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New York Department of Labor. Industrial Hygiene Bulletin. And Industrial Hygiene. Two volumes. Vol. 1 No. , July 1924 through Vol. 8 No. 6, December1931. AND: Volume 15 No. 4, April 1936 through Volume 24, No. 1-2 Feb. 1945. (Hardbound) Good condition but for a few pages with scotch tape repairs. MEDI10688 $50.00
Newsholme, Sir Arthur KCB, MD, FRCP. Foreword by William H. Welch MD. LL.D. Medicine and the State. The Relation Between the Private & Official Practice of Medicine with special reference to Public Health. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, (1932) 1st edition. (hardback) 300 pp. index. Good condition. No dust jacket. MEDI11498 $10.00
Newsholme, Sir Arthur. The Story of Modern Preventive Medicine. Being a Continuation of the Evolution of Preventive Medicine, 1927. xii, 295 pp. Williams And Wilkins Company. Baltimore. 1929 (1929) (Hardback) Very good condition. Dust jacket chipped on the edges and browned. MEDI12625 $40.00
Nishimura, Hideo; Takashi Tanimura. Clinical Aspects of The Teratogenicity of Drugs. 453 pp. Excerpta Medica 1976 (1976) (Hardback) Very good condition, dustjacket with wear and tears. MEDI10057 $30.00
None stated. A Catalogue of Sixteenth Centruy Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. 698 pg. Dept. Health Education and Welfare. 1967. (Hardback) Good condition, ExLibrary. MEDI10120 $15.00
None Stated. The Mead Johnson Collection of Pediatric Antiques. 48 pp. One or more illustrations on each page. Mead Johnson & Company. (No date) (Wraps) Very good but for 1/8 by one inch piece missing from cover. MEDI10209 $10.00
None stated. Cancer [treatment with Iron] i - ii. vii, 176 pp. No place. No date. (Hardback) Good condition but for front outer hinge very weak. (This book consist of descriptions of several medical cases concerning treatment of Cancer with Iron compounds. This work appears to be extracted from a book of several hundred pages.) (For the most part the cases are dated and range from 1803 to 1807. ) MEDI10302 $40.00
None stated. Nelson loose-leaf System Volume 2. Public Health. 427 pp. Illustrations. No Place. No Date (Hardback) Good condition. (Most of the literature references are from the 1920's. There are many different contributors.) (This is a hardbound volume and is not a loose leaf binding.) MEDI10303 $15.00
None stated. Die öffentliche Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege der Stadt Berlin Herausgegeben von den städtischen Behörden. [The public health and nursing for the sick of the city Berlin ...] viii, 362 pp. Tables, Illustrations, folding map. Berlin 1890 (Hardback) Generally good condition, with some wear to edges. Paper over inner hinges is broken, but the hinges are holding. Flyleaves are fragile and broken loose. The text is clean. (Festschrift der Stadt Berlin published on the occasion of the tenth international Congress of Medicine.) (Edited by Rudolph Virchow) MEDI10383 $125.00
None stated. Report of the Special Committee on the subject of Interments below Fortieth Street, in the City of New York. ... [concerns restrictions on the burial location of Cholera victims] 31 - 61 pp. Document no. 2. board of assistant Aldermen July 9, 1849. self wraps. Good condition. MEDI10414 $20.00
None stated. The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Army Medical Library, Washington D. C. 1936. 52, [6], 533-604. Articles abstracted from two publications; 1. The Military Surgeon Vol. 80, 1937. And; 2. Medical Life, New Series Vol. 43, Dec. 1936. Bound together in red buckram. light bumping to corners, else very good condition. (Four of the articles are duplicated in each publication, however one appears in the first and not in the second while three articles appear in the second and not in the first.) MEDI10415 $40.00
