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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. -
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. -
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. -
1870 Creative and Sexual ScienceNew York: [1870]An interesting study of sexuality and reproduction by Orson Squire Fowler. -
1877-1888 12Vols in 4 Hardwicke's Science-GossipLondon: 1877-1888Twelve beautifully illustrated and fantastically informative volumes of this popular Victorian era popular science periodical. -
1805-21 Practical Observations on the Treatment of Strictures in the Urethra, and in the OseophagusLondon: 1805-21A lovely set of the important early gynecological work by Everard Home, complete with illustrations of folding plates. -
1877 Mr. Spencer Wells's Note Book For Cases of Ovarian and Other Abdominal TumoursLondon: 1877A very scarce notebook for cases of ovarian tumours, by Spencer Wells, filled out with a case of an old maid by a Mr. Greig Smith. -
1917-1921 2Vol Studies in the History and Method of ScienceOxford: 1917-1921Charles Singer's extensively researched and illustrated two volume history of science and medicine, here in their first editions. -
1852 Traite de la Maladie VenerienneParis: 1852The second edition in French of John Hunter's important treatise on venereal diseases, an influential work with late additions by Philippe Ricord. Illustrated with nine folding plates. -
1832 A Practical Treatise on Uterine Hemorrhage, in Connexion With Pregnancy and ParturitionLondon: 1832A very scarce first edition of this important nineteenth century treatise on pregnancy, childbirth, and uterine hemorrhage, illustrated with a frontispiece. -
1787 A Set of Anatomical Tables, With Explanations, and an Abridgment of the Practice of MidwiferyEdinburgh: 1787A scarce early textbook on midwifery by William Smellie, an important work illustrated throughout. -
1794 Traite sur Divers Accouchemens Laborieux et sur les Polypes de la MatriceBrussels; London: 1794An early French treatise on childbirth, an interesting work by Herbiniaux with detailed folding plates. -
1727 The Diseases of Women With Child, and in Child-Bed, as Also, the Best Means of Helping Them in NaturalLondon: 1727The sixth English edition of Mauriceau's important and influential early work on the science of midwifery, illustrated with folding plates. -
1907 The Prolongation of LifeLondon: 1907A scarce first English language edition of Metchnikoff's studies on the prolongation of life. -
1921 Life of Elie MetchnikoffLondon: 1921The scarce first English language edition of Olga Metchnikoff's biography of her husband Elie. -
1893 Diseases of the Brain and Spinal CordGlasgow: 1893The first edition of William Macewen's sought-after study of diseases of the brain and spinal cord. -
1843 Principles of Human PhysiologyPhiladelphia : 1843The first American edition of this study of human physiology by William B Carpenter, with numerous woodcuts. -
1836 The Nervous System of the Human Body: As Explained in a Series of Papers Read Before the RoyalEdinburgh: 1836An uncommon third edition of Charles Bell's extensive study on the nervous system of the human body, complete with folding plates. -
1841 A Familiar Treatise on the Five Senses, Being an Account of the Conformation and FunctionsLondon: 1841A scarce work by Charles Bell on the five sense, a fascinating medical treatise illustrated with hand-coloured plates. -
1907 Immunity in Infective DiseasesCambridge : 1907An early printing of this medical work concerning immunity in infective diseases, translated from the French. -
1989 A History of ImmunologyLondon: 1989A bright copy of this third impression study of immunology by Arthur Silverstein, in the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1821 A General System of Toxicology, or, a Treatise on Poisons, Drawn From the Mineral, Vegetable,London: 1821The second edition of this vanishingly scarce and popular medical work by Mathieu Orfila on toxicology, an important work. -
1817 On the Nature and Treatment of Tetanus & Hydrophobia, With Some Observations on aDublin: 1817A very scarce first edition work on the treatment of the diseases tetanus and rabies, an interesting early work on the subjects complete with a hand coloured frontispiece. -
1776 A Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally growing in Great BritainBirmingham and London: 1776The scarce first edition of this important illustrated two volume study of the flora of England and their medicinal uses, the first English language work to be based upon Linnaean taxonomy. -
1826-1831 2Vol Elements and Treatise of the Theory and Practice of PhysicPhiladelphia: 1826-1831Physician George Gregory's detailed two volume study of medical ailments, diseases, cures and treatments. -
1894 Dr. William Smellie and His Contemporaries, A Contribution to the History of Midwifery in the Eighteenth CenturyGlasgow: 1894A fascinating and uncommon work on the contributions of physicians to the field of midwifery in the eighteenth century, written by John Glaister in the late nineteenth-century. -
1811 Engravings of the ArteriesLondon: 1811A fascinating and scarce work consisting of hand coloured engravings of the arteries of the human body, accompanied by detailed explanatory notes. -
1819 Essays on the Powers of the Human MindEdinburgh : 1819Three volumes comprising a series of essays illustrative of the intellectual powers of the brain by Thomas Reid. -
1828 On Aneurism, and its Cure by a New OperationLondon: 1828A very scarce first edition of this proposed surgical cure for aneurisms, illustrated with anatomical diagrams. -
1852 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing DesignLondon: 1852An impressively detailed and illustrated study of the comparative anatomy and physiology of the hand. -
1834 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing DesignLondon: 1834An impressively detailed and illustrated study of the comparative anatomy and physiology of the hand. -
1905 Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and SwineLondon: 1905The very scarce first edition of Moussu and Dollar's detailed medical work on the diseases and care of animals, illustrated throughout. -
1941 British MedicineLondon: 1941A fine Sangorski & Sutcliffe first edition of this concise volume on the history of British medicine, bound for and from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. -
1935 2Vol The Household PhysicianLondon: 1935A brightly illustrated guide to medical care in the home. -
1953 Adventures in Physiology with Excursions into AutopharmocologyLondon: 1953The first edition of this work of the collected publications of a prominent Nobel Prize winning physiologist of the twentieth century. -
1935 RespirationOxford: 1935The very scarce revised edition of a ground breaking work on the science of breathing.