1837. CODEX PHARMACOPEE FRANCAISE Redigee par Ordre du Gouvernement par une Commission Composee de Mm. les Professeurs de la Faculte de Medecine, et de l'Ecole Speciale de Pharmacie de Paris. Paris: Bechet Jeune, Libraire de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris, 1837. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 535 pp. + [4]... More about CODEX PHARMACOPEE FRANCAISE
1740. THE LADIES DISPENSATORY: or, Every Woman her own Physician. Treating of the Natures, Causes, and various Symptoms of all the Diseases, Infirmities, and Disorders, natural or contracted, that most particularly affect the Fair Sex, in all their different Situations of Life, as Maids, Married Women, and Widows. London: James... More about LADIES DISPENSATORY:
1795. PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS [The Medications used in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary]. Edinburgh, 1795. 12mo. vi,63pp. This pharmacopeia is divided into three parts: a list of "simples" (single substances, mostly herbs), a list of mixed medications with recipes, and dosage ("posologia") instructions. The introduction gives weights, and cautions the... More about PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS
1794. PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA. Madrid, Typographia Ibarriana, 1794. First edition. Engraved title. xiv, 212, [22],16 pp. 8vo., full leather that is rubbed and edgeworn, with small losses at spine ends, and shaken. Beautifully printed on fine paper. Internally fine except for library markings, which are limited to the front pastedown and... More about PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA
1811. ABERNETHY, John. SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORIGIN AND TREATMENT OF LOCAL DISEASES; AND ON ANEURISMS. ON DISEASES RESEMBLING SYPHILIS; AND ON DISEASES OF THE URETHRA. Philadelphia: Printed for Thomas Dobson; Fry and Kammerer, Printer, 1811. Offered with: SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INJURIES OF THE HEAD; AND ON MISCELLANEOUS... More about SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS
1809. BY AND EARLY PROPONENT OF FOOD SAFETY AND CONSUMER AWARENESS ACCUM, Frederick. A PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE ANALYSIS OF MINERALS, exemplifying the best methods of analysing ores, earths, stones, inflammable fossils, and mineral substances in general. Philadelphia: Published by Kimber & Conrad, ... , and Benjamin & Thomas Kite... More about PRACTICAL ESSAY ON THE ANALYSIS OF MINERALS
1808. ACCUM, Frederick. SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY Two Volumes, with Plates. From the Improved London Edition. Philadelphia, Kimber and Conrad, 1808. Octavo. Two volumes. xx,393pp.; xx,431[7}pp. +VIIff. First American edition. Contains seven engraved plates. First published in 1803, Accum'swas one of the earliest chemical texts to be based... More about SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 270p. Small Octavo. Unbound Ex-library with perforated stamp to title... More about TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, WINE SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, TEA, COFFEE, CREAM CONFECTIONERY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 143p. Small... More about TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS
1864. (LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, signature). ACLAND, Henry W. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, LATE SERGEANT-SURGEON TO THE QUEEN AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. 31 pp. 4 3/4 x 7 inches: 12mo., pale blue wrappers. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's copy with his... More about BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE
1906. ADAMS, Samuel Hopkins. GREAT AMERICAN FRAUD: ARTICLES ON THE NOSTRUM EVIL AND QUACKS, IN TWO SERIES REPRINTED FROM COLLIER'S WEEKLY. P. F. Collier & Son., 1906. First Monograph Edition. Octavo 146p. Bound in red cloth with printed front board and hand lettered spine. Includes a fold-out reproduction of newspaper... More about GREAT AMERICAN FRAUD
1888. AGASSIZ, Alexander. THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STEAMER "BLAKE" in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States, From 1877 to 1880. Two volumes. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1888. xxii +... More about THREE CRUISES OF THE UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY STEAMER
1866. AGASSIZ, Louis. THE STRUCTURE OF ANIMAL LIFE: SIX LECTURES DELIVERED AT THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1862. New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1866. Volume 4 of the "[Augustus] Graham Lectures; On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in His Works," published... More about STRUCTURE OF ANIMAL LIFE
