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1882293St. Joseph Mo 1882. Very good. 8pp. Newspaper folio. Previously folded. Very minor loss at intersection of folds slightly affecting text. Minor wear at edges. Unopened at top edge. A wonderfully illustrated and rare newspaper promotional for S.A. Richmond & Co.'s patent medicine Samaritan Nervine. Samuel Richmond came to St. Joseph Missouri in the late 1870s and established this "World Epileptic Institute" mostly to sell his elixir which was in fact diluted nightshade. His elaborate advertisements of which this is an example claimed that it not only cured cases of epilepsy but also treated ill-behaved children and sexually dysfunctional elderly men and soothed many other maladies of the nerves. Eventually he was attacked in print by a local newspaper at which point he promptly shot the editor and after being found not guilty by reason of insanity removed to Tuscola Illinois where he continued to produce the potion. This newsprint advertisement provides a vigorous defense of Richmond's product supported by numerous lengthy testimonials. Several illustrations also depict the grounds and offices of his epilepsy institute including strangely though perhaps not surprisingly the press room. OCLC locates only copy at the University of Rochester. unknown books
1860WRCAM41779New York: B.L. Judson & Co. 1860. 24pp. Original yellow printed wrappers. Spine mostly perished. Some chipping and tears to wrappers. Very minor soiling. Good. A rare patent-medicine almanac reprinting the story of an herbalist's rescue of Tula the Aztec princess likely fabricated to promote the sale of Judson's various medicaments. Originally printed in 1859 by the same publisher the almanac recounts the story of the "wealthy herbalist Dr. Cunard who with a trapper named Du Bois or Hawk Eye spent seven years trapping and travelling throughout the Far West. The doctor had a number of unusual experiences not the least of which was his single-handed defiance of the Navajo Tribe as they were about to burn Tula the Aztec princess at the stake. This was accomplished by capitalizing on the fortuitous imminence of a total eclipse of which the good doctor knew after consulting his handy little almanac. The Navajo chief was as confounded as Merlin in an earlier day and promptly gave up not only Tula but also his secret mountain-herb recipe. A trapper's testimonial direct from St. Louis concludes this 'True Account'" - Eberstadt. The almanac seems to have been published for only about four years 1860- 63 although the advertisement/story does appear in a few other almanacs as well. OCLC locates only one copy of the 1861 almanac and only one of most of the others as well at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Rare and interesting. EBERSTADT 127:215 ref. B.L. Judson & Co. unknown books
4545GUY CARLETON 1ST BARON DORCHESTER 1724-1808. Carleton was the British colonial governor of Quebec before and at the beginning of the American Revolution. He retired in 1778 but he was brought back to North America in 1782 to oversee the evacuation of New York by British troops and loyalists. AL. 2pgs. 7 ¾†x 7 ¾â€. April 21 1783. Boston. A handwritten unsigned letter addressed to Sir Guy Carleton as Commander in Chief of All the Forces of His Britannic Majesty in North America. The anonymous author seeks reimbursement for a doctor named Thomas Bulfinch who had his entire stock of medicines taken by the British for their use in Boston. Carleton was the in New York City: “Sir I had the honour to receive Excellency’s very polite letter in consequence of my recommendation of Mr. Livingston to your notice; I fear your Excellency will think me trouble some in my frequent addresses to you but I must beg your indulgence in suffering me to solicit your countenance to the application of Thomas Bulfinch Esqr. a physician of respectable character; the doctor was call’d upon by General Howe when the British Troops were in Boston for the whole of his medicines & drugs which were taken & used in their service the several papers with the variety of circumstances attending this business the doctor has dedicated to Mr. Peter Morton Esqr. a gentleman of reputation in the profession of the law who is accompanied by Mr. Charles Bulfinch son of the Doc’r a young gentleman of an amiable character whom I beg leave to introduce to your Excellency’s notice & civilities & whom I pray the fav. with Mr. Morton’s Lady may be permitted to pass into New York & I shall feel myself exceedingly oblig’d to your Excellency for your countenance & support to Mr. Morton & Mr. Bulfinch in the prosecution of this Business with possible that the Doc’r may meet a Reimbursement and I shall be happy to have an oppo’y to demonstrate my readiness on all occasions to convince you of my disposition to make similar returns & with what truth I am Sir Your Excellency’s Most Obed’t humble Serv’t.