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Poynter, F. N, L, Medicine in 1815. An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the End of the Napoleonic Wars. 43 pp. Welcome Historical Medical Museum and Library. (1965) (Softcover.) Good condition . MEDI11002 $15.00
Poynter, F. N. L. (Director) The History of Cardiology. An Exhibition in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. 36 pp. Wellcome Institute. 1970 (1970) (Softcover) Very good condition. MEDI10883 $10.00
Poynter, F. N. L. (editor) Medicine and Surgery in the Great War 1914-1918. 48 pp. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. 1968 (1968) Exhibition Catalogues, No 4. (Softcover) photo illustrations. List of additional exhibits laid in. Very good condition in dust wrapper. MEDI11003 $10.00
Poynter, F. N. L. (editor and intro. by) Selected Writings of William Clowes 15440 - 1604. London: Harvey & Blythe, Ltd. 1948 (hardback) 179 pp. index. marbled endpapers, frontispiece. Very good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI11749 $40.00
Prausnitz, Carl. The Teaching of Preventive Medicine in Europe. 180 pp. Oxford University Press, London 1933 (Hardback) Good condition ExLibrary. Unobtrusive smudge on lower spine. (University of London Heath Clark Lectures, 1932) MEDI10797 $30.00
[Prince, David] Galvano-Therapeutics. Revised Reprint of a Report Made to the Illinois State Medical Society 1873. 64 pp. Plus book catalog. Lindsay ad Blakiston. Philadelphia 1873 (Hardcover) About good condition. Spine covering chipped off one inch top and bottom. Corner of covers worn. Label removed from front cover. Front hinge weak. ExLibrary with perforated initials on title page. Toning to page edges. (Scarce title) MEDI12849 $75.00
Pringle, John. Observations on the Diseases of the Army. Sixth edition, corrected. With Appendices 1):Containing Experiments upon Septic and Antiseptic Substances, with Remarks Relating to their Use in the Theory of Medicine, In several Papers Read before the royal Society. 2) An Answer to Professor DeHaen and M. Gaber, Concerning Some Remarks made by them on the Preceding Work. xxiv, 245, cxx pp. Pllus the Index and Errata page. Millas and T. Cadell, D. Wilson. London. 1768. (Hardbacck, Rebound in dark red buckram) Very good condition, book with medium to light foxing throughout. Owernship note of five lines in ink on front flyleaf. (Sixth edition of GM2150) MEDI11005 $200.00
Prosser, James. Sore Throat, Its Nature, Varieties, and Treatment. Including the Connection Between Affections of the Throat and other Diseases. Fourth edition. 318 pp. Two page plate at front. Lindsay and blakiston. Philadelphia 1880 (Hardback, small format) Good condition, ExLibrary. Light wear at spine ends and cover corners. A few spots on the covers. Bookplate inside front. Perforated initials to title page. Light toning to page edges. A very few light pencil notes in the text. MEDI12928 $70.00
Prudden, T. Mitchell. Dust and its Dangers. 111 pp. Putnam's Sons. 1890 (1890) (Hardback) ExLibrary, sturdy. medium external wear and soil. Front flyleaf missing. Light browning to pages. (From the Preface: ... written with the purpose of informing people, in simple language, what the real danger is of acquiring serious disease - especially consumption - by means of dust laden air, and how this danger may be avoided.) MEDI10406 $15.00
Public Health Service. 1) Leprosy: Two strains of Acid-fast Bacilli Isolated from a Case of Human Leprosy. A Comparison with Other Strains of Acid-fast Organisms with Particular Reference to the Lleras Bacillius. 2) Leprosy: The Pathology of Experimental Rat Leprosy. 3) Leprosy: Variations in the Virulence of Strains of Rat Leprosy. 83 pp. GPO. Washington DC 1940 (Softcover) Good condition. (National Institute of Health Bulletin No. 173) MEDI10329 $12.00
