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1 épreuve gélatino argentique [120 x 172 mm] contrecollée sur carton fort de l'époque , , in-8, 1 épreuve gélatino argentique [120 x 172 mm] contrecollée sur carton fort de l'époque, , Portrait de Louis Pasteur sur son lit mortuaire. Étant donné son cadrage et sa proximité, ce portrait mortuaire a sans doute été effectué par un proche de Pasteur; il ne s'agit pas d'une prise de vue officielle. Louis Pasteur, né le 27 décembre 1822, meurt le 28 septembre 1895 à 16h40 à Villeneuve-l'Étang, dans l'annexe dite « de Garches » de l'Institut Pasteur, où il s'installait souvent l'été. Sa chambre y est toujours conservée. Des funérailles nationales lui sont réservées le 5 octobre suivant, au cours desquelles son corps, préalablement embaumé, est déposé dans la crypte de Notre-Dame de Paris. En 1896, à la demande de son épouse, son corps fut placé dans la crypte de l'Institut où il repose au milieu de ses disciples. Un masque mortuaire est visible dans la crypte. Un négatif sur plaque de verre montrant la chambre mortuaire prise en 1926 est conservé au Département Estampes et photographie à la BnF (8/5/26, la chambre mortuaire de Pasteur à Garches : photographie de presse / Agence Rol.) Un cliché mortuaire montrant Pasteur sur son lit de mort en présence de ses petits enfants a été publié en 1956 par sa petite-fille Camille: Pasteur Vallery-Radot, Images de la vie et de l'oeuvre, p. 158 (document photographique provenant de la collection Pasteur Vallery-Radot). Le carton sur lequel est contrecollé le portrait de Pasteur porte un fin liseret rouge d'encadrement, le bord supérieur du tirage est accidenté. Documents annexes joints : 1 tirage argentique contrecollé sur carton [165 x 110 mm] légendé : Portrait de Pasteur avec sa petite-fille Camille Vallery-Radot par Léon Bonnat (1886) / 4 tirages argentiques [170 x 220 mm] de portraits réalisés aux pastels par le jeune Louis Pasteur entre 1835 et 1842 : portrait de sa mère, de Claudine Benoiste Parpandet dite soeur Constance, portrait d'une jeune fille et portrait de son père / 1 gravure du XIXe siècle : portrait âgé de Louis Pasteur par Roussel
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original registry book in its original grey art nouveau cloth. All edges marbled. 'The English manufactory of book and register' written on end-papers. 'Zugologion' written in Greek letters on front cover. Slightly faded. A fine copy. Demy 8vo. (22 x 15 cm). In Ottoman script. 52 p. is written of which apprx. 200 p., but it's finished and complete; one folding hand-drawn color map, and 3 tables. [MANUSCRIPT] [Ottoman Prokopi sanitary report] Konya Sihhiye Müfettisligi'nin 16 Tesrinievvel 1327 tarihli mezkûr müfettislige takdim olunan rapordur ki 327 senesi Ürgüp'te zuhur eden koleraya dairdir.; Vilâyetin topografya-yi sihhiye ve harita-yi sihhiyesi. The report on the cholera occurring in Ürgüp in 1910, which was presented to the Inspectorate of Konya Sihhiye on October 16, 1910. Besides cholera, it contains information about diseases such as measles. 1329 (Hegira) written at the end of first 10-paged report. The second part contains title: Mecelle-i Memâlik-i Osmaniye'ye ait minvallere cevabât yazilarak Üsküp Kaymakamligi'na takdim olunan 'Müslüman Sihhiye' raporu [= Muslim health report submitted to the Ürgüp (Prokopi) District Governor]. This and following next chapters include general health and sanity registers on epidemics like 'frengi' (syphilis, pox), all kinds of 'humma' (pyrexia) and several others (almost more 15 titles) and give information about how often diseases are encountered in the region of Prokopi and