FORSDIKE, Sidney

The Effects of Radium Upon Living Tissues

1923. FORSDIKE, Sidney. THE EFFECTS OF RADIUM UPON LIVING TISSUES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS USE IN THE TREATMENT OF MALIGNANT DISEASE. London: H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1923. Inscribed presentation copy. 72 pp. + b/w plates. 8vo. blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Near fine, minor shelfwear. Rear board slightly bowed, minor foxing to edges. Dust jacket very good with a few scrapes, minor edgewear. Jacksonian Essay, together with text and bibliography of the author's paper "The Treatment of Uterine Haemorrhage by Radium. .

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FOUCAULT, Michel

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason

1965. FOUCAULT, Michel, transl. by Richard HOWARD. MADNESS AND CIVILIZATION: A HISTORY OF INSANITY IN THE AGE OF REASON. New York: Pantheon Books/Random House (1965). First printing, first American edition. xiv + 299 pp. Red cloth stamped in brown and gilt. Faint pale spotting to cloth; owner's ink gift inscription to front flyleaf. Interior clean and tight. In a very good red/color pictorial dust jacket nicked at edges, slightly darkened. .

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FOURNIER, Alfred

Lecons Sur la Periode Praeataxique

1885. FOURNIER, Alfred. LECONS SUR LA PERIODE PRAEATAXIQUE DU TABES D'ORIGINE SYPHILITIQUE. Paris: G. Masson, Editeur, 1885. [4],440,[3] pp. In French. 8vo. modern quarter green cloth with marbled paper sides; original blue wrappers bound in. Pencil ownership to original front wrapper. Uncut. Minor dust-soil to exterior bookblock only. Quite clean and crisp within. According to Garrison-Morton 4782 (1876 edition), Fournier hypothesized the syphilitic origin of tarbes, a belief which was refuted for some time. Near fine. .

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FOX, Tilbury

Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment

1873. FOX, Tilbury. SKIN DISEASES: THEIR DESCRIPTION, PATHOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT. London: Henry Renshaw, 1873. 3rd edition, re-written and enlarged. xii + 532 pp. + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo. dark red cloth stamped in gilt and blind, sunned to tan at spine. Corners bumped, spine slightly frayed. Front hinge starting. Owner's inkstamp and light soil on half-title. Interior clean and tight. B/w illustrations in the text. .

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FRASER, H.

Collected Papers on Beri-Beri

1924. FRASER, H. and A. T. Stanton. STUDIES FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH, FEDERATED MALAY STATES, NO. 17: COLLECTED PAPERS ON BERI-BERI. London: John Bale, Sons, & Danielsson, Ltd. 1924. 103 pp. 4to. grey cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Inscribed by Stanton on front flyleaf. Heavily foxed endpapers. Personal bookplate to front pastedown. Very good, minor shelfwear, plates fine; there is no plate VII, possible printing error (not excised). Halftone and color photos and illustrations. .

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FREIND, J.

The History of Physick from the Time of Galen to the Beginning

1725. FREIND, J. THE HISTORY OF PHYSICK FROM THE TIME OF GALEN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, CHIEFLY WITH REGARD TO PRACTICE IN A DISCOURSE WRITTEN TO DR. MEAD. PART I. CONTAINING ALL THE GREEK WRITERS. (Volume I only). London: J. Walthoe, 1725. First edition. (iv) 312 pp. 8vo. full leather, nicely rebacked, bookplate on pastedown. Text in English, with passages in Greek and Latin. Written while Mead was imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of treason; "Mead refused to treat [Prime Minister] Walpole until Freind was released, and this was speedily arranged!" (Garrison and Morton 6378). Pleasing copy. .

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FREY, Heinrich

Mikroskop Und Die Mikroskopische Technik

1871. FREY, Heinrich. MIKROSKOP UND DIE MIKROSKOPISCHE TECHNIK. Ein handbuch fur arzte und studirende. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1871. Fourth edition, improved. (First published in 1865.) Text illustrations throughout and a price-list of microscopes at the end. Octavo. iv,405 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped title on spine, all edges marbled. Ink inscription on title-page; also ex-library, with a withdrawn stamp on title-page and no other marks. Cloth is sunned at spine and along perimeters. Light foxing to endpapers and opening and closing leaves. Text leaves are lightly and evenly age-toned, and a few have dog-eared corners. very good. .

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Book number: 78281

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FULLER, Henry William

On Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, and Sciatica, Their Pathology, Symptoms

1864. FULLER, Henry William. ON RHEUMATISM, RHEUMATIC GOUT, AND SCIATICA, THEIR PATHOLOGY, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1864. "From the last London edition." 424 pp. 8vo. brown pebbled cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Spine chipped at heel and crown, partially detached; front board through half-title detached. Ink ownership to title page. Occasional pencil margin marks in the text. As is. .

