J. B. F. Descuret

La Medecine Des Passions; Ou Les Passions Considerees Dans Leurs Rapports Avec Les Maladies, Les Lois, Et la Religion

Liege, Imprimerie De J. G. Lardinois, 1844. Leather. A copy of this nineteenth century work on medicine by Descuret, an original early French edition. A copy of this Nineteenth Century work on medicine by Descuret. Fourth Edition, corrected and augmented; in French. Jean Baptiste Felix Descuret (4 June 1795 27 November 1871) was a French physician and author who was a native of Chalon-sur-Saone. He studied and practiced medicine in Paris, and afterward worked in Chatillon-d'Azergues. In a half calf leather binding, with gilt title detailing to the spine and marbled paper-covered boards. Externally, sound with some rubbing, a few marks, and slight loss to the extremities. The leather is missing from the outer corners of the boards. The front hinge is tender, and the rear hinge is strained. Internally, the binding is strained. The pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting, and discolouration to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: FGN23-F-6

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: medicine french passion french None

Paul Dube; Sebastiano Castellini [trans.]

IL Medico de Poveri Trattato Prattico

Bassano, Gio. Antonio Remondini , 1734 . Hardback. An uncommon Italian translation of Paul Dube's guide to affordable medical treatment. Translated from the original French into Italian by Sebastiano Castellini. First translated into Italian in 1692, and first published in Paris in 1669.Upon publication, this became one of  the most successful treatises on popular medicine, with advice and practical remedies for the poor. Dube theorized that the poor could be treated through the use of commonly found remedies, rather than the expensive and exotic Galenic cures available to the wealthy.Part II of the work, 'Il Chirurgo de' Poveri', bears an individual title page, as called for.With a bookseller's label to the front pastedown.An informative work in which simple methods are taught to cure various diseases and ailments, including headaches, scurvy, asthma, and health implications related to childbirth. In paper covered boards, with handwritten title to back strip. Lacking lower half of back strip. Boards tenderly held. Bookseller's label to front pastedown. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, binding strained throughout. Pages lightly age toned, with the odd spot throughout. Minor worming to tail of pages 97-322. Good Only . Ill.: Noneq. Good Only .

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Boeknummer: 899F72

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: The doctor of the poor, a practical treatise that teaches the way to cure any human infirmity using medicines of little or no cost medicine Il medico de' poveri health medicine Noneq

Lester E. Dubins; Leonard J. Savage

How to Gamble If You Must: Inequalities for Stochastic Processes

New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1965. Cloth. A detailed study on the concept of gambling and the statistic principles around it. Statistical study on gambling. Dubins and Savage present a formulation on the gambler's problem from a statistical viewpoint, with special attention to strategy, the casino and the house, red-and-black, one-lottery, and the indefinite future. Written by Lester E. Dubins, an American mathematician noted primarily for his research in probability theory, and Leonard J. Savage an American mathematician and statistician. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 850T28

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: Gamble Must Dubins Savage Must None

Theodore Ducamp; M. F. Lallemand

Traite Des Retentions D&Apos;Urines; Observations Sur Les Maladies Des Organes Genito-Urinaires

Paris, Mequignon-Marvis; Delaunay; Gabon et Compagnie, 1822-1827 . First edition. Leather. Three scarce French medical works bound together. Featuring Theodore Ducamp's study of the treatment of urine retention, and Lallemand's two part work on genitourinary diseases. Three very scarce volumes in one, each in the original French.The first work is the very scarce first edition of Theodore Ducamp's discussion of urine retention caused by strictures of the urethra. In the early decades of the nineteenth-century, cauterization was the favoured method of unblocking urethral strictures, with Ducamp's method being was one of the most popular and least harmful to the patient.Illustrated with five plates. Collated, complete.The second and third works are parts I and II of the first edition of M. F. Lallemand's observations on diseases of the genitourinary organs, published in 1825 and 1827. With each part retaining the original half title and title page.Lallemand was a military surgeon, and professor at the surgical clinic in Montpellier. Illustrated with two folding plates. Collated, complete.Former owner's inscription to part II half title.Very scarce works. In a quarter calf binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Minor loss of leather to back strip head, and head of rear joint. Joint heads starting, with boards a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Light tide mark to tail of each leaf. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout, most concentrated to plates. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Boeknummer: 895F3

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: urine urethra medicine Lallemand urethra Not Stated