Cappadocia. One folded map which is hand-drawn includes color markers as 'Ürgüp Bölgesi saglik haritasi' [= Prokopi region sanity and epidemic map]. Also it shows demographic and historical info about region. There are 3 statistical tables contain demographic, historical, religious info such 'Muslim' and 'Non-Muslim'. Maps and tables are perfectly drawn. Another chapter is 'Usul-i sihhiye', has all epidemics and their historical and demographic contexts, their cures etc. Book was written in a very nice hand-writing. Used black, blue, and red inks. Report was not published before such as that. Roumi: 1327 = Gregorian: 1910. The Ottoman land represented a bridge between Asia and Europe, which was destroyed by epidemic diseases that emerged in different periods. In the 19th century, the main source of epidemic was the cholera morbus that emerged in India in the lower Bengal delta between the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. At the beginning of the 19th century, the disease became a global threat. Cholera epidemic appeared for the first time in the Ottoman territory in 1822, and continued to emerge into intermediate outbreaks. Due to its geographical location, the cholera epidemic was easily spread to the Ottoman territory and caused great losses in the 19th century, when it became a global threat. At the beginning of the 20th century, still cholera was a serious problem. Prokopi is a settlement in Central Asia Minor, built on a plateau at an altitude of 1,200 m above sea level. It lies near the confluence of four tributary rivers of the Alys River (Kizilirmak), which flows to the north of Ürgüp, within about 10 km from the settlement. It has been claimed that the word Ürgüp is the Turkish version of the Greek name Prokopi. The latter is supposed to refer to St. Prokopios, although there is no evidence suggesting the existence of a namesake church. Levidis supported that the ancient name of the settlement was Osiana, which the traveller Texier (Charles) adopted as well. Ürgüp was inhabited by Muslims, Turkish-speaking Greek-Orthodox and some Armenians. Several conflicting opinions have been stated about the population. Farasopoulos talks about 15,000 Muslims and 5,000 Christians. According to an inventory carried out by the state in 1919, Ürgüp was inhabited by 12,500 Muslims, 6,000 Christian-Orthodox and 15-20 Armenian families.
In-8 p (mm. 212 x 128), cartonato muto coevo. Il volume raccoglie i seguenti 9 opuscoli (di diverso formato e di editori diversi): - Guyton-Morveau “Metodo per purgare le arie infette...” (1817), pp. 55, con 2 tavole a colori fuori testo. - “Storia della malattia che trasse a morte l’avvocato sig. Luigi Rainoldi..” (1826), pp. 43. - Bodei A. “Preparativi per la soluzione di gravissimi problemi intorno all’epidemia dominante” (1817), pp. 110. - “Lettera d’un medico di città ad un parroco di campagna sulla febbre petecchiale e sui preservativi contro di essa” (s.d.), pp. 18. - “Istruzioni e regolamenti di privata sanitaria quarantina da osservarsi in caso di contagio per tenere lontano dalle proprie abitazioni il cholera-morbus e qualunque alta malattia contagiosa” (1831), pp. 24. - “De Cholerae modo epidimice in quibusdam Europae regionibus furentis symptomatibus diagnosticis...”, Ticini Regii, ex Tip. Fusi (1832), pp. 28. - Calderini C.A, “Precetti salutari per essere preservati dal cholera morbus” (1835), pp. 36. - Ferrario O. “Saggio analitico della così detta acqua purgativa della fonte vicina a Settala Distretto X, Provincia di Milano” (1826), pp.13. - “Avviso al popolo intorno al cholera-morbus” (1835), pp. 13.<br> Con qualche fiorit. ma certam. un buon esemplare.
