1793. GARDINER, John. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE, CAUSE, AND CURE OF THE GOUT, AND OF SOME OF THE DISEASES WITH WHICH IT IS CONNECTED. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Spotswood, 1793. First American edition; it was first published at Edinburgh in 1792. 216 pp. 12mo., contemporary sheep, but..... More
1752. GAUB, Jerome David. LIBELLUS DE METHODO CONCINNANDI FORMULAS MEDICAMENTORUM. Leyden, Conrad Wishoff and George Jacob Wishoff, 1752. 8vo. xvi,437(20)pp. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Signed by the publisher on the copyright page. With woodcut ornaments and three pictorial initials. A "little book" on the correct preparation of medicines, with..... More
1855. GENTH, Adolphus. IRON WATERS OF SCHWALBACH (IN THE DUCHY OF NASSAU). Wiesbaden: Kreidel & Niedner, 1855. Second Edition. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, a view of Schwalbach, and some tables in the text. Octavo. [L], [2], 139 pp. An ex-library copy that is partially disbound. The bookblock is sound;..... More
1900. GOLEBIEWSKI, Dr. Ed. ATLAS UND GRUNDRISS DER UNFALLHEILKUNDE SOWIE DER NACHKRANKHEITEN DER UNFALLVERLETZUNGEN. Munich: J. F. Lehmann, 1900. xx + 642 pp. + 2 pp. + 18 pp. illustrated publisher's advertisements. Very good: minor shelfwear, gilt lettering bright, text clean, images bright. Band XIX, Lehmann's med. Handatlanten nebst kurzgefassten..... More
1767. GOOCH, Benjamin. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON WOUNDS AND OTHER CHIRURGICAL SUBJECTS; to which is prefixed a short Historical Account of the rise and progress of Surgery and Anatomy, addressed to Young Surgeons, Volume I, and CASES AND PRACTICAL REMARKS ON SURGERY, with sketches of Machines, simple in their construction..... More
1823. GOOD, John Mason. THE STUDY OF MEDICINE, 4 VOLUMES. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1823. xxxv + 404 pp./620 pp./435 pp./494 pp. 8vo., 3/4 calf with gilt leather spine labels and marbled paper covered boards. All four volumes have both front and rear boards detached. Spine label missing from Vol..... More
1862. GORUP-BESANEZ, Dr. E. F. LEHRBUCH DER PHYSIOLOGISCHEN CHEMIE. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1866. Third Volume of LEHRBUCH DER CHEMIE by Gorup-Besanez; first edition. xiv + 819 pp. 8vo., half green morocco stamped in gilt, raised bands, spine rules stamped in blind, brown marbled paper covered boards. Leather somewhat..... More
1831. GRAHAM, Thomas J. A TREATISE ON INDIGESTION; With Observations on Some Painful Complaints Originating in Indigestion, as Tic Douloureux, Nervous Disorder, &c. First U.S. edition, from the last London edition revised and enlarged with notes and an appendix. Philadelphia: Key and Mielke; printed by James Kay, Jun & Co...... More
1796. GRAVES, Robert. A POCKET CONSPECTUS OF THE NEW LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHARMACOPOEIAS Wherein the Virtues, Uses, and Doses of the several Articles and Preparations... are precisely stated, their Pronunciation as to Quantity is marked, and a Variety of other Particulars respecting them given, calculated more especially for the Use..... More
1842. GRAY, Asa. THE BOTANICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, AND PRIVATE STUDENTS: COMPRISING PART I: AN INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL BOTANY; PART II: THE PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMATIC BOTANY; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHIEF NATURAL FAMILIES OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM, AND NOTICES OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICINAL OR OTHERWISE USEFUL..... More
1836. GRAY, Asa. ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co., 1836. First edition. 428 pp. 12mo., brown cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Spine chipped 1/2 - 3/4 inch at heel and crown, joints cracked, chipped, boards worn. Lacks endpapers. Hinges repaired with heavy paper. Moderate..... More
1821. GRAY, Samuel Frederick. SUPPLEMENT TO THE PHARMACOPAEIA: BEING A TREATISE ON PHARMACOLOGY. London: Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, 1821. New and Improved Edition: considerably enlarged. 480p. Octavo. Paper covered boards detached, needs rebinding. Ex-library, includes ink-stamps to front endpapers, title page verso and page 51. Pages uncut, interior..... More
