London: Longman, Rees, Orme, et al, 1832. First edition. 8vo. Hodgkin's paper is on pp. 68-114. Entire volume: xxiii, 523 pp. Original embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, gilt crest on front cover. The first full description of lymphadenoma, now known as “Hodgkin’s disease”. Hodgkin’s historic paper was read before the society.....
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.....
Berlin: Viet, 1838. First edition. 8vo. Schleiden's paper is on pp. 136-76. Entire volume: 608 pp. 16 plates at end on 15 leaves, most folding. Early 20th-century cloth. Schleiden co-founded cell theory, along with Theodor Swann and Rudolf Virchow, and was one of the first German biologists to accept Darwin's.....
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.....
London: J. Wilcox, B. Creake, and John Sackfield, 1720. First edition of this spurious adaptation of Boerhaave. 8vo. 328 pp. Contemporary English panelled calf. Provenance: W. Burton (early owner's name in ink on pastedown); some old unobtrusive pencilled marginalia. "One of Boerhaave's pupils published an adaption of his 'Libellus de.....
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.....
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: 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: S. Highley, 1846. 8vo. [4], 23, [1] pages. Disbound. First offprint edition, printed for private circulation, this essay was read at the London Medical Society and originally appeared in The Transactions of the Medical Society of London for 1845. Forbes Winslow (1810-1874) was a British psychiatrist, author and an.....
Paris: A. Sautelet et Cie, 1828. Second edition. Two volumes, 8vo. Half-titles. 412, 440 pp. Period-style calf, gilt-panelled on covers, smooth spines gilt-lettered and -decorated. Provenance: A. Tureaud (early signatures on titles). Second edition of arguably the most famous work on gastronomy ever published, by Brillat Savarin, magistrate, politician and.....
New York: William Wood [I-IV], Paul B. Hoeber [V, VII] and Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins [X], 1902-1909, 1931, 1941. First editions, all numbered and limited to between 300 and 575 copies [except for the last unnumbered vol.]. Together 7 volumes, 8vo. Plates. Original cloth-backed boards. The Charaka Club was founded.....
Cincinnati: Winthrop B. Smith & Co., 1850. First edition. 8vo. 878 pp. Folding frontispiece lithographed map by A. Wocher after B. P. Whiting, and 18 single-page maps. Original calf, black morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: signature of an early owner from New Orleans on the pastedown. "This classical contribution to the social.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1840. 8vo. Burton’s paper appears on page 63-79. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "Burton was the first to note the blue line on the gums in lead poisoning – 'Burton’s blue line' – an important diagnostic sign. He was physician to St.....
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.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1883. 8vo. Barlow’s paper appears on page 159-219. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "Classic description of infantile scurvy ('Barlow’s disease'), which includes the pathology of the condition" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 3720).
Paris: Labé, 1848. First edition. 8vo. Bernard's paper is on pp. 303-19. Entire volume: 512 pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. "Bernard’s first communication regarding his investigation of the glycogenic function of the liver. Reprinted, with translation, in Medical Classics, 1939, 3, 552-80" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 995).
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.....
New York: Samuel S. and W. Wood, 1856. Fourth edition. Three volumes, thick 8vo. Illustrations in text. Contemporary sheep, black morocco lettering-pieces. Provenance: Dr. Otto Juettner (1865-1962), German-born physician primarily responsible for the development and study of medicine in Cincinatti after his emmigration in 1881 (bookplate, ink gift inscription on.....
Burlington: Chauncey Goodrich, 1847. Second edition. 8vo. 304 pp. Original embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. "Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian half-breed who had sustained a gastric fistula, was treated and investigated by Beaumont. With his human medium, Beaumont as the first to study digestion and the movements of the stomach.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1819. 8vo. Bostock’s paper appears on page 161-65. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "Bostock’s classical description of the 'catarrhus aestivus' hay fever, is also referred to as 'Bostock’s catarrh'. It begins the modern era in the clinical recognition of hay fever. The.....
New York: Paul Hoeber, 1917-1937. First editions. Together 11 volumes, 4to. Illustrations in text. Full volumes bound in red library cloth, gilt-lettered on spines; the two final single issues in original printed wrappers. A large run of this important journal. Garrison-Morton-Norman 6652. Included in this run are: HYDE, Edward, Earl.....
N.p. 1668. 12mo (130 x 74 mm). Engraved title. [24], 360 pages. Contemporary vellum. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH of the famous and influential treatise, Browne's 'Relgio medici,' and the only edition in French until the 20th century. "By turns credulous and skeptical, Sir Thomas Browne is one of the most.....
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al, 1842. 8vo. Curling's paper appears on page 260-81. Engraved plates. Modern half leather. FIRST EDITION. "'Curling’s ulcer'. Although not first to report duodenal ulcers as a complication of burns, Curling correlated the work of previous writers on the subject and directed attention to it".....
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.”.....
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).