None stated. Catalogue of the Boylston Medical Society of Harvard University. May 1936. 153 pp. Cambridge 1936. (Hardback) Very good condition. Signature inside front. Page edges lightly browned. (Invitation to the 125th. anniversary of the Boylston Society inside back cover.) (The book lists all members and the prize dissertations. Also provides a history of the society) MEDI10467 $15.00
None stated. Medical Essays and Observations. Published by a Society in Edinburgh. 4 Vols. Fifth Edition., xxi, 298 pp. 4 pl.; Viii, 350 pp. 4 pl.; v, 373 pp. 1 table, 6 pl..; v, 373 pp. 1 table, 6 pl.. Printed for T. Caudal, London; and John Balfour, Edinburgh. Edinburgh MDCCLXXI. [1771] (Full leather bindings, 6-1/2 inches tall) Light foxing but the edges of the first few and last few Pages of each volume are dark brown. Some of the hinges are weak and the front cover of volume four is detached. Plate three in volume one is damaged. (A total of 10 folding plates) (First published in 1733. This edition publishes GM3422 on pages 165 - 168 of volume one; an article by James Calder - Two examples of children born with preternatural conformations of the guts. [congenital atresia of the i MEDI10468 $595.00
None stated. Manual for the Medical Department : United States Army. 1916. Corrected to April, 15, 1917 (Changes , nos. 1 and 2) 395 pp. Government Printing Office. Washington 1917 (Hardback) Sturdy, hinges tight. Covers with considerable wear. (War department document no. 504) MEDI10682 $15.00
Nothnagel, H.; M. J. Rossbach. Handbuch der Arzneimittellehre. Funfte auflage. xx, 916 pp. August Hirschwald. Berlin 1884 (Hardback, Leather spine and corners) Good plus conditon. ExLibrary. lower spine with white numbers shellacked over. some wear to edges, but edges re-colored. light rubbing to covers. Book edges with rubber stamp. Title page with rubber stamp. Pocket and circulation slip inside back. Page edg MEDI13054 $40.00
Nussbaum, J. N. Von Leitfden zur Antiseptischen Wundbehandlung mit Rücksicht auf Ihren Gegenwärtigen Standpunkt. Fifth edition. xx, 308 pp. Ferdinand Enke. Stuttgart 1887 (Hardback) Good condition. Spine slightly dulled. Light wear at spine ends. Page edges lightly toned. (The author was a pioneer of antiseptic surgery in Germany.) MEDI13194 $85.00
Nystrom, Gunnar. Lectures on Embolism and other Surgical Subjects. xi, 213 pp. Williams Wilkins Co. Baltimore 1936. (1936) (Hardback) Very good condition, no dustjacket. (Abraham Flexner Lectures: Series Number Four) MEDI10689 $40.00
O'Conor, Basil. President of the foundation. Infantile Paralysis. A Symposium Delivered at Vanderbilt University April, 1941. 239 pp. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.(1941) (Hardback) Very good condition. Page edges lightly toned. No dust jacket. MEDI11854 $30.00
O'Donoghue. Edward Geoffrey. The Story of Bethlehem Hospital From its Foundations in 1247. xx, 427 pp. Top edge gilt. Plates and text illustrations. E. P. Dutton. New York 1915 (Hardback) Good condition. Very slightly cocked. Cover with faint spots but clean. Very minor edge wear. Cover corners lightly bumped. Unsigned book plate inside front cover. Title page and the following page very much browned. Other pages only lightly toned on the MEDI12518 $95.00
Ochs, Sidney. Axoplasmic Transport and Its Relation to Other Nerve Functions. 462 pp. Wiley Interscience. New York. (1982) (Hardback) Very good condition. Very good dust jacket. MEDI13140 $12.00
Ohio State Medical Society. Transactions of the Thirty-Sixth and Thirty Seventh Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Medical Society. Also the Constitution and By Laws of the Ohio State Medical Society. 75, 288, 10 pp. Three items bound together. Columbus 1882 (Hardback) Good condition, a couple of small spots on spine and lettering rubbed. MEDI10720 $50.00