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Book
Front page loose but present and presents six sketches of 'The Ship-Launch Disaster at Glasgow" - The Daphne capsized upon launch with much loss of life. New items: Mr. Gladstone immolates eight ministerial bills; Wimbledon competition more popular than ever; Malagasy envoys leave for home; Good news from Ireland - a lessening of crime and upset; Update on Cholera outbreak at Damietta; The Ship-Launch Disaster at Glasgow; Live-Saving Apparatus on the Serpentine; The New Steam-Ship Tartar; Banquet to Mr. Henry Irving; National Sports; Parisian Sayings and Doings; Death of the Duke of Marlborough; Royal activities; Church news; Benevolence and Self-Help; Ben Nevis Meteorological Station; Funeral of Mr. W. Spottiswoode; General Home News; The City of London College; Two pages of Classified Ads (please note that this page is loose but present). Full page of sketches of "Complimentary Dinner to Mr. Henry Irving at St. James Hall. Half-page illustration of 'Trial of life-saving apparatus on the Serpentine, Hyde Park. Half-page engraving of "The Union Steam-Ship Company's Royal Mail-Steamer Tartar. Very dramatic two-page engraving entitled "The Great Disaster at a Ship Launch on the Clyde - Sinking of the Daphne, with Two Hundred Men. Above-average but not excessive wear. Includes separate supplement which consists of two full-page engravings - the first shows a kneeling man gardening while tenderly holding an infant, the second shows a sad kitchen scene from a picture by W.H.Weatherhead with the caption "For men must work and women must weep, Though storms be sudden and waters deep, And the harbour bar be moaning - C. Kingsley". The Ben Nevis Summit Observatory - Six sketches on one page. Opening of the City of London College - two sketches; Funeral of the late Mr. W. Spottiswoode, F.R.S., in Westminster Abbey - 4 sketches. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling overall. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Mr. Pakenham passes away under allegedly outrages circumstances at Tamatave. Suez Canal difficulty - cutting a second canal parallel to the first. Echoes of the week. The Playhouses; Weather; National Sports; The Cholera in Egypt - Quarantine, with full-page engraving entitled 'Quarantine Examination at Brinsisi'. Crab-Catching in Cornwall - 9 sketches on one page (plus text on next page); News from the Court and Church plus Benevolence and Self-Help. New Townhall, Dover - with sketch; The Westminster Townhall - with sketch; The Swanley Homes for Little Boys - with sketch; Sketches in Egypt - Thebes. The Advantages of Wet Weather. Supplement includes: Chapter V of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn; The Savage Club at the Royal Albert Hall (which is featured on front cover illustration and pages 52 and 53); The Jesmond Dene Park, Newcastle; A dramatic two-page engraving entitled "Departure of Irish Emigrants at Clifden, County Galway (please note that this engraving bears a large tear); Obituaries; Chess; Wills and Bequests; Departure of Irish Emigrants; Classified Ads. The Jesmond Dene Public Park, Newcastel-on-Tyne - 8 lovely sketches. The Suez Canal - 3 pages of text and sketches, including map of the proposed Canal and sketch of M. Ferdinand De Lesseps, President of the Suez Canal Company. New Books. Musical Publications. Chipping at edges. Some pages loose but all appear to be present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Front cover sketches of Tamatave, Madagascar, Surgeon-General W.G. Hunter - Government Medical Advisor in Egypt, and Mr. John Marshall, New President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Topics: Mr. Waddington appointed French Ambassador to England. Cholera in Egypt. Echoes of the week. Opening of the Homes for Little Boys at Swanley by the Prince and Princess of Wales - 7 sketches on one page. The Prince of Wales at Work - 10 sketches on one page. Presentation of Regimental Colours. City Echoes. The Playhouses. Music. Evening Fete at the Fisheries Exhibition - several sketches on one page. Sketches in Cairo - 3 sketches on one page. Round about Paris. Uproar about plan for a second Suez Canal - Sketches of personalities involved on page 88. Education. Benevolence and Self-Help. 7 sketches of Nidderdale, Yorkshire. Chinese manufacture of great guns. General Home News. Classified ads. Supplement includes Chapters VII and VIII of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. The Wimbledon meeting. Our fishing industries - with splendid 2-page engraving entitled 'Shrimping at the Mouth of the Thames'. Obituary. Chess. Wills and Bequests. Classifieds ads. 9 sketches of various fishing boats from the International Fisheries Exhibition. Engraving of Captain Matthew Webb - the celebrated swimmer who drowned last Tuesday in his attempt to swim the whirlpool rapids below Niagara Falls. *Excellent* 2-page engraving entitled "War Preparations in China - Welding a Coil for a Great Gun at the Arsenal, Shanghai". The Church. Sonnets. The Inland Parcels Post. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Average wear. Magazine
Please note: First page not present. Pencil jottings to page 3 else unmarked with above-average wear. Full page engraving of The Late General Sir W. Knollys, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Two engraving under the heading "The Cholera in Egypt - Its Source and Cause. Wonderful two-page engraving entitled "The Dispute Between France and China - Examining and Packing Chinese Manufactured Rifles at the Arsenal, Shanghai. Garden party at Chelsea Hospital - text and illustrations. Classified ads. Supplement: a portion of The Canon's Ward, by James Payn. Two-page engraving entitled "Our Fishing Industries - Line Fishing for Cod". Half-page illustration of "Volcanoes of the World". Some pages loose but present. Perforations along spine indicate this copy from a disbound volume. Magazine
Napoli, 1849. In 16° gr., pp. 78 n. 2 facsimile di lettere in apertura, una indirizzata al Pontefice Pio IX e l'altra all'Imperatore di Russia. Un piccolo bando alla fine con intestazione dell'Amministrazione comunale di Acerra a firma del sindaco Andrea Sanguigno, piu una tavola piu volte ripiegata con l'elenco dei 50 ammalati piu gravi e le relative cure adottate. Legatura in piena tela coeva, titoli in oro al dorso. Rarissimo.
