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1688. SALMON, WILLIAM. DORON MEDICUM: OR, A SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW LONDON DISPENSATORY. IN THREE BOOKS. CONTAINING A SUPPLEMENT I. TO THE MATERIA MEDICA. II. TO THE INTERNAL COMPOUND MEDICAMENTS III. TO THE EXTERNAL COMPOUND MEDICAMENT. Second edition, corrected. London: Printed for, and sold by T. Dawks, T. Basset, R...... More
1678. SALMON, William. PHARMACOPEIA LONDINENSIS. Or, the New London Dispensatory. In Six Books. Translated into English for the publick Good; and fitted to the whole Art of Healing. Illustrated with the Preparations, Virtues, and Uses of all Simple Medicaments; Vegetable, Animal and Mineral: Of all the Compounds, both Internal and..... More
1865. SALT, T[homas]. P[artridge]. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RUPTURE; ITS CAUSES, MANAGEMENT, AND CURE AND THE VARIOUS MECHANICAL CONTRIVANCES EMPLOYED FOR ITS RELIEF. London: John Churchill & Sons, 1865. 2nd edition. 112 pp. 8vo., maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings, top of front joint starting..... More
1936. SARTON, George. THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY. Washington: (Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.) 1936. One of the "Elihu Root Lectures of Carnegie Institution of Washington on the influence of science and research on current thought, delivered December 10, 1935. Supplementary Publication No..... More
1899. SATOW, Ernest. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN, VOL. XXVII PART III: THE CULTIVATION OF BABOOS IN JAPAN. Tokio: The Asiatic Society of Japan, 1899. ii, 126, vii pp. 8vo., flexible blue morocco covers stamped in gilt. Front cover creased, both covers detached, along with front flyleaf and..... More
1797. SAUNDERS, William. A TREATISE ON THE STRUCTURE, ECONOMY, AND DISEASES OF THE LIVER; TOGETHER WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE PROPERTIES AND COMPONENT PARTS OF THE BILE AND BILIARY CONCRETIONS. Boston: W. Pelham, 1797. First American, from the Second London edition, with considerable additions. a6, b4, B6 - U6, X2;..... More
1866. SCHILLING, Joh. Aug. PSYCHIATRISCHE BRIEFE ODER DIE IRREN, DAS IRRESEIN UND DAS IRRENHAUS. Eine vollstandige, systematische Darlegung aller Seelenkrankheiten ... Augsburg: J. A. Schlosser, 1866. 2nd edition. xvi + 500 pp. 8vo., half brown cloth with brown marbled paper covered boards. Spine sunned, light soil, no text, dark brown..... More
1750. SCHOMBERG, R. APHORISMI PRACTICI: SIVE OBSERVATIONES MEDICAE TAM VETERUM QUAM RECENTIORUM: QUOS IN USUM MEDICINAE TYRONUM COLLEGIT; ET IN ORDINEM ALPHABETICUM DIGESSIT. London: Jacob Robinson, 1750. (A8 - N8)v + [1] + 199 pp. 8vo., old calf with raised bands, gilt rules on boards. Boards worn, front board detached..... More
1962. [SCIENCE]. ITHACA 26 VIII 1962 - 2 IX 1962 ACTES DU DIXIEME CONGRES INTERNATIONAL/PROCEEDINGS OF THE TENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE, 2 VOLUMES. Paris: Hermann, 1964. 1058 pp. 8vo., white/pictorial wrappers. Good, covers show edgewear, spines creased. Volume II has been bumped/creased at bottom edge for the..... More
1907. [SCIENCE JOURNAL]. JOURNAL OF THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, JAPAN. Illustrated from photographs, charts and diagrams. 8vo., tan paper wrappers printed in black. We offer three issues of this journal of physical science research, written in English and German, as a set: Vol. XX, 1905; Article..... More
1883. SEE, Germain. DU DIAGNOSTIC ET DU TRAITEMENT DES MALADIES DU COEUR ET EN PARTICULIER DE LEURS FORMES ANOMALES. Lecons recueillies par le Dr. F. Labadie-Lagrave. Paris: Adrien Delahaye et Emile Lecrosnier, 1883 (date has been inked to read 1888). Second edition, revised and enlarged. 623 pp. 8vo., quarter black..... More
1769. SHARPE, Samuel. A TREATISE ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY, WITH A DESCRIPTION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE INTRUMENTS USED IN PERFORMING THEM; To which is Prefixed an Introduction on the Nature and Treatment of Wounds, Abscesses, and Ulcers. London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, 1769. Ninth edition. lv + 247..... More
