The Mechanics of the Digestive Tract.
New York: Hoeber, 1922. 22 illustrations. Small 8vo, burgundy cloth. New York: Hoeber, 1922. First edition. Very good. Includes (p.lll) his smooth diet for duodenal. GM 1035. More
New York: Hoeber, 1922. 22 illustrations. Small 8vo, burgundy cloth. New York: Hoeber, 1922. First edition. Very good. Includes (p.lll) his smooth diet for duodenal. GM 1035. More
Paris: Gabon, 1829. 2 volumes. Thick 8vos, volume I is in modern wrappers, volume II in original printed wrappers, well-worm; lacks Part 2 of Volume II. Paris: Gabon, 1829. Some foxing, still a very good copy with mostly unopened pages. First Edition. Andral held the Chair of General Pathology and Therapeutics at Paris and was the author of several widely-used pathology texts, such as the above in pathological anatomy. He is best known for his researches on the pathology of..... More
Mit einem Geleitwort von...O. Hildebrand. 317 color illus. on 132 plates, 132 text illus. 308pp. 4to, orig. cloth- backed boards; rubbed. Munich, 1919. Atlas of surgical exercises on a human cadaver and on a dog. More
40 pages. Slim 8vo, original green printed wrappers; chipped. (New Haven), 1901. Author's presentation copy. More
Lyons: Petri Bruyset, 1745. 3 plates, lacks portrait. 918 pages, rubricated title and edges, very thick 4to, full calf. Lugduni (Lyons): Petrio Bruyset, 1745. A lovely clean copy. A very good (+) copy. "Baglivi, Professor of Anatomy at Rome, had a short but brilliant career. He wrote Praxis Medica and De Fibra Motrice, and originated the so-called "solidar" pathology; he also devoted much time to experimental physiology...the first to distinguish between smooth and striped muscle." GM 68. More
Antwerp: 1715. Portrait and 3 copperplates. Rubricated title. 855 pages (heavily browned). Very thick 4to, contemporary vellum, spine chipped, covers soiled. Antwerp, 1715. A very good copy. "Baglivi, Professor of Anatomy at Rome, had a short but brilliant career. He wrote Praxis Medica and De Fibra Motrice, and originated the so-called "solidar" pathology; he also devoted much time to experimental physiology...the first to distinguish between smooth and striped muscle." GM 68. More
Lyons: Petri Bruyset, 1745. 3 plates + portrait. 918 pages, rubricated title and edges, very thick 4to, full vellum (spine chipped). Lugduni (Lyons): Petrio Bruyset, 1745. A lovely clean copy. A very good copy. "Baglivi, Professor of Anatomy at Rome, had a short but brilliant career. He wrote Praxis Medica and De Fibra Motrice, and originated the so-called "solidar" pathology; he also devoted much time to experimental physiology...the first to distinguish between smooth and striped muscle." GM 68... More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. xxviii + 314 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1986. A fine copy. "The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as independent science." GM 2281. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
2 anatomical plates, foxed, but text pages clean. 50 pages with text in Latin. Small slim 4to, contemporary plain green wrappers. Bonnae,(1831). A dissertation on anatomical and physiological investigations of bones. Hirsch 319. More
29 illustrations, 126pp, tall 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded, lightly rubbed, small ownership ink stamp on front endpaper. New York: Macmillan, 1913. A very good copy. More
London: Encyclopaedic Press, 1953. Black & white drawings and photographic illustrations throughout. 111 pages. 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering. London: Encyclopaedic Press, (1953). Spine, boards and pages lightly sunned. Hilary Knight's ink stamp on front endpaper. A very good(+) copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1984. Illustrated. 186pp. 4to, full brown leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1984). Fine. "Bell's artistic and literary skills combines with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make the work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression." GM 6604.92. Facsimile of the 1806 edition. More
Tables, charts, woodcut. 8vo, calf-backed bds.; hinges repaired, very worn, ex-lib. Marburg, 1878. Among the more important later writings of this eminent German physician. More
Springfield: Thomas, 1954. Translation by Charles Singer. Biographical Appreciation by Esmond R. Long. Frontispiece & other illustrations. 217pp. 8vo, boards, d.w. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, (1954). Top edge spotted and some light foxing, still a near fine copy in very good(+) dust wrapper. English translation, with facsimile reprint of Garrison-Morton 2270. Benivieni has been called "the father of pathological anatomy". This is the first book to give extensive consideration to the practice of post-mortem examinations in order to explain internal..... More
New York: Kraus, 1969. Translated with an Introduction and Historical Notes by L. R. Lind. Anatomical Notes by Paul G. Roofe. Illustrated. xi + 228pp., 8vo, red cloth. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. A fine copy. More
Turin: Fratelli Reycends, 1787. Pubblicate, e accresciute di note, e di supplementi dai chirurghi Gio. Antonio Penchienati e Gioanni Brugnone. 6 (of 7) volumes. LACKS the second volume. Illustrated with 14 large folding engraved plates depicting surgical instruments and procedures. 200; ...; [xvi], 384; [lxx], 311; [xv], 368; [xvi], 376; [viii], 396pp. Thick 8vos, bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt spine labels (well-rubbed and with some damage at spine ends but still very firm; interiors clean). Torino: Presso I...... More
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1987. Translated by John G. Coffin. 259 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1987. Mint. "He (Bichat) is regarded as the founder of modern histology and tissue pathology." GM 537. Facsimile of the Boston, 1813 edition. More
73 pages. Small 8vo, sewn, modern wrappers, 1850. 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
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
New York: Medicina Rara, 1970. Portrait, and illustrated with 37 b/w plates. Folio, marbled boards with reddish leather spine, boxed. (New York: Medicina Rara, 1970). Fine Limited Edition on rag paper, in the "Medicina Rara" series. Originally published in London, 1697. More
Two anatomical folding plates. 787pp., 12mo, modern boards; worn. Stuttgart: Balz'sche, 1837. More
With one (of 2) plates; edges damaged. 8vo, modern ewrappers; light browning throughout. New York: Collins and Perkins, 1809. Good. Pp. 145-265 with separate title page, from the "Obstetrical Works." More
Illustrated, 227pp, 8vo, cloth; rubbed and lightly worn, spine faded, neat ownership signature on front endpaper. London: Edward Arnold, 1911. GM1029. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. Illustrated in b/w. 266 pages. 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, d.w. (spine a bit faded). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1999). Reprint. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
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