A Treatise on the Eye
Edinburgh: for A. Millar at London, and for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour at Edinburgh, 1759. First edition... Read More
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The Psychodynamics of Family Life. Diagnosis and Treatment of Family Relationships.
New York: Basic Books, 1958. Second printing. Inscribed to Burgess Meredith. Inscribed to Burgess Meredith. Read More
Price: $200
The Plates of Maclise's Surgical Anatomy, with the Descriptions from the English Edition … Printed in Oil Colors, after Baxter's...
Boston: John J. Jewett and Company, 1857. American edition of the medical illustrations from Joseph Maclise's Surgical Anatomy, first printed in London, 1851, with hand-colored lithographical plates. The plates, which show successive states of dissection of the human body, are printed here in oil, using Baxter's process, which the editor... Read More
Price: $500
High Baroque Ideal Human Proportions
Les Proportions du Corps Humain, Mesurées sur les plus belles Figures de l'Antiquité.
Paris: Chez Girard Audran, Graveur du Roy, rue S. Jacques, aux deux Piliers d'or, 1783. First edition. High Baroque Ideal Human Proportions. A detailed and elaborate study of the ideal human proportions as derived from the measurement of ancient sculpture, by one of the greatest engravers and etchers of his... Read More
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![ALS to [Edward L.Youmans], the Editor of "Popular Science Monthly." Alexander Bain, British psychologist and logician.](/pictures/thumb/31434.jpg?v=1474604498)
ALS to [Edward L.Youmans], the Editor of "Popular Science Monthly."
London: 30th May, [1876?]. Writing of his disappointment that the printer had not yet sent the proof of his Education article and worrying that it might be late. Bain was the author of several books including “Logic” and “Mind and Body” and “Senses and the Intellect.” He founded the periodical... Read More
Price: $150
Founder of Neurology in England
Autograph letter signed "H. Carlton Bastian"
London: 20 Queen Anne Street, 11 March 1879. Founder of Neurology in England. Asking after Youmans following his accident, noting that he had tried to reach Youmans when he was in England but found that he had left the day before. Writing that he had he no photograph of Clifford... Read More
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System of Surgery: Extracted from the Works of Benjamin Bell of Edinburgh: by Nicholas B. Waters. Fellow of the College...
Philadelphia: Printed by Archibald Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1806. Third edition. Read More
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The Principles of Surgery. Abridged by J. Augustine Smith with Notes and Additions.
New York: Collins and Perkins, 1810. First American Edition. Signed: "Doctor John Y. Lansing presented me with this book Sept 18th 1820 Stephen Schuyler." Signed by Dr. John Y. Lansing on the title-page and by A. Vandeever on the half-title. Read More
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Allgemeine Artzney. In dreyen Theilen verfasset: der erste handelend, von der Gesundheit … der andere, Von der Ungesundheit ... der...
Frankfurt: Fievet, 1674. Second edition, with additional third part on surgery. Manual on medicine and surgery by the Dutch physician Johannes von Beverwyck (1594-1647). Wellcome refers to this edition as a "Reprint of 1671 ed., with addition of Chirurgia”. Read More
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Dr. I.[srael] Newton's Anti-Bilious Bitters, much improved of late...wholesale or retail, of M.K. Paine, Druggist, Windsor Vt.
Norwich, Vt: Janurary, 1846. Read More
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The Bolton Drug Co. Illustrated Price List.
Brooklyn, N.Y: 264-266-268 & 270 Fulton Street, c. 1889. Read More
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Remarks on the Influence of Mental Cultivation upon Health.
Hartford: F.J. Huntington, 1832. First edition. Hunter & McAlpine call this a 'popular...guide to mental hygiene with the stress on social influences.." Brigham was a pyschiatrist who became the first superindendant of the Utica Psychiatric Cente in 1842 and in 1844, became one of the founding members of the Association... Read More
Price: $400
Observations on Abortion: Containing an Account of the Manner in which it takes place, the Causes which produce it and...
Troy, N.Y: Printed by Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, 1808. First American edition. Previously published in England in 1806, then again with revisions in 1807; this first American edition is based on the revised edition of 1807. Read More
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Lehrbuch der Geburtskunde: ein Leitfaden bei akademischen Vorlesungen und bei dem Studium des Faches.
Marburg: Chr. Garthe, 1829. First edition. Read More
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Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals.
London: John Bale, 1936. First edition. Signed by Ashley Montagu. Read More
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The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart, F.R.S. Surgeon to the King.
Philadelphia: 1839. Fifth American from the Last London Edition. Read More
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Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery.
London: John Thomas Cox, 1835. Eighth Edition. Signed: "Wm. Loughridge Manchester October 10/36." and with his stamp "Dr W. Loughridge No. 45" on title page. Read More
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A Classic of Orthodontics
Traité de la Seconde Dentition, et Méthode naturelle de la Diriger; suivis d'un Aperçu de Séméiotique Buccale...
Paris: L'Auteur, rue de la Paix, No. 19, Méquignon-Marvis & Gabon, 1819. First edition. A Classic of Orthodontics. Read More
Price: $600
ANS to Alfred Eisenstaedt Nov. 1955.
1955. Douglas. Donald Wills Douglas, the second son of an assistant cashier of the National Park Bank, was born in Brooklyn, New York, April 6, 1892, and started his education at Trinity Chapel School in New York City. At the age of 17, Donald Douglas entered the U.S. Naval Academy... Read More
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Nightmare Drugs.
New York: Pocket Books, 1966. First edition. Studies LSD, rehabilitation, hallucinogens, sedatives, marijuana and heroin and explains the nature of drug addiction and habituation for preventative actions. Read More
Price: $75
The Principles and Practice of Modern Surgery...Edited by F.W. Sargent, M.D.
Philadelphia: 1849. A New American from the Last and Improved London Edition. Read More
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The First Textbook of Madness - with 27 Plates
Des maladies mentales considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-légal...
Paris: Chez J.-B. Baillière, 1838. First edition, with half-titles. The First Textbook of Madness - with 27 Plates. One of the first systematic attempts to classify and describe the varieties of mental illness. "Esquirol coined the term monomania, a concept which anticipated the modern view of schizophrenia, and he was... Read More
Price: $3,750
Editor's Own Copy
Proceedings of the First World Congress on Fertility and Sterility. Edited by Dr. Carlot Guerreo and Dr. Abner I. Weisman...
[New York]: Published by the International Fertility Association, [1953]. Editor's Own Copy. Weisman's copy with his name stamped in gilt on the upper cover. In addition to being the editor of this volume Dr. Weisman was also the Associate Secretary General of the International Fertility Association. Read More
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Eugene Field. A Study in Heredity and Contradictions.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Copy 126 of 250 copies printed on Holland hand-made paper. Read More
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In Memoriam. Biographical Sketch of the Late Frank P. Foster, M.D., of New York.
New York: [A. R. Elliott Publishing Company], 1911. Included are Editorial Appreciations and “Forty-Six Years of Medicine in New York” (A Posthumous Article) by Frank P. Foster, M.D., Late Editor of the New York Medical Journal. Dr. Foster (1841-1911) specialized in dermatology, obstetrics and gynaecology. This pamphlet was reprinted from... Read More
Price: $75
Inscribed
Reminiscences.
New York: Medical Life Press, 1926. Inscribed. Signed on the title page and inscribed “To my esteemed friend and colleague Dr. Paul E. Bechet with best wishes of the author. April 18th, 1928.” Dr. George Henry Fox (1846-1937), reknowned physician and medical school professor, was one of the six founders of... Read More
Price: $400