Medical

Hawera, New Zealand: C O Ekdahl, 1924. Well known preacher and abolitionist book on dietary advice for curing illness. Cures given are mostly natural although he recommends using his oitment and oil mixture to aid healing. CONDITION Blue bds with Gilt titles and border (spine faded, gilt dulled to front, cnrs bruised) pp xix 221, half tone portrait frontis with tissue guard (gutter crack to eps exposing mull, else bright and clean internally) #Kiwiana#. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882. Originally released 1879, 5th thousand of 2nd edition. Short biographies of famous abstainers in the temperance movement. Includes Garnet Wolseley, Thomas Burt, President George Hayes, Sir Walter Trevelyan and many more. CONDITION Blue bds with elaborate decoration in Black with bright Gilt titles, pp xxiv 232 tight and very bright internally, light wear and odd mark to bds, 3cm separation to cloth at spine head front, faint faded inscription to verso of half title, very sl dampstains to edge of eps, faint dust near ends at top of pages. A very nice copy.. 2nd Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Kansas City: Hettinger Brothers Mfg. Company, 1898. WESTERN DENTAL JOURNAL- Vol. 12- 1898- J. D. Patterson- Illustrated- Hettinger Brothers Mfg. Company- Kansas City- 1898- 1st Edition- Hardcover:-8vo- 3/4 red leather and boards with gilt titles on spine- rubbing at extremities, but clean, square and tight- 12 monthly issues bound in one volume- from Jan 1898- Dec 1898- ii-vii, 576pp are clean, one peroration on inner edge of one page, otherwise no tears or writing-SEE PHOTOS- "Scarce bound volume with many original contributions on dentistry- treatment of pulpless teeth, alchemy, children's teeth, proximate cavities, breaking a Soubrette's Jaw, non-cohesive gold, tin and tin-gold, etc, etc, etc...some photos, including some from the Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition, Omaha 1898- Non-fiction-science-medicine-dentistry-teeth-monthly-illustrated (2534). 1st Edition. 3/4 Leather & Marbled Boards. VG/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Norwell, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers. New with No Dust Jacket as issued. 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. 227 pages: 6.25 x 9.5 in.: 1.6: KB#007484: No Jacket As Issued. BRAND NEW. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Comprehensive volume on molecular genetics being applied to the prevention and treatment of heart diseases, from DNA tests, to pharmacogenomics, and gene-based therapeutics. Features detailed figures, glossary, three appendices, and references." Content Chapters include; The Human Genome * From Genome To Clinical Phenotype * Identifying Disease Genes in Humans * Inherited Structural And Functional Defects Of Myocardium * Inherited Cardiovascular Disorders * Genetics And Genomics Applied To Diagnosis and Therapy. .

Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good -. 174, [2] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Black cloth with white spine title. Orange and black dust jacket. "The author has established some hereditary regularities of papillary patterns by his new method of cellophanedactylograms . . . The described dactyloscopical method has been tested and successfully used in 1600 paternity law suits." Very scarce. Book is in Near Fine Condition: some sunning to page edges; otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: edges rubbed; 1-cm. tear in lower edge of front section and in upper edge of back section.

New York: Press of the New York University, J. H. Jennings, printer, 1846. Soft Cover. 26 pages; 23 cm. Bedford founded the University Medical College in which he established an obstetrical clinic for those too poor to afford a doctor, the first such clinic in the United States. Very Good; paper imperfections have caused foxing, detached. Stock#OB612 (iab).

Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover title. "Crämer-Kotzian" -- above title. Contains 16 full-page colored illustrations and descriptions of the musclular, nervous, and vascular systems and the skeleton from the front and the back (8 of a man and 8 of a woman). One of the muscular system illustrations for each the man and the woman has 2 smaller panels hinged above parts of the illustration. Text is entirely in German. Lacking the separate panels meant to be housed in the pockets on the front and back fixed endpapers; otherwise, the book is in Very Good+ Condition: small stain at upper edge of front board; occasional finger soiling in the margins; otherwise, clean and… Read More

London: John Churchill and Sons 1868, 6th edition. (Hardcover) 333pp. Good, no dust jacket. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to the front cover. All edges stained red, tables, index. The covers are worn at the corners and bottom edges, the spine is faded and chipped, front inner hinge is cracked. "The Pharmacopoeia of 1864 had the merit of amalgamating the three Pharmacopoeias of Britain, but it had defects, and the Medical Council orders a new Edition to be prepared. A Committee was appointed of eminent men, with the President of the Council as Chairman" - from the Preface to the Fifth Edition. Book about Pharmacopoeia, Prescription Drugs. Time Period 1860's & 19th Century. Identified on cover as: Squire's Companion to the British Pharmacopoeia. Locale: Britain. (Medicine, Pharmacy).