†Charles Bulfinch 1763-1844 the doctor’s son mentioned in this letter would go on to become an important architect and he was the second Architect of the United States Capital. His son Thomas Bulfinch 1796-1867 is well-known as the author of Bulfinch’s Mythology. The letter is in fair condition with cross-outs repaired folds and dark ink. unknown books
190926971Paris France: Compagnie Des Eaux Minerales Economiques 1909. A photograph album composed of 29 heavy cardstock leaves each titled with a French hospital with a mounted photograph of the interns of 1908-09. On the mounts printed below the images are the surname-identification of the new doctors along with a quote from a famous medical personage. Photographic studio not identified aside from the printed notice in the surround of "Cliche Femina." Our research indicates that these albums were produced by the Compagnie des Eaux Minerales. as promotional devices; the cover titles are further personalized and include the name of one of the graduates A Monsieur Corylles actually Coryllos from the Hopital Cochin Paris. Dr. Coryllos 1880-1938 was an eminent thoracic surgeon and pioneer in the use of the mobile field hospital saving lives during military conflicts Every photograph black and white silver gelatin process; approx. 4 ¾" x 6" size is characterized by extraordinary clarity and very professionally taken; several of them presenting the graduating physician's candid expressions of humor - one posing with a monkey on his back another lugging a huge travel-box by a rope over his shoulders many with pet dogs & cats one with what appears to be a monstrous lizard; in another three men sit astride sheep and a goat; other portraits promoting expressions of extreme gravitas. The Hopital Des Enfants Malades with two women identified Mlle. Bouteil and Mme. Debre; the Hopital de la Pitie with Mme. Long; Mlle. Dechaux at Hopital Claude-Bernard Aubervilliers; two of the images from the Hopital Bichat & Hopital Beaujon with unidentified women posed with the groups. The images appear to have been taken on the grounds and building forecourts of these medical establishments including: Hopital Andral & Bastion 27 et 29; Beaujon; Berck Sur-Mer; Hospice de Bicetre; Bichat; Boucicaut; Bretonneau; Broca; Broussais; de la Charite; Claude-Bernard Aubervilliers; Cochin; Cochin Annexe; Maison Dubois; des Infantes Assistes; des Infantes Malades; Herold; Hotel-Dieu; Hospice D'Ivry; Laennec; Lariboisiere; La Maternite; Necker; de la Pitie; Saint-Antoine; Saint-Louis; Hospice de la Salpetriere; Tenon; and Hopital Trousseau. Heavy oblong format covers about 8 pounds shipping weight. Approx. 11" x 14" size; gilt titled green pebbled cloth & leather corners; binding damaged worn spine covering gone; all photographs in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Compagnie Des Eaux Minerales Economiques hardcover books
183419309Madisonville Tennessee: Printed at the Office of Henderson & Johnston Edwards & Henderson--Printers 1834. Fourth edition. Sheep rubbed with a small chip at the head of the spine; foxed as usually found; rear free endpaper excised; a very good copy. Large 8vo contemporary likely original sheep brown leather label gilt rules and lettering xv 1 604 pages. The great populist domestic medical guide of Jacksonian America with much on herbal remedies as well as advice on child birth wound care etc. from the Savannah Georgia native and Madisonville Tennessee physician John C. Gunn 1795-1863. See the Atwater catalog summary of Rosenberg's introduction to the facsimile of the 1830 first edition for more on Gunn's work and its contrast to Buchan. This edition includes the added section on epidemic cholera. A so-called second edition was also published in Madisonville in 1834; the first edition was published in Knoxville in 1830 followed by a Knoxville second edition in 1833 and a so-called Madisonville fourth edition in 1833 preceding the Madisonville second edition of 1834. American Imprints Inventory Tennessee 291; Atwater 1461 this edition. Printed at the Office of Henderson & Johnston, Edwards & Henderson--Printers, unknown books