In 8, pp. XX + 699 + (1b) con ill. n.t. e 8 tavv. f.t. in b/n e a colori di cui alcune rip. Usuali fioriture della carta. Ex libris al controp. ant. Annotazioni manoscritte coeve al verso della sguardia. Legatura in mz. pl. coeva con tit. e filetti oro al d. Pubblicazione con la quale l'A. dichiara di voler fornire ai futuri e agli attuali capitani un libro di testo adatto alle loro scarse cognizioni teoriche che contenga tutto cio' che si riferisca alla navigazione e specialmente ai metodi per regolare e compensare le moderne bussole Thomson, Magnaghi, Peichl, Duchemin.
373 pages. Signed by author upon half-title page beneath this inscription - With my very best wishes. Index. Black and white photographic plates. "Dr. Cosbie traces the history of the Hospital from its founding in York, through its humble facilities on King Street, to the ornate Victorian structure on Gerrard, and finally to the great institution which today dominates the corner of College Street and University Avenue. Its early service to the victims of the War of 1812 and of the cholera epidemics of the nineteenth century, the problems of financing, the challenges of two world wars, and its relationship with the University and its medical schools are just a few of the factors governing the direction taken by the institution. Throughout this chronicle, the achievements of a distinguished body of medical staff in the fields of medical practice, research, and teaching are described in a context of contribution to the University and the city of Toronto, as well as to the international medical scene." - from dust jacket. Light wear to unmarke book. Average wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound copy. Book
2 opere rilegate insieme in un volume in-8° (cm. 18,9x11,9), mezza pelle coeva, piatti in carta decorata. Mancanze della pelle presso le cuffie, bel titolo chiaramente impresso tra fregi al dorso. 1) LICHTENTHAL, pp. XV, 271. Censito in 3 bibl. ital. Lichtenthal, austriaco (Pressburg 1778 - Milano 1853), medico e compositore musicale amico di Mozart e di Paganini, a Milano dal 1810, scrisse anche sulla musicoterapia. Qui riporta i medici inglesi Annesley e Jameson, ma anche metodi maomettani; e fonti ufficiali della RUSSIA (cure, fenomeni, statistiche ecc.) sulle epidemie dalla "coléra asiatica" del 1829 e 1830. 2) BROUSSAIS, pp. 96. Censito in 7 bibl. ital. (Saint-Malo 1772 - Vitry-sur-Seine 1838) fisiologo, e pensava che lo stomaco fosse "la sede delle emozioni", in collegamento con le patologie del cervello, e curava la maggior parte delle malattie come collegate alla gastroenterite. Fu influenzato dalla teoria della frenologia di Franz Joseph Gall. Nel 1832 scoppiò un'epidemia di colera che minò profondamente le sue teorie fisiologiche dato che la sua terapia a base di sanguisughe si dimostrò del tutto inutile: infatti uno dei suoi più famosi pazienti, Casimir Pierre Périer, primo ministro francese, morì sotto le sue cure. Questo insuccesso della sua teoria gli fece perdere notevolmente popolarità che riuscì a riacquisire grazie alla sua abilità retorica e alle lezioni di frenologia che tenne presso l'università di Parigi. (wiki)
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXVII - The Germans in Russian Poland. Fading to periphery of front and back covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Milano, presso la Società per la pubblicazione degli Annali Universali delle Scienze e dell'Industria (nella Galleria De Cristoforis), 1857, in-8, copertina fittizia, pp. 680 in numerazione continua. Con 57 figure incise in 8 tavv. f.t. Oltre a quella del Melchiori, il volume contiene altre 6 Memorie originali (idroterapia, oftalmologia, anatomia, neurologia, epidemiologia) e numerose analisi di opere, dissertazioni, atti di Accademie, ecc. (molte delle quali di oculistica e oftalmologia).