Pusey, Wm. Allen. The History of Dermatology. 223 pp. Illustrated. Charles Thomas. 1933 (1933) (Hardback) Good condition. No dust jacket. (GM4156) MEDI11998 $55.00
Putnam, James J.; George Waterman. Studies in Neurological Diagnosis. 214 pp. George H. Ellis Co. Boston 1902 (1902) (Hardback) Good condition, covers dusty. Owners name on title page. small tear in title page. Hinges repaired. MEDI10884 $60.00
Quincy, John. Pharmacopoeia Officinalis and Extermporanea. Or a complete English Dispensatory. Theory of Pharmacy in two books and Practice of Pharmacy in five books. v - xxiv, 256, 504, [22 index through S] pp. [London] {Probably 12th. edition of 1749 from comparison of collation] (Hardback, rebound in blue cloth with title page in Xerox of London 13th. edition) Binding very good condition. Almost all pages with light foxing. Pages i - iii missing. Title page replaced with Xerox copy. Index at the end of the book missing pages listing letters t through z. (Several editions exist between 1718 and 1782. This the standard English pharmacopoeia and dispensatory of the time.) MEDI10512 $225.00
Rachford, B. K. Neurotic Disorders of Childhood. Including a Study of Auto and Intestinal Intoxications, Chronic Anaemia. Fever, Eclampsia, Epileptic, Migraine, Chorea, Hysteria, Asthma, Etc. 440 pp. E. B. Treat & Company. New York 1905 (1905) (Hardback) Good condition. Very light wear at spine ends and cover corners. Interior rear hinge repaired. Pages lightly toned on edges. Pages otherwise clean. MEDI12929 $50.00
Radcliffe, Charles Bland; John Netten Radcliffe; J. Warburton Begbie; Frances Edmund Ainstie; John Russell Reynolds. On Diseses of the Spine and of the Nerves. `196 pp. Publishers catalog. Henry C. Lea. Philadelphia. 1871 (Hardback) Good condition. Light wear to covers with faded spot on front cover. Lightly toned pages. Otherwise unmarked. (Publishers note: Extracted from; System of Medicine edited by J. Russell Reynolds. Note dated 1870) MEDI12850 $70.00
Rae, J. H. The Application of electricity as a Therapeutic Agent. 132 pp. Boericke and Tafel. Philadelphia. 1877 (1877) About very good condition. ExLibrary but markings not obvious. Fraying at top of spine. Light wear at corners. Inner hinge paper cracking but hinges are strong. Interior clean. (Homoeopathy) MEDI12930 $95.00
Ramazzini, Bernardino. Translated by Wilmer Cave Wright. Diseases of Workers. [de Morbis Artificum] 549 pp. Hafner Publishing. 1964 (1713, 1940) (Hardback) Good condition. (The translation was originally published in 1940 and included the Latin text on facing pages. This edition leaves out the Latin text. However, it does not re-number the pages so that redoing the index is not necessary.) (Later printing of GM2121) MEDI12322 $150.00
Ramsbotham, Francis H. The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery in Reference to the Process of Parturition. 648 pp. 64 plates. 43 woodcuts. Blanchard and Lea. Philadelphia 1861. (1855) (Hardback, full leather) About good condition. External scuffing but hinges holding. ExLibrary. Perforated initials to title page. Occasional old pen marks in the text. Page edges noticeably toned. Page edges at front and back darkened by contact with leather covers. MEDI12725 $30.00
Ramsbotham, Francis H. The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine and Surgery in Reference to the Process of Parturition. 648 pp. 64 plates. 43 woodcuts. Blanchard and Lea. Philladedlphia 1857 (1855) (Hardback, full leather) About good condition. External scuffing but hinges holding. Spine label half chipped away. ExLibrary but noticeable only by light numbers on front cover. Page edges lightly toned but the plates are noticeably browned. Page edges at front and back darkened by contact with leather covers. MEDI12726 $40.00