53656in an extensive fragment of an autograph report signed 5 January 1863 at Nashville Tennessee. 4to. Four pages approximately 750 words illustrated with a rough sketch map of the positions of the Union divisions at the battle comprising the final three pages of a seven page report with an extra leaf inserted. Folded several short splits at folds. Quite legible and very good. McArthur a Union surgeon who was responsible for establishing a hospital in Nashville gives a detailed first-hand account of the developments of the battle on its first day 31 December 1862 describing the chaos on the Union right its destruction and flight "a stampede more ludicrous and unmanageable than that of Bull Run" and assigns blame to General Richard W. Johnson commanding a division under McCook who "was taken by surprise while his troops were eating and his artillery horses drinking . and upon Gen. Johnson rests the blame of this shameful retreat & loss of life." Attending to his medical duties that day McArthur reports "making provision for the wounded in establishing Hospitals for the accommodation of those already injured and extracting balls dressing wounds and performing some capital operations required from the casualties of the day in which your humble servant played no inconsiderable part amputating two limbs &c &c . later I have stood at amputating table two days and two nights and am constantly working to make the ill soldiers comfortable. I am striving to establish a U.S. Hospital at Nashville." A stirring report on the heat of battle. <br/><br/> unknown books
185056045Mexico: Tipografia de R. Rafael 1850. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. Short treatise on the treatment of cholera in Mexico a disease that became more widespread there in the wake of the recent war with the United States. OCLC locates eight copies New York Academy of Medicine California-San Diego Countway Ohio State College of Physicians Brown SMU Wellcome. Original printed yellow wrappers text within a wide ornamental border. Very good. 2488. <br/><br/> Tipografia de R. Rafael unknown books
1887751New Haven: Healy & Bigelow 1887. Good plus. 16pp. Oblong octavo. Original chromolithographic wrappers stapled. Light wear and soiling covers a bit chipped. Minor wear and soiling to contents. Patent medicine advertisement comprised of sixteen chromolithographic scenes of "Kickapoo Indian life" each bordered with slogans promoting the patent medicine. The scenes some of which are based loosely on George Catlin's work include "Attacking the Grizzly Bear" "The Scalp Dance" "Buffalo Hunting "Buffalo Hunt under the White Wolf Skin" "Antelope Shooting" "Archery of the Mandans" "The Snow Shoe Dance" and others. Slogans include such guarantees as "There is no blood disease which Kickapoo Indian Sagwa cannot cure" "The uncivilized red man has produced the Kickapoo Indian salve" and "The Principal medicine for worms is the Kickapoo Indian worm killer." The five medicines on offer -- Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Indian Oil Worm Killer Salve and Cough Cure -- claim to cure everything under the sun from worms to boils to eczema to dyspepsia. Fewer than ten locations in OCLC. Healy & Bigelow unknown books
197621944London: The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medecine 1976. First edition. 1 vols. Large 4to. Cloth. Fine. First edition. 1 vols. Large 4to. The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medecine unknown books
1741224902Halle: Waysenhaus 1741. Collation; 1 a-c8A-pppp8. 7 ff. 1-1232 pp. 56 ff. index. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary vellum soiled foot of spine worn some browning of text. A few faint contemporary ink markings in prelims. A fresh sound copy. Collation; 1 a-c8A-pppp8. 7 ff. 1-1232 pp. 56 ff. index. 1 vols. 8vo. Mid-eighteenth-century edition of this popular German medical work by Christian Friedrich Richter 1676-1711 medical doctor and theologian and medical director of the Halle orphanages.<br/><br/>From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer JAMA 143:329 and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal Preventive Medicine. cf. Blake 381 12th ed. Leipzig same year; Hirsch/H. IV 799 Waysenhaus] unknown books
