Gesundheitspflege im Mittelalterlichen Basel.
120pp., 8vo, orig. pr. boards; ex.-lib. Zurich, Leipzig, Berlin, 1926. . A scholarly treatise on medieval hygiene. Waller. More
PUBLIC HEALTH
The Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2006). Very good. More
Private Acts, Social Consequences: AIDS and the Politics of Public Health.
New York: Free Press, 1989. vi + 282pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Free Press, (1989). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Atomic Medicine.
Illus. 416pp. 8vo, cloth; ex-lib. N.Y., 1949. More
All the Material Facts in the History of Epidemic Cholera: being a report of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to the Board of Health:; and a full account of the causes, post mortem appearances, and treatment of the disease.
Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1832. 188 pages. Slim 8vo, original drab printed boards with newer brown leather spine. Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1832. Second edition, enlarged and improved. A few discrete library stamps and foxing throughout still a very good copy. A comprehensive treatment, and, according to Kelly and Burrage, among Bell's finest works. This book was believed to have contained "a fuller and more impartial digest of the medical practice of cholera ... from the first appearance of the diseases in..... More
Illustrious Contributors to Public Health.
Portraits, 33pp., tall 8vo. (Kingsport), Privately Printed, 1936. More
Memoria sobre las Causas de Insalubridad del Castillo de San Fernando de Figueras.
87 pages (pp. 435-522) FROM: Mem. de la Acad. de Bar. 8vo, modern wrappers; slightly foxed. (Barcelona, ca. 1850). By the chief of military sanitation in Catalonia. More
Some Personal Recollections of Dr. Janeway.
New York: Putnam, 1917. Frontispiece. 36 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Putman, 1917. First Edition. Near fine. More
Lighting in Relation to Public Health.
Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1924. 67 text illustrations. 185 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth, remnants of dust wrapper. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1924. Very good. More
Remarks of D. B. Eaton, Esq...; at a Joint Meeting of the Committees of the Senate and Assembly, Albany, Feb. 2d, 1865
With an Appendix. 56 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. NY, 1865. Metropolitan Health Bill. More
A Discourse Relative to the Subject of Animation Delivered Before the Humane Society...
25 pages. Slim 8vo, modern wrappers. Boston: John & Thomas Fleet, 1797. Very good. Austin 777. More
A Bibliography of Chinese Sources on Medicine and Public Health in the People's Republic of China: 1960-1970.
486pp. 4to, wrs. Washington, D.C., 1973. More
Lord Lister
New York: Gryphon Editions, 1993. Frontis., Illustrated. xvi + 686pp., 8vo, gilt-decorated 1/2 leather. New York: Privately Printed for The Heirs of Hippoccrates Library, Gryphon Editions, 1993. A fine copy. Facsimile of the Revised, 1924 Third edition. More
Flies in Relation to Disease: Non-Bloodsucking Flies.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1914. Numerous plates and figures, text illustrations & folding table. 389 pages, green cloth, ex-lib. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 1914. Very good (+). With a 25p. bibliography. More
A Labrador Doctor: Autobiography.
Illus. Boston (1919). More
Serving the Cause of Public Health: Selected Papers of Andrija Stampar.
Zagreb: 1966. Edited by M.D. Grmek, Translated by M. Halar. Revised by L. F. Waring. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, 258pp. 8vo, beige cloth; soiled on the corner. Zagreb, 1966. Scarce. Very good. Stampar was Chairman of the First World Health Assembly and President of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts. More
An American Doctor's Odyssey. Adventures in Forty-five Countries.
New York: Norton, 1937. Portrait. 544 pages. Tall 8vo, tan cloth. New York: Norton., (1937). 15th impression. A very good copy with some foxing on binding. Story of the "contact man" between disease-infested people in every corner of the world and modern, preventive medicine. More
Du Typhus Contagieux suivi de Quelques Considerations sur Les Moyens d'Arreter ou d'Eteindre la Peste de Guerre et Autres Maladies Contagieuses...
Paris: Crochard, 1811. Traduit par J-Charles Gasc. Small 8vo, tan calf-backed marbled boards. Paris: Crochard, 1811. Very good (+). First Edn. in French. "A classical description of typhus. The French literature sometimes refers to the condition as 'Hildebrand's disease.'" -- GM 5375. Hirsch III, p. 205. More
Max von Pettenkofer.
New York: Paul Hoeber, 1927. Illustrated. 142 pages, small 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Paul Hoeber, 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. Excellent biographical study, with a review of his theory of the Etiology of Cholera, etc. More
The Story of Public Utilities
New York: Putnam, 1928. 81 photo Illustrations in black and white. 384 pages, thick 8vo, green cloth, dust wrapper (some clear tape on verso of wrapper). New York: Putnam, 1928. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Portrait of Dr. Alexander Vache
Oil painting on canvas. Framed measures 29 x 23 1/4". Splendid original oil portrait, by Henry Inman; bust-length, showing the handsome physician in middle-age, with black curling hair, black coat; right hand thrust into coat. One of the most distinguished physicians in New York City a century ago, Vache was physician to the Alms-House Hospital, surgeon to Bellevue, physician to the William and Centre Streets Cholera Hospitals, and also Health Officer of the City. More
The New York Adademy of Medicine, 1947-1997: Enhancing the Health of the Public
Malabar: Krieger, 1998. xi + 415pp., 8vo, boards, d.w. Malabar: Krieger Publishing, 1998. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
Circular of the Legislative Committee of the Louisiana State Medical Association, and of the Board of Health to Physicians Throughout the State.
22 page. Slim 8vo, original printed wrappers. New Orleans: J.S. Rivers, 1878. More
The Renaissance and its Influence on English Medicine, Surgery & Public Health.
London: Christopher Johnson, 1946. 4 Illustrations. 30 pages. Slim 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Christopher Johnson, 1946. First Edition. Near Fine in very good dust wrapper. More
The Sewer-Gas Question: An Analysis and Illustrated Comparison of the Several Methods and Means of Establishing and Maintaining the Seals of Sewer-Gas Traps.
Illustrated. Original printed wrappers (well-worn). 16pp. N.Y.: Du Bois, 1890. More