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180939<p><strong>Very rare first Italian Edition</strong></p><p><strong>How to choose the gender of a newborn during procreation</strong></p><p><strong>Only 1 know existing copy of this issue recorded in WorldCat Italy</strong></p><p><strong>Untrimmed in its original printer paper binding</strong></p><p>Millot Jacques-André. <em>L'arte di generare maschi e femmine ad arbitrio : sistema completo della generazione / di monsieur Millot. Prima versione italiana corredata in fine di una Memoria sulla Dissenteria epidemica del 1808.</em>In Assisi: presso Ottavio Sgariglia 1809.</p><p>8° 205 x 140 mm contemporary printer paper binding small restorations paper pp. xiv 176 47 1.</p><p><strong>No copy on the market no copy at auction in last 40 years</strong></p><p>First Italian edition of this bizarre treatise dealing with the methods and techniques to choose the gender of the newborn during the procreation and on the formation of the Placenta.</p><p>The original work was translated by the Italian Giovanni Palmieri and dedicated to his friend Antonio Trevisani who was the inspirer of the translation. Upon learning that his friend's wife had given birth to yet another female Palmieri proposed to him the method devised by Jacques-André Millot surgeon-midwife of Marie-Antoinette and the Duchesses of Orleans and Bourbon with which they hypothesized techniques during the conception which would have guided in the choice of the genre of the unborn child and set about the translation with commentary of the work printed in its first absolute edition in Paris in 1800 with the title <em>L'Art de procreÌer les sexes aÌ€ volonteÌ ou SysteÌ€me complet de geÌneÌration par Jacques-AndreÌ Millot</em>.</p><p>The work however is not a mere translation. As stated by Palmieri in the introduction some parts of the original work have been summarized while an extended commentary and some revisions have been implemented.</p><p>In his treatise the author proposes natural methods to choose the gender of the unborn child avoiding the bloody ones suggested in the past such as the removal of a father's testicle before conception. The method in summary theorizes the specialization of the ovaries in the development of one gender rather than another proposing through precise positions during conception to fertilize one ovary or the other according to the desired gender.</p><p>In detail:</p><p>· In the first part of the text the historical theories on generation known at the time are retraced.</p><p>· The second part describes the Placenta its origin and formation the blood circulation in the foetus the phenomenon of superfetation the similarities and dissimilarities between new-borns and parents the ovaries and their functions the uterine tubes.</p><p>· Finally the third part is dedicated to the description of the methods proposed to pre-define the gender of the unborn child. In particular it discusses the way to choose the gender during procreation the experiences and proofs of the functioning of the method ending with the final conclusions.</p><p>The text then continues this is the missing part in the works recorded in WorldCat with the extensive notes and comments of the translator and with the final part dedicated to the<strong> <em>Memoria sulla Dissenteria epidemica del 1808.</em></strong></p><p>"<em>I do not believe I can render a greater service to humanity than to give it the mode of procreating the gender at will; this knowledge would also have its Moral goal: it is I believe the only means of increasing if it is possible the tenderness of the Fathers and Mothers and the attachment of the Children for them because the parents who will have only Children of their choice will see them with continual satisfaction</em> " Millon op. cit.</p><p>Census: University of Chicago Signature 2 xiv 160 pp. Cornell University Library New York Signature 2 xiv 160 pp. Pontificia Università Gregoriana Roma signature xiv 176 47 1.</p><p>World-Cat apparently records only three copies of this title. The two copies present in the United States are however characterized by a different reduced signature compared to the present copy and the one owned by the Gregorian library. The signature of the copies in the US is in fact <strong>pp. 2 xiv 160</strong> with respect to the signature <strong>pp. xiv 176 47 1</strong> of the present copy.</p><p>In fact they are missing the <em>Nota del Traduttore</em> translator's note pp. 161-176 and the first edition of the<strong> <em>Memoria sulla Dissenteria epidemica del 1808 </em>pp. 1-47 of the second part.</strong></p><p><strong>All the other libraries mentioned in WorldCat own an electronic copy of the book.</strong></p><p>Conditions: Small restoration at bindings. Internally an amazing copy with no defect untrimmed.</p> Ottavio Sgariglia
1890162101890. Women in Sciences Two 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
