1860. PARKES, Edmund A. COMPOSITION OF THE URINE, IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, AND UNDER THE ACTION OF REMEDIES. London: John Churchill, 1860. 8vo. 404pp. + 31pp. publisher's list. Dark blue cloth, blindstamped on front and back and stamped in gilt to spine. Cloth faded and worn. Ex-library with paper label..... More
1851. PARSONS, Usher. A LECTURE, ON THE CONNEXION AND RECIPROCAL INFLUENCE, BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND STOMACH; Delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at Providence, 1840. Providence: B. Cranston & Co., 1841. Inscribed "From the Author" on the front wrapper. Octavo. 16 pp. In a modern binding of three-quarter cloth..... More
1878. PAVY, F. W. THE CROONIAN LECTURES ON CERTAIN POINTS CONNECTED WITH DIABETES DELIVERED AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1878. First edition. 126 pp. + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. 8vo., red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine and..... More
1937. PEABODY, George Augustus, ed. John Charles PHILLIPS. SOUTH AMERICAN JOURNALS 1858 - 1859. Salem, MA: Peabody Museum, 1937. No. 108 of 481 copies. xvi + 209 pp. Small 4to., half cloth (black) with green marbled paper covered boards and black paper covered slipcase. Minor shelfwear to boards, interior tight..... More
1872. PEASLEE, E. Randolph. OVARIAN TUMORS: THEIR PATHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT, ESPECIALLY BY OVARIOTOMY. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1872. First edition. xxvii + [3] + 551 pp. + 24 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., green pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ink ownership on front flyleaf: George H. Lyman..... More
1839. PERCY, JOHN. PRIZE THESIS. AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY, CONCERNING THE PRESENCE OF ALCOHOL IN THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN, AFTER POISONING BY THAT LIQUID; TOGETHER WITH EXPERIMENTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF ALCOHOL: FOR WHICH, A GOLD MEDAL WAS AWARDED BY THE MEDICAL FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY EDINBURGH. London..... More
1843. PEREIRA, Jonathan. A TREATISE ON FOOD AND DIET: WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DIETETICAL REGIMEN SUITED FOR DISORDERED STATES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS ... London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843. xvi + 542 pp. + 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., dark brown ribbed cloth stamped in gilt and blind..... More
1896. PERIODICALS. ARCHIV FUR AUGENHEILKUNDE: INTERRUPTED RUN 1896-1907. Weisbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1896-1907. var pp. 8vo., orange printed wrappers. Some soil and closed tears to wrappers, very good on average. B/w, tinted and color plates. Ophthalmology/Optometry. Volume/part numbers as follows: XXXIII, 1+2, 3 (1896) XXXIV, 1-4 (1896) XXXV, 1-4 (1897)..... More
1867. [PERIODICALS]. ARCHIV FUR KLINISCHE CHIRURGIE, 3 VOLUMES. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1867-1877. var pp. 8vo., boards. Very good. Folding plates. As follows: Achter band, 1867; Eilfter band 1869; and Supplement - heft zum einundzwanzigsten band, 1877. More
1903. [PERIODICALS] BULLETIN L'INSTITUT PASTEUR: REVUES ET ANALYSES. Paris: Masson et Cie, 1903-1904. var pp. 8vo., wrappers, good condition (some chipped/edgeworn, light soil). As follows: 1903: No. 1 (Feb 28) - 21 (Dec. 30) 1904: No. 1 (Jan ?) - 24 (Dec 30). More
1901. [PERIODICALS] U.S. MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE. MARINE HOSPITAL REPORTS, FIVE VOLUMES. Washington, DC: GPO, 1901-1910. var. pp. 8vo., boards. Fair, boards slightly bowed, pages show some water ripple/dampstaining. Spines loose. Hygienic laboratory/case histories. As follows: 1901, 1903-1906, 1908-1909, 1909, 1910. As is. More
1916. [PERIODICALS] MEMOIRES DE L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES D' L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE, AN INTERRUPTED RUN 1916-1936. Paris: Gauthier Villars, 1916-1936. Var pp. 4to., blue printed boards. Serie Deuxieme. Some chipped boards, text very good internally with minimal foxing. Plates in monochrome or b/w. As follows: Seven volumes: 54 (1916) 56 (1918)..... More
1883. [PERIODICALS]. DRUG TOPICS : THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE OF THE DRUG TRADE. (VOL. 47, NOS. 4-10; VOL. 48, NOS 9 & 12; VOL. 49. NOS. 2-10.) New York: Topics Publishing (for The Kauffman-Lattimer Co.), 1883-. Small 8vo. in wraps. News, articles, letters and advertisements for the pharmacist. Ex-library with few..... More
