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  1. CAYLEY, William.  Case of Haemoptysis Treated by the Induction of Pneumothorax so as to Collapse the Lung.  Lancet, 1885, Vol. 1, p.894-95.  Artificial pneumothorax treated by pleural incision in intractable haemoptysis.  (Garrison and Morton, 3226.).  Boards shaken with one third of leather spine not present.  Ex-library.
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  2. HORSLEY, Sir Victor Alexander Haden.  Functional Nervous Disorders Due to Loss of Thyroid Gland and Pituitary Body.  Lancet, 1886, Vol. 1, p. 5.  First successful experimental hypophysectomy; two dogs survived five and six months respectively after this operation.  (Garrison and Morton, 1129 and 3835.).  Also included; Relation of the Thyroid Gland to General Nutrition and Modern Pathology of the Central Nervous System.  Lancet,  p.3-4.  Boards rubbed and worn, thin splits to gutters.  Ex-library. $95.00
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  3. MACCORMAC, Sir William.  Some Observations on Rupture of the Urinary Bladder, With an Account of Two Cases of Intra-peritoneal Rupture Successfully Treated by Abdominal Section and Subsequent Suture of the Vesical Rent.  Lancet, 1886, Vol. 2, p.1118-22.  MacCormac introduced an operation for the treatment of intraperitoneal rupture of the bladder.  (Garrison and Morton, 4182.).  Library binding. $75.00
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  4. CROOKSHANK, Edgar March.  History and Pathology of Vaccination.  Lancet, 1890, Vol. 1, p.470-72.  This full history of the subject caused a good deal of controversy, this volume contains the review of this work.  Crookshank was an opponent of vaccination.  (Garrison and Morton, 5435.).  Burgundy boards backed in library cloth, spine partially disbound.
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  5. ROSE, William.  Removal of the Gasserian Ganglion for Severe Neuralgia.  Lancet, 1890, Vol.2, p.914-15.  Gasserian ganglionectomy for trigeminal neuralgia; the patient lived for at least two years.  (Garrison and Morton, 4863.).  Burgundy boards backed in library cloth with marbled edges.  Partially disbound.
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  6. WYNTER, Walter Essex.  Four Cases of Tubercular Meningitis in which Paracentesis of the Theca Vertebralis was Performed for the Relief of Fluid Pressure.  Lancet, 1891, Vol. 1, p.981-82.  Lumbar puncture.  (Garrison and Morton, 4868.).  Library binding.  Some tape repair to page of article as well as small chip missing from second paragraph.  $125.00
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  7. LOCKWOOD, Charles Barrett.  The Radical Cure of Femoral and Inguinal Hernia.  Lancet, 1893, Vol. 2, p.1297-1302.  Lockwood's operation for femoral hernia.  (Garrison and Morton, 3604.).  Green cloth backed in leather with some wear at extremities.  Ex-library, some soiling. $75.00
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  8. BROADBENT, Walter.  An Unpublished Physical Sign.  Lancet, 1895, Vol. 2, part 1, p.200-01.  "Broadbent's sign"-recession of the intercostal spaces as a sign of adherent pericardium.  (Garrison and Morton, 2800.).  Library binding. 75.00
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  9. PENDRED, Vaughan.  Deaf-mutism and Goitre.  Lancet, 1896, Vol. 2, p. 532.  Pendred drew attention to the association of goitre with deaf-mutism.  (Garrison and Morton, 3840.1.).  Also included in this volume: Roentgen Rays.  Photography of Renal Calculus.  By John Macintyre.  Lancet, p.118.  First radiogram of renal calculus.  (Garrison and Morton, 4293.);  On the Treatment of Inoperable Cases of Carcinoma of the Mamma: Suggestions for a New Method of Treatment, with Illustrated cases.  By Sir George Thomas Beatson.  Lancet, p.104-07, 162-65.  Oophorectomy in the treatment of breast cancer.  (Garrison and Morton, 5778.1.);  On the Association of Serious Haemorrhages with Conditions of Defective Blood-Coagulabilty.  By Sir Almroth Edward Wright.  Lancet, p.807.  The active inocculation of man against typhoid was first performed by Wright in 1896.  This volume contains the preliminary note.  (See Garrison and Morton, 5039.).  Boards badly shaken with split to gutter.  Ex-library. $250.00
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  10. WRIGHT, Sir Almroth Edward and Frederick Smith.  On the Application of the Serum Test to the Differential Diagnosis of Typhoid and Malta Fever.  Lancet, 1897, Vol. 1, p.656-59.  Agglutination test for the diagnosis of undulant fever.  (Garrison and Morton, 5101.).  Rebacked in library cloth.   $75.00