183547881Geneva NY: John Greves & Co 1835. First Edition. Octavo ca. 21cm.; disbound; 24pp. Light spotting to exterior leaves else Very Good and internally fresh. The uncommon opening address delivered by the founder of Geneva Medical College covering the various disciplines offered including anatomy obstetrics and forensic medicine. Cutbush first rose to prominence as "the Nestor of the Medical Corps of the Navy" being one of the first if not the first surgeon to be commissioned when the Navy was reconstituted in 1799. He was later immortalized by Herman Melville as Surgeon Cuticle in "White-Jacket" see Hennig Cohen "Melville's Surgeon Cuticle and Surgeon Cutbush" in "Studies in the Novel" Vol. 5 no. 2 summer 1973. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 31234; see also Sabin 18158. John Greves & Co unknown
184681781Milford NH: John Burns 1846. 12mo 18cm. Full contemporary sheep; 181pp 1p; ten woodcut text illustrations included in pagination; verso of terminal leaf advertises John Burns's Thomsonian Depot in Milford. Front and rear endpapers removed; scattered pencil marginalia and pencil ownership signature "Attalena Mower" to front endpaper; general mild to moderate foxing to contents still a tight complete copy Very Good.<br /> <br /> A popular 19th-century book of botanical home remedies based on Thomson's system and written from the author's premise that ".the preparation and use of medicine to cure disease requires no more science than the preparation of bread" p.xii. Includes an alphabetical catalog of common ailments with their treatments and recipes for compounded remedies including Spiced Bitters Diarrhea Powders Elder Salve etc. <br /> <br /> This edition not noted by Atwater who notes 708 that the "fourth edition is designated the third edition on the title-page which is dated 1846. On the verso of the title-page however apears the 'Preface to the fourth edition' dated May 1948." Our copy bears no such notice on the verso of the title page and indeed appears like the fourth to be a stereotype reprint of the 1845 Second edition with only the date on the title page altered. John Burns unknown
187050190Boston: James Campbell 1870. First Separate Edition. Octavo 23cm.; publisher's pale blue-grey wrappers printed within thick funereal rule; 27pp. Tiny chips and minor toning to wrapper extremities else Very Good and sound. Funeral address for the Scottish obstetrician and anaesthesiologist James Young Simpson 1811-1870 "Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church Beach St. at the request of the Gynæcological Society of Boston June 19 1870" and first published in the Society's Journal August 1870. Quite uncommon. James Campbell unknown
186954043Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1869. 4to. 9.75 x 11.25 in. 141 3 pp. With table of contents printed on verso of last leaf tipped-in errata slip. With 3 lithograph engravings taken from photographs by E.J. Ward and William Bell lithographed by Julius Bien 71 text engravings. Original printed softcovers very minor chipping head & foot of spine couple minor closed tears dustsoiling w/o rear wrapper still a G mostly uncut & unopened copy. First edition of this in-depth report on surgeries carried out during the Civil War on 270 Union and Confederate soldiers detailing the data and case histories collected by him while detailing the primary intermediate and secondary excisions. The two appendices include tables which summarize the various excisions by Otis as well as providing an extensive bibliography of similar hip surgeries. E.J. Ward and William Bell were photographers at the Army Medical Museum charged with documenting the injuries and results of surgeries by military personnel until 1869. This work is among the earliest examples of engravings taken directly from photographs in a surgical text. Bien 1826-1909 was an outstanding lithographer and cartographer responsible for 1000s of maps issued during the 19th-century as well as a pioneer in chromolithography. Rutkow History of Surgery in the United States Vol. I OR23; Treadwell & Darrah Photographers of the United States of America 2003. Government Printing Office, paperback
187018616New York: D. Appleton 1870. Offprint. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet; printed wrappers; 48pp. Paper on spine partially perished; wrappers partially detached edgeworn; old damp-stain to lower third of contents. A complete Good copy. Reprinted from the Journal of Psychological Medicine April 1870. Post-mortem account by a forensic examiner of a female murder victim. The author's testimony based on examination of the victim's gun-shot wounds resulted in a verdict of "not guilty" for her husband the accused. D. Appleton unknown