First edition, iv, 149, [3]pp., disbound.
60 pages. Features: Arthur Erickson and Canada's mirror-sheathed pavilion at Expo '70; Clarence Eckert and his Rolls-Royce; Angela Davis; Black Panther Lonnie McLucas and the New Haven Eight; Who's Come a Long Way, Baby? - Feature article on women's rights; The Liberation of Kate Millett; What it Would Be Like if Women Win; Middle East - Toward the Start of Talks; Watch on the Suez - Intelligence Gaps - air photos purport to show Egypt installing SAM-2 missiles in cease-fire zone; Maps of possible Israel/Egypt border; Lovely one-page color photo of Senegalese Dancer Issa Teuw Niang with friends in Dakar; Three additional pages of nice color photos of prominent black women in Africa; The Spetsopoula Incident; Urban Trend in Vietnam - with photo of horrific canal-side squatter structures; Joseph Rhodes Jr. and the Kent State investigation; Musical group "The Band" - photo and article; Cholera epidemic in Lebanon; Film producers Christopher Dewey and Dennis Friedland; Reuben Maury; Aquaculture - article with photo of streetcar being lowered into the Sea of Japan to provide 'apartments' for fish; Golfer Dave Stockton; Sculptor Alberto Sanchez; Passing of Leo Ciceri, Beniamino Fubano, Eugene Barnett, General Archimede Mischi and William Hamm Jr.; The Energy Shortage Worsens; Blighted corn in the U.S. South; Financial challenges for U.S. airlines as the upgrade to the 747; Interesting one-page color Hitachi ad illustrates "Floating Train of the Future"; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
Milano, presso la Società per la pubblicazione degli Annali Universali delle Scienze e dell'Industria (nella Galleria De Cristoforis), 1857, in-8, copertina fittizia, pp. 676. Oltre a quella del Linoli il volume contiene altre 12 memorie originali e numerose analisi di opere, dissertazioni, atti di Accademie, ecc.
In 16, pp. 20 + 32 + 26 + 20 + 34 + 107 + 82 + X + (9) + (1b). Pagine rifilate. Danni al dorso riparati. Cartonatura coeva. Elenco dei titoli manoscritti con grafia coeva alla prima pagina bianca. Miscellanea di drammi per musica di area genovese cantati in occasione delle distribuzioni di premi agli allievi delle scuole pubbliche genovesi tra il 1820 il 1824. Comprende: Il ciclope. Cantata per musica; Il Natale di Genova; Il passaggio dell'Eritreo figura della redenzione. Cantata per musica, parafrasi del Cantico di Mose'; Il ritorno di Apollo. Sono inoltre legati 'Il trionfo della liberta', Trattenimento arcadico tenuto dagli Accademici Concordi del seminario arcivescovile (1798, pagine 107); Il ritorno di Apollo. Poesie (1831, pagine 82). Le ultime due pubblicazioni sono In occasione che la citta' di Chiavari fu preservata dal cholera morbus l'anno 1835 (stampato a Chiavari, pp. X) e in fine In occasione della dominante malattia il cholera li 26 settembre 1835. Sonetti di Luigi Doria (1835, 9 pagine non numerate).