Ord, William Miller. On the Influence of Colloids upon Crystalline Form and Cohesion With Observations on the Structure and Mode of Formation of Urinary and other Calculi. x 179 pp. Illustrations. Edward Stanford. London 1879 (Hardback, 1/2 leather and boards) Good condition. ExLibrary. Leather scuffed but re-dyed. Page edges either lightly toned or soiled. Library bookpolate inside front. Pocket inside back. MEDI13114 $190.00
Orth, Johannes. Ferderick Cheever Shattuck and George Krans Sabine translators. A Compend of Diagnosis in Pathological Anatomy with Directions for Making Post-Mortem Examinations. xxxvi, 440 pp. Two plates. Houghton, Mifflin Boston 1885. (Hardback) Very good condition ExLibrary. Some small dark scuffs on spine. very light wear to spine ends and corners. Library stamp on book edges. Rubber stamp on title page. Page edges toned but not brittle Circulation slip and pocket inside back. Corner of page 81 (The table of contents is a detailed guide for a post mortem examination) MEDI12920 $95.00
Osler, William The Principles and Practice of Medicine. Third edition. xvii, 1181 pp. two pages of advs. D. Appleton and Company. New York 1899 (1892, 1895, 1898) (Hardback) Good condition. New spine with portion of old spine used as label. Original covers, some wear at cover edges. New endpapers. Text with occasional study notes and underlining in ink pen. (GM2231, third edition) (Bound in just before the original front blank is a leaf titled: An Examination Paper on Osler, 4th. edition. The initials D. M. S. appear at the end of the questions and a note that they are from the St. Thomas Hospital Gazette, L MEDI13168 $195.00
Osler, William; Assisted by Thomas McCrae Modern Medicine Its Theory and Practice. In Original Contributions by American and Foreign Authors. 7 volumes. First edition. Illustrations. Lea volumes 1, 2, 3. Lea and Febiger Volumes 4, 5, 6, 7. Philadelphia. 1907 - 1910 (Hardbacks, red cloth) Good condition. Covers lightly soiled. wear at spine ends. Corners worn through. some spines lightly faded. Interior clean with very light page edge toning. A few faded spots on covers of some volumes. The set has white chalk marks on a couple of covers. MEDI13252 $250.00
Osler, William. Lectures on the Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors. 165 pp. D. Appleton and Company. New York 1894 (1894) (Hardback, bound in tan library buckram.) Good condition. ExLibrary. Library pocket inside back and book plate in front. Pages are lightly toned. (Originally published in the New York Medical Journal 1894. This is the first separately printed edition.) MEDI13056 $225.00
Osler, William. Lectures on the Diagnosis of Abdominal Tumors. 165 pp. D. Appleton and Company. New York 1894 (1894) (Hardback, bound in green library buckram.) Good condition. ExLibrary. Library pocket and circulation slip inside back.. Pages noticeably toned. Faint smudge on spine obscuring part of title. Library stamp on book edges. (Originally published in the New York Medical Journal 1894. This is the first separately printed edition.) MEDI13057 $175.00
Otis, Arthur B. Editor. The Tides of Physiology. Departmental Histories. 73 pp. American Physiological Society. 1986 (Softcover) Very good condition. (Supplement to the Physiologist Vol. 29 Number 5 Oct. 1986) (The Following Departments are considered: 1. State University of New York at Buffalo. 2. Berkeley. 3. University of British Columbia. 4. University of Florida. 5. Philadelphia College of O MEDI10791 $20.00
Otis, Fessenden N. Practical Clinical Lessons on Syphilis and the Genito-Urinary Diseases. Vol. 1 Syphilis and Chancroid. 260 pp. Bermingham and Co. New York 1883 (1883) (Hardback, Small format) Good condition. Very light wear to cover edges. Covers a little dulled. Page edges lightly toned. Unmarked. No dust jacket. MEDI12484 $24.00