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  11. MACCALLUM, William George.  On the Flagellated Form of the Malarial Parasite.  Lancet, 1897, Vol. 2, p.1240-41.  Macallum reported at a meeting of the British Association his observation of the mode of fertilization of the malarial parasite of birds; two months later he announced that he had found the same to hold good for the human parasite.  (Garrison and Morton, 5246.).  A binding copy.  $75.00
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  12. ROSS, Sir Ronald.  Role of the Mosquito in the Evolution of the Malarial Parasite.  Lancet, 1898, Vol. 2, p.488-89.  Ross provided the last link in the chain demonstrating the complete life cycle of the parasite of bird malaria.  He found that mosquitos who had fed on malaria-infected birds, and which had allowed the parasites to develop and lodge in their salivary glands, could then infect healthy birds, which in turn became malarious.  Ross was awarded the Nobel prize for Medicine in 1902.  (Garrison and Morton, 5251.).  Both boards badly shaken with two inch closed tear to crown of spine.  Library binding.   $150.00
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    13. ANDREWES, Sir Christopher Howard.  An Unexplained Diazo-Colour-Reaction in Uraemic Sera.  Lancet, 1924, Vol.1, p.590-91.  Diazo-colour test of renal function.  (Garrison and Morton, 4244.).  Library binding. $75.00
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  13. GYE, William Ewart.  The Aetiology of Malignant New Growths.  Lancet, 1925, Vol. 2, p.109-17.  Gye advanced the theory that an ultramicroscopic virus combined with an intrinsic chemical factor were concerned in the production of the Rous sarcoma.  (Garrison and Morton, 2647.).  Also included in this volume: The Microscopical Examination of Filterable Viruses Associated with Malignant New Growths.  By Joseph Edwin Barnard.  Lancet, p.117-23.  Barnard supported, with photomicrographs, Gye's theory concerning the origin of cancer.  (Garrison and Morton, 2648.). Library binding.  $125.00
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  14. MAGNUS, Rudolf.  Cameron Prize Lectures on Some Results of Studies in the Physiology of Posture.  Lancet, 1926, Vol. 2, p.531-36, 585-58.  Magnus demonstrated the function of the otoliths and semicircular canals of the inner ear in regulating the equilibrium of the body.  (Garrison and Morton, 663.1.).  Library binding.
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  15. FLEMING, Sir Alexander.  LYSOZYME.  Lancet, 1929, Vol.1, p.217-20.  Fleming found a bacteriolytic substance in tears, nasal secretions, and many tissues; he called it "lysozyme".  This volume contains his earlier papers on the subject.  (See Garrison and Morton, 1922.).  Also included in this volume: The "Coeliac Affection" - Idiopathic Steatorrhoeas.  By Thorald Einar Hess Thaysen.  Idiopathic steatorrhoea, first described by Samuel Jones Gee was extensively studied by Thaysen, in so far as it occurs in adults and adolescents in non-tropical countries.  It also bears the name "Gee-Thaysen disease".  (Garrison and Morton, 3550.).  Library binding with some bumping to boards.    $85.00
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  16. HEINE, Leopold.  Use of Contact Glasses.  Lancet, 1931, Vol. 1, p.631-32.  The manufacture of modern contact glasses has been made possible by the work of Heine.  (See Garrison and Morton, 5676.).  Library binding with boards slightly rubbed and soiled.      $125.00
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  17. ELLENBOG, Ulrich.  Treatise On Industrial Hygiene.  Lancet, 1932, Vol. 1, p.270-71.  Written in 1473 but not published until 1524, this is the first known work on industrial hygiene and toxicology.  This volume contains the first English translation from the German, originally entitled, "Von Den Gifftigen Besen Tempffen und Reuchen.  Augsburg." (See Garrison and Morton, 2118.).  Library binding, minor tape repair. $75.00
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  18. Eve, Frank Cecil.  Actuation of the Inert Diaphragm by a Gravity Method.  Lancet, 1932, Vol. 2, p.995-97.  Eve's method of artificial respiration.  (Garrison and Morton, 1979.).  Library binding with some tape repair to text.   $75.00
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  19. SMITH, Wilson, et al.  A Virus Obtained from Influenza Patients.  Lancet, 1933, Vol. 2, p.66-68.  W. Smith, C. H. Andrewes and P. P. Laidlaw successfully infected ferrets with filtered throat-washings from influenzal patients by intranasal instillation (influenza A virus).  (Garrison and Morton, 5494.).

    Also included in this volume: The Adrenotropic Hormone of the Anterior Pituitary Lobe.  By James Bertram Collip, et al.  Lancet, p.347-48.  Isolation of an impure "adrenotropic hormone" containing adrenocorticotrophic principle.  With E. M. Anderson and D. L. Thomson.  (Garrison and Morton, 1170.).  Library binding.   $95.00
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