1856. CLAY, Charles. THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRIC SURGERY: OR, SHORT RULES OF PRACTICE IN EVERY EMERGENCY, FROM THE SIMPLEST TO THE MOST FORMIDABLE OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SCIENCE OF OBSTETRICS. London: Henry Renshaw, 1856. xi + [1] + 290 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertising. 12mo., brown cloth with..... More
1825. COBBETT, William. THE WOODLANDS: OR, A TREATISE On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods ... London: William Cobbett, 1825. [8], unpaginated (601 paragraphs, numbered). Complete. With 4 pp. publisher's advertisements. Very good. 8vo...... More
1756. COLBORNE, Robert. A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY: CONTAINING THE GENERAL NATURE AND MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF ALL THE SIMPLES NOW IN USE. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, according to the last alterations. To which is prefix'd, the history of..... More
1791. RESURECTION MACHINE COLEMAN, Edward. A DISSERTATION ON SUSPENDED RESPIRATION, from Drowning, Hanging, and Suffocation: in which is recommended a different Mode of Treatment to any hitherto pointed out. London: J. Johnson, 1791. First edition (a second was published in 1802). Octavo. [10]xv[1]284pp. +[1]f. Dr. Coleman's method involves the use..... More
1880. COMMITTEE OF REVISION AND PUBLICATION. NOTES ON THE REVISION OF THE SIXTH DECENNIAL PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Oblong folio, ex-library with usual markings. Quarter morocco, library binding. Spine title: "U.S. PHARMACOPOEIA REVISION 1 - 90." Thick (2 3/4 inches) bound collection of mimeographed and manuscript notes..... More
1815. COOPER, Samuel. THE FIRST LINES OF THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING AN ELEMENTARY WORK FOR STUDENTS, AND A CONCISE BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR PRACTITIONERS. Hanover (NH): Justin Hinds, 1815. Second American edition (with an appendix) from the third London edition. 463 pp. + [1] pp. advertisement + 9 b/w..... More
1811. COOPER, Samuel. A TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE JOINTS. Hanover, New Hampshire: Justin Hinds, 1811. 165p. 2nd American Edition. Printed by Charles Spear. Small octavo volume. signatures unopened. The leaf making up pages 51 and 52 is torn, though text is still attached at top of sheet. In..... More
1857. COOTE, HOLMES. A REPORT UPON SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT POINTS CONNECTED WITH THE TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. London: John Churchill, 1857. 141p. Partially unopened, needs rebacking. Front board detatched. As is. More
1947. COPERNICUS, Nicolaus, translated by John F. DOBSON & Selig BRODETSKY. DE REVOLUTIONIBUS: PREFACE AND BOOK I. London: Royal Astronomical Society, 1947 (printed originally as Occasional Notes, No. 10, 1947 May). 32 pp. 8vo., blue wrappers printed in black. Corners bumped, light soil to wrappers with a few small stains..... More
1882. CORNIL, V., transl. with notes by J. Henry C. SIMES & J. William WHITE. SYPHILIS. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea's Son & Co., 1882. First American edition. 461 pp. + 32 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo., black pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 84 b/w illustrations. Spine sunned..... More
2000. [CORNWELL, Patricia] TECHNIQUES OF CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION. SIXTH EDITION. By Barry A. J.Fisher, Crime Laboratory Director, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles, California ... With a foreword by Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff of Los Angeles County. Boca Raton: CRC Press, (2000). Later printing. Lengthy inscription on the ffep..... More
1822. COTTING, John Ruggles. AN INTRODUCTION TO CHEMISTRY, WITH PRACTICAL QUESTIONS: Designed for Beginners in the Science from the Latest and Most Approved Authors. To which is added a Dictionary of Terms. Boston: Charles Ewer, May 1822. vii + [5] + 420 pp. 12mo., tree calf with gilt leather spine..... More
1806. COXE, JOHN REDMAN. THE AMERICAN DISPENSATORY, CONTAINING THE OPERATIONS OF PHARMACY; TOGETHER WITH THE NATURAL CHEMICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND MEDICAL HISTORY OF THE DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES EMPLOYED IN MEDICINE ... Philadelphia: Printed by A. Bartram, for Thomas Dobson, 1806. First edition. 8vo., xvi + 787 pp. Some copperplate engravings in the..... More