Randall, David A. Medicine. An Exhibition of Books Relating to Medicine and Surgery form the Collection Formed by J. K. Lilly. 100 pp. Lilly Library Indiana University (no date) (*Softcover) Very good condition. (1150 copies of this catalog printed.) (195 items listed. 24 pages of illustrations) MEDI12529 $30.00
Randall, David A. Librarian. Lilly Library. Medicine. An Exhibition of Books Relating to Medicine and Surgery From the collection formed by J. K. Lilly. 100 pp. Lilly Library ca 1960 (Softcover) Very good condition. (Lilly Library publication II. 1150 copies printed) (Illustrates the title page of many important medical books.) MEDI10886 $27.00
Ranking, W.H. Editor. The Half Yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: being A Practical and Analytical Digest of The Contents of the Principal British and Continental Medical Works Published in the Preceding Six Months. Together with A Series of Critical Reports on the Progress of Medicine and The collateral Sciences During the Same Period. 2 Vol. in one. [Jan - June and July to Dec. 1845] 372, 373 pp. Philadelphia 1845, 1846 (Bound in Blue Buckram with gold titles.) Very good condition with a few pages in the front brown on the edges and a few other pages with light foxing. MEDI10370 $175.00
Rasmussen, Andrew Theodore. The Principal Nervous Pathways 73 pp. Illustrations. Macmillan Company. New York. 1947 (1942, 1947) (Oversize hardback) Good condition. MEDI10568 $20.00
Rauckman, E. J.. & George M. Padilla. Eds. The Isolated Hepatocyte. Use in Toxicology and Xenobiotic Biotransformations. 292 pg. Academic Press. 1987 (1987) (Hardback) Very good condition. Clean and sturdy. MEDI10060 $40.00
Ravogli, A. Hygiene of the Skin. Etiology and Treatment. 399 pp. Central Medical Publishing Co. Cincinnati. 1889 (1888) (Hardback) Good condition. ExLibrary. White numbers on spine. Pocket and circulation slip inside rear cover. Light fray at spine ends. Some wear at cover corners. Covers lightly soiled. Library rubber stamp on title page. Interior clean but light toning at page edges. (Authors signature on title page dated 1895. In addition to discussing anatomy, physiology and diseases of the skin about 20 pages are devoted to cosmetics and clothing and about 50 pages to the Hair.) MEDI12633 $75.00
Ray, I. Contributions to Mental Pathology. 558 pp. Little Brown and Company. 1873 (1873) (Hardback, green cloth) Good condition. Wear at spine ends, light wear on spine edges and cover corners. Page edges toned. Signature inside front cover. No other markings. MEDI12324 $150.00
Ray, Isaac. A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity. Third edition, with additions. xv, 321 pp. Little Brown and Company. Boston 1853 (1853) (Hardback, rebound in dark blue cloth with gold titles.) Very good condition but for the first and last few pages stained on the edges. Page i-x have top corner 1/2 inch broken off. Otherwise unusually clean. (GM4229.01) MEDI11864 $245.00
Ray, Isaac. Mental Hygiene. 338 pp. Hafner Publishing 1968 (Reprint of 1863 edition) (Hardback) Very good condition but for a red smudge inside front cover. (History of Medicine Series No 35. Issued under the auspices of the Library of the New York Academy of Medicine) MEDI10596 $50.00
Ray, Isaac. Mental Hygiene. xi, 338 pp. Hafner New York 1968 (1968, Original edition 1853) (Hardback) Very good condition. No dust jacket. (Issued under the auspices of the Library of the New York Academy of Medicine. History of Medicine Series No. 35.) MEDI11865 $50.00
Reed, Charles A. L. A Text-Book of Gynecology. First edition. 900 pp. Illustrations in the text. D. Appleton and Company. 1901 (1901) (Hardback, Leather spine and corners.) About good condition. Leather worn on top and bottom of spine with one inch chipped off top of spine. Spine edges worn and corners worn through. Hinges tight. Circulation slip inside back cover but no other library markings. Text clean. MEDI12423 $35.00
