CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST, THE

Chemists' & Druggists' Diary: 1897

1897. [MEDICINE]. THE CHEMISTS' & DRUGGISTS' DIARY: 1897. London: The Offices of "The Chemist and Druggist," 1897. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of advertisements alongside articles for the pharmacist and a daily calendar for the year 1897. Quarto. 626 pp. Publisher's black cloth binding with gilt lettering and blind-stamping. A copy of this diary was provided free to every subscriber of "The Chemist and Druggist." Front hinge cracked, otherwise a very good and unused copy. .

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CHEVALIER, Thomas

An Introduction to a Course of Lectures on the Operations of Surgery

1801. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED CHEVALIER, Thomas. AN INTRODUCTION TO A COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERY. London: Printed for S. Bagster and sold also by J. Callow, 1801. [2] + 58 pp. + publisher's advertisement inside rear cover. 8vo. sewn wrappers printed in black. Ink inscription "From the Author" at top right corner of front wrapper; ink and pencil notations to wrappers, as well as some light soil. Bottom right corner of front wrapper slightly chipped, creased. Chevalier's later Treatise on Gun-Shot Wounds (1806) was widely known. .

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CHEYNE, George

The English Malady: Or, a Treatise of Nervous Diseases of All Kinds

1734. CHEYNE, George. THE ENGLISH MALADY: OR, A TREATISE OF NERVOUS DISEASES OF ALL KINDS; AS SPLEEN, VAPOURS, LOWNESS OF SPIRITS, HYPOCHONDRIACAL, AND HYSTERICAL DISTEMPERS, &C. IN THREE PARTS. PART I. OF THE NATURE AND CAUSE OF NERVOUS DISTEMPERS. PART II. OF THE CURE OF NERVOUS DISTEMPERS. PART III. VARIETY OF CASES THAT ILLUSTRATE AND CONFIRM THE METHOD OF CURE. WITH THE AUTHOR'S OWN CASE AT LARGE. London: Printed for G. Strahan .. and J. Leake, at Bath, 1734. [6] + xvii - xxxii + [1] + i-xvi + 370 pp. + 6 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo. mottled calf with raised bands, gilt spine and cover rules, gilt spine label. Front board detached. Ink ownership of Ebenezer Storer/1761 in fine contemporary hand on front flyleaf and title page. Ex-library with neat spine label, handwritten, bookplate and pale inkstamp on reverse of title page. Occasional foxing. Complete. Cheyne's MALADY incorporates case studies and the author's own experiences, from temperate youth to over indulgences at table and tavern, to his embrace of a vegetable based diet and general reform of his body and mind. Hypochondria became known as "Cheyne's disease" (GM 4840). .

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CHEYNE, George

An Essay on Regimen. Together with Five Discourses, Medical, Moral

1740. CHEYNE, Geo. AN ESSAY ON REGIMEN. TOGETHER WITH FIVE DISCOURSES, MEDICAL, MORAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL: SERVING TO ILLUSTRATE THE PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL MEDICIN, AND POINT OUT SOME OF ITS MORAL CONSEQUENCES. London: Printed for C. Rivington..and J. Leake, 1740. First edition. xvi + iv + [1] + lxviii + [1] + 344 pp/A2, b8, c3, B8 - F2; B8 - E2, [1], E3-8, F8 - G5, [1], G6-8, I3, [1], I4-8 - N8, [1], O8 - Z4. 8vo. calf with gilt spine with raised bands, gilt double rule to boards. Front board and flyleaf detached with 3/4 inch dark stain. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Occasional light soil, else a very good, crisp copy. Dietary regimen (vegetarianism advised); Philosophical Conjectures about the Nature and Qualities of the Original Animal Body and of its Progressive state in its several Stages of Existence; Preference of Vegetable Food; A Philosophical Theory founded on Experiments of the Nature and Laws of Minute Inanimate Bodies, and their Systems, in general; Philosophical Conjectures on Spiritual Nature, and the Human Spirit in Particular; Philosophical Conjectures on Natural Analogy, Its Laws, and Some of its Consequences; abstract of discourses. Errata at end of text on p. 316. With its emphasis on medicine as "an integral part of philosophy" (HH 763) Cheyne relates his philosophy, religion, morals to the practice of medicine. .

