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1823D19570Dublin: George & John Grierson and Martin Keene 1823. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Original grey wrappers. 83pp. Housed in a blue cloth folding case. Scarce. <br/><br/> George & John Grierson and Martin Keene paperback
1900162081900. Women in Sciences. Original vintage photograph of operating room and surgery team. Photograph shows eleven figures dressed all in white standing around a patient in an early operating room. While most of the medical workers are men two women stand at the edges of the group and the woman standing on the left is shown wearing an operating apron and rubber gloves. 8 x 10 in. sepia photo. Photo is in good condition with light scuffing to photo surface two water marks in bottom left quadrant and some dirt and stains to the image border. Light crease in top left corner and small tear on lower right edge. Image remains crisp and clear. An important photograph that shows women's involvement in the medical field and the development of surgical technology throughout the 20th century. unknown
1900231121900. Women in Medicine Women's Employment Photo archive documenting women's participation in medicine nursing surgery laboratory science and public health from approximately 1900 through 1946 providing primary-source evidence of women working within institutional medicine during the decades in which their access to formal medical training and professional authority remained limited and uneven. The images document women in operating rooms clinical instruction environments laboratory settings and patient care contexts establishing record of how women functioned within medical institutions as practitioners trainees and technical specialists.<br /> <br /> Archive of fourteen silver gelatin photographs press prints and real photo postcards dating from c. 1900 to 1946 varying in size and format from 3.5" x 5" to 8" x10" with multiple examples retaining original verso captions typed press slips and annotations identifying subjects and contexts. The archive includes a estimated 1900 surgical preparation scene with women in operating attire working alongside male colleagues; a 1925 press photograph identifying "Kuniko" a Japanese woman working in the medical and chemical research field with the caption noting her public commitment to remain unmarried in order to pursue scientific work; a 1925 image of a women's medical board representing multiple organizations; a 1926 University of Cincinnati Medical College photograph documenting nurse Miss Mabel Miller participating in a nationally broadcast demonstration of human heartbeats; a 1931 image of Simmons College nursing students conducting a basal metabolism test with detailed clinical procedure noted in the caption; a 1932 press photograph of Spanish nursing students studying American medical methods; laboratory scenes from the 1920s showing women conducting chemical work; a 1935 clinical interior with a woman retrieving medical supplies; a real photo postcard depicting a surgical demonstration observed by suited male spectators with women among the surgical team; a Latvian postcard showing a nurse weighing schoolchildren in a public health context; and a 1946 anatomy class photograph documenting a predominantly female cohort performing cadaver dissection with student signatures preserved on the verso.<br /> <br /> The archive's geographic and chronological range corresponds to major developments in the history of women in medicine including the expansion of formal nursing education the gradual admission of women into medical training programs and the increasing specialization of laboratory and clinical work in the interwar and postwar periods.The University of Cincinnati broadcast photograph situates a named nurse within early intersections of clinical medicine and mass communication while the Simmons College image documents technical clinical training at a women's institution. The Kuniko press photograph documents a Japanese woman publicly identified as a professional scientific researcher underscoring the visibility of women in medical and laboratory fields across national contexts. The 1946 dissection photograph records a moment of postwar expansion in women's medical education preserving the identities of participants in a cohort entering a rapidly changing profession. Light silvering and minor edge wear to several prints; press photographs retain captions and stamps; postcards show age toning. Overall in good condition. A cohesive and internationally scoped documentary archive of women's medical training professionalization and clinical labor in the first half of the twentieth century. unknown
