Heirs of Hippocrates. The Development of Medicine in a Catalogue of Historic Books in the Health Sciences Library, the University of Iowa

Iowa City, Friends Of The University Of Iowa Libraries, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth; xiv, 474 pages. Excellent reference work with illustrations. "This catalogue contains descriptions of 1,196 of the 1,600 books in the John Martin Rare Book Room in the Health Sciences Library. Works were chosen for the catalogue which seemed to illustrate the best the history of medicine, are most representative of a particular author, or presented a particular topic not otherwise treated even though the work is not of great importance. Near Fine .

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Book number: 020021

Catalogue: History of Medicine

Keywords: Medical History, Bibliography, Books on Books, Medicine, History of Medicine Medical History Books on Books Bibliography Medicine

AUSTIN, Robert B

Early American Medical Imprints 1668 - 1820

Washington DC, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Printed wrappers; x, 240 pages. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front inside cover. Tears to front cover. Good .

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Book number: 020023

Catalogue: History of Medicine

Keywords: Medical History, Bibliography, Books on Books, Medicine, History of Medicine, Americana Medical History Books on Books Bibliography Medicine

GARRISON, Fielding H

An Introduction to the History of Medicine with Medical Chronology, Suggestions for Study and Bibliographic Data

Philadelphia & London, W. B.Saunders Company, n.d. [1970s?]. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, cloth; 996 pages. Illustrated with portraits. Light edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 020020

Catalogue: History of Medicine

Keywords: Medical History, Bibliography, Books on Books, Medicine, History of Medicine Medical History Books on Books Bibliography Medicine

HAMILTON, Alexander

Outlines of the Theory and Practice of Midwifery

Worcester, MA, Isaiah Thomas, 1794. First Isaiah Thomas Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (5" x 8-1/8") bound in recent full calf leather with gilt decoration to the boards and spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers; 302 pages. Complete with the original endpapers. First published in Edinburgh in 1784 and in America in Philadelphia in 1790, the Isaiah Thomas edition is fairly scarce. Occasional foxing or staining, but generally clean in a Fine, handsome binding Austin 862; Evans 27084; Heirs of Hippocrates 652: "Hamilton was the first to distinguish and describe uterine and vaginal discharge and he promoted the concept of the perineum as supporting the pelvic structure.. The American edition of his later publication, TREATISE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE COMPLAINTS (1793), is the first American publication devoted to the subject of gynecology.

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Book number: 017239

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Americana, Midwifery, Medicine, Obstetrics, Medical, American Imprints Obstetrics American Imprints Medical Americana

MINER, Thomas & TULLY, William

Essays on Fevers, and Other Medical Subjects

Middletown, (CT), E. & H. Clark, 1823. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto (5-3/8" x 8-3/4") bound in original full calf leather with a red morocco spine label. 484 pages. Ink stamp of McGill University on title page with "Library Medical Faculty McGill University" written in ink as well. Their bookplate on front pastedown, stamped "Withdrawn," along with a Montreal bookseller's ticket. Moderate foxing throughout. Joints splitting but covers tight; spine rubbed with McGill University in gilt at base. Very Good .

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Book number: 011779

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Medicine, Nonfiction Americana 19th Century Science Yellow Fever

MORTON, Leslie T

A Medical Bibliography (Garrison and Morton). An Annotated Check-List of Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine

Philadelphia & Toronto, J. B. Lippincott Company, (1970). Third Edition. Hardcover. Cloth; 872 pages. Essential work in the field with 7,534 entries. Rear hinge broken, no other defects; tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Good in a Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 020022

Catalogue: History of Medicine

Keywords: Medical History, Bibliography, Books on Books, Medicine, History of Medicine Medical History Books on Books Bibliography Medicine

VESLING, Johann

The Anatomy of the Body of Man: Wherein Is Exactly Described Every Part Thereof, in the Same Manner As It Is Commonly Shewed in Publick Anatomies...

London, George Sawbridge, 1677. Second Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") in contemporary calf; A4 D-N4 R4 S2; [8], 80, 181-192 pages. The Second Edition in English, translated by Nicholas Culpeper. Illustrated with 24 full-page plates, each facing a printed full-page table. Light marginal dampstains, some foxing and soiling; one plate with corner margin tear, affecting only the border of the plate and not the image. Front cover a little loose but secure, binding rubbed with some edgewear. Very Good ESTC R23770; Wing V287.

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Book number: 019183

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Medicine, Anatomy, 17th Century, Illustrated Books 17th Century Medicine Anatomy Illustrated Books