1824ST20601<p>London: Printed for Callow and Wilson 1824. Fourth Edition. 235 x 145 mm. 9 1/4 x 5 3/4". xvii 1 568 pp. <br />Publisher's gray paper boards flat spine with printed paper label leaves untrimmed. WITH TWO ENGRAVED PLATES one folding. Early ink ownership inscription of Jas. McKee on title page. Wellcome III p. 462; Garrison-Morton 3587 5th Edition; Heirs of Hippocrates 822 Second Edition. Spine and boards a bit darkened covers with a hint of soiling occasional light foxing a few closed tears not affecting text other trivial defects but AN EXTREMELY FINE COPY the insubstantial binding with nothing approaching a significant defect and the text remarkably bright clean and fresh.<br /><br />Still in its original boards and in lovely condition this extensive treatise on the causes and treatment of hernias was written by an English surgeon known as a radical precursor of Darwinian attitudes towards the nature and development of man. One of our author's earliest publications when it was first issued in 1807 as "A Treatise on Hernia" the present work won a prize at the Royal College of Surgeons. According to Heirs of Hippocrates William Lawrence 1783-1867 "contributed significantly to the understanding and management of ruptures" and his "Treatise" "remained for many years the standard work on the subject." Lawrence crossed swords with both the Church of England and the medical establishment with several lectures and publications that espoused his materialist views applauded France and the United States for their commitment to free scientific thought and even dared to question Old Testament narratives regarding the origins of man. DNB tells us that "Throughout the nineteenth century . . . he was often regarded as a martyr for the cause of science and of intellectual liberty. His lectures were even cited as precursors for such later works of scientific naturalism as Charles Darwin's 'Descent of Man' 1871 and Thomas Huxley's 'Man's Place in Nature' 1863." Various editions of the present work can be found on the market but it would be difficult to find one in better contemporary condition than ours.</p> Printed for Callow and Wilson
183946667Philadelphia: Haswell Barrington and Haswell 1839. Octavo 23.5cm.; publisher's green cloth gilt morocco spine label; xv1360pp. Boards worn and spine crudely reglued uneven sunning to upper cover and spine old dampstaining to preliminaries contemporary gift inscription and ownership signature to title page. A Good only copy though internally sound. The Irish physician's influential work on diseases of the lung with special emphasis on tuberculosis and lung cancer. Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell unknown
180764098Kidderminster & London UK: Printed and sold by G. Gower sold also by Messrs. Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1807. 8vo. 12 17-145 3 pp. Original quarter-beige paper over blue boards printed label on spine much of spine perished scuffing & edgewear minor bumping to corners minor spotting on covers still a VG unsophisticated and untrimmed copy in original state as issued w/ former ownership marking on ffep. Second edition revised & expanded with addition of appendix on delivering calves of normal and compromised positions offered a concise and informative veterinary medical work as practitioners transitioned in the Georgian period from farriery to a more modern scientifically based profession. This work presents many contemporary receipts and treatments for such diseases as encephalitis and pneumonia distemper -- “Murrain of Black Leg†largely resulting from a highly contagious bacterial infection unknown at the time; bovine tuberculosis and many others. Destructive medical cures included sulfuric acid oil of vitriol potassium sulfides liver of antimony turpentine purified potassium nitrate depurated nitre and many more. The added appendix of obstetrics for delivering calves strongly urges against using the traditional hook for difficult births as it often caused damage to both calf and cow. Worldcat locates 2 copies TX A&M WSU. Printed and sold by G. Gower, sold also by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, hardcover
184749328Chicago: Printed at 128 Corner of Lake and Clark Streets 1847. First Edition. Octavo 21cm.; removed; 221pp. Lacking original wrappers else Very Good and fresh. Final leaf of text provides a complete list of fees for medical services. Baccalaureate address delivered to one of the earliest graduating classes of the College founded in 1842. The speaker Moses L. Knapp was professor of materia medica and here advises the class of 1847 that "There will be but little difficulty in getting along with rivals who may be either secret or open enemies if you will act honestly and uprightly yourselves and command your feelings" p. 19. BYRD 1218 noting 1000 copies printed; McMURTRIE 121. Printed at 128 Corner of Lake and Clark Streets unknown