186027323Melbourne: John Ferres Government Printer 1860. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Melbourne John Ferres Government Printer 1860. Foolscap folio 47 pages. Title-wrappers stab-sewn as issued all edges uncut; minimal foxing to the edges; essentially a fine copy. Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 71 of 1859-60. A 13-page appendix contains the Superintending Inspector's detailed reports on 22 towns and various Chinese encampments. John Ferres, Government Printer paperback
189032299New York: Pollard & Moss 1890. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's maroon cloth decorative spine embossed in black and gilt; xvi9-4077adspp. Spine cloth a hint faded textblock uniformly toned and a bit brittle due to poor paperstock; still Very Good and sound overall. Collection of essays first published in the periodical The Scalpel of which Dixon was the editor. An earlier edition of this work appeared simply as Scenes in the Practice of a New York Surgeon 1855. Pollard & Moss unknown
189435171New York: Schering & Glatz 1894. Wraps. Good. Stapled wraps. title on the front cover and company advertisement on the back cover. 80 pages. Illustrations of two chemical plants in Berlin inside the covers. Light wear and a tiny chip on the back cover. A few page corners folded back. Interior contents clean. Schering & Glatz unknown
184249833New York: Adee & Estabrook 1842-3. First American Edition. From the Fourth London Edition. Octavo; contemporary calf; 151158160171pp. The four issues bound as one. Boards lightly chaffed and worn contents lightly aged; still tight sound and Very Good. All four issues of the inaugural volume of this long-running medical journal which aimed to present the most recent work of leading international though chiefly British physicians. Adee & Estabrook unknown
185150146Boston: William Chadwick 1851 but 1852. First Edition. Slim octavo 23.5cm.; pubilsher's brown printed wrappers printed within double rule; 68pp. Wrappers rather chipped and toned faint crease across upper cover rear cover raggedly split at bottom half of spine edge else a Good or better copy internally fine. Title page dated 1851 upper cover 1852. William Chadwick unknown
183263240Philadelphia PA: Carey & Lea 1832. 8vo. xx 9-630 2 pp. plus 24 pp. publisher’s ads. Recent black pebbled cloth gilt lettering ruling & decoration on spine uniform light toning minor foxing to first and last choirs occasional interior foxing still VG copy received by F.S. Weller M.D. from E.J. Marsh M.D. May 1st 1839. First edition of this American medical treatise -- the first of its kind issued in America prepared while Jackson 1787-1872 was assisting and teaching physiology with Nathaniel Chapman at the University of Pennsylvania fro 1827-1835. He would later hold a professorship at the Univ. of Penn from 1835 to 1863 while teaching at Philadelphia Hospital. Kelly-Burrage 642. Carey & Lea, hardcover
1840127851LONDON: JOSEPH BUTLER 1840 Mid Brown Half Morocco Boards with gilt hand titles to spine and five raised bands marbled paper sides. 230 x 145 mm approx hand sewn two colour head and tail bands marbled edges to book block. slate blue made end papers xvi 1156 pp. Revised and corrected with numerous additions and notes by Alexander Cooper Lee; and Nathaniel Rogers 1840. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG Restoration - The book was bought in dis-bound lacking the spine and the boards too damaged to save. The book has been re bound by us in it's present livery as described with new Irish mull fitted into made boards and Oxford hollow back strip. Mild even tanning to paper of book block and occassional mild foxing spots. Ex Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Library copy with ink stamps of same to title and page 1. The original binder's label - Pettigrew & Oulton Dame St. Dublin has been saved from the original front paste down and pasted to the rear blank to preserve the history of the book. NB The hand tooling is not one of our best but does the job . A scarce and collectible medical book. JOSEPH BUTLER hardcover
