L'Heliotherapie.
Montpelier: Firmin et Montane, 1913. Illustrated. 299pp. 4to, 1/2 morocco. Montpellier: Firmin et Montne, 1913. First Edition. Near Fine. Presentation copy. More
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The Rational Production and Treatment of Milk, with Quotations from Authorities and a List of Publications.
20 pages. Slim 8vo, original printed wrappers; a bit dusty. NY, 1890. Compiled for Almulac Co. More
Orthopaedia: or, the Art of Correcting and Preventing Deformities in Children.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1980. Plates. 2 volumes in one, thick 12mo, full leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1980). Spine slightly sunned, else a fine copy. "The first book on orthopaedics, which term Andry himself introduced. " GM 4301. Facsimile of the London, 1743 edition. More
Facts, Observations, & Practical Illustrations, relative to Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pulmonary Consumption and Measles. A General View of the Pathology and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke, 1823. 3 parts in 1 volume, separate titles & paging. Heavily foxed. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, leather label; worn, front cover detached. Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First American edition from the Second London edition First Amer. Edn., with illustrations on the efficacy of Balsam of Copaiva and Sulphureous waters, when treating inflammations of the mucous membranes. More
Facts, Observations, & Practical Illustrations, relative to Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pulmonary Consumption and Measles. A General View of the Pathology and Treatment of Chronic Diseases
Philadelphia: 1826. 3 parts in 1 volume, separate titles & paging. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, leather label; foxed, covers worn, front cover detached. Philadelphia, 1826. Second American from the Second London edition. illustrations on the efficacy of Balsam of Copaiva and Sulphureous waters, when treating inflammations of the mucous membranes. More
Facts, Observations, and Practical Illustrations, Relative to Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pulmonary Consumption, and Measles.
A General View of the Pathology and Treatment of Chronic Diseases: with Illustrations of Sulphureous Waters, and Observations on the efficacy of the Balsam of Copaiva. 3 parts in 1 volume. Seperate titles and paging. 8vo, contemporary calf; worn, hinges cracked but sound, heavily foxed. Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First American Edition from the Second London Edition. More
An Improved System of Midwifery, Adapted to the Reformed Practice of Medicine... to which is annexed, a Compendium of the Treatment of Female and Infantile Diseases.
New York: Baker & Scribner, 1848. Portrait and color frontispiece, plus 47 (of 48) unusual lithographed plates, mostly color (the plates are bound out of sequence with 1 lacking). Several in-text figures. 272pp. 4to, contemporary calf (recased in leather with original black label preserved; scattered foxing throughout). New York: Baker & Scribner, 1848. Very good. A treatise on obstetrics, with a supplement on gynecology and pediatrics, by the founder of "Eclecticism" in the United States. Beach "believed in founding the..... More
Address in Obstetrics & Diseases of Women & Children.
24 pages. Slim 8vo, original printed wrappers; chipped, ex-lib. Phila., 1875. From the Trans. of the Am. Med. Assoc. More
Cyanosis in Infants caused by Nitrates in Well Water.
5 pages (pp. 112-17) IN: Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 129, no. 2. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1945. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Methaemoglobinaemia. Comly first suggested the above hypothesis, since proved valid. GM 3103. More
An Unidentified, Filtrable Agent Isolated from the Feces of Children with Paralysis.
2 pages (pp. 61-62) IN: Science, vol. 108, no. July 16. Slim 4to, modern wrappers. N.Y., 1948. First Edition. Whole week offered complete. Isolation of the Coxsackie virus. GM 5545. More
Essays on the Diseases of Children, with Cases and Dissections.; Essay II. On the Bowel Complaints more immediately connected with the Billary Secretion, and particularly of Atrophia Ablactatorum, or Weaning Brash.
Edinburgh: Mundell, 1802. 80 pages. 8vo, re-bound in modern wrappers. Edinburgh: Mundell, 1802. This work is "replete with historical details and original clinical histories with postmortem findings." Abt, p. 84. More
Abhandlung uber die Krankheiten der Kinder und uber di Physische Erziehung Derselben.
Berlin: Heinrich August Rottmann, 1774. 432pp. 8vo, contemporary sheep; rubbed and lightly worn, small ink stamp on lower margin of title page. Berlin: Heinrich August Rottman, 1774. First Edition. Good. Girtnanner (1760-1800) set out to produce a text on pediatrics which was based on first-hand observations rather than a reformulation of earlier books on the subject. The work is comprised of 16 chapters detailing the differences between the child and adult, nutrition, care of the newborn, wet-nursing, weaning, etc. Chapter..... More
The Intestinal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
New York: Classics of Medicine, 1993. 301 pages. 12mo, black boards. (New York): Classics of Medicine, (1993). Special edition, privately printed for members of the Classics of Medicine Library. Page edges lightly foxed, else a near fine copy, with bookplate. More
The Food Requirements of Malnourished Infants with a Note on the Use of Insulin.
