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182637211Harrisburg PA 1826. Folio sheet folded to 4 pp for mailing. Addressed with Harrisburg postmark to Dr. Fairlamb in Downingtown. With tear from seal remnant affecting a single letter. Very Good.<br/><br/> "My Dear Fairlamb In as much as the passage of the new Medical school bill will crowd our profession which is already full by offering greater facilities to the study of medicine and as the Jefferson Medical faculty have already given us an earnest that they will prostitute medical honours by conferring them on men unacquainted with medical science the interest of medical men throughout the State is consequently deeply involved. The degree of Dr. of medicine has been conferred on Jonathan Pound a book-binder by the Jefferson College after having attended one course only. Five of the six professors were in favour of conferring a degree on my neighbour Henry Zook who is almost an idiot. A letter was received last night from Dr. Hiester of Reading in which he states that "two quacks in Lebanon county have actually received from the professors of the Jefferson College a promise of the Degree of Doctor of Medicine for exertions which they have made and are still making to send forward petitions in favour of the new medical school.<br/> "From such dishonourable proceedings I am confident that your well judging mind will revolt. As the more you view this bill in all its bearings the more you will be convinced that it will interfere with our interest." Harris urges Fairlamb to use his influence by urging Representative Hunt to oppose the bill.<br/> Hon. William Harris 1799-1865 a civil engineer was the son of James Harris a Pennsylvania State Senator and cofounder of the town of Bellefonte. He was son-in-law of Dr. George Ashbridge Fairlamb 1784-1829. Dr. Fairlamb received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1808 and practiced medicine in Downingtown for many years. He also established The Independent Journal of Downingtown a Jackson paper with George Plitt in 1827. unknown books
184241928Libanon i.e. Lebanon PA: Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman 1842. 1st edition American Imprints 42-2898. Period brown half sheep binding with blue paper wrapped boards. General wear to binding with leather tips mostly worn away. Lacks ffep. Period poi dated 1854 to preliminary blank. Usual browning & foxing to paper. A Good copy of this uncommon veterinary handbook to horse care and horseshoeing by a farrier in Lancaster County. xii 184 pp. Text in German fraktur. Full-page wood engraving of man leading a horse on recto of leaf preceding the title page i.e. image doesn't face title page. 12mo signed in 6s. 7" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Gedruckt bey Jos. Hartman hardcover books
1818WRCAM35016New York: R. Donaldson 1818. iii-viii200pp. Dbd. original rear paper board present front board lacking. Front two leaves chipped in upper right corner not affecting text; otherwise good. Intended as a companion to William Lewis' THE EDINBURGH NEW DISPENSATORY. Austin. A collection of perscriptions drawn from a variety of sources. AUSTIN 784. R. Donaldson unknown books
1628284567Frankfort: Matthaeus 1628. hardcover. very good. 479 pages with heavy brown toning throughout. 32mo full early vellum with wallet edge small faded library stamp on title page well-preserved in 2-part board slipcase. Frankfort: Excudebat Matthaeus Kempffer Impensis Vincenti Steinmeyeri 1629. A very good copy.<br/><br/> The little seaside town of Salerno near Naples.was known to the Romans as an ideal health resort. The medical teachings and traditions of its famous school the first independent medical school of the time came upon the dreary stagnation of the Dark Ages with something of the invigorating freshness of the sea The Salernitan masters as Neuburger observes were the first medieval physicians to cultivate medicine as an independent branch of science" Garrison History of Medicine pp.147-152.<br/><br/> Matthaeus unknown books
183511448Boston: Printed by I. R. Butts 1835. 1st edition American Imprints 32343; Cordasco 30-0506. PRESENTATION copy. Original brown publisher's cloth professionally rebacked. Spine label. Overall VG foxing/modern bpt/some staining to rear eps & last few leaves/some chipping to spine label. 444 pp including index. 4to. 9-1/2" x 6" <br/><br/>Jackson a prominent early 19th c. physician who was 'one of the first in America to investigate vaccination in a scientific spirit' and was '. largely responsible for founding Massachusetts General Hospital.' Jackson Sr wrote this memorial shortly after his son's death in 1834 and '. he never recovered from this overwhelming loss.' The book 'is an interesting psychological document in that it is entirely objective and almost wholly devoid of any evidence of the deep feeling which prompted him to write it.' DAB. Printed by I. R. Butts hardcover books
1894WRCAM43763New Haven 1894. 32pp. Original color pictorial wrappers. Lightly soiled a few small tears. Very good. Almanac and patent medicine catalog published by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. of New Haven. Though it does contain an almanac calendar the publication is primarily comprised of advertisements and testimonials about the company's products - including a cure for tapeworms. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. was operated by John E. Healy and Charles F. Bigelow and was one of the most famous of the Indian patent medicine companies. The bright pictorial cover shows an Indian on horseback in the desert. Relatively scarce. unknown books