Stewart Duncan

Treatise on Uterine Haemorrhage

London, Thomas and George Underwood, 1816 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Duncan Stewart's treatise on uterine hemorrhage. The very scarce first edition of this work.An early treatise on midwifery, presenting the issues and treatment of uterine haemorrhages. The author advocated for the use of opium as a treatment and method of pain relief.By Duncan Stewart, who was Physician Accoucheur to the Westminster General Dispensary.Retaining the original half title.With the stamp of the Med. Chir. Soc. Aberdeen. to the dedication leaf and title page, with resultant offsetting to half title. With the inscription of the society to the title page head.With eighteen pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Front joint and head of rear joint starting, with rear board firmly held, and front board a touch tender. Losses of paper to joints and back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with light spotting throughout. Stamps to title page and following leaf, with offsetting to half title. Inscription to head of title page. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 891F16

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: uterine haemorrhage midwifery, menstruation midwifery, None

Robert Dunn

The Ornithologist&Apos;S Guide to the Islands of Orkney and Shetland

London, The Author, 1837. Cloth. A superior and uncommon ornithological handbook to the northern islands of Scotland, complete with two folding maps. This is an important work on the subject of ornithology, comprising a guide to the birds of the Orkney and Shetland Islands.Written by Robert Dunn, an animal preserver based in Hull.Complete with two folding maps and an illustrated full plate frontispiece.An uncommon work. In a full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with a few marks to the boards; spine is a little sunned, with wear to the head and tail. Description of the work pasted to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 766R13

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: Ornithology Orkney Shetland Robert Dunn Orkney Not Stated

Michael Dunnill

William Budd: Bristol&Apos;S Most Famous Physician

Bristol, Redcliffe Press Ltd. 2006. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on English physician William Budd, signed by the author. First edition. Signed to the title page with an inscription to Sir Allan Budd, a British economist, founding member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, and relation of William Budd. Illustrated with sixteen plates. Collated complete. The life and work of William Budd, an English physician and epidemiologist known for recognizing that infectious diseases were contagious. He particularly understood this about the transmission of cholera and typhoid fever. Written by Michael Dunnill, a British medical Emeritus Fellow of Oxford University. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light sunning and minor wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 906T43

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: Budd Bristol Physician Dunnill Bristol None

Nellie B. Eales

The Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology: Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Part I. 1472 to 1800

University of Reading, The Alden Press , 1969 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition cataloguing different writings on early medicine and zoology from the library of Professor F. J. Cole First edition, bound in the publisher's red cloth. This informative work is comprised of a catalogue of books and pamphlets relating to early medicine and zoology, dated between 1472 and 1800. These works were taken from the extensive library of Professor F. J. Cole, who served as Professor of Zoology at the University of Reading for over thirty years. This collection includes medical input from influential figures such as Hippocrates, Aristotle, William Harvey and Oliver Goldsmith, among many others. Edited by Nellie B. Eales, who was a senior lecturer in Zoology at the University of Reading. In the publisher's red cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and a little fading to the spine and extremities. Previous owner's pencil inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 893Q16

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: zoology medicine Professor F. J. Cole Nellie Eales medicine Not Stated

R V Kraft-Ebing; Alexander Hartwich

Aberrations of Sexual Life After the Psychopatia Sexualis

London, Staples Press, 1959. Cloth. A bright new edition of this study on sexual psychology by Rv Kraft-Ebing and Alexander Hartwich. First published in Great Britain in 1951. A medico-legal study for doctors and lawyers , being the 'Psychopathia Sexualis' of Dr Rv Kraft-Ebing brought up to date by Alexander Hartwich. Translated from the German by Arthur Vivian Burbury. 'Psychopathia Sexualis' is a study by Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing (1886), known as one of the first texts about sexual pathology and one of the earliest works on homosexuality and bisexuality; it had great influence on continental European forensic psychiatry. The book was controversial at the time, arousing the anger of the church in particularWith unclipped dust wrapper.  From the library of Desmond Morris, a zoologist best known for his 1967 sociobiological work "The Naked Ape". Alongside achieving great acclaim as a zoologist, Morris was also known for being an ethnologist and surrealist painter, and for popular television programmes, including "Zoo Time". In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Desmond Morris bookplate to front pastedown. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent with light age toning to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 864A34

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: sexuality psychology medical psychology None

Geoffrey L. Hudson [ed.]

