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 CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF EDMOND HALLEY PRECEDED BY AN UNPUBLISHED MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE BY ONE OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES, AND THE 'ELOGE' BY D'ORTOUS DE MAIRAN.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
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
1912. [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 ink signature on..... More
1856. HASKELL, Benjamin. ESSAYS ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, WITH AN APPENDIX ON HYDROPHOBIA. Gloucester: John S. E. Rogers, Printer, 1856. Inscribed to "Dr. Martyn Laine from the Author" on the front wrapper. Lacks the plate. Octavo. 87,[1] pp. Original blue paper wrappers with title information printed on..... More
1920. HEAD, Henry. APHASIA: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW (THE HUGHLINGS JACKSON LECTURE FOR 1920). London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Ltd., 1920. Reprinted from "Brain," Vol. 43, 1920, pp. 390-450. 4to., printed blue wrappers. Spine starting. Minor toning, light edgewear and faint soil to cover. Precedes Head's "Aphasia and kindred disorders..... More
1753. HEBENSTREIT, Johann Ernst. ANTHROPOLOGIA FORENSIS sistens Medici circa Rempublicam Causasque dicendas Officium cum Rerum Anatomicarum ac Physicarum quae illud attinent expositionibus. Leipzig, Haeredes Lankisiani, 1753. Octavo. [xxxii]632[30]pp. +IIIff. Second edition. Contains three out of four folding copper plates, showing birth defects. Treats of public health, poisons and violent death..... More
1862. HENNIG, [Ernst]. HENNIG'S COMMENTAR UND WORTERBUCH ZU ALLEN PHARMACOPOEN. Ein unentbehrliches Hulfsbuch fur Aerzte und Apotheker, sowie fur Studirende der Medicin und Pharmacie zum richtigen Verstandniss jeder Landes-Pharmacopoe. Dresden: H. Klemm, [1862]. Third edition. Illustrated with 7 steel engraved plates, most depict various crystalline structures. The frontispiece has a...... More
1773. HENRY, Thomas. EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS on the Following Subjects: 1. On the Preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba; 2. On the Solvent Qualities of Calcined Magnesia; 3. On the variety in the Solvent Powers of Quick-Lime; On various Absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction; 5. On the..... More
1810. HENRY, William. AN EPITOME OF EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY, IN THREE PARTS. Boston: William Andrews, 1810. Second American edition from the Fifth English edition. 8vo. 432 pp. + i-lxxvii. Frontis. + 8 engraved plates. Full calf with red leather title label lettered and stamped in gilt to spine. Ex- library with..... More
1710. HERMANN, Paul. CYNOSURA MATERIAE MEDICAE seu Brevis et Succincta Methodus Notitiam Simplicium Medicamentorum Comparandi... etc. etc. [Guide to medicinal substances, organized by categories, and to their uses] Edited by Johann Sigismund Henninger. Strasburg: Widow of Johann Friedrich Spoor, 1710. First Edition. Quarto. Roan-backed marbled boards, very rubbed. Front flyleaf..... More
1888. HERTZ, H[einrich]. UBER STRAHLEN ELEKTRISCHER KRAFT. (Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1888.) Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1888, No. 50, pp. 1297 - 1307. The text of a lecture on electric waves delivered 13 December 1888, it relates qualitative experiments undertaken by Hertz..... More
1588. HIPPOCRATES. HIPPOCRATIS MAGNI COACAE PRAENOTIONES. Opus admirabile, in tres libros tributum. Interprete & enarratore Ludovico Dureto, Segusiano ... Cum rerum commemorabilium indice amplissimo. Parisiis: Apud Jacobum Du-Puys, via Iacobae, 1588. Colophon: Parisiis: Excudebat Dionysius Duvallius, mense Iulio, 1588. First of this edition of Hippocrates' Prognostics edited and translated by..... More
1841. HITCHCOCK, Edward. FINAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN FOUR PARTS: I. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY. II. SCENOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY. III. SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGY. IV. ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY. Amherst/Northampton [MA]: J. S. & C. Adams/J. H. Butler, 1841. xii + 831 pp. + 2 maps and 2 plates on India paper, some hand-colored..... More
1912. HOLLISTER, John Hamilcar. MEMORIES OF EIGHTY YEARS: AUTOSKETCHES, RANDOM NOTES AND REMINISCENCES. Chicago: [Privately printed] 1912. 240 pp. 8vo., quarter brown cloth stamped in gilt over grey paper covered boards stamped in black. Shelfworn with nicked spine at heel and crown, spine shaken, hinges starting. Light soil to boards..... More
1878. HOLMES, E. M. CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUM OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. London: Printed for the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1878. First edition. 8vo. Presentation Copy from Holmes, Curator of the Museum. 302p. Brown paper covers with printed front and spine. A sound..... More
1862. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. BORDER LINES OF KNOWLEDGE In Some Provinces of Medical Science. An introductory lecture, delivered before the Medical Class of Harvard University, November 6, 1861. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. 80pp. Slim 8vo., green cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. A little wear at crown, still a lovely..... More
1862. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. BORDER LINES OF KNOWLEDGE IN SOME PROVINCES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. AN INTRODUCTORY LECTURE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE MEDICAL CLASS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1861. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. Presentation copy inscribed to former owner "from the Author" in pencil on first blank recto. 80 pp..... More
1795. HOME, Everard. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF STRICTURES IN THE URETHRA. London, George Nicol, 1795. 8vo. viii,199pp. Home was Surgeon at St. George's Hospital, London. In early tan boards, with much of spine missing; front board and prelims nearly off. Text fine. More
1767. HOME, Francisco [Francis]. PRINCIPIA MEDICINAE. Editio I Veneta. Venitiis: Antonium Perlini, 1767. *4, A8 - N8. 16mo., 3/4 vellum with leather spine label, green marbled paper covered boards. Moderate spotting to vellum, leather spine label chipped at edges. Moderaate shelfwear and rubbing to boards. G2 has small chip at..... More
1857. HOOD, P. THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF SCARLET FEVER: ALSO OBSERVATIONS ON THE PATHOLOGY & TREATMENT OF CROWING INSPIRATION IN INFANTS. London: John Churchill, 1857. iv + [2] + 200 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's catalogue. Ex-library with usual markings. Fair to good, backstrip detached, chipped, laid in. Slight thumbing..... More
1830. HOOKER, William Jackson. BOTANICAL MISCELLANY: Containing figures and descriptions of such plants as recommend themselves by their novelty, rarity, or history, or by the uses to which they are applied in the arts, in medicine, and in domestic oeconomy; together with occasional botanical notices and information, VOL. I[-III]. London..... More
1809. HOOPER, Robert. THE PHYSICIAN'S VADE-MECUM : Containing the Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Diseases. Accompanied by a Select Collection of Formulae, and a Glossary of Terms. From the London Copy. This Philadelphia Edition is improved by a translation of all the Latin prescriptions, and is enlarged by..... More