[Le Mans, France: J. Thézard, 1908]. Inscribed by Wilbur Wright. Inscribed by Wilbur Wright in white ink: "To... Read More about Photograph of Wilbur Wright in a Wright Flyer at twilight
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New York: Basic Books, 1958. Second printing. Inscribed to Burgess Meredith. Inscribed to Burgess Meredith. Read More about The Psychodynamics of Family Life. Diagnosis and Treatment of Family Relationships
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[Chicago: Herald-American, ca.1950]. Rare pamphlet outlining the A.A. program. A rare pamphlet from the early years of Alcoholics Anonymous, written by a midwest newspaper reporter and providing a detailed and positive overview of the program.The pamphlet prints in full a series of six articles written by Elgar Brown for the..... Read More about So You Can't Stop Drinking? Here's How to Get a Permanent Seat on the Wagon
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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 about Les Proportions du Corps Humain, Mesurées sur les plus belles Figures de l'Antiquité
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n.p: [1910]. Signed by Orville Wright. Signed by Orville Wright at the right of the image. Albert Bond Lambert was the son of a pharmaceutical magnate and an early St. Louis flight enthusiast; he purchased a flyer from the Wright brothers in 1909, and took flight lessons from Orville Wright..... Read More about Photograph of Orville Wright with Major Albert B. Lambert seated in the Wright Flyer, 1910,...
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![ALS to [Edward L.Youmans], the Editor of "Popular Science Monthly." Alexander Bain, British...](/pictures/thumb/31434.jpg?v=1534804116)
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 about ALS to [Edward L.Youmans], the Editor of "Popular Science Monthly."
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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 about Autograph letter signed "H. Carlton Bastian"
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New York: William Wood and Company, 1880. Beard's significance in his field derives from his argument for the methodical study of neurosis, his efforts to end social condemnation of its sufferers, and his understanding of the connections between mental illness and social organization. Although some viewed Beard as a charlatan..... Read More about A Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia), its Symptoms, Nature, Sequences,...
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Paris: 1886. "Bernheim, a professor in the Faculté de médecine at Nancy, began studying hypnotism, suggestion and hysteria after observing Liébeault's method of treatment by induced sleep. After two years of working closely with Liébeault, Bernheim published the present work in which he stated that hypnosis was not a pathological..... Read More about De la Suggestion et de ses applications à la Thérapeutique
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Paris: Octave Doin, 1891. First edition. Garrison-Morton: "Like Liebeault, Bernheim studied the scientific application of hypnotism and substituted verbal for sensory stimuli; he interpreted hypnotism and its consequent phenomena as being the result of suggestion." Read More about Hypnotisme suggestion psychotérapie. Etudes nouvelles
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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 about Allgemeine Artzney. In dreyen Theilen verfasset: der erste handelend, von der Gesundheit … der...
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Paris: C. Reinwald...Schleicher Freres & Cie, 1903. First edition. Read More about L'Étude Expérimentale et de Psychologie
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London: Henry Henshaw, 1859. First English edition. Read More about On Hallucinations: A history and explanation of apparitions, visions, dreams, ecstasy, magnetism,...
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Brooklyn, N.Y: 264-266-268 & 270 Fulton Street, c. 1889. Read More about The Bolton Drug Co. Illustrated Price List
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Paris - Lyon: B [et] Germer Baillière Librairie - Charles Safy Jeune Librairie-Éditeur, 1844. First edition. Read More about Traité complet de l'Hypochondrie... Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie royale de Médecine
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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 about Remarks on the Influence of Mental Cultivation upon Health
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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 about Observations on Abortion: Containing an Account of the Manner in which it takes place, the Causes...
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Marburg: Chr. Garthe, 1829. First edition. Read More about Lehrbuch der Geburtskunde: ein Leitfaden bei akademischen Vorlesungen und bei dem Studium des Faches
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Paris: 1805. Seconde édition revue, corrigée et augmentée par l'auteur. With half titles. Cabanis's greatest work. Read More about Rapports du Physique et du Moral de l'Homme
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Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company. The Riverside Press, Cambridge [London: Trübner & Co.], 1878. Holmes edited this last book by his classmate and friend Edward H. Clarke (1820-77), an essay left unfinished at Clarke’s death. It is a study of hallucinations and visions, and what causes them. The effects of..... Read More about Visions: A Study of False Sight (Pseudopia.)...With an Introduction and Memorial Sketch by Oliver...
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London: John Bale, 1936. First edition. Signed by Ashley Montagu. Read More about Variations and Diseases of the Teeth of Animals
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Philadelphia: 1839. Fifth American from the Last London Edition. Read More about The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart, F.R.S. Surgeon to the King
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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 about Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery
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Paris: L'Auteur, rue de la Paix, No. 19, Méquignon-Marvis & Gabon, 1819. First edition. A Classic of Orthodontics. Read More about Traité de la Seconde Dentition, et Méthode naturelle de la Diriger; suivis d'un Aperçu de...
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Trenton, NJ: November 28, 1853. Dix writes about her travel plans between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, as well about her most recent philanthropic cause–– the procurement of rescue boats and life-saving equipment for Sable Island, in Nova Scotia, a notorious site of shipwrecks on the east coast to which..... Read More about Autograph Letter Signed ("D.L. Dix") to Eben Merriam
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