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CHEYNE, George

An Essay on Regimen. Together with Five Discourses, Medical, Moral

1740. MEDICAL, MORAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL: SERVING TO ILLUSTRATE THE PRINCIPLES AND THEORY OF PHILOSOPHICAL MEDICIN, AND POINT OUT SOME OF ITS MORAL CONSEQUENCES. London: Printed for C. Rivington..and J. Leake, 1740. First edition. xvi + iv + [1] + lxviii + [1] + 344 pp/A2, b8, c3, B8 - F2; B8 - E2, [1], E3-8, F8 - G5, [1], G6-8, I3, [1], I4-8 - N8, [1], O8 - Z4. 8vo. calf with gilt spine with raised bands, gilt double rule to boards. Front board detached, lacks flyleaf; rear board nearly detached. Ex-library with bookplate to front pastedown, inkstamps to verso of title page and a few others. Occasional light foxing, some pencil margin marks, nicks to page edges, else very good. Dietary regimen (vegetarianism advised); Philosophical Conjectures about the Nature and Qualities of the Original Animal Body and of its Progressive state in its several Stages of Existence; Preference of Vegetable Food; A Philosophical Theory founded on Experiments of the Nature and Laws of Minute Inanimate Bodies, and their Systems, in general; Philosophical Conjectures on Spiritual Nature, and the Human Spirit in Particular; Philosophical Conjectures on Natural Analogy, Its Laws, and Some of its Consequences; abstract of discourses. Errata at end of text, p. 316. Cheyne was an advocate of the vegetarian diet, based on his own experiences (he was upwards of 400 pounds and attributed his reformation in part to abstaining from spirits and animal foods. Scarce. .

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CHEYNE, John

Essay on Cynanche Trachealis or Croup

1813. CHEYNE, John. AN ESSAY ON CYNANCHE TRACHEALIS OR CROUP. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1813. Small 8vo. 110pp. Brown wrappers. Title and author written pen on front, back and spine. Ex-library with bookplate to pastedown and a few stamps throughout. Little of cover is left on spine but front and back are still attached. Endpapers and first and last few pages are stained from glue to pastedown. Otherwise text is clean. .

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CHEYNE

A Letter to George Cheyne, M.D. F.R. S. Shewing, the Danger of Laying

1724. [MEDICINE: CHEYNE, George] A LETTER TO GEORGE CHEYNE, M.D. F.R.S. SHEWING, THE DANGER OF LAYING DOWN GENERAL RULES TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE ANIMAL OECONOMY, &C. FOR PRESERVING AND RESTORING HEALTH. OCCASION'D BY HIS ESSAY ON HEALTH AND LONG LIFE. WITH ANIMADVERSIONS UPON THAT PERFORMANCE. London: Printed and sold by J. Graves..J. Hooke..and F. Jefferies [1724]. [1] + 72 pp. 8vo, sewn pamphlet in modern wrappers. Trimmed edges. Faint dampstain to corners, else a very nice copy. Takes Cheyne to task for his interpretation of Hunter's "animal oeconomy. .

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CHEYNE, George

The Natural Method of Cureing the Diseases of the Body, and the

1742. CHEYNE, George. THE NATURAL METHOD OF CUREING THE DISEASES OF THE BODY, AND THE DISORDERS OF THE MIND, DEPENDING ON THE BODY. London: Printed for Geo. Strahan and John and Paul Knapton, 1742. Third edition. [2] + A8 - X6. [16] + 316 pp. 8vo. rebound in quarter black morocco with gilt spine lettering, blue cloth boards. Good, joints tender; Small printed bookplate and bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Ink ownership to title page (trimmed) and verso of dedication page. Title page continued: "Part I. General reflections on the Oeconomy of Nature in Animal Life. Part II. The Means and Methods for preserving Life and Faculties; and also concerning the Nature and Cure of Acute, Contagious, and Cephalic Disorders. Part III. Reflections on the Nature and Cure of Particular Distempers." Practical medicine intermingled with philosophy, based on Cheyne's work and personal experience. .

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CLAGETT, Marshall

The Science of Mechanics in the Middle Ages

1959. CLAGETT, Marshall. THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Madison/London: University of Wisconsin Press/Oxford University Press, 1959. First edition. University of Wisconsin's Publications in Medieval Science series. xxix + 711 pp. 8vo. dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Hinges cracked internally. Occasional neat pencil notes and diagrams in margins. Dust jacket is splitting at creases and has a few short closed tears along top edge. About very good. .

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CLAY, Charles

The Complete Handbook of Obstetric Surgery

1856. CLAY, Charles. THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRIC SURGERY: OR, SHORT RULES OF PRACTICE IN EVERY EMERGENCY, FROM THE SIMPLEST TO THE MOST FORMIDABLE OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE SCIENCE OF OBSTETRICS. London: Henry Renshaw, 1856. xi + [1] + 290 pp. + 2 pp. publisher's advertising. 12mo. brown cloth with blindstamped publisher's name and decorative border. Ex-library with usual markings. Backstrip missing, boards and front endpaper through half-title detached. As is. (GM, citing 6054, Clay's "Observations on ovariotomy.." notes that Clay was the "most eminent oviarotomist in Great Britain," with an exceptionally low mortality rate for the time.) Quite scarce. .