Ott, Franz Andreas. Theoretisch Praktisches Handbuch der Allgemeinen und besondern Chirurgischen Instrumenten und Verbandlehre oder der Mechanischen Heilmittellehre. 2 Vol. in one. 262, 264 pp. Munchen & Wien. 1834, 1835. (Hardback, paper covered boards.) Interior very good, covers tightly attached but severely rubbed and worn on the edges. ( There are no illustrations. ) MEDI10256 $200.00
Owen, Richard. An Account of the Dissection of the Parts Concerned in the Aneurism for the Cure of which Dr. Stevens Tied the Internal Iliac Artery. IN: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. Vol.. 16, pp. 219-235. Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. 1830 (Hardback, Dark green cloth.) Very good condition but for chipping at top of spine. Private bookplate inside front cover. (Stevens performed the original operation on the patient in 1812, the patient died in 1822. Richard Owen did the autopsy and analyzed the work of Stevens. Stevens work is described in Medico-Chirurgical Transactions Volume 5 pp. 219-235. GM2935) MEDI13141 $100.00
Paget, James. Revised and edited by William Turner. Lectures on Surgical Pathology delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Third Edition. xv, 850 pp. Lindsay and Blakiston. Philadelphia 1871 (Hardback) Sturdy but, general external wear. Covers soiled. Interior clean. (This is the third edition of the authors lectures on surgical pathology which were first issued in 1863. The author has three GM citations.) MEDI10592 $60.00
Paget, Sir James. On a Form of Chronic Inflammation of Bones (ostelitis deformans) IN: Medico-Chirurgical Transactions. pages 37 - 64. 5 plates. Vol. 60 London (1877) (Hardback, Complete volume is offered) Good plus condition. Spine replaced with old spine covering laid on. Original covers. New end papers. Interior clean. Two pages of the cited article have rough page edges. GM4343 in part. Vol. 65 pp. 225-236 also cited in GM4343 describes further cases) (This description let to naming this condition Pagets disease) MEDI13169 $395.00
Paget, Sir James. Edited by Howard Marsh. Clinical Lectures and Essays. x, 428 pp. D Appleton and Co. New York. 1875 (Hardback) Good condition. Very light wear to covers. Rubbed area on front cover. Spine darkened but titles readable. Light soil to endpapers. Very light toning to page edges. Pages otherwise unmarked. MEDI12521 $75.00
Paget, Sir James. Edited by Howard Marsh. Clinical Lectures and Essays. Second edition. 500 pp. Longmans Green. London 1879 (Hardback, Library binding) Good condition. ExLibrary. Covers lightly soiled. MEDI11745 $125.00
Paget, Stephen. Sir Victor Morsley. A Study of his Life and Work. x, 358 pp. Illustrated. Constable and Co. London 1919 (Hardback) About good condition ExLibrary. No dust jacket. Covers soiled but only lightly rubbed. Spine faded so that titles barely readable. Title page darkened by Portrait tissue guard which is missing. Bookplate inside front but no other library markings. MEDI12922 $45.00
Paine, Martyn. Materia Medica and Therapeutics. 411 pp. Samuel S. & William Wood. New York. 1854 (1847) (Hardback, Full leather 7-1/2 inches tall) Good condition. medium wear to cover edges and spine ends. Scratches on spine. Covers stained. Publisher advertisement tipped inside front cover. Pages with water stains a bit more heavy toward front and back of book. Stains not affecting readability or b MEDI12628 $125.00
Palmer, Thomas. Edited by Thomas Rogers Forbes. The Admirable Secrets of Physick an Chyrurgery. 221 pp. Yale University Press (1994)(Hardback) very good condition. Dust jacket very good condition. MEDI12109 $9.00
Pare, Ambroise. Translated by Thomas Johnson. Collected Works of Ambroise Pare. [facsimile edition] 1173 pp. Plus table of contents. Milford House. 1968 (Hardback) Very good condition EXCEPT THAT THE PRELIMINARIES AND ENGRAVED TITLE PAGE ARE CUT OUT. AMBROISE PARE WORKS COMPLETE. No dust jacket. (GM55665 reprint) (The book is 13-1/2 inches tall and three inches thick) MEDI11990 $195.00