1896WRCAM43762New Haven 1896. 32pp. Original color pictorial wrappers. Lightly soiled. Very good plus. Almanac and patent medicine catalog published by the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. of New Haven. Though it does contain an almanac calendar the publication is primarily comprised of advertisements and testimonials about the company's products. The Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. was operated by John E. Healy and Charles F. Bigelow and was one of the most famous of the Indian patent medicine companies. The bright pictorial cover shows a baby in a papoose. Relatively scarce. unknown books
1739219163Paris: Chez Briasson 1739. First edition. xx 105 21 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Latter patterned boards title in gilt on spine new endpapers. Fine. First edition. xx 105 21 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Chez Briasson unknown books
16210Two letters commending a female medical student Clara Cowles who is about to enter the field. The first is an autograph letter signed and dated 16 March 1893. 1 page handwritten on National Homeopathic Medical College of Chicago letterhead from the desk of W. M. W. Davison M. D. 9 x 5 ¾ in. Excellent condition with two horizontal fold lines. Davison writes in part: "Miss Cowles Kindly I wish to congratulate you for your most excellent paper." This letter also comes with a business card from W. M. W. Davison again dated March 16th 1893 which verifies that "Miss C S Cowles has passed the examination in Histology and Physiology and her standing is 90 in the former and 100 in the latter."<br/><br/>The second is a typed letter signed and dated January 24 1896. 1 page on The People's Health Journal letterhead from the desk of editors L. D. Rogers M.D. and Ida Wright Rogers M.D. two married doctors. 8.5 x 11 in. They write:<br/><br/>"Miss Clara CowlesEl Dorado Kas.<br/>Dear Miss Cowles:--<br/>Your favor of the 17th. together with your first examination papers came duly to hand. We have returned the papers. They were excellent. <br/>We thank you for the names of your two friends and will write to them. Let us hear from you often. <br/>Yours very sincerely Drs Rogers & Rogers"<br/><br/>Very good condition with two vertical fold creases and one horizontal one at center. Small tear at upper left crease. Comes with a joint business card for Drs. Rogers & Rogers and inscribed in pencil on verso is the address for Dr. E. S. Reed Dentist. Four more inscribed business cards from doctors are included. One of the cards is from Dr. E. S. Reed and has a neat inscription on verso in ink declaring that Miss C. S. Cowles "has a standing of 98 in Dental-Surgery for the session of 1892 & '93" signed by E.S. Reed Professor of Dental Surgery. Interesting 19th century correspondence related to a young woman's medical education and those who offered her professional support and encouragement. unknown books
190660235Chicago IL: np 1906. Black lettered pink paperwraps stapled. 8vo. 7 pp. Signed on the front wrapper "with the compliments of author." OCLC lists one copy at College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The author who lives in Citronelle Ala. focuses a good part of this pamphlet on Citronelle known at the turn of the century for its healing waters and herbs. <br/><br/> np paperback books
188427017Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1884. 226 pages. The material in the reports and papers includes updates from: Ship Island the country's first quarantine station; the Sapelo refuge station; a report on the origin of the yellow fever epidemic in Pensacola Florida in 1882 which is illustrated with a folding architectural plan of medical care facilities along with a Map of Pensacola that shows locations disease spread in red among the neighborhoods with ship names personnel names and various local populace; another folding chart shows ship locations in the harbor and docking facilities at the time. Also reports on New Orleans & Memphis operations; immigrant-inspection services in several large U.S. cities; laws relating the National Board of Health; consular and miscellaneous reports including on cholera in Japan distoma ringeri and parasitical haemoptysis in Hong Kong China; Filaria disease; probabilities of cholera in Europe in Shanghai; the epidemic of typhoid in Liege; treatment of leprosy at Maracaibo; Beri-beri in Ceylon; chemical treatment of sewage in Berlin; and other reports. A folding map offers the General Track of Epidemics in Eastern Asia; another folding map printed in tints shows the course of the epidemics of 1877 & 1879 in Japan and ".the Severity of the Epidemic." compiled by D.B. Simmons M.D.; folding charts printed in red and black track meteorological data during the epidemic and other charts depict filaria data and parasite illustrations. Title page with the small very faint owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 6" x 9 1/4"size; bound in the original sober governmental dark brown cloth; bronze-gilt spine titles. Some edge tips wear and dustiness to the boards; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office hardcover books
189621778Chicago: Fred Klein Co 1896. First edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Full red morrocco binding. All edges in gilt. Satin moire endpapers. 618 pp. Nearly 175 illustrations provided by C. Everett Johnson. This copy labeled "Author's Edition". INSCRIBED by the good Doctor and dated in 1898. A very good copy overall with some spine darkening and light wear to spine tips. Internally clean. Publisher's summary descriptive sheet laid in. Comes in a supplied hard slipcase which is very worn and chipped but has protected this volume quite nicely. <br/><br/> Fred Klein Co unknown books