Reed, Charles A. L. A Text-Book of Gynecology. Second edition , Revised. 900 pp. D. Appleton and Company. 1904 (1903) (Hardback) Good condition, very light wear at spine ends and corners. Smudge on lower spine and a blank circulation slip inside back cover. No other library markings. Tight and sturdy. MEDI12424 $40.00
Reed, Charles A. L. Marriage and Genetics. Laws of Human Breeding and Applied Eugenics. 183 pp. Galton Press (1913) (Hardback) Very good condition. Blind stamp on front flyleaf and label inside front cover. Faint smudge on lower spine. Clean. MEDI12425 $17.00
Reed, Lewis S. Ph.D. The Healing Cults. A Study of Sectarian Medical practice: Its Extent, Causes, and Control. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. (1932) Publication of the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care #16. (hardback) 134 pp. Very good condition. MEDI11625 $80.00
Rehr, Helen. Editor. Medicine and Social Work. An Exploration in Interprofessionalism. 112 pp. Prodist. 1974 (1974) (Softcover) Very good condition. MEDI12003 $9.00
Reich Nathaniel E. The Uncommon Heart Diseases. 516 pg. Charles C.Thomas (1954) (Hardback) Good condition, no dustjacket. MEDI10103 $9.00
Rettger, Leo F. Ovarian Infection in the Domestic Fowl and Direct Transmission of Disease to the Offspring. Reptd. From: Jour. Experi. Med. Vol. XIX, No. 6. 1914. pp. 552-561. Wraps MEDI10061 $8.00
Rettger, Leo F. & Stewart A. Koser. A Comparative Study of Bacterium Pullorum (Retteger) and Bacterium Sanguinarium (Moore) Reptd. from: Jour Med. Resch. Vol. XXXV., No. 3. (new Ser. Vol. XXX, No. 3.) pp.443-458, Jan. 1917. Wraps. MEDI10063 $7.00
Reynolds, Lawrence. Howard L. Holley, Chairman of the Editorial Committee. Martha Lou Thomas, Compiler. Rare Books and Collections of the Reynolds Historical Library. A Bibliography. xxiv, 495 pp. Illustrations. University of Alabama Press. (1968) (Hardback in slipcase) Very good condition. (GM6786.14) (Also illustrates some of the Anatomical Manikins from Dr. Reynolds' Collection) MEDI11112 $80.00
Ricci, James V. The Development of Gynaecological Surgery and Instruments. A Comprehensive Review of the Evolution of Surgery and Surgical Instruments for the Treatment of Female Diseases form the Hippocratic Age to the Antiseptic Period. 594 pp. Norman. 1990 (1990) (Hardback) Very good condition with dust jacket. (Reprint of the Blakiston Edition of 1949. GM6310) MEDI12119 $150.00
Rice, Thurman B. The Hoosier Health Officer. A Biography of Dr. John N. Hurty. And, The History of the Indiana State Board of Health to 1925. 388 pp. With illustrations. No Place, No date. Postscript dated 1946. (4to. Hardback) Good condition. ExLibrary. Rubber stamp inside front cover and on title page. Smudge on lower spine. (A well told biography as well as a good illustration of the problems facing late nineteenth century Health Officers.) MEDI10514 $35.00
Richardson, Charles. Clinical Lectures on Diseases of the Liver. Jaundice and Abdominal Dropsy. Including the Croonian Lectures on Functional Derangements of the Liver Delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in 1874. Second Edition. xvi, [1] 644 pp. William Wood. New York 1881 (Hardback, original covers) Sturdy. Good condition but for wear at cover corners and chipping at spine ends. Inner front hinge repaired. Some light pencil markings in the margins in the first third of the book. (Reprint of GM3622. This is the second printing of the 1877 second edition.) MEDI10515 $75.00