184452438Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo 1844. Fourth edition enlarged. Octavo 23cm; contemporary full sheep; 559p. Upper 1/2" of title page margin excised to remove an ownership signature. Else a tight copy in contemporary binding faintly foxed at prelims; Very Good. Engraved bookplate of S.H. Bibighaus to front pastedown with later pencil presentation to Thomas B. Bibighaus. Better known for his psychological works especially Brief Outline of an Analysis of the Human Intellect 1865; Rush son of the noted American physician Benjamin Rush devoted much of his early career to the current work which presents a detailed physiological and medical study of the human voice followed by a treatise on elocution. "Although unattractive to the modern reader this work achieved popularity in an age of declamation and went through six editions by 1867" DAB. A solid and attractive copy. Lippincott, Grambo unknown
182345237Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Carey 1823. First Edition. Octavo 22cm.; full contemporary calf two black gilt-lettered spine labels; iv447pp. Boards rubbed and front joint cracked but holding tear along gutter edge of front free endpaper with coin-sized loss later ownership ex libris to front pastedown else Good or better internally sound. Contents include two consecutive issues of the Journal with publisher's advertisements bound in between. Includes medical papers Chapman's "Thoughts on Animal Heat" case studies John T. Sharpless on a "Case of Imperforate Anus" and reviews. Carey, Lea & Carey unknown
183855287London: William Emans 31 Cloth Fair 1838. 4to. vii 1 5-523 1 pp. Extra illustrate copper engraved title copper-engraved frontisp. 10 engraved plates. Nineteenth-century half-calf over marbled boards marbled endpapers raised bands on spine gilt lettering on spine minor wear & scuffing to corners some scuffing to covers minor foxing & faint tidemark to plates from sizing occasional light interior toning still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce and practical work based on actual experiences by a Bengal Horse Artillery veterinary surgeon during the opening decades of the 19th century. The first two sections of the work focus on farriery shoeing horses horse feeding as well as a remarkable range of equine diseases and treatments. The third section focuses on the development of English horse racing stock the introduction of Arabian horse breeds into the UK mustang horses in North America wild horses in South America and Arab horse pedigree as well as extensive notes on famous racing horses and more. The final chapters focus on how to judge the soundness of a horse equitation instructions proper tackle horse breaking and the essential proportions for properly feeding the horse. Veterinary medicine and veterinary surgery were still scarce occupations in the Georgian British Empire even though horse cavalry and horse transport were essential units in the Royal Army and the oldest English veterinary college was founded in 1791 in Camden Town. Skeavington b. 1802 was a young Veterinary Surgeon with the elite Bengal Horse Artillery may have served during the First Burma War and was based in Calcutta from 1830-1836 before returning to London. Worldcat locates copies at Texas A&M Wisconsin Glasgow British Library William Emans, 31, Cloth Fair, hardcover
1833D19568Dublin: Fannin and Co. c. 1833. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 100 pages followed by a 12p. list of medical class books dated 1833 and a 4p. catalogue of instruments. A sweet and scarce little volume in its original leather binding with red morocco labels to front and rear boards. Pencil notes to endleaves and a gift inscription in ink from a Richard Franklin dated 1834. <br/><br/> Fannin and Co. hardcover
188394219G.P.O. January 1883. Hardcover. Good. First Issue; covers and spine have marks from long shelf life; front hinge cracked; private library label on inside cover; good clean text G.P.O., hardcover
186136000Cincinnati: Printed by P. C. Browne 1861. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Stitched printed blue wraps. Two issues. May 1861: pages 141-172 6 pages of advertisements. June 1861: pages 173-204 8 pages of advertisements. Rear wrap and possibly an additional page of advertisments missing from the May issue. Paper covers are stained and chipped. Tiny punch holes on the left margins both issues. Interior contents have light to moderate toning and scattered foxing. Contents cover Small Pox Cow Pox Diphtheria Hand-Book for Military Surgeons and more. Fair only. Printed by P. C. Browne unknown