180547010Worcester MA: Isaiah Thomas Jun 1805. First Worcester edition. 6 copperplate engravings. 694 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep which has been wrapped over the original leather binding with the inner flaps crudely sewn together. Signatures. Some light foxing else very good. First Worcester edition. 6 copperplate engravings. 694 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Edinburgh Dispensatory was used widely throughout England and the United States and received its first printing in the latter part of the 18th century. This edition was compiled by the title's third editor following in the footsteps of William Lewis and Andrew Duncan Sr. and ran throught several editions between 1803 and 1830. S & S 8374 Isaiah Thomas, Jun unknown books
1829533Lancaster Pa: Gedruckt und zu haben bey H. W. Villee 1829. 12mo. 170 x 105 mm. 6 ¾ x 4 inches. 192 pp. Illustrated with two woodcut vignettes in the text. Contemporary leather spine over decorated paper boards; spine worn away marbled paper rubbed away leaving paste paper boards exposed; signatures sprung but still intact. Paper stock is brown with age and is partially water stained. This copy with ownership signature reading "Henry Kauffman / his book it was / bought for 50 cents / 1833." With faults a complete copy of a fragile but scarce book in the trade. Second edition originally published in Carlisle in 1826. Contains remedies for most aliments that cause sickness and pain to humankind including herbal tonics and salves. The book includes a useful glossary of German terms translated into English and an index. Shoemaker Checklist of American Imprints 40361. Arndt German Language Printing 3025. Gedruckt und zu haben bey H. W. Villee unknown books
183219132Columbus O.: Published by Pike Platt and Co. M. L. Lewis.Printer 1832. An early edition of this popular work. Some light wear and some foxing; small ink stain to a few leaves; a very good copy. 12mo contemporary likely original tree calf red morocco label gilt lettering 206 2 pages edges sprinkled. First published in 1829 in Columbus O. based on a series of lectures delivered in Cincinnati and the earliest known work in support of the populist Thomsonian botanical medicine system. Evidently expanded over the earlier 162-page editions. Atwater 2991 this edition; Morgan Ohio Imprints 178; Cordasco 30-0766. Published by Pike, Platt and Co., M. L. Lewis......Printer, unknown books
175727045Venetiis: Laurentium Basilium 1757. 22 536; 591-621 pagination mis-numbered content consecutive 1 pages Catalogus Laurentium Basilium. Frontispiece portrait illustration of the author; woodcut title chapter & tailpiece ornaments. Latin text with occasional Greek. The works of Hermann Boerhaave 1668 - 1738 Dutch physician associated with the Univ. of Leiden; appointed ".the chair of practical medicine and in this capacity he had the merit of introducing the modern system of clinical instruction. Four years later he was appointed also to the chair of chemistry." see Encyc. Brit. 11th ed. Including: Institutiones medicae; Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis; Libellus de materie medica; De lue aphrodisiaca sive venerea; Atrocis nec descripti prius morbi historia; Atrocis rarissimique morbi historia altera; De fabrica glandularum in corpore humano; De mercurio experimenta; Orationes octo; De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum; Introductio in praxin clinicam; Praelectiones de calculo; De distinctione mentis a corpore; Horti Ludguno-Batavi descriptio. Title page with the owner name-stamp of collector George R. Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894 and with his small number-ticket on front endpaper. Approx. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" size bound in later 19th century marbled-paper covered boards dark brown leather corners & spine gilt fleuron decorations & titles marbled endpapers. A little edge tips wear and rubbing to the binding; frontispiece illustration laid-down; first few leaves with a few tiny wormholes no loss to text; front endpapers with surface paper scrapes at bottom edges; an ink name below the portrait; block strongly bound; in very good condition. . First Edtion Thus. Leather. Very Good. Laurentium Basilium books
193052156Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1930. First Edition. Inscribed on front endpaper of first volume: "Mr. Malcolm B. Stone / with much appreciation of his interest in the work in tropical medicine / from Richard P. Strong" dated in year of publication. First printings. Two large octavo volumes 27cm; publisher's maroon cloth boards lettered in gilt on spines and front covers; xxvi1-568; ix569-1064pp; illus. Mild lean to text block of second volume else a tight Near Fine set lacking the dustwrappers. A major work in the history of public medicine. Strong 1872-1948 was the first professor of Tropical Medicine at Harvard and the foremost American authority on the subject. This important two-year expedition to Liberia and the Congo led by Strong in the company of seven fellow Harvard scientists was the first full-scale attempt to document the etiology of a variety of tropical diseases as well as documenting existing sanitary conditions in Liberia and colonial West Africa. The mission also collected a wealth of zoological and anthropological data that would inform various fields of Africa Studies for decades. Harvard University Press unknown books