1868788181868. Broadside for a traveling surgeon a common practice of this era when skilled and trained medical professionals were in short supply. At the time the practice of medicine was open to almost anyone who called themselves a doctor until a movement toward government involvement in medical licensing gained strength. Between 1870 and 1880 15 states passed medical licensing acts.<br /> <br /> This broadside carries several testimonials from both patients and other doctors regarding Barbour’s success. His training included six years at large hospitals in New York and 15 years of specialty study of diseases and operations.<br /> <br /> It also states: “There are many chronic diseases and deformities in every country that can by proper medical or surgical treatment be restored to health. It is not possible for most of them to visit a distant city for treatment or operations and for the accommodation of such persons Dr. Barbour has for several years spent a part of every month in the country towns thus enabling many to get relief who would probably have remained diseased deformed or blind for life.â€<br /> <br /> Printed in black ink on tissue thin paper 7 ½†x 10 ¼â€. In pencil at the bottom the location Spencer and time July 28 13 days Dr. Barbour is spending in the town has been added. In addition there is a pencil sketch on the verso possibly medical related. The broadside is lightly foxed. unknown
18619174New York: L.V. Newton 1861. First edition. Marbled Cloth over Boards. Good backstrip missing binding intact but mildly stressed. Folio pp. 240 articles and advertisements w/ b/w engravings. L.V. Newton hardcover
182749948Bath: Joseph G. Torrey 1827. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; removed; 17pp. Faint vertical fold old ink signature to title page serving as upper cover else Very Good and sound. Address to and about the duties and history of the Medical Society of Maine. Quite uncommon. SHOEMAKER 28065. Joseph G. Torrey unknown
186949873Manchester NH: John B. Clarke 1869. First Separate Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's tan wrappers printed within double rule; 23pp. Light chipping and a bit of toning to wrapper extremities splitting along top half of upper wrapper spine edge faint vertical fold else Very Good and sound. Faint ink inscription at head of upper cover: "Compliments of A.B.C." Address on the life and works of American surgeon and educator Reuben Dimond Mussey 1780-1866 first published in the "Transactions of the New Hampshire Medical Society. John B. Clarke unknown
187745827Cambridge: Riverside Press 1877. First separate edition reprinted from the Boston Medical & Surgial Journal May 24 1877. Octavo sewn pamphlet; printed paper wrappers; 12pp. Mild age-toning to wrappers and text else a Near Fine copy. Holmes addresses his audience on the state of microscopy and his experience with various types and makes. Riverside Press unknown
181448064New-York: William Treadwell 1814. First Edition. Octavo ca. 22cm.; disbound; 24pp. Light dust-soil to half title serving as upper cover margins foxing to last few leaves else Very Good internally sound. SABIN 88902; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 32829. William Treadwell unknown
181549357Boston: C. Stebbins 1815. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; removed; 34pp. Lacking half title page contemporary ownership signature of a Miss Louisa G. Archibald at head of title page serving as upper cover else Very Good and fresh. Funeral oration delivered on the occasion of the death of John Warren the "single more important figure in the early institutionalization of Boston medicine" anb.org. AUSTIN 1036; SABIN 35425; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35007. C. Stebbins unknown
181549366Boston: C. Stebbins 1815. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; removed but retaining half title page; 34pp. Slightly later gift inscription of an S.J. Prescott to the New York Historical Society no institutional markings else Very Good and fresh. Funeral oration delivered on the occasion of the death of John Warren the "single more important figure in the early institutionalization of Boston medicine" anb.org. AUSTIN 1036; SABIN 35425; SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35007. C. Stebbins unknown
185027696New York: H. Ludwig & Co. 1850. First printing. Pamphlet. Fine. This address was delivered upon Valentine Mott's 1785 - 1865 departure as President of the New York Academy of Medicine. Mott was a well known American surgeon working on the staff of Columbia College as Professor of Surgery. He went on to be one of the founders of Rutgers Medical College and of the Medical Department at the State University of New York. <br /> <br /> Isaac Wood 1793 - 1868 was consulting physician to the New York Dispensary and Bellevue Hospital; consulting surgeon to the New York Ophthalmic Hospital; member of the American Geographical Society and fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. American Medical Biographies Wikisource <br /> <br /> 8vo 26pp pamphlet title on tan front stiff paper wrapper cover dusty internally clean. OCLC: 22216316 8 copies. H. Ludwig & Co. unknown