183056621Cincinnati OH: Robinson and Fairbank 1830. First edition the issue with four plates but with the horse plate of "Wyandot" rather than "Consul Cox's Arab". 12mo. xii 13-367 pp. Illustrated four plates frontispiece lacking small fold down portion at top two engraved by W. Woodruff a Philadelphia engraver who moved to Cincinnati after 1824 Stauffer. Includes the chapter "Blooded Horses in the West" by Daniel Gano pp. 345-362 the first history of the thoroughbred in Kentucky and Ohio; also includes "The Horse" pp. 70-104 "Diseases of Animals" pp. 320-339 illustrated with a folding plate showing the anatomy of a horse and "The Grape and Manufacture of Wine" pp. 292-309 among many sections. A second edition was published in 1832 under the title "The Farmer's Guide and Western Agriculturalist." Sabin 102962 "4 plates 3 folding". American Imprints 5411. Henderson "Early American Sport" p. 41. Rink "Technical Americana" 1360. Morgan "Ohio Imprints" 2086. Not in Thomson or Coleman. NUC "4 plates part folding". Several signatures pulled persistent foxing a little text loss to one leaf from a printing flaw but a good solid copy with the defect to one plate noted. Contemporary calf rubbed spine ends a little frayed gilt title and ornaments on spine. #2812. OCLC presently records 37 institutions holding a copy of "The Western Agriculturist" and we have found several others from other sources. Surveying those libraries 31 responses we found multiple copies in several for a total of 35 but twelve copies were reported as being defective i.e. lacking plates or portions of plates or text nine copies were reported as actually being either microfilm versions or photocopies and seven others were reported to be ghosts i.e. the institution's copy was either lost or had never actually been in the collection. Of the seven copies reported as being complete four reported four plates a frontispiece memorializing the Hamilton County Public Library plates of an Improved Durham Short Horn cow the horse "Consul Cox's Arab" and a plate illustrating the anatomy of the horse Library of Congess Kentucky Transylvania Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public and three Columbia Western Reserve Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public reported three plates the Durham cow and anatomy plates as described above and a frontispiece portrait of the horse Wyandot. <br/><br/> Robinson and Fairbank unknown books
165428102Londini: Excudebat R. Nortonus 1654. 1st edition Lowndes III p. 1302; Watt. AUTHORS II 583e; Wing L-229A. Disbound. Text block dusty & thumbed. A VG copy. 4 38 pp. Title proper & first part of other title information printed in Greek letters. Text in two columns with Greek & Latin in parallel. Pinter's device to t.p. Tailpiece. Lacks frontis portrait of Cromwell. 12mo: A2 B - D6 E1. 5-1/2" x 3-5/8" <br/><br/>Scarce book- OCLC records but one institutional holding NLM; we are aware of two others BL & OB. Excudebat R. Nortonus unknown books
18253010London: John Knight & Henry Lacey 1825. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volume set. Small 8vos. Full contemporary greeen morocco gilt spines rather worn and rubbed. Internally nice and clean. Interesting essays on a wide range of medical topics. <br/><br/> John Knight & Henry Lacey hardcover books
181626868New York NY: Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution 1816. x 2 contents 180 2 Table IV Finis pages last page blank. Title page with the ownership signature of James R. Wood at top; and with another name lined-through of William Chambers. Concerning this book ". New York Hospital's pharmacopoeia was published in 1816 four years before the publication of the United States Pharmacopoeia. This caused considerable concern among the attending physicians about the potential abridgement of the physician's right to prescribe." from: New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell site Dr. James Rushmore Wood 1816 -1882 "began the practice of medicine in his native city and in 1847 he became a member of the medical board of Bellevue hospital New York. At that time this institution was a receptacle for lunatics paupers criminals and other victims of a depraved life. The most rudimentary hygienic laws were grossly violated in its management and the nursing was inefficient and untrustworthy. With the assistance of Morris Franklin president of the board of aldermen Dr. Wood set about reforming this state of things and labored so successfully that he soon reduced the annual death-rate by 600. He also made all the post-mortem examinations amounting to many hundreds yearly established Saturday surgical clinics and founded the Wood prize for the best anatomical dissection."Appleton Dr. Wood was also Chair of Operative Surgery and Surg. Path. in Bellevue Hosp. Coll. and Emeritus Prof. of Surgery until 1882.the most famous American surgeon of his day and the pioneer in periosteal surgery. Author of many papers and treatises." Title page also with the previous owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894; his medical education was accomplished in NY at the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1858. Printer A. Paul. Approx. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" size; bound in later 19th century dark brown textured cloth dark brown morocco leather corners & spine gilt spine titles & lines simple gilt rules on the boards block edges lightly sprinkled red. Cloth with loss of color at edges; binding with edge tips wear; contents foxed spotty; in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Collins & Co. Published Under the Authority of the Physicians and Surgeons of That Institution hardcover books
183511108London: Edward Portwine 1835. 1st Edition in English cf. Garrison & Morton 3221 for the 1st edition of 1825. Original publishers green cloth spine over drab boards with printed paper title label to spine. Contemporary ownership signature of Dr. Edmund Ormond. Professionally rebacked. A Very Good copy. 388 pp 4 pp publisher advert at rear. 8vo approx 5.75" x 9". <br/><br/> Edward Portwine hardcover books
18347587Boston: J. Howe Printer no. 39 Merchant's Row; D. Hooton printer 1834. Booklet single sheet folded in eight 17 x 10 cm. printed recto and verso 7 1 pages twice printed same both sides. FIRST EDITION. A brief manual of recipes a short materia medica offered by Boston's Thomas Hollis Druggist and Apothecary. The title continues "list of articles contained in the chest" followed by a table of contents "Emetics Physical Billious Pills Jalap and Calomel Rhubarb. Camphor Tarlington's Balsam of Life Laudanus Essence of Peppermint Elixir Palegoric White Vitriol etc." The final section covers artificial respiration. On the rear panel Hollis offers actual medicine chests "for ships or families. medicine chests put up very cheap with medicine of the first quality and designed for fishing and coastal vessels." as well as a number of inks lemon syrup and soda. Small chip from rear panel not effecting text. WITH: Broadside 29 x 22 cm. Publication information from OCLC record. A small broadside advertising Dr. Ward's Asthmatic Pills a patent medicine offered as an anti-tussive agent by Hollis. Printed with an interlocking border of ringlets. Trimmed a bit close. Still very good. OCLC locates one copy UMich. Clements Library. J. Howe, Printer, no. 39 Merchant's Row; D. Hooton, printer unknown books
129359hardcover. Real Academia Nacional de Medicina. 16 vols. 8vo flexible white cloth; slightly soiled. Madrid: Julio Cosano 1921-1949.<br/><br/> A scholarly set on internal medicine biography epidemics pediatrics and other topics.<br/><br/> unknown books
16584World War I Photo Album of World War I 1915-1918. Hospital Camp. 9 vintage photographs. 7 x 9 in. Photographs mounted with adhesive; 2 loose. During WWI the flow of casualties from the various theaters of war overwhelmed the existing medical facilities in Great Britain and many ad-hoc war hospitals were created at military camps across the country. Remarkable photograph of surgery performed by nurse and four doctors who wear aprons and have their sleeves rolled up. Photographs of military officers medical staff and exterior of the camp including military barracks medical buildings and images of medical transport automobiles marked with a large Red Cross. Throughout the photos individuals are busy with caring for injured soldiers who are carried on stretchers and shown resting in bed. Includes many images of women working as nurses and medical staff alongside men. 9 blank pages at end of album. Small tears and chips around edges of front and back cover. Photos in very good condition. unknown books
19061073Chicago 1906. Very good. 27pp. Original tan printed wrappers stapled. Slight separation at spine ends corners and edges bumped and lightly chipped. Light wear and soiling internally. An interesting combination of death announcement biography and medical advertisement. The work opens by stating that Dr. Sarah DeLoss died November 14 1906 and her medical practice has passed to her capable son-in-law Dr. W.F. Hormann who also speaks German very useful for the Chicago populace of the time. The pamphlet lauds the amazing abilities of Dr. DeLoss over thirty years of intuitive naturopathic practice including a lengthy testimonial from another woman doctor. "We are about to tell of a woman who has reached the top of the ladder not by hard study but through natural gifts. . She is a perfect diagnostician which is head among her many natural gifts. She is a natural botanist; she knows every growing plant and its medicinal use. . She not only tells the disease but the cure is forthcoming." There follow remedies for common ailments -- all of which you can order by mail from Dr. Hormann -- and a catalogue of symptoms and their potential treatments. A closing ad by Dr. Hormann notes: "I offer the public roots and herbs in their natural state; I use no mineral poisons." We locate a single copy in OCLC in the Schlessinger Library at Harvard. unknown books