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COLBORNE, Robert

Complete English Dispensatory: Containing the General Nature and

1756. COLBORNE, Robert. A COMPLETE ENGLISH DISPENSATORY: CONTAINING THE GENERAL NATURE AND MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF ALL THE SIMPLES NOW IN USE. With the prescriptions of the most approved authors, as well as of the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, according to the last alterations. To which is prefix'd, the history of the institution of the College of Physicians, London; of the principal chymists; of the venereal disease; of the circulation of the blood; and other important subjects. London: Printed for Mess. C. Hitch and L. Hawes, and W. Johnston; and J. Leake and W. Frederick, Booksellers in Bath, 1756. Second edition. (It was first published in 1753 as THE PLAIN ENGLISH DISPENSATORY.) Octavo: a-d4,B-3A4. 19.7 x 12 cm. Pp. xxxii, 348, [10] ff. Errata leaf at end. Old calf binding, worn and rubbed, with upper board and ffep. detached, and lower joint cracked and tender. Book label on front pastedown and a shelf label on spine. Text is printed in double columns and is clean. Quite scarce in either edition, but needs rebinding; so offered as is. (Wellcome II, p. 369). .

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COLEMAN, Edward

Dissertation on Suspended Respiration and Essay on Vital Suspension

1791. RESURECTION MACHINE COLEMAN, Edward. A DISSERTATION ON SUSPENDED RESPIRATION, from Drowning, Hanging, and Suffocation: in which is recommended a different Mode of Treatment to any hitherto pointed out. London: J. Johnson, 1791. First edition (a second was published in 1802). Octavo. [10]xv[1]284pp. +[1]f. Dr. Coleman's method involves the use of a seven-part device, depicted in a folding engraving, to bring air supplied by a bellows into the trachea. Bound together with: AN ESSAY ON VITAL SUSPENSION: Being an attempt to investigate and ascertain those Diseases in which the Principles of Life are apparently extinguished. By a Medical Practitioner. Third edition. London: Rivington, 1741. (Only two copies in the OCLC). Leather spine dry and cracked; one marbled board detached. Coleman's engraving, bound at the beginning, is nearly detached. Quite scarce. .

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RUSH Medical College

Pulse Yearbook 1894

1894. RUSH Medical College. THE PULSE. The Yearbook of the Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. (1894). 265 pp. + ads. Oblong 8vo. brown cloth, bevelled edges, lettered in gilt; illustrated with photos, line drawings, and ads. Ex library: bookplate only. Ink presentation "by the faculty of Rush Medical College." General light soiling and slight wear to cloth at extremes. Short edge-tear to one leaf and a few others with dog-eared corners. A clean, sound, and very good copy overall. Dissecting Room Rules #7: "When you play skipping-rope with the intestines of your stiff be careful not to slip on any pieces of pancreas that might be on the floor. .

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United States Sanitary Commission

The Sanitary Commission of the United States Army

1864. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS THE SANITARY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY. A Succinct Narrative of its Works and Purposes. NY, Published for the benefit of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1864. First edition. Octavo. vi, 318 pp. The Sanitary Commission coordinated the efforts of volunteers, mostly women, who raised money, ran hospital ships, kitchens and rest homes, and tended the wounded during the Civil War. It was created in 1861 and disbanded in 1866, its last task being helping soldiers to receive their back pay and pensions. The details of supplies, personnel, locations, battles, kinds of wounds, the "War against Scurvy," aid to different branches of the service, are all laid out. Dampstain to lower edge of first third of text; light library stamp inside cover and on reverse of title; final blank removed. On the whole very good in original printed wrappers, showing some folds, rubbing, and a superficial 3 inch split to front hinge. An important primary source for Civil War research. (Sabin 76678). .

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RENOVIA MEDICAL COMPANY

Why So Much Medicine and Yet So Many Diseases

1890. RENOVIA MEDICAL COMPANY. WHY SO MUCH MEDICINE AND YET SO MANY DISEASES? Boston: Renovia Medical Company, 1890. 72 pp. 12mo. blue cloth tsamped in gilt. Minor wear to heel and crown, cloth and gilt bright. Dark brown coated endpapers clean. Front flyleaf and next blank page partially detached. "William Thornton" is written in pencil under the title on the title page. Occasional light soil in margins. Advertisement in book format for Renovia, a tonic claimed to cure Scrofula, purify the blood, relieve fever in children, cure kidney and urinary troubles, syphilis (!), consumption, dyspepsia, rheumatism, eczema, psoriasis, and other ailments. Scarce. .

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