Paris. Illustrated with wood engravings and lithographs throughout, most of urological instruments. Very thick 8vo, half morocco, joints reinforced. V.p., v.d., mostly printed in Paris, 1820s - 1870. Very good. Articles by J.-Z. Amussat, Alphonse Amussat, Lucien Boyer, Filhos, and others. J.-Z. AMUSSAT's articles include his doctoral thesis, several works in the field of urology, eg. Tableau Synoptique de la Lithothrypsie... (1832); Quelques Considerations Pratique sur le Broiement de la Pierre (1853). Also included are some of his writings on..... More

Madrid: Antonio Cruzado, 1794. Protrait, 56pp. 4to, cont. calf, somewhat worn, spine wormed; hinges cracked, some waterstaining. Madrid: Antonio Cruzado, 1794. Very good (-). Advocates the treatment of sunstroke by the application of pure fresh water to the head. With bookplate of Dr. Joseph Recamier. More

Paris: Chaix, 1892. 36pp., 12mo, original gray printed wrappers. Paris, 1892. Very good (+). With observations on successful treatment of various diseases by water from this source. More

Bavaria. Frontispiece portrait, text illusrations. 376 pages, 8vo, pictorial cloth; hinges crudely reinforced. Kempton (Bavaria), 1922. A very good copy but for the hinges. More

Zaragoza: 1753. 70 pages. Small 4to, old marbled wrappers; pagination irregular. Zaragoza, 1753. A very good copy. Perez was the first practitioner in Spain to derive a lucrative practice from hydrotherapy. This ed. not in Blake, who notes that some attribute the work to Vicente Ferrer y Beaumont. Hirsch 4, 557. Not in Palau. No copies of this edition in NUC. More

16pp., 8vo, orig. wrs. Paris, 1895. Author's signed presentation copy. Clinical observations on physiological and therapeutic effects of mineral water. More

New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. 282 pages + 6 pages of advertisements, 8vo, original brown blind stamped cloth (somewhat edgeworn and with neat repairs at extremities; pages foxed). New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. Very good(-) One of the first American advocates of scientific hydrotherapy, Shew introduced Priessnitz' system of water-cure into the U.S. More

Illustrated 16 pages. 12mo, original pictorial wrappers. France, n.d. More