Search Results: Medical: General from The Owl at the Bridge

Phila., Blakiston [1945].. Hard Cover. x, 451 p.; 21 cm. A collection of 22 addresses delivered by "The Great Physician" first published in 1904. IAB. Stock #29,620.. Vg/ no dj.

N.Y., Norton, 1936. Hard Cover. viii, 544 p. illus., 24.5 cm. This autobiography opens with the sixteen year-old author being swept away by the Johnstown Flood and proceeding with his career in Public Health for the Rockefeller Foundation in the Philippines and Asia. Stock# 30,456. Good+/ no dj.

Canterbury, Privately published for G. Moreton, 1894.. Hard Cover. x, 72, [2], [2], 91 p, portrait frontis, 2 plates, text illus, 22.5 cm. Title continues: "discovery of the circulation of the blood. Facsimile reprint of the 1628 Latin edition with an English translation. The frontispiece is a fine photogravure portrait of Harvey."The most important book in the history of medicine." Garrison / Morton 759; Keynes 23. Stock# 42,880. Vg, white spine darkened / no dj.

Dublin, Printed for W. Whitestone, J. Potts, B. Corcoran, J. Hoey, J. Williams, W. Colles... M. DCC. LXXVI. [1776]. Hard Cover. ix, 410 pages,; 17.5 cm. First pub. Edinburgh, 1726. This is three separate works. The major portion (pp. 11-320) is on the bones. Blake p. 309. Vg, water stains along edges, new full leather binding by George Sargent, Dragonfly Bindery. Stock#OB298.

NY, MD Publications [1962]. Hard Cover. xiii, 292 p., illus., index; 24 cm. Twenty-four essays by the Spanish-born physician refugee who published MD magazine. Stock# 30,235x. Vg/ dj worn, chipped.

Bethesda, MD, National Library of Medicine, [1982]. Soft Cover. xi, 240 p. 26 cm. IAB. Stock# 38,466. Vg/ paper.

Berlin, Verlag Georg Reimer, 1894; reprint Martino 2000. Hard Cover. xiv, 722 p.; 23.5 cm. Besterman 4425. Swiss-born Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), 1493?-1541, alchemist and physician, investigated the mechanics of mining, minerals and miners' diseases; introduced the use of therapeutic mineral baths and of opium, mercury, lead, sulphur, iron, copper sulphate and arsenic as medicinal substances; and emphasized the value of observation and experience in medicine. Sudhoff's comprehensive bibliography describes and annotates 518 works and remains a standard. Fine in maroon binder's cloth; new from publisher in shrinkwrap. Stock#44156x.

Beacon Press, Boston, 1967. . The Director of the World Association for the Fight Against Hunger (ASCOFAM) examines the problem of global hunger. Soft Cover. xiii, 161 pages, 21 cm. Good, a few ink markings/ wrappers. Stock#29662.

London, BBC, 2000. Hard Cover. 208 p., illus. (mostly col.), index, 24.5 cm. "Published to accompany the television series 'Brain Story', first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2000"--T.p. verso. Stock# 40,028. Fine/ dj fine.

Johns Hopkins UP, 1978. Periodical. Organ of The American Association for the History of Medicine and of The Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine. Contents include Stevenson, The Henry E. Sigerist Supplements; Goodyear, The Sugar Connection: A New Perspective on the History of Yellow Fever; Amundsen, Medieval Canon Law on Medical & Surgical Practice by the Clergy; Rosenthal, Ar-Râzî on the Hidden Illness; Whorton, Hygiene of the Wheel: An Episode in Victorian Sanitary Science; Penman, Introduction of the Edinburgh Quizzing System into American Medical Education; Veith, Michael Bernhard von Valentini: Non-Specialist in Medicine & Science: Physician of the Enlightenment; Dols & Norris, Geographical Origin of the Black Death; Oppenheimer, Folia Baeriana. 148 pages, diagrams, charts, tables, illus., 22.5 cm.; printed paper wrappers; VG+. Stock#33000.

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press,1983. Hard Cover. xx, 259 p., illus., index, 23.5 cm. Prepared by the Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine ; Rudolf Hirsch, editor, assisted by Timothy L. Bratton and Ericka Thickman Miller ; with an introduction by Whitfield J. Bell Jr. Stock# 37,673. Vg/ no dj.

Bethesda, National Library of Medicine, 1989 / Mansfield Centre, CT. Hard Cover. xiv, 1315 pages, 23 cm. Contains 13,299 short-title entries with some annotations, arranged alphabetically. Fine, new from publisher/ no dj. Stock#34856 & ofc0758.

Marshfield, WI, W. Brice Fye, [1993?].. Soft Cover. 62 p., 23 cm. 1098-2122 items. The alphabet from Li to Z.. IAB. Stock# 38,585. Vg/ paper

Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 1968. Soft Cover. [7], 52 p., illus., 28 cm. "The Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection is primarily a bibliographic profile of the field of Otolaryngology, a field in which Dr. Sellers rendered distinguished leadership and service. Every major landmark of this discipline is present in the Collection, along with a substantial number of supporting scientific classics...' Entries printed in brown library-card format. Copy of Dr. Irving Addison Beck with his label on the cover. Stock#40117. Vg/ paper.

N.Y., Maurizio Martino, 1996. Hard Cover. xi, 540 p., 30 cm. "Revised Edition, With Amendments from the Library's Working Copies." VOLUME TWO ONLY, 1641-1850, A-E. Stock#34900x/h. Fine, new from publisher.

Bethesda, NLM, 1967; reprint Martino 1999. Hard Cover. xxii, 698 pages; 23 cm. Durling provides full descriptions and collations for the 4808 imprints in the NLM, with notes encompassing source of title, particularities of the copy in hand, bibliographical history, analytics, and references to standard bibliographies. The author also provides geographical and name indexes of printers and publishers and a concordance of STC items. This is the first reprint edition of a basic work on 16th-century medical books. Fine, binder's cloth; new from publisher. Stock#34872/h.

Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., NY [ca. 1960?; Anthoensen Press, Portland]. Soft Cover. 98 p., illus., XVI plates, index; 23 cm. Title continues: and related subjects. Manuscripts and Printed Books from the 15th to the 20th Century. Bookseller's sale catalog with prices. Subjects include acoustics, anatomy, astronomy, chemistry, contagious diseases, electricity, gastronomy, geology, gynaecology, horology, inoculation, Jewish med. & science, mathematics, microscopy, navigation, optics & ophthalmology, ornithology, physics, physiology, scientific instruments, snake poison, surveying. Cream paper covers stamped in red; minor wear, spine slightly darkened; VG. Stock# 44,204

Towson, MD, Poitras, 1991. . Soft Cover. 91 p., 1104 items; 21.5 cm. Fall, 1991. Mostly 19th and 20th century medical books. Stock# 41,505. Vg/ paper.

Pennsylvania UP, 1983. Hard Cover. 259 p., illus.; 23.5 cm. Edited by Rudolf Hirsch, T. L. Bratton, E. T. Miller. Introduction by W. J. Bell Jr. Binder's cloth; new in shrinkwrap. stock#24505.

Boston, The Boston Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1975. Hard Cover. xiv, 223 p., index, photos, 24 cm.The Boston Medical Library was one of the great medical libraries and when joined with the Harvard Medical Library to make the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine it became an even greater power. Ink inscription; IAB. Stock# 32,837. Vg/ no dj.