1786. KOELER, Georg Ludwig. EXPERIMENTA CIRCA REGENERATIONEM OSSIUM. Gottingen: J.C. Dieterich, 1786. Octavo. [ii]105[3]pp. + 3 finely engraved folding plates showing bone surfaces and sections. Title engraving features strange little bone-regeneration cherubim performing operations on fowl, an animal of indeterminate species, and a young boy. Koeler (1760-1807) studied with his..... More
1893. KOENIG, Dr. Wilhelm. UBER GESICHTSFELD-ERMUDUNG UND DEREN BEZIEHUNG ZUR CONCENTRISCHEN GESICHTSFELDEINSCHRANKUNG BEI ERKRANKUNGEN DES CENTRALNERVENSYSTEMS. Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, 1893. vi + [2] + 152 pp. 8vo., half cloth with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library with no external markings. A few tiny chips to..... More
1927. KOLODNY, Anatole. BONE SARCOMA: THE PRIMARY MALIGNANT TUMORS OF BONE AND THE GIANT CELL TUMOR. Chicago: The Surgical Publishing Company of Chicago, 1927. Issued as Volume XLIV Number 4,A of SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS with INTERNATIONAL ABSTRACT OF SURGERY, APRIL 1927, PART II. 214 pp. 4to., rebound in 3/4..... More
1881. KRAFFT-EBING, Richard von. LEHRBUCH DER GERICHTLICHEN PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE MIT BERUCKSICHTIGUNG DER GESETZGEBUNG VON OSTERREICH, DEUTSCHLAND UND FRANKREICH. Stuttgart: Verlag von Ferdinand Enke, 1881. Zweite umgearbeitete Auflage (second revised edition). Octavo. xvi,400 pp. Quarter bound in green cloth with marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title. Ex-library, with all of the usual marks..... More
1863. KRAMER, W., transl. Henry Power. THE AURAL SURGERY OF THE PRESENT DAY. London: The New Sydenham Society, 1863. ix + 154 pp. 8vo., decoaretively blindstamped brown cloth with gilt spine lettering and cover portrait. Corners slightly bumped/frayed, front hinge starting and ffep detached, otherwise a clean and overall very..... More
1893. KURELLA, Dr. H. NATURGESCHICHTE DES VERBRECHERS. GRUNDZUGE DER CRIMINELLEN ANTHROPOLOGIE UND CRIMINALPSYCHOLOGIE. FUR GERICHTSARZTE, PSYCHIATER, JURISTEN UND VERWALTUNGSBEAMTE. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1893. viii + 284 pp. 8vo., quarter dark brown morocco stamped in gilt and blind, black marbled paper covered boards. Boards and spine worn, spine slightly chipped at..... More
1885. LAACHE, S. HARN-ANALYSE FUR PRACTISCHE ARTZE. Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, 1885. 166 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertising. 8vo., brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with no external markings. Front flyleaf partially detached; owner's ink notes in German on recto of rear flyleaf, else clean and tight..... More
1815. LANGENBECK, Conrad Johann Martin, hrsg. NEUE BIBLIOTHEK FUR DIE CHIRUGIE UND OPTHAMOLOGIE. Erster Band(-Dritter Band). Hanover: Bey den Brudern Hahn, 1815(-1822). Volumes 1-3 (only) of four. 19 plates, some folding. Three octavo volumes uniformly bound in contemporary bindings of paper boards, leather spine label, and all edges stained red..... More
1727. LEMERY, Nicolas. DICTIONAIRE OU TRAITE UNIVERSEL DES DROGUES SIMPLES. Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1727. Quarto. [xx], 590, [58] pp. + 25 ff. Fourth edition, with corrections and many additions by the author. Contains twelve large folding plates, each with 16 individual engravings of plants, corals, and a little hippo. Nicolas..... More
1700. LEMERY, Nicolas. PHARMACOPOEIA LEMERIANA CONTRACTA: LEMERY'S UNIVERSAL PHARMACOPOEIA ABRIDG'D, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's Dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal Pharmacy: to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected..... More
1834. EARLY PROPONENT OF THE CONCEPT OF CRIMINAL INSANITY LEURET, Francois. FRAGMENS PSYCHOLOGIQUES SUR LA FOLIE. Paris: Crochard, 1834. 426 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. A collection of writings on madness by the head of medecine st Bicetre Hospital in Paris and chief editor of Annales d'hygiene publique et de..... More
1927. LEWIS, Thomas. THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE HUMAN SKIN AND THEIR RESPONSES. London: Shaw and Sons Ltd., 1927. 322 pp., 76 illustrations. 4to., blue cloth. Owner's ink signature rubbed out, ffep. Very good, cloth split at rear spine hinge. Shelfwear and a few nicks to spine and corners. Ex-library..... More