Parish, H. J. Victory With Vaccines. The Story of Immunization. ix, 245 pp. E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 1968 (1968) (Hardback) Very good condition. No Dust jacket. (Williams and Wilkins Co. logo embossed into front cover.) MEDI12629 $25.00
Parker, Gail Thain. Mind Cure in New England From the Civil War to World War I. 197 pp. University Press of New England. 1973 (1973) (Hardback) Lower edge of front and rear cover chewed at the back about 3/4 inch along the edge and 1/8 inch deep. Other wise the book and jacket are in very good condition. MEDI11991 $9.00
Parrish, Joseph. Practical Observations on Strangulated Hernia, And Some of the Diseases of the Urinary Organs. xvii, 330 pp. 4 Plates. Key and Biddle. Philadelphia 1836 (1835) (Full leather binding) Rear cover detached. Front cover almost detached. Spine worn with half of label missing. Tide marks into edges of several pages. some pages darkened but easily readable. Library rubber stamp and signature on the title page. The text pages are unmarked. Ot (First edition of this book and rather scarce) MEDI12522 $75.00
Parry, John S. Extra-Uterine Pregnancy: Its Causes, Species, Pathological Anatomy, Clinical History, Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment. 276, pp. 32 page book catalog. Henry C. Lea. Philadelphia 1876 (1875) (Hardback with new spine.) About very good condition. New backstrip with old spine title preserved. Two book plates inside front cover. Two sets of perforated initials to title page. Considerable pencil notes and underlining inside. (GM6191) MEDI13059 $295.00
Parsons, Claire D. F. Healing Practices in the South Pacific. 250 pp. Institute for Polynesian Studies. (1985) (Hardback) Very good condition. Dust jacket very good condition. MEDI12210 $15.00
Pasteur, M. L. Eutdes sur La Bière, Ses Maladies, Causes Qui Les Porvoquent, Procédé Pour La Rendre Inaltérable avec une Théorie Nouvelle De La Fermentation. VIII, 383 pp. 12 plates and 85 figures in the text. Gauthier-Villars. Paris 1876 (Garrison Morton Bibliography notes a facsimile printed in 1926. The paper texture suggest this may be the facsimile) (Hardback, Leather. Dentelles inside cover edges.) Very good condition but for slight deformation caused by the book having been stored under uneven pressure for years, see photograph. (GM2485, possible facsimile reprint) MEDI13386 $155.00
Pasteur, Vallery-Radot. Oeuvres de Pasteur. Tome 2. Fermentations et Générations Dites Spontanées. 664 pp. Masson . Paris 1922 (1922) (Softcover) Good plus condition. Wraps slightly toned on the edges. Most pages unopened (Volume two of seven published.) MEDI13370 $75.00
Pasteur, Vallery-Radot. Oeuvres de Pasteur. Tome III. Etudes Sur le Vinaigre et Sur le Vin. 519 pp. Masson. Paris 1924 (1924, Half leather and boards) About very good condition. Very light fading to spine. Very light edge wear. (Volume three of seven) MEDI13371 $95.00
Pasteur, Vallery-Radot. Oeuvres de Pasteur. Tome premier. Dssymétrie Moleculaire. 480 pp. Masson. Paris 1922 (1922) (Hardback, Half leather. Purple spine and boards) About very good condition. a few wear spots on spine. Cover edges lightly worn. (Volume one of seven) MEDI13372 $120.00
Paton, David & John A. Craig. Glaucomas. Diagnosis and Management. 47 pp. Illustrated. Ciba Pharmaceutical 1976 (Softcover) Good condition light cover soil. (Ciba Clinical Symposia Vol. 28 No. 2) MEDI10173 $9.00
Patrick, John. A Short History of Glasgow Royal Infirmary. 43 pp. Illustrations. Glasgow 1940 (Softcover) Good condition. Covers soiled. MEDI13374 $30.00
Patterson, Thomas L. Comparative Physiology of the Gastric Hunger Mechanism. NY: New York Academy of Sciences 1933 (Vol. XXIV, pp. 55-272) (Softcover) 284 pp. index. Illustrated. Ink cover notation: Compliments of Thomas L. Patterson. Paper browning else very good condition. MEDI11105 $12.00