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FULLER, Thomas

Pharmacop0eia Extemporanea

1710. FULLER, Thomas. PHARMACOP0EIA EXTEMPORANEA or, a Body of Prescripts in Which Forms of select Remedies, accommodated to most Intentions of Care usually occurring in Practice. Done into English out of Latin by the Author. London, Benjamin Walford, 1710. Octavo. [xvi]443pp.[14]ff. First edition in English of a popular pharmacopeia which went into many editions. Wellcome alone lists eleven in Latin (in London, Venice, Amsterdam, and Paris) and five in English. Starts out with the many virtues of "ale brew'd of the best Malt, Boiled, Fermented, according to Art, that is pale, sparkling fine, fresh, and not upon the fret." Library markings; foxed; front board and title detached; water stains to title and first x pages. (Wellcome III, 75-6). Scarce. .

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FULLER, Thomas

Pharmacop0eia Extemporanea

1714. FULLER, Thomas. PHARMACOP0EIA EXTEMPORANEA sive Praescriptorum Chilias [etc.]. London, William Innys, 1714. 12mo. [xxxvi]340[48]pp. Fifth edition. Recipes for remedies, with a forty-page index of illnesses. An English edition was published in 1710. Among other things it praises ale highly and at length. Lacking covers; text block in two pieces. Ex library; ink stamp on (blank) verso of title-page and at head of p. [vii]. As is. .

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FUMOUZE, Armand

These de Pharmacie: De la Cantharide Officinale

1867. FUMOUZE, Armand. THESE DE PHARMACIE: DE LA CANTHARIDE OFFICINALE. Paris : Chez Germer Bailliere, 1867. Small 4to. 58pp. Faded green printed wrappers. Ex-library with a few stamps. Binding is split. Cover is chipped and torn. An essay on the beetle that is the source of Spanish fly. It has been used medicinally as a plaster and an aphrodisiac since ancient times. In ancient China it was mixed with human excrement, arsenic and wolfsban to make the first stink bomb. Includes 5 lithographs of the beetle. .

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FUNKE, Otto

Lehrbuch Der Physiologie Fur Akademische Vorlesungen Und Zum

1858. FUNKE, Otto. LEHRBUCH DER PHYSIOLOGIE FUR AKADEMISCHE VORLESUNGEN UND ZUM SELBSTUDIUM, ERSTER BAND. Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1858. xiv + 738 pp. 8vo. brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. This is Volume I only. Light soil to cloth, edges. Front joint starting. Owner's inkstamp to verso of title page. Text age toned at edges, else a clean copy. B/w illustrations in the text at rear. .

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VON GAAL, Gustav

Physikalische Diagnostik Und Deren Anwendung in Der Medicin, Chirurgie

1849. VON GAAL, Gustav. PHYSIKALISCHE DIAGNOSTIK UND DEREN ANWENDUNG IN DER MEDICIN, CHIRURGIE, OCULISTIK, OTIATRIK UND GEBURTSHILFE, ENTHALTEND: INSPECTION, MENSURATION, PALPATION, PERCUSSION UND AUSCULTATION .. Wien: Wilhelm Braumuller, 1849. 2nd edition. xxxvi + 648 pp. + [2] + 2 b/w plates (24 figures). 8vo. quarter brown morocco stamped in gilt, brown marbled paper covered boards. Boards detached, worn, spine worn and chipped, detached. Front endpaper detached, chipped and creased. Ex-library with usual markings. Foxing to title page and a few pages at front and rear of text, including plates. As is. .

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GALILEI, Galileo

Le Opere Di Galileo Galilei Volume III Part II

1907. GALILEI, Galileo. LE OPERE DI GALILEO GALILEI EDIZIONE NATIONALE SOTTO GLI AUSPICII DI SUA MAESTA IL RE D'ITALIA VOLUME III PARTE SECONDA. Firenze: Tipografia Barbera, 1907. pp. 403-886, plus folding b/w plate. 4to. tan wrappers printed in black, chipped at edges, moderate soil. Rear wrapper detached. Block split at pp. 744-745. Some pages done in facsimile. Introduction in Italian, text in Latin. .

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GARDINER, John

Inquiry Into the Nature, Cause, and Cure of the Gout

1793. GARDINER, John. AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE, CAUSE, AND CURE OF THE GOUT, AND OF SOME OF THE DISEASES WITH WHICH IT IS CONNECTED. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by William Spotswood, 1793. First American edition; it was first published at Edinburgh in 1792. 216 pp. 12mo. contemporary sheep, but upper board is detached. Early ink ownership (Wm. Paine) on t.p. and bookplate of Henry Rouse Viets on front pastedown. Ex-library; nineteenth century ink stamp on t.p. but no other marks. Text leaves are clean but for occasional very light foxing. (Evans 25526). .

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