A Contribution to Clinical Haemometry.
19 pages. Slim 8vo, stitched, now in modern wrappers. London, 1882. Presentation from Willcocks on title Reprinted from the "Lancet" More
19 pages. Slim 8vo, stitched, now in modern wrappers. London, 1882. Presentation from Willcocks on title Reprinted from the "Lancet" More
London: Methuen, 1923. Illustrated with 7 diagrams. Small 8vo, original blue cloth. London: Methuen, 1923. Very good (+). More
Illus. 1 page (p. 1579) IN: The Lancet, vol. 2, Dec. 7. 4to, modern wrappers. London, 1912. First Edition. Whole week offered entire. Experimental production of cancer by the injection of tar. GM 2639. More
A Sentimental Record of Le Roy Crummer: Physician, Author, Bibliophile, Artist in Living, 1872-1934. With a word in Memory by A. Edward Newton & Numerous Memoirs and Appreciations. Frontis, 340pp. 8vo, cloth; ink inscription on rear flyleaf. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1935. A very good copy. More
24 pages. Slim 8vo, original pink printed wrappers; spine worn and covers re-attached). N.p., 1880. "In psychiatry he (Beard) was an early champion of reforms, many of which, through initiative and zeal, became incorporated in subsequent practise..." DAB II, p. 93. More
34pp. 8vo, stapled. N.p., 1880. Author was an American pioneer in neurology and advocate for reforms in the treatment of the insane. More
2 pages (pp. 475-476) IN: Science, vol. 105, no. 2731, May 2. 4to, modern wrappers; ex-lib. Cambrigde, Mass., 1947. First Edition. Whole number offered complete. Test for diagnosis of cancer. With B. Halperin and S.H. Libert. Garrison-Morton 2660. More
London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Copperplate portrait + 1 plate. 99pp. slim 8vo, tan calf, black leather label, marbled boards (rubbed). London: Cadell and Davies, 1808. Second Edition. Scarce. Very good. More
Plattsburgh: Allen, 1833. 3 illustrations. 280 pages. 8vo, original beige boards with blue cloth spine; covers detached, ownership signature excised from top of title page, scattered foxing throughout. Plattsburgh: F.P. Allen, 1833. First edition. A good copy of this uncommon title. A pioneering work on digestion, based on experiments with patient Alexis St. Martin, whose stomach was exposed by a gunshot wound. Beaumont (1785-1853), a United States Army surgeon, was the first to study digestion and the movements of the..... More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1980. 280pp, 8vo, full gilt- decorated grey leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine Library, 1980. A Fine Copy . Facsimile of the original 1833 edition. "Beaumont was the first to study digestion and the movements of the stomach in vivo." GM989. More
New York: Schuman, 1946. Notes and Introduction by Genevieve Miller. Illustrated, 87pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: Henry Schuman, 1946. First Edition. A very good (+) copy. Beaumont, a surgeon in the U.S. Army, "was the first to study digestion and the movements of the stomach in vivo." GM p. 164. First reproduction of his two ms. notebooks, which were kept simultaneously, one containing his medical observations, the other personal reflections of a non-medical character. More
287pp., 12mo, original blind-stamped cloth; (ex-lib. bookplate). N.Y.: Harper, 1859. Based heavily on Beaumont's great classic. More
155 pages. 12mo, original green printed wrappers; soiled and worn. Paris: E. Garnot, 1855. "Contient la relation de faits de somnambulisme dont la lecture fit sourire les journaux serieux, l'auteur ayant laisse au langage de ses sujets, toute leur...pittoresque expression (faire, caca, etc..)" Caillet 891. More
X-ray illus. 2 pages (pp. 202-203) IN: Deutsche Medicinische Wochenschrift vol. 22, no. 13. 4to, modern wrappers. Leipzig, 1896. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Becher introduced a solution of lead into the stomach of a guinea-pig, making it opaque to x-rays; he thus showed the possibility of radiological diagnosis of gastric disease. GM 3516. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Harvard University Press, 1970. Very good. More
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1895. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. 306 pages. 8vo, burgundy textured boards. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1895. A very good copy--scuffed and with neat repairs at ends; previous owner name ink-stamped to bottom edge. More
Illus. 13 pages (pp. 801-813) IN: Annals of Surgery, vol. 102, no. 5. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Philadelphia, 1935. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. By implantation of the pectoral muscle into the periocardium Beck provided a collateral circulation to the heart. GM 3034. More
Effects in Children with Mental Retardation and Conculsive Disorders. Illustrated, 13pp., IN: Journal of Pediatrics, vol. 35, pp. 317-29. Tall 4to, buckram, ex-lib. St. Louis, 1949. First Edition. Offered entire. With C.F. McKhann and W.B. Belnap. A classic treatise. Garrison-Morton 4914. More
18 pages (pp. 265-283) EXTRACTED FROM: Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Chirurgie, vol. 112. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Leipzig, 1911. First Edition. Salvarsan first used in the treatment of anthrax. GM 5172. More
82 pages. Small 8vo, sewn, with modern wrappers. Paris, 1844. Among his more important early works, submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of a Fellowship exam. More
Tables, 61 pages with text in French. 8vo, sewn, now in modern wrappers. (Paris, 1841). From the Gazette Medicale de Paris, 1841. More
2 pages (pp. 1768-1769) IN: Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 54, no. 22. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1910. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Beer's method of transurethral fulguration of bladder tumours, from which arose the operation of transurethral prostatectomy. More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. Edited by Charles H. Weller. Transl. by George C. Monteath. 5 plates, 4 in color. 2 volumes bound in one, thick 8vo, full leather, all edges gilt. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Ophthalmology, 1986). Limited Edition. "Beer is remembered for his textbook; the doctrines in it dominated practice for many years...He also presented for the first time the general principles of treating post-traumatic inflammations, including penetrating and perforating injuries as well as injuries..... More
London: New Sydenham Society, 1882. Edited by Dyce Duckworth, M.D. frontispiece portrait. 422 pages. 8vo, blind-stamped and decoratively gilt brown cloth, rubricated edges. London: New Sydenham Society, 1882. Very good(+). His clinical writings reflect the best teaching of the mid-19th century Edinburgh School. More
Norwich: Jarrold & Sons, n.d. Frontis, illustrated in b/w photos throughout. 162 pages. Tall, slim 8vo, blue cloth. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons, n.d. A very good copy--minor staining to front cover, spotting to outer edges; lacking dust wrapper. More
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