Medicine
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1846 A Practical Treatise on the Human TeethLondon: 1846The fourth edition of William Robertson's very scarce mid nineteenth century guide to dental care. Illustrated with six engraved plates.
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1860 On the Loss of Teeth and Loose TeethLondon: 1860Bright early edition of this dental treatise by Thomas Howard.
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1835-1836 De la Compression de l'Aorte; De la CephalotripsieParis: 1835-1836Three very scarce first editions of medical publications regarding pregnancy and birth from Louis-Auguste Baudelocque, in a sumptuous signed binding and presentation case from Rene Simier.
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1926 Virtue's Household PhysicianLondon: 1926Complete five volume set of this 'Household Physician,' a practical medical manual in uniform bindings.
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2007 British Military and Naval Medicine 1600-1830Amsterdam - New York: 2007Lovely first edition of this scarce book concerning British military and naval medicine from 1600 to 1830.
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1977 Of Wounds, of Gun-Shot Wounds, of Fractures And LuxationsBath : 1977A lovely facsimile edition of three treatise on trauma by Richard Wiseman, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.
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1676 The Anatomy of MelancholyLondon: 1676A handsome copy of the eight edition of 'Democritus Junior's' study of melancholia, a fascinating and celebrated work of medicine and philosophy.
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1861 Household MedicineLondon : 1861A lovely rebound copy of this work on Household medicine, with diagrams throughout the text.
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1854 On Lesions of the Vascular System, Diseases of the Rectum, and other Surgical ComplaintsLondon: 1854Scarce first edition of this medical work, compiled and translated by F. le Gros Clark.
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c1902 Phillips' Popular Mannikin or Model of the Human BodyLondon : c1902A wonderful volume that beautifully illustrates the anatomy of the human body with a foldable diagram.
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1857 Montevideo Bajo el Azote EpidemicoMontevideo: 1857Colorado Party politician Heraclio C. Fajardo's contemporary account of the mid eighteenth century Uruguayan Yellow Fever epidemic. The very scarce first edition.
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1901 Impressions of a Doctor in KhakiLondon: 1901A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this Doctor's account of his service during the Second Boer War. Presented to a colleague at the Cape Town military hospital. -
1889 Austrian Health Resorts Throughout the YearLondon: 1889An interesting, nineteenth-century, guide to Austrian health resorts.
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1901 Impressions of a Doctor in KhakiLondon: 1901A scarce first edition copy of Sir Francis Fremantle's memoirs during the Second Boer War.
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1810 A Key to Physic, and the Occult SciencesLondon: 1810An early edition of Ebenezer Sibly's Occult herbal with beautifully illustrated hand-coloured plates.
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1940 Medical Work of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of JerusalemBaltimore : 1940A fascinating and illustrated history of the medical work of the Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem.
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1858 Practical HydropathyLondon: 1858A smart third edition of John Smedley's guide to the popular nineteenth century medical treatment of 'the water-cure'.
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1916 Handbook for Wives and Mothers in IndiaCalcutta and Simla : 1916Second edition of this handbook to the prevention of disease by Dr Mildred Staley, a scarce copy.
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1761 Observations on the Diseases of the ArmyLondon: 1761A fascinating eighteenth-century medical work on the diseases of army personnel, the personal copy of Scottish physician John Lewis Petit.
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1834-92 Reports on Medical Education and Metropolitan HospitalsLondon: 1834-92A uniformly bound collection of nineteenth-century medical reports from Great Britain, offering numerous insights into Victorian medicine and infrastructure.
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1940 Medical Work of the Knights Hospitallers of Saint John of JerusalemBaltimore: 1940A comprehensive illustrated history of the medical work of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, including numerous pieces of ephemera regarding the organisation.
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1869 Guy's Hospital Reports, Volume XIV Third SeriesLondon: 1869Volume XIV from the Third Series of Guy's Hospital Reports, a medical periodical of clinical practice published by Guy's Hospital of London, a scarce work.
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1733 Commentarium Nosologicum, Morbos EpidemicosLondini [London]: 1733The very scarce second edition of physician Clifton Wintringham's pioneering epidemiological survey of early eighteenth century York.
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1951 The Causes of Self-Discharge From HospitalNone: 1951A very scarce and unique typed medical thesis written for the University of Cambridge by John Michael Willcox.
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1866 St. George's Hospital ReportsLondon: 1866St. George's Hospital illustrated reports for the year 1866, a bright copy of this very scarce volume.
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1829 A Catalogue of the Preparations in the Anatomical Museum of Guy's HospitalLondon: 1829Very scarce catalogue concerning the anatomical museum of Guy's Hospital rebound in modern cloth, the first edition.
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1930 The Diary of a Norwich Hospital Medical StudentNorwich: 1930Shephard T. Taylor's very scarce medical student journal from 1858 to 1860, a lovely first edition.
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1836 Guy's Hospital Reports Vols I-IIILondon: 1836-8First edition of this medical journal edited by George H. Barlow, the first three volumes in uniform cloth bindings.
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1693 Aegram ex Lochiorum Retentione Graviter Decumbentem Iussu et Aautoritate Illustris Atque GratiosissimaeJena: 1693A vanishingly scarce Latin dissertation on medicine by Arnoldus Fridericus Beier, an interesting work published in Jena.
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1877 Das Licht im Dienste Wissenschaftlicher ForschungLeipzig: 1877The first edition of this illustrated and important guide to the application and role of photography in science and medicine. A scarce work.
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1828 The Elements of PhysiologyLondon: 1828A smart copy of the fourth edition of John Elliotson's very scarce English language translation of J. Fred. Blumenbach's detailed study of the physiology of the human body.
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1849 Y Llysieu-Lyfr TeuluaiddAbertawy : 1849A scarce copy of this first edition work on medicinal plants in the original Welsh, with some lovely hand-coloured plates.
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1861 Memoir of Baron LarreyLondon: 1861The scarce first edition of this detailed biography of French surgeon and military doctor Baron Dominique Jean Larrey, who served as Surgeon-in-Chief of the Grande Armee during the Napoleonic Wars.
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1859-1860 2Vol The Physiology of Common LifeEdinburgh and London: 1859-1860The first edition of this two volume Victorian era study of human physiology and the body, from the long-term romantic partner of George Eliot.
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1861 On the Parasitic Affections of the SkinLondon: 1861A scarce first edition medical study of parasitic skin conditions, from the founder of the Glasgow Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin.
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1826 2Vol The Anatomy of MelancholyLondon: 1826A lovely edition of seventeenth century English writer Robert Burton's medical study of melancholia, in smart tree calf bindings.