1904. PETTIGREW, Richard R. PETTIGREW'S NEW ENGLAND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY 1904. Boston: The Garden Press, 1904. Containing a directory of physicians, and information regarding the hospitals, societies, dispensaries, and training schools of New England, and other information of interest to the medical profession. 8vo., navy cloth, gilt spine title. Ex-library; stamp..... More
1880. [PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN]. CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Compiled by John William Knapman, Librarian. London: Printed for the Society, 1880. Third edition. 445 pp. Appended is the fourth edition of the catalogue of the North British Branch on pages [409]-445, which..... More
1811. PHILLIPS, Richard. AN EXPERIMENTAL EXAMINATION of the last Edition of the Pharmacopoeis Londinensis; with Remarks on Dr. Powell's Translation and Annotations. London, William Phillips, 1811. Octavo. viii,148[3]pp. First edition. Phillips, a Quaker, was a distinguished chemist, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Curator of the Museum of Practical..... More
1891. PICKERING, Edward C. ANNALS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF HARVARD COLLEGE VOL. XXVI PART I: PREPARATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE DRAPER CATALOGUE. Cambridge: John Wilson and Son/University Press, 1891. xxiv + 192 pp. 4to, printed wrappers. Ex-library with usual markings. Spine and wrappers chipped, large 4 inch chip to..... More
1722. COMPLETE WORKS -- THREE TITLES [PITCAIRN, Archibald.] ARCHIBALDI PICARNII SCOTO-BRITANNI MEDICI CELEBERRIMI OPERA OMNIA. [Complete Works in two volumes, including the Physical-Mathematical Elements of Medicine and Medical Lectures, with some smaller works. A new edition.] The Hague, Henricus Scheurleer, 1722. Quarto. [4][second title page][xlviii]222; [third title][xiv]284[viii]; 16,16pp. Two volumes..... More
1725. POMET, Pierre. A COMPLEAT HISTORY OF DRUGGS, WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY MONSIEUR POMET, CHIEF DRUGGIST TO THE LATE FRENCH KING LEWIS XIV. TO WHICH IS ADDED, WHAT IS FURTHER OBSERVABLE ON THE SAME SUBJECT, FROM MESS. LEMERY AND TOURNEFORT, DIVIDED INTO THREE CLASSES, VEGETABLE, ANIMAL AND MINERAL; WITH THEIR..... More
1848. PROUT, William. ON THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF STOMACH AND RENAL DISEASES; BEING AN INQUIRY INTO THE CONNEXION OF DIABETES, CALCULUS, AND OTHER AFFLICTIONS OF THE KIDNEY AND BLADDER, WITH INDIGESTION. London: John Churchill, 1848. 5th edition, revised. xvi + VI plates with facing text pages + 595 pp..... More
1871. Provisional Council, Ontario College of Pharmacy. PHARMACY ACT: SALE OF POISON BOOKS, FOR REGISTERING ALL POISONS SOLD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHARMACY ACT OF 1871. Toronto: Provincial Council of the Ontario College of Pharmacy, 1871. Small 4to. 7"x 9 1/4". Brown cloth gilt lettering to front and blind-stamping front..... More
19. QUINBY, Jane, and Allan Stevenson, compilers. CATALOGUE OF BOTANICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF RACHEL MCMASTERS MILLER HUNT. Volume I[-II]. (New York: Maurizio Martino), [n.d., circa 1990]. A reprint of the 1958 edition, limited to 400 copies. Two volumes. B&w illustrations. lxxxiv, 517 pp.; ccxliv, ix, 655 pp. 4to...... More
1811. [QUINCY, John]. THE AMERICAN MEDICAL LEXICON, ON THE PLAN OF QUINCY'S LEXICON PHYSICO-MEDICUM, with many retrenchments, additions, and improvements; comprising and explanation of the etymology and signification of the terms used in anatomy, physiology, surgery, materia medica, chemistry, and the practice of physic. Compiled from the most approved authorities..... More
1782. QUINCY, John. PHARMACOPAEIA OFFICINALIS & EXTEMPORANEA: OR, A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, IN TWO PARTS. THEORETIC AND PRACTICAL. London: T. Longman, 1782. Fifteenth Edition, much enlarged and corrected. x. 656p. [62p.] Octavo. Calf with leather spine label. Some wear at hinges and edges. Bookplate (Samuel A.D. Sheppard) at front pastedown..... More
1718. QUINCY, John. PHARMACOPOEIA OFFICINALIS & EXTEMPORANEA; or, a Compleat English Dispensatory, in Four Parts. Containing: I. The Theory of Pharmacy, and the several Processes therein. II. A Description of the Officinal Simples, with their Virtues and Preparations, Galenical and Chymical. III. The Officinal Compositions... IV. Extemporaneous Prescriptions... London: A...... More