Richerland A. Translated by G. J. M. De Lys. With annotations by N. Chapman. and Appendix by James Copland. Elements of Physiology. Fifth American from the Last London Edition. 448, 111 pp. H. C. Carey & I. Lea. Philadelphia 1825. (1825) (Full Leather) Good condition. Minor edgewear, Typed label on spine. Leather darkened. Light foxing through out. MEDI10330 $37.00
Richet, Chas. Translated by Edward F Fowler. Physiology and Histology of the Cerebral Convolutions, Also Poisons of the Intellect. xi, [ii] 170 pp. Folding plate at the end. Wm. Wood and Co. New York 1879 (1879) Hardback, red cloth.) Good condition. ExLibrary. Smudge on front cover from library label. Spine covering replaced. No titles on spine. Covers soiled so the edges are almost black. Titles on front cover bright. Library bookplate inside front cover, but no other interior markings. Page edges toned. MEDI12932 $150.00
Rickets, H. T. Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy. In Relation to the Infectious Diseases Which attack Man; With Considerations of the Allied Subjects of Agglutination, Precipitation, Hemolysis, Etc. [First edition] x, 600 pp. American Medical Association Press. Chicago 1906 (1905) (Hardback) Good condition, some wear on all edges. University Department rubber stamp on front flyleaf and title page, no other library markings. slight toning to page edges, otherwise clean. (GM2564. The first edition of this title is rather scarce.) MEDI10700 $150.00
Ricketts, Benjamin Merrill. Surgery of the Prostate, Pancreas, Diaphragm, Spleen, Thyroid and Hydrocephalus. A Historical Review. x, 226, 18, pp. Published by the author. Cincinnati 1904 (Hardback) Good condition. Covers soiled. No dust jacket. (Signed by the author) MEDI12634 $75.00
Ricketts, Howard Taylor. Ludwig Hektonen, Chairman. Contributions to Medical Science by Howard Taylor Ricketts, 1870-1910. Published as a Tribute to his Memory by his Colleagues Under the Auspices of the Chicago Pathological Society. 497 pp. University of Chicago Press (1911) (Hardback) Good condition, covers a bit dull. Stain from a piece of newspaper laid in on pages 20-21. (Ricketts has several GM citations. Perhaps best know for his work on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) MEDI11626 $65.00
Ricord, Ph. Lettres fur La Syphilis. Adresses a m le Redacteur en chef De L'Union Medicale. Deuxieme [second] edition 472 pp. Aux Bureaux de L'Union Medicale. Paris. 1856 (1855) (Hardback, leather spine and boards. Book height 7-3/8 inches) Good condition. Covers and spine ends with light edge wear. Front cover spine edge medium wear. Hinges tight. Interior with scattered foxing, otherwise clean. MEDI12635 $70.00
Ricord, Ph. Introduction by Amedee Latour. Translated by W. P. Lattimore. Letters on Syphilis Addressed to the Chief Editor of the Union Medicale. xxiii, 270 pp. Plus 32 page book catalog. Blanchard and Lea. Philadelphia 1857 (1852) (Hardback) Good condition but for heavy wear to cover corners, and light tear at spine ends. MEDI11751 $85.00
Riddell, W. J. B. The Glasgow Ophthalmic Institution 1868-1968. 31 pp. Board of Management for Glasgow Royal Infirmary. (1968) (Hardback) No dust jacket. Very good condition but for hole in front free endpaper. MEDI10888 $27.50
Riddell, William Fenwick. Hieronymus Fracastorius and his Poetical and Prose Works on Syphilis. With a Full Glossary of Medical No date Other Terms Employed by Him; and A Comparison with Earlier, Contemporary and Later Medicine. ii, 136 pp. Canadian Social Hygiene Council. Toronto, 1928 (Hardback) Good condition, some wear at spine ends and cover edges. Endpapers browned. Title page and facing portrait foxed. (See Dictionary of Scientific Biography entry for Girolamo Fracastoro.) MEDI10701 $70.00
Riese, W. La Theorie des Passions a la Lumiere de la Pensee Medicale du XVIIe Siecle. 74 pp. S,. Karger 1965 (Softcover) Very good condition. (Supplementur ad Vol. 8 Confina Psychiatarica) MEDI12219 $40.00
