Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2005. Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Translation of the medical texts attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (c.460-c.370 BC). He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine" in recognition..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed "with the author's compliments" on the half-title. Tall octavo: xv, [1], 440 pp. with numerous textual figures. Original purple cloth binding, with gilt-stamped titles and decorations on..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Gibson (1854-1913), a Scottish physician, wrote on the diverse fields of geology and heart disease. He was the first to discover a heart condition - the Gibson..... More
Milano and New York: Ulrico Hoepli and Herbert Reichner, 1950. Wraps. Limited to 2,100 numbered copies. Tagliacozzi's innovative surgical technique, which consisted of reconstructing parts of the face by grafting, was masterfully described in the..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. This authoritative and entertaining exhibition catalog explores the long visual history of a rich and neglected topic: medical quackery, from the itinerant seller of nostrums four..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title by the author to Dr. Robert E. Tranquada, then chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, where Majno was..... More
circa 1868. 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..... More
Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Earl F. Nation to Gordon J. Van De Water, past president of The Zamorano Club, on the front flyleaf. An essential reference..... More
Four-page pamphlet offered in English and five other languages for Dr. J.H. McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment, a patent medicine pain reliever claiming to “penetrate to the very bone” and heal ulcers, necrosis of the bone..... More
Manchester: Emily Marianne Peach, 1926. Hardcover. Being a Thesis presented for the Degree of M.D., Victoria University, Manchester. Consists of 165 mimeographed pages, with a few holographic corrections. Peach earned her M.D. in 1926 and..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1835. Third American Edition. Hardcover. Long a standard authority on the subject, this book established a direct connection between the impoverishment of the poor and epidemic fever. Smith (1788-1861), an..... More
London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. "Its purpose is to bring together in convenient form all discoverable biographical information on the members of the medical profession in medieval Britian, and thereby to..... More
Cairo: Anglo-Egyptian Bookshop, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "The term 'Morsology', which is intended to mean 'the science of bites', is chosen for this new branch of knowledge. It includes parts allied to other branches of..... More
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Hardcover. Two volumes in one. Five plates. Adelaide: E. Spiller, 1884. Sydney and London: L. Bruck and Bailliere, Tindall, & Cox, 1894. First edition. Published posthumously, the second volume was edited and arranged by Alfred..... More
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. "This monumental study combines modern thinking about hospital design with a deep understanding of the architectural and cultural history of the hospital ward. John..... More
Seattle, Washington: circa 2010. "Story of the author discovering she has Crohn's disease, including falling sick and ending up in the hospital surrounded by her family and friends, delirious, knowing nothing of what is going..... More