In 16, pp. 71 + (1). Gora al margine inferiore del piatto anteriore. Br. ed. Interessante e poco comune operetta, traduzione italiana di quella apparsa sulla rivista tedesca 'Archiv fur Hygiene' che testimonia la differente teoria circa la trasmissione del colera (come di altre patologie) del chimico Pettenkorfer, docente di chimica clinica nell'universita' di Monaco, quindi d'igiene nella stessa universita'. Nel 1873 fu membro della commissione per gli studi sul colera e nel 1889 presidente dell'Accademia bavarese delle scienze. Pettenkorfer fu sempre contrario alla teoria del 'contagio', che divenne dominante nel Novecento, in base alla quale i germi sono causa diretta delle malattie. Per quanto riguarda il colera, riteneva che l'esistenza del bacillo, del vibrione del colera, non potesse da solo giustificare l'insorgere della malattia ma che si trattasse si una combinazione tra il germe e la natura. Quando il germe entrava in contatto con suoli asciutti dava origine ai fattori scatenanti dell'epidemia escludendo quindi che si trasmettesse tra individui o per ingestione di sostanze infette. In questo modo si escludeva l'acqua come veicolo primo di trasmissione della malattia. Quando l'ambiente, invece, sviluppava naturalmente delle condizioni particolari, il germe aveva la possibilita' di diventare pericoloso. Da qui discendeva che piu' che lo sviluppo di vaccini e di farmaci, bisognasse migliorare le condizioni della rete idrica e l'uomo dovesse, tramite un'alimentazione corretta e una vita equilibrata, sviluppare delle forme di resistenza proprie agli agenti esterni.
180 pages. Features: Are you wasting labor?; A hand in the future of hybrid corn; Yankee land; Can you afford a $1000 bull?; Now we can eradicate hog cholera; Wool tips from Australia; Water is their life; An Agricultural Empire is Born; More farm jobs for planes; "Defense in Depth" against insects; "Big City" fire protection for farms; 3-point fly control plan; and more. Color Studebaker car ad inside back cover. Color Surge milker ad on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Magazine
192 pages. Features: Big government is in your county, too; They struck it rich with soil tests; Let's wipe out hog cholera; New life for old barns Ditching at $0.10 a foot; They took a holiday in the Rockies - the Harold Davises of Oklahoma; Range lambs with less risk; Headache and heartache for your heirs?; Beef with Brahman blood; More milk at less cost; New chemicals control old enemies of livestock; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features color photo of Rita Tennant; and more. Several closed openings and some soiling to back cover. Pencil writing on several pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
In 8, pp. 162 + (1) + (1b). Br. rifatta con carta d'epoca. Parte prima ed unica di questo saggio sulla teoria del contagio epidemico. Angelo Bo fu professore di patologia generale all'Universita' di Genova e direttore del servizio di sanita' marittima del porto della citta'.
In 8, pp. 291 + (3). Intonso. Br. ed. Importante resoconto sulla diffusione del colera in Italia nel 1884 da nord a sud, da Genova, Bergamo, Milano, Bologna, all'Italia centrale, fino a Napoli, e alla Puglia con molti dati sulla progressione della malattia, sul numero dei morti e sulle misure adotatte dai vari comuni.
Paris, G. Steinheil, 1886, in-8, bella legatura coeva in mz. pelle con dorso a 4 nervi, impressioni a secco negli scomparti, titolo oro al dorso, piatti e sguardie in carta marmorizzata, pp. XI, 356, (4). Con 12 cartine e 4 grafici in 12 tavv. in fine al volume. L'epidemia del 1884-87, iniziata a Marsiglia e Tolone, si diffuse anche in Italia specie in Sicilia e a Napoli: tanto che nel 1885 fu emanata dal Regno unitario una speciale "legge per Napoli". Edizione originale.
(30); 629, (68) + Four plates. Foxed. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, broken. Complete in itself, this is essentially the first volume of a two volume work. It includes individual title pages from earlier editions. Morison's Hygiest System consisted of Universal Vegetable Medical Cures; as well as various warm baths. The "British College of Health" was an institution mostly of Morison's own invention. Though his systems and remedies were popular, Morison's Pills were frequently ridiculed by intellectuals such as Carlyle. Vol. I only. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MED 10