185064267New York NY & Boston MA: C.S. Francis & Co. J.H. Francis 1850. 8vo. viii 9-11 1 332 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads. Steel-engraved illustrated title page steel-engraved frontisp. 18 steel-engraved plates. Publisher’s cream & red pinstriped cloth gilt decoration & lettering front cover & spine decorative borders embossed in blind a.e.g. minor foxing & toning to a few engraved plates toning & edgewear ex-lib markings on spine and endpapers still a VG- copy from the library of David Kohl 1946-2025 former art teacher at the Hong Kong International School musician artist and historian. Second edition revised with engraved illustrations added to this informative memoir of an American doctor following his awarding of Harvard M.D. for a thesis on “Syphilis.†From 1844-1845 he traveled through Paris studying Medicine discussing the dissection and anatomy lectures the differences between American and French medical practices during the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe I along with examinations of the different penal systems hospitals and institutions for the Deaf and Dumb Insane Asylums and more. Originally published as serial observations with the Newark Daily Advertiser they were compiled into the author’s original 1848 “Old Wine in New Bottles†this edition was enhanced with steel engravings. Gardner 1821-1876 graduated Harvard in 1844 with his M.D. finished his A.M. by 1852 after returning from France worked as attending physician to the New York City Dispensary then the Lying-In Asylum District and later a Private Hospital in Bloomingdale. He specialized in obstetrics and sexually transmitted diseases was the first to propose clean water public drinking fountains in New york and also was the first to employ chloroform as an anesthetic during childbirth. C.S. Francis & Co., J.H. Francis, hardcover
18515799New York: Published annually by A.L. Scovill & Co 1851. Stab-sewn booklet 19 x 12 cm. 36 pages. Illustrated wrapper signed Forbes del. N. Orr. Other illustrations engraved by F.A. E. and N. Orr. The OCLC record cites a printer's statement on page 4 of the wrapper "Printed by E.N. Grossman & Son. 59 Ann-Street New-York." We find no such statement anywhere on this copy. Evident FIRST EDITION of the first issue of this series of household medical almanacs. We've been unable to locate an earlier Scovill almanac. Consists of receipts testimonials and advertisements for patent and proprietary medicines sold by A.L. Scovill & Co. Publisher's notice page 1 states "This 'Family receipt book' is to be published annually. Its object is to explain in a familiar manner what every mother may do for her children or her family in cases of emergency or in ordinary complaints where it would be inconvenient or impossible to obtain the services of a doctor . The volume for 1853 will contain matters of interest to the farmer the gardener the kitchen the toilet etc." Includes "An Indian's Testimony Kah-ge-gah-ga-bowh or George Copway the Indian Chief. gives the interesting particulars of the case of Miss R___ of this city who was cured of a severe and protracted disease of teh lungs by a few bottles of Dr. Rogers invaluable syrup of Liverwort Tar and Canchalagua."page 8. Bit of predation to the bottom left corner of wrapper and first few leaves. Some dog-ears; damp-staining and light stains to a few pages. In publisher's printed wrappers a bit soiled and edgeworn. Good. OCLC locates six copies. Published annually by A.L. Scovill & Co unknown
1827D19571Dublin: Hodges and McArthur 1827. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Contemporary 1/4 leather and marbled paper over boards. Binding rubbed. Rear endpaper lacking; some contemporary notes to front and back and with a gift inscription in ink from a Richard Franklin dated 1834. Later editions published in the U.S. are more common; this original Dublin edition is scarce. <br/><br/> Hodges and McArthur hardcover
18551250181855. London: John Churchill 1855. <br /> <br /> Slim 8vo 77pp. 2 plates at the end then 28 pp. ads for Churchill's "Publications in Medicine Surgery and Science". Original green cloth hinges repaired at front and back cloth dull and backstrip with some wear.<br /> <br /> § First edition of the author's first book; presentation copy inscribed on the title-page by the author "With the Author's best complts" and a 4pp. mostly illegible ALs from the author to Dr. Long tipped in facing the title-page. A little known but apparently quite early and important study by this ophthalmic surgeon best known for his recognition of Laurence-Moon syndrome and his research on retinitis pigmentosa. The essay won the Liston prize for 1854. In the Journal of Ophthalmology for 1932 there is a long essay on Laurence who died at the age of 42 entitled "A Belated Tribute" by Arnold Sorsby pp. 727-740 with a bibliography of his writings. Laurence was a brilliant student and later ophthalmologist who founded the South London Ophthalmic Hospital now the Royal Eye Hospital. Among many other unrecognised achievements he was the first to describe macular degeneration. The tribute concludes: "the work that he started and did not see completed is today a living force. He has become an integral part of modern ophthalmology as founder of an important hospital as a pioneer in ophthalmic journalism and as one of the forerunners of that growing school of thought which correlates ocular defect with bodily structure." Not in Garrison-Morton. Armorial bookplate of Richard Long M.D. unknown