Paul Dudley White Medical History Society. Aesculapian Boston. Being A Guide to Places of Medical Historical Interest in the Hub City and its Environs. With Notes on famous Personages, Historical Events, And Other Related Topics. 131 pp. Boston 1980 (Softcover) Good condition. MEDI10993 $20.00
Pavy, F. W. A Treatise on the Functions of Digestion; It's Disorders and Their Treatment. 246 pp. plus two pages adv. Henry C. Lea. Philadelphia. 1869 (Hardback) Good condition. Top 1/4 inch of spine chipped off and library number on lower spine. Exterior otherwise clean. Bookplate inside front cover and signature on flyleaf. Interior pages clean. MEDI12777 $35.00
Payne, Joseph Frank. A Manual of General Pathology Designed as and Introduction to the Practice of Medicine. xiv, 528 pp. 153 Illustrations. Book catalog in back dated Oct. 1888. Lea and Brothers. Philadelphia. 1888 (Hardback, green cloth) Good condition. ExLibrary. Library blind stamp on title page. Dark smudge on lower spine MEDI13253 $47.00
Peabody, Francis W.; George Draper; A. R. Dochez. A Clinical Study of Acute Poliomyelitis. 187 pp. 13 plates. Rockefeller Institute. (1912) (Hardbound) Good condition. Pages browning with some cracking at binding. (Monograph No. 4 of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical research) MEDI12211 $30.00
Pearl, Raymond. Studies in Human Biology. 653 pp. Williams & Wilkins 1924 (1924) (Hardback) Very good condition. Sold, For sale stamps inside cover. Book plate. Spine shellacked. MEDI10292 $25.00
Peaslee, E. R. The Progress and the Spirit of Medical Science. An Anniversary Discourse Delivered Before the New York academy of Medicine November 25, 1858. 104 pp. Published by order of the Academy. New York. 1859 (Hardback) About good condition. Cover edges worn. Spine covering chipped at spine ends and some along edges of spine. Inner hinges intact. Water stain invades many pages of the book but does not affect integrity of binding. MEDI12630 $25.00
Peaslee, E. Randolph. Ovarian Tumors: Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Especially by Ovariotomy. xxvii, 551 pp. catalog of medical books at end. 56 figures. Frontispiece of E. McDowell. D. Appleton. New York 1872 (1872) (Hardback, Cloth binding) Good plus condition. ExLibrary. Spine faded. Library numbers on spine. Light fray at spine ends. 1/2 inch gouge in front cover cloth. Cover corners lightly worn. Library stamp on book edges. Library stamp on title page, dedication page and preface page. T MEDI12722 $290.00
Peaslee, E. Randolph. Ovarian Tumors: Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Especially by Ovariotomy. xxvii, 551 pp. 56 figures. Frontispiece of E. McDowell. D. Appleton. New York 1872 (1872) (Hardback, Cloth binding) ExLibrary. Spine chipped about 1/4 inch top and bottom. Spine covering split from front cover aout 4 inches at top. Cover corners worn thru. Library numbers and label on spine. Front hinge weak. Library book plate inside front. Perforated initials on titl (Cloth binding, could be restored or the book nicely rebound.) MEDI12723 $125.00
Pepper, Claude. Committee Chairman. Narcotics Research, Rehabilitation, and Treatment. Hearings before the Select Committee on Crime. House of Representatives. Ninety Second Congress First Session. 339 pp. US Government Printing Office. 1971(1971) (Softcover) Very good condition. (Part one of two parts. April 26, 27, 28, 1971) MEDI10698 $35.00
Petersen, William F. Hippocratic Wisdom. For Him Who Wishes to Pursue Properly the Science of Medicine. A Modern Appreciation of Ancient Scientific Achievement. First edition. 263 pp. Charles C. Thomas. 1946 (1946) (Hardback) Very good with dust jacket. Dust jacket with a little wear on the edges. (Signed presentation copy from the author) MEDI10994 $15.00
Pfaundler, M.; A. Schlossmann. The Diseases of Children. A work for the Practising Physician. Four volume complete set, 1908 edition. xx, 440, x, 619, ix, 552, viii, 543 pp. Illustrated. J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia. (1908) (Hardback) Good condition, sturdy. Covers with some minor edge wear otherwise clean. Not ExLibrary. No dust jackets. (Later edition of GM6347) MEDI12631 $95.00
