Orations and Addresses.
London: William Heinemann, 1924. Frontis + 51 illustrations, 161pp, 8vo, gilt-lettered cloth (tear in spine cloth has been mended). London: William Heinemann, 1924. Very good. More
London: William Heinemann, 1924. Frontis + 51 illustrations, 161pp, 8vo, gilt-lettered cloth (tear in spine cloth has been mended). London: William Heinemann, 1924. Very good. More
Illustrated. 10 pages, IN: Surgery, Gynecology, & Obstetics.., volume 3, No. 6, pages, 721-30. 4to. buckram. Chicago, 1906. First Edition. Entire volume offered Bloodgood's theory of the causation of chronis mastitis. GM 5780. More
3 Plates. 8 pages (pp. 81-88) IN: Annals of of Surgery, vol. 70, no. 1. 8vo, modern wrappers. Phila., 1919. First Edition. Whole no. offered entire. Bloodgood's operation for inguinal hernia. GM 3608. More
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1965. 105 pages. Slim 8vo, teal cloth, d.w. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, (1965). A very good copy--light spotting to fore-edge; in a good wrapper--considerable damp-staining and edgewear. More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1950. With a handful of b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. Athens: University of Georgia Press, (1950). A very good copy--light foxing to first several pages, prominent dog-earing to lower corner of page 27; in a very good(-) dust wrapper, rubbed and edgeworn. More
23 pages with text in Italian. Tall 4to, stitched. Pavia, 1829. Inaugural Dissertation in medicine, University of Pavia. Wellcome ii, 196. More
Manchester: Privately Printed, 1912. Small 4to, red cloth (darkened at edges, staining on back cover). Manchester: Privately Printed (1912). A very good copy, internally clean. More
Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Profusely illustrated throughout with color plates. 714 pages with text in English, French & German. Thick elephant folio, pale cloth with pictorial cover and spine. Koln: Taschen, (2005). Cloth is just a bit dusty, still about a near fine copy of this impressive book. A landmark of anatomical study and illustration. Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery's magnum opus, with illustrations by Nicolas Henri Jacob, which took 20 years to complete (originally published in 8 volumes from 1831 to 1854)..... More
London: Hodge, 1942. Frontispiece. 425pp., tall 8vo, burgundy cloth, d.w. (spine faded and with 1 stain). London: William Hodge, 1942. First Edition. Top edge spotted and light foxing on first and last several pages, still a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. "Although he (Macewen) had practised the Listerian principles of antiseptic surgery, he had already passed a considerable distance beyond Lister into the regions of aseptic surgery....He was thus one of the earliest surgeons to prosecute..... More
Birmingham: Classics of Ophthalmology, 1984. 422pp. 4to, full tan leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1984). Fine. Contains "Lectures on the parts concerned in the operations on the eye, and on the structure on the retina." "Bowman did more than any other man to advance opthalmic surgery in England. The above work is the first to include a sound description of the microscopical anatomy of the eye..." GM 1505. Facsimile of the Collected Papers of Sir..... More
Paris: Boyer, Richerand et al. 1803. 3 fold-out copperplate engravings. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, full contemporary calf (rubbed). Paris: Boyer, Richerand, Migneret, An XI -1803. Boyer, (1757-1833), one of the most famous surgeons of his time, was Napoleon's physician and professor of surgery. His lectures were collected by the equally prominent surgeon Anthelme Richerand 1779- 1851). The book was immediately translated into German, English and Italian. Hirsch. I.665 and IV.796. Wellcome Cat. II.218. First few pages brown-stained, but otherwise..... More
Paris: Boyer, Richerand et al. 1803. 3 fold-out copperplate engravings. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, full contemporary calf backed marbled boards, worn. Paris: Boyer, Richerand, Migneret, An XI -1803. Boyer, (1757-1833), one of the most famous surgeons of his time, was Napoleon's physician and professor of surgery. His lectures were collected by the equally prominent surgeon Anthelme Richerand 1779- 1851). The book was immediately translated into German, English and Italian. Hirsch. I.665 and IV.796. Wellcome Cat. II.218. First few pages..... More
3 pages (pp. 1072; 1732-1733) IN: Munchener Medizinische Wochenschrift, vol. 49, nos. 25 and 41. Two parts offered together. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Muenchen, 1902. First Edition. Whole numbers offered entire. Brauer was the first to suggest the operation of cariolysis, a procedure carried out by Petersen. GM 3025. More
St. Louis: Mosby, 1939. 35 plates, 10 color, and 166 text illustrations. 300pp. 8vo, blue cloth. St. Louis: Mosby, 1939. Very good (+). More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1989. 6 plates, 2 in color. 329pp. 8vo, full tan leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1989). Page edges foxed, else a near fine copy. "Brodie's best work. It includes his description of hysterical pseudo-fracture of the spine and the first clinical description of ankylosing spondylitis." GM 4311. Facsimile of the 1818 edition. More
Trad. par Leon Marchant. 248 pages. Thick 8vo, original plain blue wrappers with paper spine label, uncut edges. Spine paper worn but still quite solid. Paris, 1819. First Edition in French of "Brodie's Best Work." GM 4311. More
Washington: Duff Green, 1834. 131 pages. Slim 8vo, preserved an an older Gaylord Pamphlet Binding with patterned boards and gray cloth spine. Washington: Duff Green, 1834. Third edition, with alterations and additions. A good copy--with considerable foxing and some dog-eared pages;previous owner notes written in pen inside front cover. More
Edinburgh: Livingstone, 1954. Foreword by F. A. R. Stammers. Illustrated ix + 147 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth; bookplate inside front cover, bookplate removed from rear inside cover, a few penciled comments in margins. Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1954. A very good copy. More
Omaha: Privately Printed, 1928. Title in orange and black, numerous illustrations and decorations throughout. 263 pages. Small 4to, black cloth-backed blue boards (lightly rubbed' some fading on covers), paper labels on front cover and spine. Omaha, NB: Privately Printed, 1928. A very good copy, internally fine. More
Omaha: Privately Printed, 1928. Title in orange and black, numerous illustrations and decorations throughout. 263 pages. Small 4to, black cloth-backed blue boards paper labels on front cover and spine (chipped). Omaha, NB: Privately Printed, 1928. Worn at extremities, still a very good copy, internally clean but for some old tape stains on blanl rear pages, gift inscription from the author. More
A Series of Essays on Various Aspects of Surgery and Medicine Written by his Pupils and Friends. Illus., 571pp., 8vo. Univ. of Ca. Press, 1942. More
St. Louis: C.V. Mosboy Company, 1942. With 123 illustrations in black and white and one color plate. 421 pages. 8vo, red boards. St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, (1942). A very good copy. More
Medicina Rara, 1970. Fine facsimile edition, with color plates throughout which include all the woodcuts of the original, plus title pages, &c. of other works. Facsimile of the Strassburg: J. Grueninger, 1497 edition. Begleit- Text by Gustav Klein. 309pp., 4to, 1/2 vellum, slipcase. Medicina Rara, [1970]. Fine. Limited Edition, one of 2500 numbered copies. GM 5559. More
Port., 646pp., thick large 8vo, Leipzig, 1925. Full biography of the great surgeon: including his war letters of 1866, 70, 71 & 77. Text in German. More
Folding plate. 86 pages. Slim 8vo, stitched. Bonnae, 1841. Dissertation on surgical procedures in qynaecology, based on clinical observations. Surg. Gen. Cat., Ser. I, Vol. II, p. 526. More
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