18808067New York: The Centaur Co 1880. Stapled booklet 16 x 10 cm. 32 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. A small promotional cookbook in the form of an almanac from the makers of Centaur Liniments with recipes testimonials and descriptions of the applications of this miraculous cure from lands far and wide. As is typical of these books the recipes are very brief and uncredited. Short closed tear to fold of wrappers decorated in black red and yellow depicting a Near Eastern landscape with buildings and camel. Tiny pink cord to hang the booklet in the kitchen. Near fine. The Centaur Co unknown
1887007670Augusta ME: Sprague & Son 1887 Book. Very Good -. Hardcover. Original Edition. "Report of the Joint Special Committee that investigated the cause of the outbreak of disease among the cattle at the State College Farm the loss and disposal of cattle therefrom and the doings and correspondence of the commissioners on contagious diseases among cattle in relation to the same together with the testimony taken before the Committee." Light exterior wear and marks minor foxing. Sprague & Son hardcover
1895057762NY: William R. Jenkins Co. Publishers 1895 Book. Good. Dark Green Cloth. First Edition. Generalized spotting of cloth else tight and a good usable copy. A rare late 19th century look at the relationship between tuberculosis in animals and man. William R. Jenkins Co., Publishers hardcover
182254222New York: James V. Seaman 1822. First Edition. Quarto 28cm signed in twos. Original paper-covered boards with printed spine label; 19912pp; 9 leaves of plates bound in at rear. Early ink ownership signature to title page John Wheeler. A complete but worn copy. Covers are somewhat rubbed and worn with some flaking of paper at spine and portions of printed spine label rubbed away; text conspicuously foxed throughout; half-title lacking; front endpaper partially excised one plate partially detached at gutter. Text is uncut and despite the prominent foxing to text the plate leaves are mostly unblemished. Complete and Good. <br /> <br /> An infrequently encountered American surgical text. Anderson who trained at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh emigrated to America in 1820 and after delivering a series of anatomical lectures in New York under the patronage of Valentine Mott the current work was published to supplement these lectures became affiliated with the Vermont Academy of Medicine see Kelly American Medical Biographies. NY: 1920. This work is notable for the nine anatomical plates all engraved by A.B. Asher Brown Durand including four engraved from his original illustrations. These are quite early works by Durand who would achieve his first prominence as the engraver of John Trumbull's edition of the Declaration of Independence 1823 and later great renown as a landscape painter of the Hudson River School from about 1840 on. Not cited in any of the standard medical bibliographies and infrequent in commerce with only a single copy traced at auction in the past 50 years Swann 1979. James V. Seaman unknown
189951342Brooklyn NY: Eagle Press 1899. 4to. 303 1 pp. Frontisp. w/ tissue guard decorated title in red & black numerous text illustrations plates. Half-white cloth over light blue cloth gilt decorated lettering & ornament on front cover minor dustsoiling shelfwear still a VG copy from the library of Edna Mackay Skene 1874-1928 daughter of Donald Mackay b. 1843 owner and operator of North Pacific Lumber Co. in Portland OR wife of Dr. William Henry Skene 1870-1934. First edition of this souvenir fund raiser filled with essays on the history of medicine and local history in the Americas including an ambulance service and the American Red Cross. The Graeco-Roman Fair fund raiser was a huge success for the Kings County Medical Society the oldest scientific organization in Brooklyn and was attended by Governor Theodore Roosevelt the year after his experiences with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Eagle Press, hardcover