1786. LEWIS, W. [and the] Gentlemen of the Faculty at Edinburgh. THE NEW DISPENSATORY. CONTAINING I. THE ELEMENTS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY. II. THE MATERIA MEDICA... III. PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. IV. MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS. xxxii + 720 pp. 8vo., calf. Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot/London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Fair..... More
1746. LEWIS, William. A COURSE OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. In which are contained all the Operations described in Wilson's Complete Course of Chemistry. With many new and several uncommon Processes. To each Article is given the Chemical History, and to most, an Account of the Quantities of Oils, Salts, Spirits, yielded..... More
1749. LOWTHORP, John. THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCC. ABRIDGED, AND DISPOSED UNDER GENERAL HEADS. VOLUME II. CONTAINING ALL THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PAPERS. London: Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware, ... and J. Ward, 1749. 5th edition, corrected, in which the Latin papers are translated..... More
1851. LYTTON BULWER, E. EXTRACTS FROM SIR E. LYTTON BULWER'S CONFESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF A WATER-PATIENT. IN A LETTER TO THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORANGE MOUNTAIN WATER-CURE. [New Jersey:] n.p., ca. 1851. 33, [34-47] pp. 8vo., tan sewn wrappers printed in black..... More
1896. M'KECHNIE, William Sharp. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOCIALISTIC AND INDIVIDUALISTIC THEORIES. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1896. xv + [1] + 451 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt. Spine nicked at heel and crown, ink ownership and pencil..... More
1822. MACKENZIE, COLIN. ONE THOUSAND EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY; WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA; AND PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANUFACTURING AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES AT PRESENT PURSUED IN THE SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF THE USEFUL ARTS. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822. "A new edition corrected and improved, with numerous..... More
1841. MACKENZIE, William. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1841. xv + [1] + 292 pp. + [2] + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., black cloth stamped in blind. Lacks backstrip, boards detached. Ex-library with no external markings. Inkstamp on title page. Unopened. Needs binding;..... More
1833. MACKENZIE, William. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE EYE. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. First American edition "from the last [i.e. first] London edition." It is Volume III of the "Library of Practical Medicine" published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. xii, 719 pp. Original cloth-backed paper..... More
1764. MACQUER [Pierre Joseph]. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CHYMISTRY, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. MACQUER ... THE SECOND EDITION. TWO VOLUMES. London: Printed for A. Millar and J. Nourse, 1764. xix, [1], 419, 6 plates / viii, 434. 8vo., calf with raised bands, gilt red morocco..... More
1927. [MAGAZINE] TEIKOKU HATSUMEI KYOKAI. HATSUMEI THE INVENTION 41 issues. Tokyo, Maru-no-uchi. Magazines, bound Western style in decorated wrappers. 1927 - 1943. About 26 x 19 cm in size. This important magazine began in 1905. The Imperial Science and Invention Society, that published the magazine, built a permanent research facility..... More
1829. MAGENDIE, M. (Joseph Houlton, Trans.) FORMULARY FOR THE PREPARATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERAL NEW REMEDIES: NAMELY RESIN OF NUX VOMICA, STRYCHNINE, MORPHINE, HYDROCYANIC ACID, PREPARATIONS OF CINCHONA, EMETINE, IODINE, PIPERINE, CHLORETS OF LIME AND SODA, SALTS OF GOLD AND PLATINA, PHOSPHORUS, DIGITALINE, &c. Translated from the sixth edition of..... More
1528. MANLIUS DEL BOSCO, Johannes Jacobus [et al.] LUMINARE MAIUS. Opus eximium quod Luminare Maius dicitur, Medicis et Aromatariis perquam necessarium [A Greater Lamp for Physicians and Apothecaries]. Lyons: Printed by Antonio Blanchard for Louis Martin, 1528. Quarto. 1-8, I-LXI,[LXII -LXIV]; I-XXVI; I-XXX [I] ff. This volume contains three separate..... More
Nodder, F.P. MARTYN, Thomas. THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS intended to illustrate Linnaeus' System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: B. White and Son, 1788. First edition. Octavo. vi, 72 pp. + XXXVIII ff. Published after requests by some readers for illustrations to..... More