Milford, KS: The Brinkley Press, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. 51pp; Textured tan/gray boards with maroon cloth spine, titling to front, deckle edges, decorations and book title in margins of each page printed in orange ink, slight wear to spine ends, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce vintage quack health treatise promoting Dr. Brinkley's goat-gland transplantation technique for rejuvenation.

Paris: Didot Jeune, 1812. 1st Edition . Cardboard. Good. 4to. 26pp.Old inscription on upper right corner of title page. Numbered No 30 (printed) . Occasional mild foxing on inner pages. Modern full cardboard binding. Binding and a few pages with 2 old inactive worm holes.

Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, later printing. Publisher's original brown cloth boards with gilt stamped spine. Cloth shows light wear to edges, minor soiling. Floral endpapers. Interior is unmarked and generally clean. Index. pp. xi, 256. Originally published in 1869, this printing likely dates from the 1880s. Berjeau's treatise on the homeopathic treatment of venereal and urinary diseases, including sections on spermatorrhea as well as masturbation, is here revised and added to by the American physician, James Henry Paine Frost (1825-1875). Frost was born in Bethel, Maine, and earned his medical degree in 1849 at the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where also taught during the years 1865-1868. He also co-founded and edited the Hahnemannian Monthly.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Achey & Gorrecht, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good+. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very small nick on spine; light soiling on rear cover; corners pushed, else fine. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Thirteen illustrations on plates, displaying the Kromayer Lamp and the Alpine Sun Burner. xiii, 162 pages. The first American book to address the efficacy of ultra violet rays in the practice of dermatology. Written by Dr. Ralph Bernstein (1877-1948) a homeopathic physician and veteran professor of dermatology at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He provides a brief and clear presentation of the clinical application of UVL in the treatment of many cutaneous diseases, based on case experience from private practice, the Skin Section of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia, and various other institutions with which Dr. Bernstein was connected. Contents: [I] The Evolution of Artificial Light Rays. [II] Physical Effects, Histological Changes and… Read More

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1875. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 276 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in dark brown cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt. There is light wear to the binding, which is a little bumped at the corners. The hinges are secure. Previous owner's inscription on the title page. Illustrated with plates, some original drawings, and others taken from standard medical texts of the time. The text is toned but clean and sound. The owner's inscription on the title page reads, "Dr. G. C. Lippincott, U.S.N. / 15 New Cavendish St. / London W. / 20 May, 1878." George Coote Lippincott (1850-1951) was from Salem, New Jersey and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1875. He joined the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy and was both an assistant surgeon at sea and was attached to various Naval Hospitals at Massachusetts, Brooklyn, Pennsylvania, and at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He… Read More

Burgess and Hill, London 1828. Third Edition.
Very scarce UK edition, in one volume by George Gregory MD (1790-1853).
Condition is Good.
Contemporary half calf over marbled boards.
Calf spine has a tear approx 1.5 cm at head and a tear of approx 2 cms at tail. Some wear at corners of boards and at joints.
Binding good but rear hinge with last three leaves weakened. However no leaves are detached, book is not shaken or loose.
Internally there is some light occasional foxing with heavier foxing/browning in early leaves and last few leaves and also pastedowns. Two small pieces missing from top of first blank. There is a signature in ink of a previous owner on title page. Some small notations (indecipherable) by a previous owner in ink on rear pastedown.
All edges marbled.
This is the very scarce UK edition.
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Sur america reportaje medico por el dr tomas a yanez primera edicion habana cuba 1947 prefacio del dr durval prado viaje del autor por varios paises suramericanos narrandonos sus costumbres,su folklore y su situacion medica y social de la epoca.con dedicatoria del autor.