187060219Mobile AL: np 1870. 9 by 6 in. Approximately 450 words. Some loss of lettering along folds not affecting readability. The poem includes a line about not giving your children calomel and later talks in the text of it being injurous. Calomel had been widely used as a treatment both as a purgative and to kill bacteria. Recognition of its toxic effects led to its use being curtailed during and after the Civil War. <br/><br/> np unknown books
180924165Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by James Humphreys 1809. 1st edition thus American Imprints 17774; Austin 943. Period dark brown full sheep. Maroon gilt-lettered spine label. VG slight splay to boards/minor binding wear/period pos of 'Noah Stone'. 347 pp including index. 12mo in 6s. 7-1/8" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed and Sold by James Humphreys hardcover books
189063182Chicago IL: np 1890. Broadside 12 x 4 1/2 in. approximately 40 lines of text 200 words illustrated with 2 portraits one of Rolling Thunder and one of his wife and business manager. "Known to his family as Belmont and to the public as Chief Rolling Thunder Louis Belmont Newell was born around 1858 to Thomas Newell and Marie Parsons of Indian Island Old Town Maine. Newell appears to have married several times and his first daughter Blanche was born to Victoria Tahamont around 1886. It is around this time that Newell is first referred to as Chief Rolling Thunder and that his company the Kiowa Medicine Company begins touring. The show was comprised of "moral" entertainment and lectures given on the customs habits manners and religion of tribes. Newell would also sell "traditional Kiowa" medicines and give out health guides. It is uncertain when the company was actually formed and though Newell claimed that he was a descendent of the First Chief Medicine Man of the Kiowa Nation Teet-Toot-Sah this was most likely just for his public image. It is much more likely that his parents were Penobscots from Maine. Newell married Louisa Stump of Iroquois descent in 1891. Louisa was an expert shot and travelled with the Kiowa Medicine Company for some time. In 1894 Newell married his fourth wife Jeanne "Jennie" Congleton who served as business manager for the Kiowa Medicine and Vaudeville Company for many years. Newell died December 1 1933 and was buried in Randolph NY. More information on L.B. Newell has been compiled by descendants of Newell and can be found on Ne-Do-Ba a geneological website for the Wabanaki people." see the Smithsonian Institution SOVA site. <br/><br/> np unknown books
177525679London : np 1775. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. First Edition. 1-4 pp. 8vo. Extracted from a bound volume with offsetting on the last page indicating it was bound opposite the September 1770 issue title page of Gentleman's Magazine. Small marginal hole not affecting text. Disbound. Caption title from page one. English Short Title Catalog N12918. Blake J. NLM 18th cent.; p. 488 both copies at NLM are extracts. While well represented in digital form this title is only found at the National Library of Medicine from what we have been able to determine which guesses that the publication date is 1775. Our copy with the offsetting from a September 1770 title page may help in further scholarship on the date of publication. np unknown books
1964M5849Rome: 1964-1966. 1964. 298 x 220 pp. Folio. 193 5; 180 4; 172 2 pp. Illus. Quarter gray cloth cloth corners patterned paper over boards blue cloth spine labels gilt spine. Ownership rubber stamps on titles. Fine. 1964-1966. hardcover books
1880WRCAM56371New Haven: Hoggson & Robinson Steam Job Printers 1880. Broadside 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Minor creasing and edge wear light soiling. Near fine. A rare broadside touting the healing powers of Dr. S.A. Tanner who promises to "give the locations and symptoms" to any disease "WITHOUT ASKING ANY QUESTIONS." Tanner asserts that he uses natural "Indian Vegetables composed of Roots Herbs Barks and Buds" and specifically states that they would heal "lameness hip and spinal diseases." He offers free consultations and house calls as well. Dr. Tanner claimed an office at Apothecaries Hall in New Haven a long-running pharmacy and office building for area physicians. Dr. Tanner's services have the ring of medical quackery one of the defining characteristics of which was the absolute talent to cure any disease with Native American medicines. New Haven was a locus for purveyors of such miraculous "Indian" remedies. Hoggson & Robinson, Steam Job Printers unknown books
1919M8116Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated with photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed inner hinge cracked. Very good. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
1919M8115Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1919. 1919. 267 x 190 mm. Tall 8vo. 446 pp. Color frontis. extensively illustrated tables 1 folding index. Gilt-stamped navy cloth; rubbed. Very good. This extensively illustrated manual for the medical personnel of the United States Air Service contains numerous figures and plates including photographs of aviation equipment in use physical examinations of flight candidates and test equipment constructed to test the physiological effects of flight conditions. Government Printing Office, 1919. hardcover books