1880. SHERMAN, J. A. RUPTURE, and ITS RADICAL CURE BY DR. J. A. SHERMAN'S METHOD, WITH AN EXTRACT FROM AN ARTICLE ON THE RADICAL CURE OF THE INGUINAL HERNIA BY W. T. LEONARD, M. D.. New York: McBride Bros., 1880. 85p. Quarto. Publisher's brown cloth covered boards, with some wear..... More
1818. BENJAMIN SHURTLEFF'S (NAMESAKE OF SHURTLEFF COLLEGE) COPY [SHURTLEFF, Benjamin, previous owner]. FORMULAE SELECTAE: OR A COLLECTION OF PRESCRIPTIONS OF EMINENT PHYSICIANS, AND THE MOST CELEBRATED PATENT MEDICINES; TOGETHER WITH A SYLLABIC VIEW OF MINERAL WATERS AND POISONS. New York: R. Donaldson, 1818 [iii]-viii, 202. First edition. An early selection..... More
1869. SMITH, Robert Angus. DISINFECTANTS AND DISINFECTION. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1869. First edition. 138 pp. 8vo., maroon cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine and edges sunned, overopened at page following title and a few other places. Ink ownership to title page. Light finger soil to a few pages..... More
1874. SPENDER, John Kent. THERAPEUTIC MEANS FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN: BEING THE PRIZE ESSAY FOR WHICH THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AWARDED THE FOTHERGILLIAN GOLD MEDAL IN 1874. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874. xii + 230 + [2] + 31 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., violet pebbled cloth stamped in..... More
1834. SPURZHEIM, J[ohann]. G[aspar]. THE ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN, With a General View of the Nervous System. Translated from the unpublished French manuscript by R. Willis. With an Appendix (... containing a paper read before the Royal Society on the 14th of May, 1829 and some remarks on Mr. Charles..... More
1801. FIRST AMERICAN HERBAL IN CONTEMPORARY FULL CALF STEARNS, Samuel. THE AMERICAN HERBAL, OR MATERIA MEDICA. Wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known; and their uses in the practice of physic and surgery..... More
1819. STEEL, John H. AN ANALYSIS OF THE MINERAL WATERS OF SARATOGA AND BALLSTON, WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON THEIR USE IN VARIOUS DISEASES. Containing observations on the geology and mineralogy of the surrounding country, with a geological map. Albany: Published by D. Steele; Packard & Van Benthuysen, Printers, 1819. Second..... More
1831. STEPHENSON, John & James Morss CHURCHILL. MEDICAL BOTANY: OR, ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE LONDON, EDINBURGH AND DUBLIN PHARMACOPOEIAS; COMPRISING A POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNT OF ALL THOSE POISONOUS VEGETABLES THAT ARE INDIGENOUS TO GREAT BRITAIN. VOL. IV. London: John Churchill, 1831. Unpaginated; with indexes..... More
1831. STEPHENSON, John A., and John Morss CHURCHILL. MEDICAL BOTANY: OR, ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MEDICAL PLANTS OF THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN PHARMACOPOEIAS; comprising a popular and scientific account of all those poisonous vegetables that are indigenous to Great Britain. Vol. I.[-IV.] London: John Churchill, 1831. Illustrated with..... More
1871. STORER, Horatio Robinson. THE CAUSATION, COURSE, AND TREATMENT OF REFLEX INSANITY IN WOMEN. Boston: Lee and Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard and Dillingham, 1871. First edition. Presentation copy: "With the Author's sincere regard" in ink on the first fly-leaf. Small octavo. 236 pp. Publisher's binding; brown cloth, gilt-stamped title..... More
1864. TARDIEU, [Auguste] Ambroise. ETUDE MEDICO-LEGALE SUR L'AVORTEMENT, SUIVIE D'OBSERVATIONS ET DE RECHERCHES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE MEDICO-LEGALE, DES GROSSESSES FAUSSES ET SIMULEES. Paris: J. B. Balliere et Fils, 1864. vii [1] + 208 pp. 8vo., half leather with gilt spine lettering and raised bands, marbled paper covered boards. Pencil..... More
1873. TARDIEU, Ambroise. ETUDE MEDICO-LEGALE SUR LA PENDAISON, LA STRANGULATION, ET LA SUFFOCATION. Paris: J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1870. This work is divided into three parts: 1.) Of hanging (an entirely new work, first edition), 2.) Of strangulation (first appeared in 1855, but here enlarged), 3.) Of suffocation (first appeared..... More