1733. ALLYNE, JAMES. NEW ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN FOUR PARTS. London: Printed for Tho. Astley at the Rose, and S. Austen at the Angel and Bible, both in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1733. First edition. 8vo., xiv + [2] + 646 + [56] + [2] pp. Title continued: "Containing, I. a more... More about NEW ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN FOUR PARTS
1785. [American Academy of Arts and Sciences]. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCCLXXXIII. Vol. 1: Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1785. [i-iii] - xxxii, 568pp. + [1] f.errata. 4to 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". Six folding plates. Contemporary calf binding. Front... More about MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
1910. American Association for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality. TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST (- SIXTH) ANNUAL MEETING. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1910. Vols. 2-6 published at Baltimore: Franklin Printing Co., 1912-1916. Six octavo volumes, uniformly bound in brown paper wrappers with title printed in black on spine and front... More about TRANSACTIONS OF THE FIRST (- SIXTH) ANNUAL MEETING
1855. [AMERICAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE]. POSITIVE MEDICAL AGENTS: Being a Treatise on the New Alkaloid, Resinoid and Concentrated Preparations of Indigenous and Foreign Medical Plants. New York: Charles B. Norton, 1855. 8vo. 304pp. Brown cloth, blindstamped to front and back and stamped in gilt to spine. Ex-library with stamps to front... More about POSITIVE MEDICAL AGENTS
1963. American Surgical Association. REGISTRATION BOOK of the American Surgical Association. A facsimile reproduction of the original, reproducing the signatures of those who orgnized the Association, and signatures of those who attended each meeting between 1882 and 1960, published for the Fellows of the Association by J. B. Lippincott Company... More about REGISTRATION BOOK
1732. ARBUTHNOT, John. AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ALIMENTS, AND THE CHOICE OF THEM, ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF HUMAN BODIES. IN WHICH THE DIFFERENT EFFECTS, ADVANTAGES, AND DISADVANTAGES OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE DIETS, ARE EXPLAIN'D...TO WHICH ARE ADDED, PRACTICAL RULES OF DIET IN THE VARIOUS CONSTITUTIONS AND... More about ESSAY CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ALIMENTS, AND THE CHOICE OF THEM
1909. ASCHOFF, L. [Karl Albert Ludwig], & A[dolf]. Bacmeister. DIE CHOLELITHIASIS. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1909. First edition. German language text. 117 pp. + 18 color and monochrome lithographic plates, some folding. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt spine. Ex-library, with only a canceled bookplate on front pastedown and no other... More about CHOLELITHIASIS
1865. ASHTON, T. J. PROLAPSUS, FISTULA IN ANO, AND HAEMORRHOIDAL AFFECTIONS: THEIR PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT. London: Churchill and Sonsm 1865. Second edition. x + 182 pp. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Ex-library with usual markings. top of backstrip partially detached, light soil to covers. Interior clean, tight... More about PROLAPSUS, FISTULA IN ANO, AND HAEMORRHOIDAL AFFECTIONS: THEIR
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL XII PART IV. [n.p., n.p. n.d. ca. late 19th century; possibly an early 20th century reprint of original edition from 1884]. pp. 245 - 472 + iii - xv + [1] + 16 pp. index + [2]. 8vo.... More about TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF JAPAN VOL XII PART IV
1898. BAGINSKY, Adolf. DIPHTHERIE UND DIPHTHERITISCHER CROUP. Wien: Alfred Holder, 1898. ix + 364 pp. 8vo., half leather stamped in gilt and blind, with black morocco-textured cloth boards. Leather shelfworn, gilt spine lettering bright. Endpapers and title page toned. 1-inch closed tear to front free endpaper. B/w and color figures... More about DIPHTHERIE UND DIPHTHERITISCHER CROUP
1899. BAILEY, Solon I., ed. Edward C. Pickering. ANNALS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE VOLUME XXXIX PART I: PERUVIAN METEOROLOGY 1888-1890. Cambridge: Published by the Observatory, 1899. vi + 153 pp. + VI plates. 4to., printed green wrappers. Good, covers detached, spine chipped mostly away, closed tears and... More about ANNALS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE XXXIX/I
1799. BAIRD, Georgii (George) ed. Alexander Hermannus MACDONALD. DISPUTATIO INAUGURALIS DE NECROSI AC CALLO. Edinburgi: Excudebant Adamus Neill et Socii, 1799. 140 pp. (p. 112 numbered as 117, then verso as 112, so actually 141 pp.) 8vo., recently rebound in blue cloth with marbled paper covered boards. Presentation copy, "To... More about DISPUTATIO INAUGURALIS DE NECROSI AC CALLO