Philadelphia County Mecical Society. 75th. Anniversary of the Philadelphia County Mecical Society. 128 pp. Philadelphia. (Hardback) Good condition but for fraying of spine ends and dulled lettering. Interior clean. (Frontispiece is a picture of the Officers and Board of Directors for 1924) MEDI10995 $12.00
Philip, A. P. W. A Treatise on Indigestion and Its Consequences, Called Nervous and Bilious Complaints; With Observations on The Organic Diseases. Third edition with some additional observations. 195 pp. H. C. Carey and I. Lea. Philadelphia 1823 (Rebound in dark blue cloth.) Binding very good condition. Pages foxed to a light brown color. MEDI10996 $70.00
Philip, Alexander. Treatise on Indigestion. iv-Viii, 195 pp. Publisher unknown. 1823 (Rebound in green buckram) Good condition with medium foxing but, missing all pages before the table of contents. MEDI10602 $50.00
Phillips, Benjamin. Scrofula; Its Nature, Its Causes, Its Prevalence, and the Principles of treatment. 350 pp. One plate. 32 page book catalog. Lea and Blanchard. Philadelphia 1846 (Hardback) About good condition. Covers faded. Front outer hinge starting. Spine label severely scraped. Cover edges and spine ends with light wear. ExLibrary. Library stamps on title page, inside covers and occasionally at chapter beginnings. Light foxing on the en MEDI12632 $90.00
Pierce, R. V The Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser In Plain English of Medicine Simplified. Incomplete edition. [sample book] Variously page, about 1/2 inch thick. Illustrated. Buffalo 1875 (1874) (Hardback) Good condition ExLibrary but no obvious markings. (Printed notes on the endpapers indicate this an incomplete edition distributed as a sample. It could be returned, along with a small payment for the complete book) MEDI12924 $25.00
Pilcher, Lewis S. The Treatment of Wounds its Principles and Practice, General and Special. xii, 391 pp. Illustrated. William wood and Company. New York. 1883 (1883) (Hardback, red cloth with black decorations) Very good condition but spine faded to dark. Page edges lightly toned. (A volume of Woods Library of Standard Medical Authors) MEDI12419 $50.00
Pilcher, Lewis Stephen. A Surgical Pilgrims Progress 1845 - 1925. Remniniscences of Lewis Stephen Pilcher. 451 pp. Illustrations. J. B. Lippincott. 1925 (1925) Hardback. Clean, tight and sturdy. minor fraying at top and bottom of spine and corners. Endpaper is unusually heavy and has pulled out of the inside hinges. Lewis Stephen Pilcher was the first editior of Annals of Surgery the first issue of which was January 1885. MEDI10293 $22.50
Piorry, P. A. De La Percussion Mediate et Des Signes Obtenus a L'aide de ce Nouveau Moyes D'Exploration, Dan Les Maladies des Organes Thoraciques et Abdomiaux. x, 356 pp. Two plates. J. S. Claude. Paris 1828 (Hardback, New leather spine and original boards.) Good plus condition. ExLibrary with blind stamp to title page. Light foxing to text pages and plates. Foxing is more dense to the endpapers. (GM2675) MEDI13308 $475.00
Pirquet, Clemens. An Outline of the Priquet System of Nutrition. 96 pp. W.B. Saunders Co. 1922 (1922) (Hardback) Sturdy, but the covers are quite soiled. Text clean. (The author invented a special diet for infants in reaction to changes brought about by World War I.) MEDI10454 $25.00
Playfair, W. S. The Systematic Treatment of Nerve Prostration and Hysteria. 111 pp, Henry C. Lea. Philadelphia 1883 (Hardback, small format) Good plus condition. ExLibrary with Rubber stamp on title page and numbers on front cover. Title page has been neatly re-attached. MEDI13014 $50.00