1789. CULLEN, William. A TREATISE OF THE MATERIA MEDICA. Vol. I. Edinburgh: Printed. re-printed for, and sold by, J. Crukshank and R. Campbell, Philadelphia, R. Hodge, S. Campbell, and T. Allen, New York. 1789. . Volume 1 (of 2) only. First authorized American edtion. xiv, 312 pp. 8vo., full calf..... More
1649. CULPEPER, Nicholas. A PHYSICAL DIRECTORY or a Translation of the London Dispensatory Made by the Colledge of Physicians in London. Being that Book by which all Apothicaries are strictly commanded to make all their Physick with many hundred additions ... Also there is added the use of all the..... More
1844. CULVERWELL, R. J. PORNEIOPATHOLOGY: A POPULAR TREATISE ON VENEREAL AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE MALE AND FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; WITH REMARKS ON IMPOTENCE, ONANISM, STERILITY, PILES, AND GRAVEL, AND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THEIR TREATMENT. New York: J. S. Redfield, 1844. Probable first American edition. (The bibliographic record of Culverwell's several..... More
1923. CURIE, Maurice. RECHERCHES SUR LA PHOTOLUMINESCENCE. Paris: Les Presses universitaires de France, 1923. Theses presentees la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur es sciences physiques par M. Maurice Curie. Serie A 922, no. d'ordre: 1744. Inscribed by Curie on the title-page, although..... More
1908. CURIE, Pierre. OEUVRES DE PIERRE CURIE. Publiees par les soins de la Societe Francaise de Physique. Paris: Guthier-Villars, 1908. First edition. Frontispiece portrait, two plates, and text illustrations. Octavo. xxii,621 pp. Text is quite clean overall and complete; eventhough the bookblock is very lightly foxed, just at the fore-edge..... More
1925. CUSHING, Harvey. A LARGE CHOLESTEATOMA OF THE PARIETO-TEMPORAL REGION DEFORMING THE LEFT HEMISPHERE WITHOUT CEREBRAL SYMPTOMS. Chicago: Surgical Pub. Co., 1922. Offprint from Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, May 1922, pp. 557-566. 10 pp. 4to., blue printed stapled wrappers. Near fine. Some edgewear (a few nicks), minor soil and sunning..... More
1886. DAKE, Jabez P. THERAPEUTIC METHODS. AN OUTLINE OF PRINCIPLES OBSERVED IN THE ART OF HEALING. Boston and Providence: Otis Clapp & Son, 1886. 195 pp. 8vo., dark brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Dampstaining to front board, not affecting interior; light rubbing to cloth. With holograph one page..... More
1867. DAUMAS, Dr. Casimir. THE MINERAL WATERS OF VICHY. Vichy: A. Wallon, 1867. Fourth edition. x + 362 pp. including advertisements. 12mo., rebound in quarter maroon clothstamped in gilt, brown marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library with usual markings. Original wrappers bound in. Daumas was the consulting physician at Vichy. Uncommon..... More
1876. DAVIS, Rear-Admiral C. H., ed. G. M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. NARRATIVE OF THE NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION. U.S. SHIP POLARIS, CAPTAIN CHARLES FRANCIS HALL COMMANDING. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed by Davis on front flyleaf, undated. 696 pp. 4to., red cloth stamped in..... More
1877. DAVIS, George S., & C. Henri LEONARD, eds. NEW PREPARATIONS; A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, DEVOTED TO THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW THERAPEUTICAL AGENTS, vols. 1 & 2. Detroit: Geo. S. Davis, 1877-1878. 8vo, 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (1877); 10 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (1878). Ex-library, cloth..... More
1914. DAVIS, John Staige. HISTORY OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1825 - 1914. [Charlottesville] Reprinted from the Alumni Bulletin July 1914. 8vo., stapled pamphlet. Front page has small closed tear at edge, and small closed tear throughout at spine. Pamphlet has been creased horizontally and vertically..... More
1925. DAVIS, Loyal E. and Harvey Cushing. EXPERIENCES WITH BLOOD REPLACEMENT DURING OR AFTER MAJOR INTRACRANIAL OPERATIONS. Chicago: Surgical Pub. Co., 1925. Offprint from Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, March 1925, pp. 310-322. 13 pp. 4to., blue printed stapled wrappers. Near fine. Some edgewear (a few nicks), minor soil and sunning..... More