British Military and Naval Medicine 1600-1830

Amsterdam - New York, Editions Rodopi, 2007. First edition. Hardback. Lovely first edition of this scarce book concerning British military and naval medicine from 1600 to 1830. Edited by Geoffrey l. Hudson. Scarce first edition of this work. From 'The Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine,' looking at military and naval medicine in Britain from 1600 to 1830. With black and white illustrations in text. In the original publisher's printed boards binding. Externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 832A29

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: medicine first editions british medicine first editions None

Henrik Gustaf Soderbaum [ed.]; Jons Jacob Berzelius

Jac. Barzelius Bref

Uppsala, Almqvist & Wiksells, 1912-1942. First edition. Cloth. The complete correspondences of 'Father of Swedish Chemistry' Jons Jacob Berzelius. In full cloth library bindings, with the original wraps bound in. With a portrait frontispiece to each volume. With a folding facsimile letter colour plate to volume XI.The complete fourteen volumes of the correspondences of Swedish chemist JÃÂ
¶ ns Jacob Berzelius. Considered to be one of the founders of modern chemistry, Berzelius became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1808 and served from 1818 as its principal functionary.The text is mainly in Swedish, with some letters also in French, German and English.These correspondences were edited together by Swedish chemist Henrik Gustaf SÃÂ
¶ derbaum on behalf of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, for whom he served as secretary, and were published between 1912 and 1942 in fourteen volumes. These fourteen volumes were held by the Reading University Library, with each bearing a library bookplate and stamp to the front pastedown. In full cloth library bindings, with the original wraps bound in. Externally, exceptionally smart. Library bookplate and stamp to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Publisher's original wraps faded to the perimeters to some volumes. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 785F41

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: Letters Berzelius Chemistry Berzelius None

Thomas Watts Eden; Cuthbert Lockyer

Gynaecology for Students and Practitioners

London, J and A Churchill, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated practical instructional medical text. This work is on early twentieth century gynaecology. The first edition. Illustrated throughout, with numerous vignette diagrams and twenty coloured plates. With errata at the end of the preface. This work discusses anatomy and physiology, methods of examination, disorders of development and function, diseases of the vagina, diseases of the uterus and more. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Externally, smart.Bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Spine has faded. Patches of rubbing to the joints. Hinges are strained but firm. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown, H K Lewis and Co. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: GEN16-D-23

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: medical gynaecology anatomy physiology gynaecology uterus Not Stated

Geoffrey Keynes [editor]

Blood Transfusion

Bristol, John Wright & Sons, 1949. Cloth. An interesting volume detailing the history of blood transfusions, in the original dust wrapper. A volume exploring the history of blood transfusions, with various contributors and edited by Geoffrey Keynes. This volume delves into blood transfusions, the technique, blood transfusions in infancy, the storage of blood and the organisation of a hospital transfusion department. With illustrations throughout the text. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some light sunning and chipping to the extremities. and head of the spine. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 843B1

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: Blood Transfusion Geoffrey Keynes medical Geoffrey Keynes Not Stated

E. W. Hope [editor]

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with confirmation of the members of the congress at the time of printing and the local executive committee. The work provides details on sanitation of congested areas, rehousing, preventative medicine, bacteriology and pathology, sanitary legislation, child and school health, domestic sanitation, and vital statistics. Edited by E. W. Hope, the Honorary General Secretary of the Liverpool Congress. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages. Ink and pencil inscription to the front pastedown. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 871T47

Catalogus: Science, Medicine & Natural History

Trefwoorden: Liverpool Handbook Congress Public Health Handbook Hope Not Stated

James Esdaile, M.D.

A Facsimile of &Apos;Mesmerism in India and Its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine&Apos;

[London], [Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans], c1960 . Paperback. A facsimile of the very scarce 1846 first edition of James Esdaile's work on the practical uses of magnetism. A photocopied facsimile of the very scarce 1846 first edition of this work.James Esdaile was a notable figure in the history of 'animal magnetism', and the history of general anaesthesia.A fascinating work on the medical uses of animal magnetism and mesmerism, the healing system devised by Franz Anton Mesmer, which posits the existence of an invisible natural force possessed by all living things. Mesmer posited that the force could be used to hypnotise and heal.An Edinburgh trained Scottish surgeon, who served for twenty years with the East India Company, Esdaile provides an account of mesmerism and hypnotism in nineteenth century India. In paper wraps. Typewritten title label - lightly age toned - to front wrap. Light discolouration to back strip, with wraps bright. Internally, firmly bound. Consisting of photocopied leaves bound together. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 882F27

Catalogus: Medicine

Trefwoorden: animal magnetism East India Company hypnotism mesmerism East India Company None