Riesman, David. High Blood Pressure and Longevity and other essays selected From the Published Writings. 726 pp. John C. Winston Company. (1937) (Hardback) Good condition, light edge wear. Withdrawn stamp inside front cover. Faint spine indication of label removal. No other library markings. Text clean. MEDI10702 $45.00
Riesman, David. High Blood Pressure and Longevity and other Essays Selected from the Published Writings. 726 pp. Winston. (1937) (Hardback) Good condition. Clean but for a few brown spots on portrait page. No dust jacket. (Signed by the author) MEDI10889 $17.50
Riesman, David. Medicine in Modern Society. 226 pp. Princeton University Press. 1938 (1938) (Hardback) Good condition, No dustjacket. (Signed by the author on front flyleaf) MEDI10703 $9.00
Ringer, Sydney. A Handbook of Therapeutics. Ninth edition. xii, 713 pp. William Wood and Company. 1882 (Hardback) Good condition, ExLibrary. Smudge on spine. Light wear on spine ends and corners. Library bookplate inside front cover. No other library markings. Page edges lightly toned. MEDI12427 $20.00
Ringer, Sydney. A Handbook of Therapeutics. Tenth edition. xi, 688 pp. William Wood and Company. 1883 (Hardback) Good condition. /ExLibrary with numbers on spine. No internal library markings. Covers lightly soiled with light wear on spine ends. Page edges and end Papers lightly browned. 1 inch slit in spine covering but underside not exposed. MEDI12428 $20.00
Risse, Guenter B., Ronald L. Numbers & Judith Walzer Leavitt (editors) Medicine Without Doctors. Home Health Care in American History. NY: Science History Pub. 1977 (1977) (Softcover) 124 pp. index. Illustrated. Very good condition. MEDI11511 $20.00
Roberts, Mary M. American Nursing. History and Interpretation. 688 pp. Macmillan 1963 (1963) (Hardcover) Good condition. Dust jacket rubbed and with edge tears but now in plastic protector. MEDI11007 $12.00
Robinson, G. Canby M.D., LLD, ScD. Adventures in Medical Education. A Personal Narrative of the Great Advance of American Medicine. Cambridge: Commonweal Fund by Harvard Univ. Press 1957 (1957) (hardback) 338 pp. index. Frontispiece and other illustration. Inside front cover has two stamps FOR SALE and SOLD which have a black marker line through them else very good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI11513 $15.00
Robinson, Harold kC. & Leo F. Rettger. Studies on the Use of Brilliant Green and a Modified Endo's Medium in the Isolation of Bacillus Typhosus from Feces. Reptd. from: Jour. Medical Resch., Vol. XXXIV, No,. 3. (New Ser. Vol. XXIX, No.3) pp. 363-376. July 1916. (Isolation of Bacillus Typhosus from Feces.) MEDI10064 $7.00
Robinson, Victor. Pathfinders in Medicine. 317 pp. Medical Review of Reviews. New York. 1912 (1912) (Hardback) Good condition. Private Library rubber stamp inside front. Front flyleaf clipped, probably to remove signature. (GM6728) (History from ancient Greece to about 1880) MEDI10569 $10.00
Robinson, Victor. Pathfinders in Medicine. 810 pp. Medical Life Press. 1929 (1929) (Hardback) Good condition, covers a little dull and spine ends with very lightto abaout 1910 wear. Interior clean. (Second edition, much expanded version of 1912 edition, of GM6728) (Selection of important medical men from ancient Greece to about 1910) MEDI10570 $15.00
Robinson, Victor. Editor. Medical Life. Primitive Medicine Number. 360-412 pp. Medical Life, Volume 34 Number 7. July 1927 (Softcover) Good condition but for covers chipped and torn. MEDI10805 $15.00
Roddis, Louis H. James Lind. Founder of Nautical Medicine. 177 pp. Henry Schuman. (1950) (Hardback) Book very good condition, Dust jacket tattered. MEDI11009 $9.00