1829CJW1310Paris: J. B. Baillière 1829-42. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM bound from the original parts. 486 x 337 mm. 19 1/8 x 13 1/4". Two volumes. <br/> Contemporary marbled boards backed with recent calf raised bands flanked by gilt fillets black morocco labels. WITH 231 LITHOGRAPHED PLATES two folding OF WHICH 167 ARE IN COLOR many heightened with gum arabic later tissue guards. Garrison & Morton 2286; "Heirs of Hippocrates" 863; Norman 538. ◆Corners and edges somewhat rubbed with some loss of paper as expected with large picture books text with variable foxing persistent but usually light never severe and principally confined to margins a handful of black & white plates with moderate spotting additional small defects internally otherwise quite a commendable copy of a book always found foxed browned and worse our volumes solidly restored now the spines unworn and the text and remarkable plates with no fatal condition problems.<br/> <br/> Garrison & Morton declares that "the fine illustrations of gross anatomy seen here make this one of the greatest works of its kind." The inaugural professor of pathological anatomy in Paris anatomist and pathologist Jean Cruveilhier 1791-1874 provided in the present work the first description of multiple sclerosis and an early identification of Cruveilhier's palsy. Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and ulceration of the stomach due to hyperacidity were also detailed for the first time here. In "Doctrine of the Nerves" John A. Spillane called Cruveilhier "the prince of physician-pathologists" and this work a "treasure chest of neurology." "Heirs of Hippocrates" notes that "this atlas contains some of the finest illustrations of gross pathology ever made." The plates were done by anatomical illustrator Antoine Chazal 1793-1854 a French painter engraver art teacher at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle and great-uncle of Paul Gauguin. This work was originally issued in 40 parts at nine francs each over a period of 13 years. The parts were ultimately bound together into two volumes as here in a print run that based upon the subscriber's list was likely just more than 400 copies. While no stranger to auction rooms the book--a practical reference book heavily used by professionals--is all too often found with missing plates and/or parts and in condition that leaves much to be desired. J. B. Baillière unknown
18203738Berlin 1820. Soft cover. Very Good. Scarce and curious little book having to do with ressurection. 32 pp. Plain contemporary blue wraps. <br/><br/> paperback
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
185249883New York: G.A.C. Van Beuren 1852. First Edition. Slim octavo 23cm.; publisher's tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 28pp. Wrappers slightly worn and dust-soiled else Very Good internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author at head of upper cover. Address delivered before the New York Academy of Medicine October 6th 1852 on the life and works of the late New York surgeon J. Kearny Rodgers. The final two pages of the sketch focus primarily on the description and symptoms of the disease which killed the subject "Inflammation of the veins of the portal system." Delafield was himself an important member of the medical profession as a pediatrician and obstetrician founding the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men in 1842. SABIN 19331. G.A.C. Van Beuren unknown
1849H4847Columbus OH: Samuel Medary / Chas. Scott / L. L. Rice et al. 1849. Hardcover. fair. Bound in half leather containing the first through eleventh annual reports presented to the Ohio State Assembly 1839-1849 gradually increasing in pagination to an average of 60-75 pp. per report original cover wraps not bound in evidence that they've been trimmed in that ownership signatures are sometimes cut off generally good condition moderate to heavy foxing and light wear stamp on title page of each of the Cleveland Medical Library Association with bookplate on pastedown -- no discard stamp sorry but we are confident that this was deaccessioned. Binding in worn condition with original leather spine quite deteriorated. Also includes 'Report No. 10 Report of the Trustees appointed to collect information relative to the education of the blind' ca. 1840s 26 pp. by Hoge Swayne and Awl and 'Report of the Benevolent Institutions of Great Britain and Paris including the schools and asylums for the Blind Deaf Dumb and the Insane.being supplementary to the Ninth Annual Report of the Ohio Institution for the Education of the Blind' by William Chapin Columbus 1846 61 pp. Title page of the first annual report stained by a newspaper clipping of a woodcut from an insane asylum pasted on its verso. Samuel Medary / Chas. Scott / L. L. Rice, et al. hardcover