1711216118London: Printed for Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge 1711. 1 vols. 12mo. Advertisement leaf laid down as backing of terminal leaf p. 191 with some old paper reinforcements obscuring part of the headline and a few letters. Book is bound in half calf worn with numerous contemporary signatures William Bliss Mary Rotten etc. and pen starts on verso of title and frontispiece. 1 vols. 12mo. Bookseller's Nostrum 'from Chili in America'. Advertisement<br/>There is lately brought from Chili in America a most excellent natural Balsam far exceeding that of Peru and Tokay in curing most Diseases in human Bodies. Tis a Remedy no Man under the Sun can compose as being a most Odoriferous and Natrual Balsam. It cures all Pains proceeding from Cold corroborates the Stomach creates an Appetite and strengthens the whole Body : It is a wonderful Remedy for all internal Sores Bruises Ulcers &c. and mightily helps all Asthmatical Distempers: 'Tis also a great Cephalick helping most Diseases of the Head and strengthening the Brain and Nerves : It kills the Worm provokes Urine and is good against the Stone; helps all Fluxes of the Belly is excellent in all Diseases of the Ears especially Deafness : It also cures all manner of green Wounds.<br/>Not It is only to be had of Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-bridge at 1 S 6 d. the Ounce; the Bottles are Seal'd with the Balsam-tree. Printed for Eben Tracy at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge unknown books
1767214865Hamburg: Im Verlage der typographischen Gesellschaft 1767. ii 118 724 4; 166 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf. Joints rubbed with some old repairs; closed tear in margin of pp. 80/81. Fresh and attractive copy. ii 118 724 4; 166 2 ads pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Early German edition of Tissot's influential 'Avis au peuple sur la santé' first published in Lausanne in 1761 here translated with two related texts on the imperfection of other German medical works and a Swedish work on longevity<br/><br/>From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer JAMA 143:329 and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal Preventive Medicine. Im Verlage der typographischen Gesellschaft unknown books
191912189Washington: G.P.O. 1919. 1st edition. 4to. 446pp. original cloth with illustrations. Front hinge loose signature on pastedown endpaper otherwise good. G.P.O. unknown books
1907525361907. MEDICINE. MODERN MEDICINE Its Theory and Practice. In original contributions by American and Foreign authors. Edited by William Osler and assisted by Thomas McCrae. Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co. 1907-1910. Complete in 7 volumes. Illustrated. Crown 8vo. red cloth with spine in gilt. Boards are generally soiled with light stain to upper cloth of volume one. Some wear to edges with bumped cornors. Internally text is clean and tight however three volumes have hinges cracked. A very good set. a. unknown books
1831WRCAM34992Boston 1831. Two volumes bound in one. vi213-78; 82pp. Original paper boards. Boards bumped and scuffed. Early ink scribbling in front and rear endpapers. Good. One of the first publications involving the work of Wooster Beach a major voice in the 19th-century botanico-medical movements. CORDASCO 30-0753. hardcover books
1886926Portland 1886. Good. Broadsheet 11 x 8.5 inches. Old fold lines light wear and soiling a few chips. Rare and ephemeral handbill for "Fairdale Bitter Water" marketed as a mineral water with remarkable health benefits for a variety of ailments. "The possibilities of this water are almost beyond belief as any reputable physician will testify." One side of the broadsheet contains an engraving of the product "put up in elegant flint glass bottles containing a full quart." A nice piece of medical quack advertising from the Pacific Northwest. unknown books