Roddis, Louis H. James Lind. Founder of Nautical Medicine. 177 pp. Henry Schuman. (1950) (Hardback) Book very good condition, Dust jacket tattered. MEDI11010 $9.00
Roddis, Louis H. William Withering. The Introduction of Digitalis into Medical Practice. xi, 131 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. 1936 ( Good condition, Clean but for personal bookplate inside front cover. No dust jacket. (Reprinted with corrections and additions from Annals of Medical History, new Series, Vol. VIII No. 2,3 1936) MEDI12429 $15.00
Roddis, Louis H. William Witherng. The Introduction of Digitalis into Medical Practice. 131 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. 1936 (1936) (Hardback) Good condition but for front cover cracked. Crack repaired but crease in cloth showing. Clean. MEDI11752 $12.00
Rogers, Fred B. Help-Bringers: Versatile Physicians of New Jersey. 125 pp. Vantage Press (1960) (Hardback) Very good condition with complete but rubbed dustjacket. ( Biographical stories about 12 New Jersey Physicians from the last 250 years. According to the preface most of this material was first published in the Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. References are given for each chapter.) MEDI10704 $25.00
Rolleston, Sir Humphrey. Internal Medicine. 92 pp. Paul B. Hoeber Inc. 1930. Clio Medical Series. (1930) (Hardback, 6-1/2 by 4-1/2 inches) Good condition, spine dulled. (GM2240) (Clio Medica Series No. 4) MEDI12007 $12.00
Rolleston, Sir Humphry. Aspects of Age, Life and Disease. 304 pp. Macmillian Company. New York. 1929 (Hardback) The book is sturdy. ExLibrary. Library markings inside covers and back of title page. Spine shellacked and numbers on lower spine. Book edges with library stamp. Text pages clean but for occasional library stamp. MEDI12430 $12.00
Rolleston, Sir Humphry. Some Medical Aspects of Old Age. Being the Linacre Lecture, 1922, St. John's College, Cambridge. 170 pp. Macmillan. London 1922 (Hardback) Good condition with some light edge wear. Some spots on the end papers. Arabic writing in pencil inside the back cover. No dust jacket. MEDI10892 $50.00
Rolleston, Sir Humphry Davy. The Cambridge Medical School A Biographical History. 235 pp. Frontis. And other illustrations. Cambridge University Press 1932. (Hardback) Considerable outer wear and soil. Text pages are clean. (The book contains both a Subject and Name index) MEDI10372 $20.00
Rook, Arthur (editor) Cambridge and its Contribution to Medicine. 298 pp. London: Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine 1971 (1971) New Series, Vol. XX (Hardback) Very good condition in lightly rubbed dust jacket. (Proceedings of the Seventh British Congress on the History of Medicine University of Cambridge, 10-13 Sept. 1969). MEDI11011 $10.00
Rosen, Dr. George with a foreword by Dr. John F. Fulton. The Reception of William Beaumont's Discovery in Europe New York: Schuman's 1942 (1942) (hardback) 97 pp. index, one of 500 copies. Private owner's emboss on portrait page. Very good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI11012 $35.00
Rosen, George. The Reception of William Beaumont's Discovery in Europe. 97 pp. Portrait. Schuman's. New York. 1942 (1942) (Hardback) Very good condition, covers lightly soiled. (Limited to 500 copies. Presentation copy to Morris C. Leikind signed by the author. With Morris Leikinds bookplate.) MEDI12637 $20.00
Ross, Donald E. Salivary Gland Tumors. 86 pg. 4t0. Thomas (1955) GD, no dj. MEDI10065 $10.00
Ross, Lawrence M. The Cell. 36 pp. CIBA Vol. 25 No. 4, 1975. Reprinted. (Softcover) Good condition, some pen underlining. MEDI10206 $8.00
Rothstein, William G. American Physicians in the 19th Century., From Sects to Science. 362 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press. (1972) (Hardback) Very good condition. Dust jacket very much rubbed. MEDI12328 $15.00