Graphs. 4 pages (pp. 600-603) IN: The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 83, no. 8. Tall 4to, modern wrappers. Chicago, 1924. First Edition. Whole number offered entire. Marriott introduced the insulin-fattening method of treatment of malnutrition in infants. GM 6350. More
What You Ought to Know About Your Baby, by Leonard Keene Hirshberg, B.A., M.D.
New York: Butterick, 1910. 97 pages. 8vo, original green cloth. New York: Butterick, 1910. First Edition. A fine copy, preserved in a 1/4 green leather slipcase. A Text Book for Mothers on the Care and Feeding of Babies. Very scarce book, written by Mencken under a pseudonym. This copy bears a presentation and is inscribed " I wrote most of the text of this. What a father gone to waste!" More
The Surgeon and the Child
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1959. Frontis and other b/w photos. 256 pages. 8vo, green cloth. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, (1959). A very good(-) copy--light spotting and sunning to spine, minor cloth damage to lower corner of front cover. More
Underrattelse om Barns Sjukdomar och Deras Bote-Medel ... Tredje Uplagen.
Stockholm: Kongl. 534pp. + index. 8vo, contemporary mottled lcalf, rubbed; hinges weak, very light waterstaining to margins of first 65 pages, occasional and light foxing, Stockholm: Kongl, 1771. Very good. Third edition of GM 6323, one of the most important works in the history of pediatrics, by the physician to the king of Sweden and one of the original members of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. The present work "was at once recognized as a work of great value... the..... More
The Diseases of Children and Their Remedies.
New York: Johnson Repritn Corporation, 1977. Translated by Anders Sparrman, biographical assesment by Bo Valquist and introduction by Torgny T. Segerstedt. xv + 43pp. Facsimile is 364pp. index, 8vo, brown cloth. New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1977. Very Good (+). First reprinting of the 1776 English translation from the Swedish editon of 1771 printed in Uppsala. More
Autographed Letter Signed about Leukemia
New York: 1961. 1 page on personal stationery, 7 x 6 inches, New York, October 21, 1961, in part: "There is not satisfactory progress in heading off Leukemia...you may write Dr. Sidney Farben who makes the most encouraging study about Leukemia in childhood..." Accompanied by the original handwritten, postmarked envelope. One horizontal fold; tiny crease in the upper right corner. Very good(+) condition. Hungarian-American pediatrician who gained international renown for the Schick test which determined an individual's susceptibility to diphtheria..... More
A Treatise on the Diseases of Infancy and Childhood
New York: Gryphon Editions, 1994. Illustrated. xii + 620pp., 8vo, gilt-decorated leather, a.e.g. New York: Classics of Pediatrics Library Gryphon Editions, 1994. A fine copy. Contains the separately printed Editor's Notes. Facsimile of the 1869 First edition. More
De Infantum Prophylaxi.
Montpellier: Picot, 1780. 12 pages with text in Latin. Short slim 4to, modern wrappers. Montpellie: J-F Picot, 1780. Very good. Medical Dissertation, Univ. of Montpellier. More
Exercitationes Adolescenti Aetati Salubres.
Leipzig: Officina Langenhemiana, 1754. 40 & 19pp. , tall 8vo, sewed. Lipsiae, 1745. Very good. Interesting doctoral dissertation; the second paging is chiefly a description of "Oleis Vegetabilium Essentialibus." Waller 9104. More
The Heart in Early Life.
London: Oxford University Press, 1914. 50 graphs, 211pp., 12mo, burgundy cloth (corners a bit bumped). London: Oxford UP, 1914. First Edition. Scarce. Very good. Bedford 339. "An early worker in polygraph and on rheumatic heart disease." More
Ueber Gewisse, die Gesundheit benachtheiligende Einflusse der Schulen.
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1869. 29 pages (447-470) IN: Virchow's Archiv fur Pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und fur klinische Medicin. Volume 46, 1869. Whole volume offered entire with 16 plates. 8vo, calf-backed marbled boards with gilt spine. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1869. ex-library, but still a very good clean copy. Improvements in school hygiene and the regular inspection of school children were brought about by the efforts of Virchow. GM 1617. More
Une nouvelle maladie infectieuse du Systeme nerveux central? (Meningite aseptique aigue).
3 tables. 25 pages (pp. 158-82) IN: Acta Paediatrica (Stockholm), 1924-25, vol. 4. [Volume 4 is offered entire in 4 individually bound parts], 8vo, original beige printed wrappers; worn but with unopened pages. Uppsala, 1924-25. First description of acute lymphocytic chorimomeningitis. GM 4687. More