1815. GREGORY, [James], Professor. A DISSERTATION ON THE INFLUENCE OF A CHANGE OF CLIMATE IN CURING DISEASES. Translated from the original Latin, and enlarged with occasional notes by William P. C. Barton, M.D. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, William Fry, Printer, 1815. 212 pp. Octavo. 14 x 22 cm. In a worn..... More
1847. GRIFFITH, R. Eglesfeld. MEDICAL BOTANY: OR DESCRIPTIONS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANTS USED IN MEDICINE, WITH THEIR HISTORY, PROPERTIES, AND MODE OF ADMINISTRATION. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. 8vo. 704pp. B/w illustrations ("upwards of three hundred") throughout. Full calf, stamped and ruled in gilt to black leather spine label..... More
1963. [GRIMALDI, Francisco Maria] GRIMALDO, P. Francisco Maria. PHYSICO-MATHESIS DE LUMINE, COLORIBUS, ET IRIDE ... Bologna: Arnaldo Forni, 1963. [10] + 535 pp. + [16]. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near fine, corners slightly bumped, light soil to front endpapers. Interior fine. Title pages printed in red and..... More
1969. GUSDORF, Georges. LA REVOLUTION GALILEEN. Paris, Payot, 1969. Octavo. Two volumes. 404;485[1]pp. Part III of the series "Les Sciences Humaines et la Pensee Occidentale. Near fine in wrappers. More
1863. GUYON, DR. FELIX. DES VICES DE CONFORMATION DE L'URETHRE CHEZ L'HOMME ET DES MOYENS D'Y REMEDIER. Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1863. 179 pp. + 4 plates. 8vo., printed wrappers. Good, wrappers show light soil and rear cover has small closed tear. Ex-library with no external markings. Some pages have soil/and..... More
1837. HAGEN, Friedrich Wilhelm. DIE SINNESTAUSCHUNGEN IN BEZUG AUF PSYCHOLOGIE, HEILKUNDE UND RECHTSPFLEGE. Leipzig: Verlag von Otto Wigand, 1837. Octavo. xvi,352 pp. Contemporary binding of paper-covered boards with a gilt-stamped spine label, all edges speckled blue. Paper binding shows some wear along edges, shallow loss at heel and crown, and..... More
1926. HALE, Annie Riley. "THESE CULTS": AN ANALYSIS OF THE FOIBLES OF DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN'S "MEDICAL FOLLIES" AND AN INDICTMENT OF MEDICAL PRACTICE IN GENERAL, WITH A NON-PARTISAN PRESENTATION OF THE CASE FOR DRUGLESS SCHOOLS OF HEALING, COMPRISING ESSAYS ON HOMEOPATHY, OSTEOPATHY, CHIROPRACTIC, THE ABRAMS METHOD, VIVISECTION, PHYSICAL CULTURE, CHRISTIAN..... More
1758. HALLER, Albrecht von. DEUX MEMOIRES SUR LA FORMATION DES OS, FONDES SUR DES EXPERIENCES. Lausanne: Chez Bouquet, 1758. First edition. (A Latin version was included in von Haller's Opera Minora, printed at Lausanne, 1763-68.) 12mo. [vi]267 pp., + a folding table of bone development of baby chicks in the..... More
1937. HALLEY, Edmond, ed. Eugene Fairfield MACPIKE. CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF EDMOND HALLEY PRECEDED BY AN UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE BY ONE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES, AND THE 'ELOGE' BY D'ORTOUS DE MAIRAN. London: Taylor and Francis (1937). History of Science Society Publications: New Series II. 300 pp. 8vo., blue..... More
1787. HAMILTON, Alexander. OUTLINES OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY. Edinburgh/London: Charles Elliot/G. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1787. New edition. A8 - 2C8, 2D4; xvi + 17-424 pp. 8vo., rebound in 19th century half calf with marbled paper covered boards. Leather corners and spine rubbed, shelfworn; joints cracked..... More
1809. HAMILTON, James. OBSERVATIONS ON THE UTILITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF PURGATIVE MEDICINES IN SEVERAL DISEASES. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, and Collins and Perkins, New York, 1809. First American, from the second Edinburgh edition. 274p. 12mo. Contemporary full leather binding with gilt lettered spine label. The binding is scuffed and soiled, and..... More
1902. HANNAN, William I. THE TEXTILE FIBRES OF COMMERCE. A HANDBOOK ON THE OCCURENCE, DISTRIBUTION, PREPARATION, AND USES OF ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL FIBRES USED IN COTTON, WOOLLEN, PAPER, SILK, BRUSH AND HAT MANUFACTURES. London: Charles Griffin and Co., Ltd., 1902. x + 236 pp. 8vo., dark red pebbled cloth..... More
1912. FISHER, Charles Perry. [HARVEY, William] MITCHELL, S. Weir. SOME RECENTLY DISCOVERED LETTERS OF WILLIAM HARVEY WITH OTHER MISCELLANEA. WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HARVEY'S WORKS by Charles Perry Fisher. Philadelphia: Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1912. 59 pp. 8vo., stiff blue wraps with paper cover label. Owner's..... More