Royal Commission. A Report on Vaccination add its Results Based on the Evidence Taken by The Royal Commission During the Years 1889 - 1897. Volume 1. The Text of the Commission Report. 493 pp. New Sydenham Society. London 1898 (Hardback, brown cloth) Very good condition. light wear to edges. Spine lettering dim but readable. Endpapers darkened. Text unmarked, clean and bright. (New Sydenham Society volume 164) (Complete in it's self. Volume 2 was in preparation when this volume was issued) MEDI12936 $75.00
Rush, Benjamin. Edited Annotated and Introduced by: Eric T. Carlson; Jeffrey L. Woolcock and Patricia S. Noel. Benjamin Rush's Lectures on the Mind. 735 pp. American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia 1981 (1981) (Hardback) Very good condition, no dust jacket. MEDI10893 $75.00
Rush, Benjamin. M.D. Medical Inquiries and Observations. NY: Arno Press 1972 (1972) Medicine & Society In America Series reprint of 1815 4th edition. (hardback) 4 volumes in 2. 273 pp. & 249 pp. + index. Very good condition. No dust jackets. (reprint GM80) MEDI11756 $250.00
Ruskin, Arthur. Classics in Arterial Hypertension. 358 pp. Charles C Thomas. 1956 (1956) (Hardback) Good condition. Spine lettering dull. Library rubber stamp inside front cover but no other markings. Age browning to endpapers. (GM3160.1) MEDI10894 $37.50
Russell, J. Rutherfurd. The History and Heroes of the Art of Medicine. 491 pp. Illustrations. Two Errata lines on back of Illustration index page. John Murray. London. 1861 (Hardback) Disbound, hinges broken. ExLibrary. Text clean but for library stamp on title page and covers. (Possible to read the book as is but needs to be rebound before coming completely apart) MEDI12432 $60.00
Russell, William Logie. The New York Hospital. A History of the Psychiatric Service 1771- 1936. NY: Columbia Univ. Press 1945 (1945) (hardback) 556 pp. index Frontispiece and other photo illustrations. Very good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI11757 $30.00
Ruyhrah, John. William Cadogan [His Essay on Gout] vii, 114 pp. Portrait. Paul B. Hoeber. New York. 1925 (1925. Reprinted from Annals of Medical History, March 1925) (Hardback) Very good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI12937 $9.00
Sachs, Ernest. The History and Development of Neurological Surgery. 158 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. (1952) (Hardback) Covers rubbed and scratched. Binding sturdy. No dust jacket. (GM5018) MEDI12329 $150.00
Sainsbury, Harrington. The Heart as a Power-Chamber. A Contribution to cardio-Dynamics. 248 pp. Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton. London (1922) (Hardback) Good condition, water stain on back cover and lower spine. Not affecting text pages. (A volume of the Oxford Medical Publications) MEDI10188 $45.00
Sallander, Hans. Compiler. Bibliotheca Walleriana. A Catalogue of the Erik Waller Collection. 2 Volumes. 471, 494 pp. 48, 55 pl. Almquvist and Wiksell. Stockholm 1955. (1955) (Hardback) Good condition. light rubbing to covers. Sturdy and clean but evidence of bookplate removal inside covers. MEDI11019 $75.00
Salter, Henry Hyde. On Asthma: its Pathology and Treatment. [First American edition of this title] iv, 17-260 pp. Blanchard and Lea. Philadelphia. 1864 (Hardback, 3/4 leather) Good condition. Pages v-viii, the table of contents is missing. Leather worn on spine ends, sides and cover corners. leather not worn through. ExLibrary with paper label on spine. Stains to end papers from leather binding. Library blind stamp on title page. No other markings. Pages clean. Hinges tight. (This is the first listing of this title in Cordasco: American Medical Imprints) (First American Edition of GM2586) MEDI12433 $75.00

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