Modern Urology vols. 1 & 2 by Cabot, Hugh:

Paris: Medicale Et Scientifique Jules Rousset. Very Good. 1906. Second Edition. Hardcover. Tan soft cover, black title on spine & front cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Tissue protected frontispiece. Pictorial title page. XCII additional pages, Bibliographie et Notes. Uncut pages. Deckle page edges. French text. From the authors 1905 thisis. Rare Medical ; Engraved Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 472 pages .

Antiquarian Bookstore stamp on flyleaf. Corner is torn and missing from the front end page and title page beneath. There is a wide piece of binding tape attached to the inside cover, front and back, which looks like it used to hold something. No dj. HC is soiled and worn alongs edges and corners. Edges are bumples. Paper on binding is split inside back cover. Interesting and rare book begins with a history of sanitation in battle from the 13th century and a letter from the Surgeon General's Office September 7, 1862 to the Secretary of War. Several pages have tears along the top edge and some pages have tiny creased corners. Contains PLATE MAPS.

Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Danielem Elsevirium, 1671 A very good copy of the '3rd and Final' edition of Richard Lower's major treatise on the working of the heart and lungs. Richard Lower (1631-1691) was the first person to perform a blood transfusion, reporting in 1666 that blood had been successfully transferred between 2 dogs. Shortly afterwards he carried out an experiment to transfuse some blood from a sheep to a man - with some hopes that the gentleness of the lamb would be carried in the blood. He counted Thomas Willis (founder of the Royal Society) and Robert Hooke as close associates and was a follower of William Harvey. Tractatus de Corde (roughly translated as Treatment of the Heart) was his most important work, detailing his experimental surgery and findings. This copy, in contemporary full leather binding, formed part of the Selbourne Library - acquired by the late Hugh Selbourne - and has the Selbourne Library stamp to the verso of the title page, and the bottom margin of p 51.… Read More

Full vellum with titles inked to spines. 6 raised bands. Red speckled edges. Fissure in vellum at front hinges, but quite firm. Wine colored stain to front cover of vol. II near spine. Many foldout plates. Late 17th century compilation of medical specialties. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1072; 1223 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

First edition. Duckworth and Co. London. 1918. Octavo. xviii, 372pp. 7 plates, 20 text illus. Original green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Spine relaid. Endpapers renewed. Corners rubbed and slightly bumped. John George Adami (1862 - 1926) FRS, FRSE, CBE, LL.D., "qualified in medicine at Manchester and in 1892 was appointed professor of pathology at McGill University. At the invitation of the Royal College of Physicians (in London) he delivered the Croonian Lectures in 1917. He chose the title 'Adaptation and disease; the contribution of medical research to the study of evolution'. Adami believed that medical work had brought to light important facts about heredity that had not been communicated adequately to biological scientists. He used the lectures to describe this work, placing particular emphasis on his contention that acquired characters are inherited." M. Buttolph Journal of Medical Biography 2010.

Paris,: Michel Lambert,, 1775.. 2 volumes: xix, [i], 640; [iv], 641-1070, [ii] pp. 8vo (13 x 20 cm.). Bound in contemporary polished calf, spine with raised band and gilt decorated, gilt lettered and numbered on green Morocco labels; red edges (an attractive binding with some minor rubbing and wear). ¶ A rare work, being a mixture of quackery and scientific medical bibliography. The first part here in 2nd corrected & enlarged edition was originally published in 1773 as "Methode familière pour guérir les Maladies Vénériennes", and was nothing more than an attempt to promote the use of author's nostrum "chocolat aphrodisiaque & anti-syphilique". The remainder of the text are in First edition. At pp. 55-63 a "life of Astruc". On pp. 759-821 we find the translation of Boehm's "Dissertation sur les differentes méthodes qui ont été employées pour guirir le Mal Vénérien" (no… Read More

Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and London: F. A. Davis. , 1890. Hardcover. Very Good. The five volume issue, complete for 1890, in dark olive cloth, titled in gilt on spines. A very good firmly bound set, probably unused, with only minor superficial markings to the bindings. 25 x 17 cm. Over 2000 pages in total. Global summaries of research and advances in medical, surgical and health studies, with interesting advertisements at the rear of each volume. The whole comprehensively indexed With an ownership rubber stamp at the bottom of four of the volumes, and a written name at the top of one of these A heavy set of books, please contact for accurate postage quote.

1852 softcover pamphlet discussing the downside of tobacco. When I got this the cover was off. Volume has had some restoration: cover is backed with matching paper and is reattached. Paper and binding are fragile but overall readable with a gentle touch. Primary defect is the corner off the front page. Interior has foxing and stains but no vandalism. I think the author comes out of the same group that published Solomon Spittle (which I also have listed). 1852 is the first year this was published but this is titled "Fourth Thousand" so this is an early printing. Has 8 plates that are included in pagination. 179 pages, complete as issued. An uncommon item generally found in poor condition. This is decent not great (which sometimes is the best you can do). Topic is health problems of tobacco. Discusses addiction, acute toxicity, chronic health problems including heart and lung disease as well as problems of second hand smoke. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will receive.

Scarce. Most attractive condition. 444pp + xx + 2pp advertisements to the rear. No inscriptions. Title continues: "To Which are Added Cases and Observations, in which the Asthma is complicated with the following Diseases: Catarrhs. Humoral asthmas. Tubercles in the Lungs. Consumptions. Universal dropsical Swellings. A Dropsy of the Breast. Jaundice. Gout. Rheumatism. Chronic Weakness. Intermittent Fevers. Inflammations of the Lungs. Abcesses and Ulcers in the Lungs. The False Peripneumony. Spittings of Blood. Excessive Corpulency. Severe Headachs. Teething. Cutaneous Eruptions. Obstruction of the Menses. A Venereal Ulcer of the Nose. Spasmodic Affections of the Throat. Hysteric Fits. General Convulsions." Withers' treatise provides a rare glimpse of the prevalence of asthma in the 18th century. He felt the condition was becoming more frequent and attributed it to the perils of modern living: "The greater irritability and weakness of the constitution in these days, may, in some measure account for the… Read More

First printing of the second edition, 1955. First state. "realy" on page XX, line 6. "6000" in footnote, page 16. 575 pages in blue cloth with dust jacket. No additional printings. Some very light wear at cover and dj edges. Else, clean and unmarked. No inscriptions, underlining, foxing, soiling, hi-liting, or notations of any kind. Binding is tight. Spine is square. DJ in mylar cover.