. A densely written letter about human deformity. Answering a letter by Hecquet questioning whether it is theologically sound to baptize deformed babies (what he calls "monsters"). Bocquillot answers that in some cases the deformity is.....
Cincinnati: Wm. S. Merrell, 1927. Second edition. 8vo. Original cloth.
New York, London, Toronto: Oxford University Press, [1939]. First separate edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Monroe on the front free endpaper.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. First edition. 8vo. Mott's paper is on pp. 354-359. Entire volume: xii, 560 pp. Hand-colored engravings. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards. Provenance: James Graham (signature on title). "In his day Mott was the ablest exponent of vascular surgery in the U.S.A. This was the.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1878. 8vo. Ord’s paper appears on page 57-78. Engraved plates. Original cloth reinforced with tape. Provenance: Medical Library of the New York State Lunatic Asylum (bookplate on pastedown). FIRST EDITION. “Ord coined the term “myxedema” for the condition noted earlier by Curling and Gull.”.....
Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co, 1895. First edition. 8vo. Osler's paper is on pp. 629-46. Entire volume: ii, 254 pp. Contemporary half leather. Osler describes a number of cases of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), mainly Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Garrison-Morton-Norman 4121.
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1907-1909. First editions. 8 volumes, 4to. Plates and illustrations in text, some in color. Original printed wrappers; cloth slipcase. A consecutive run of the first eight issues, including a number of important contributions to medicine: HUTCHISON, Sir Robert (1871-1960). "On suprarenal sarcoma in children with metastases.....
Paris: Imprimerie des Hospices Civils, an XI [1802-1803]. Three parts in one volume, 4to (250 x 197 mm). viii, 200; [2], 67; [2], 16 pp. Half-title. Folding table at end. Late 19th-/early 20th-century boards. Provenance: Bibliothèque Imperiale (inkstamp on some text leaves and table, duplicate stamp). FIRST EDITION. Contains a......
London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1816. Second edition. 8vo. Parkinson's paper is on pp. 57-58. Entire volume: xiii, 383 pp. Contemporary half calf, plain blue boards. First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death. Garrison-Morton-Norman 3560 (first edition.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1812. 8vo. Parkinson’s paper appears on page 57-58. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "First case of appendicitis reported in English, and the first in which perforation was recognized as the cause of death" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 3560).
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. 8vo. 387 pp. Half-title, advertisement at end. 12 lithographed plates. Modern half leather, untrimmed. "In Pasteur's important study of fermentation, he discovered that contamination of beer was caused by microorganisms found in the air and not spontaneously generated as had been previously believed. He made.....
London: J. E. Adlard, 1869. First edition. 8vo. Plates. Original cloth.
Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1930. Reprint. 8vo. Original cloth.
Philadelphia: Patterson & White Co, 1928. First edition. 8vo. Illustrations in text. Original cloth.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, [1937]. First edition, inscribed. 8vo. xii, 726 pp. Frontispiece portrait. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Presentation copy, inscribed to Cincinnati pediatrician A. Graeme Mitchell on the front free endpaper. Published to celebrate Riesman's 70th birthday, this volume collects his papers on the cardiovascular system, diseases.....
Paris: G. Masson, 1879. First edition. 8vo. Roger's paper is on pp. 1074-94 and 1189-91. Entire volume: 1359 pp. Half-title. Modern cloth. Roger was the first physician to present a comprehensive description of asymptomatic interventricular septal defect. "Roger drew attention to an important anomaly of the septum, interventricular patency ('maladie.....
Washington: Gibson Brothers, November 1886. First edition. 8vo. Salmon and Smith's paper is on pp. 204-05. Entire volume: pp. 201-20, 4 pp. advertisements at end. Original printed wrappers. "Discovery of Salmonella cholerae-suis. The Salmonelleae tribe was named after Salmon, even though the discovery was made by [his assistant] Smith" (Garrison-Morton-Norman.....
New York and Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1880. 12mo. viii, 92 pages. Original brick cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover, contemporary manuscript title label on spine. Translated from the German.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847. First edition. 8vo. Simpson's paper is on pp. 934-37. Entire volume: [1], 1172 pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, black morocco lettering-piece. "In an attempt to find an anesthetic less irritating than ether, Simpson discovered the advantages of chloroform. He had previously used.....
London: William Johnston, 1763, 1762-84. Third edition of vol. 1, first editions of vols. 2-6. 6 volumes, 8vo. Plates, many folding. Modern half leather, marbled boards, untrimmed. A fine set of this important journal, with ten notable contributions in the history of medicine:HUNTER, William (1718-1783). "The history of an aneurysm.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1839. 8vo. Stafford’s paper appears on page 218-21. Engraved plates. Original cloth reinforced with tape. Provenance: Medical Library of the New York State Lunatic Asylum (bookplate on pastedown). FIRST EDITION. “Sarcoma of the prostate was first recorded by Stafford." (Garrison-Morton-Norman 4259). In this volume.....
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. First edition. 8vo. xxxi, 367 pp. Original embossed cloth, partly unopened. Stanley notes in his preface that there were only two earlier works on the subject, those of Petit (1705) and Boyer (1803). In the same year, Stanley produced an atlas on the.....