Politzer, Adam. On a Peculiar Affection of the Labyrinthine Capsule as a Frequent Cause of Deafness. 1607-1608 pp. IN: Transactions Of the First Pan American Medical Congress. Part 3. 1893 (1895) (Hardback) Very good condition. Light bumping to cover corners. Very clean inside but for signature inside front cover. No dust jacket. (We offer the complete volume two of the Transactions comprising part two and three of the transactions, this volume with pages from 1146 to 2250.) (GM3395, first report of otosclerosis as a separate clinical entity) MEDI12420 $95.00
Politzer, Adam. Translated by A. Mathewson and H. G. Newton. The Membrana Tympani in health and Disease. Illustrated by twenty-four Chromo-Lithogaphs. Clinical Contributions to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Ear with Supplement. viii, 183 pp. Two plates plus text illustrations. Errata printed on the back of the last text page. William Wood. New York 1869 (1869) (hardback, Green cloth) Good condition. Fraying at top of spine. light wear at bottom of spine and cover corners. Spine dulled with titles just readable. Label pasted inside front cover requesting a book review of the book. Inner front hinge showing some color but not broken. P (First American color illustrations of the membrana tympani by Politzer. See GM3378) MEDI12779 $360.00
Polson, C. J. & R. N. Tattersall. Clinical Toxicology. 2nd. Ed. 655 pp. J. B. Lippincott (1969, 1973) (Hardback) Very good condition, ExLib. MEDI10125 $10.00
Pomeroy, Oren D. The Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of The Ear. 392 pp. Bermingham and Co. New York 1883 (1883) (Hardback, small format) Good condition. Covers somewhat soiled. Endpapers soiled. Text clean. MEDI12527 $17.50
Pontén, Bengt. Grafted skin, Observations on Innevation and Other Qualities. 78 pp. Uppsala 1960 (Softcover) Good condition but pages curled. (ACTA Chirurgica Scandinavica. Supplement 257) (Signed on the front cover by author and presented to Jack Longacre.) MEDI13309 $35.00
Porter, Ian A. Alexander Gordon of Aberdeen 1752 - 1799. xii, 92 pp. Seven plates. Oliver and Boyd. Edinburgh (1958) (Hardback) Very god condition. Dust jacket torn, rubbed, soiled and frayed. MEDI12925 $20.00
Pottenger, Francis Marion. The Fight Against Tuberculosis. An Autobiography. xii, 276 pp. Portrait. Henry Schuman. New York (1952) (Hardback) Very good condition. Dust jacket rubbed and torn with small pieces missing. Now in plastic protector. (With a bibliography of publications) MEDI12926 $165.00
Power, D'Arcy. Medicine in the British Isles. 84 pp. Paul B. Hoeber. New York 1930 (1930) (Hardback, about 7 inches tall) Good condition. Spine darkened. (GM6540) (Volume two in the Clio Medica series of primers on the History of medicine) MEDI12112 $12.00
Power, Sir D'Arcy A Mirror for Surgeons: Selected Readings in Surgery. 230 pp. Little, Brown. Boston 1939 (1939) (Hardback) Bery good condition but for spine somewhat faded and lettering faded. Interior clean. MEDI10699 $20.00
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 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
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
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
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) Lepro 83 pp. GPO. Washington DC 1940 (Softcover) Good condition. (National Institute of Health Bulletin No. 173) MEDI10329 $12.00
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
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 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
Rank, Otto; Hanns Sachs. The Significance of the Psychoanalysis for the Mental Sciences. 127 pp. Nervous and Metal Diseases Publishing Co. New York 1916. (1916, hardback) Very good condition. Blind stamp on title page. Circulation slip inside back. MEDI13376 $30.00
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 Pro 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

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