Medical: Specialties from The Owl at the Bridge

Rockville, MD. Aspen, 1984. Hard Cover. ”Comprehensive introduction to the subject for couples desiring home birth and for physicians and midwives.” xxiii, 274 p.; Vg/ no dj. 100103.

Philadelphia : S.S. White Dental Mfg., 1893.. Hard Cover. 283 p., illus., index, 19 cm. Third Revised Edition; first pub., 1882. The need for a textbook of dental metallurgy grew as Denistry developed in the 19th century. Stock# 39,175. Good+, cover worn at corners, spine has small tears.

New York: Printed For The Medical Class Of The University, By Joseph H. Jennings, 111 Fulton Street. 1844-5. Soft Cover. 24 pages, 21 cm. Title continues: On The Institutes Of Medicine and Materia Medica. Delivered Before The Medical Class Of The University Of The City Of New York, At The Session Of 1844-5." Stock#OB619 (iab). Vg, detached.

New York, King & Chambre, 714 Broadway, 1866. Hard Cover. 168, [10] pages, illus. (figures 1-6 are pp. 2-7); 19 cm. Title continues: Dysentery Of Children, Cholera Infantum, Cholera and Cholera Morbus, Bilious Colic, Costiveness, Yellow Fever, Diphtheria, Putrid Sore Throat, With Proofs of their Curability; And How To Treat The Diseases of elderly and old People: With Medical… Read more about this item

New York: Press of the New York University, J. H. Jennings, printer, 1846. Soft Cover. 26 pages; 23 cm. Bedford founded the University Medical College in which he established an obstetrical clinic for those too poor to afford a doctor, the first such clinic in the United States. Very Good; paper imperfections have caused foxing, detached. Stock#OB612 (iab).

New York, D. Appleton and company, 1901. Hard Cover. vi p., 1 l., 160 p. 23 cm. First published, 1897. Osler noted: "the typical heart disease patient is a keen and ambitious man ... whose engine is always at full speed ahead" Has the bookplate and signature (dated June 1901) of Frank Taylor Fulton, an Osler student who established… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea. 1879.. Hard Cover. Second Edition By George Sigerson, M.D. xii, 271 p. illus. diagrs. 24 cm. 'Charcot became one of the greatest of all neurologists.' This first American edition of GM4546 (the Paris, 1872, original) is complete in itself (Charcot published two more volumes in French) includes Charcot's classic observations on nutritional and vascular… Read more about this item

Ithaca, N.Y., W. L. Williams, 1943.. Hard Cover. xviii, 478 p. 105 illus., IV col. pl. 24 cm. Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. First published in 1909, "Following an extensive experience as a private practitioner, fifteen years of teaching obstetrics in the veterinary college..." Bibliography: p. [465]-467. Stock# 44,605. Good+/ no dj.

Providence, RI, Brown University, 1954. Thesis for the Department of Biology, Brown University. Typescript. Bibliography, leaves 16-20. Dr. Formisano went on to have a distinguished career in Dermatology. This was his copy. iv, 28 leaves, illus.; 28 cm. Vg. Stock#OB1032.

N.Y. Julian Press, 1954. . First Edition. Hard Cover. 744 p. First edition of a classic. Part I: A Review if the Literature (1912-1951); Part II: Psychodynamics of Sexual Offenses and a Formulation of the Problem. Stock # 28900. Vg/ dj tattered, protected in mylar. Sexual studies.

New-York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1815-1816. Two volumes. Title continues: "Translated from the French by Alexander H. Stevens [1789-1869], with notes, and an appendix by the translator." "First English translation." "A classic treatise" --Ackerknecht. Boyer's work on surgery "for many years remained the highest authority in this branch of medical literature. His chief contributions to practical… Read more about this item

London: Printed for Harmen Noorthouck, 1734. Hard Cover. [16], 64 pages, (Signatures: A-E8); 20 cm. Title continues: Particularly Those Most in Fashion:... Address'd to the Royal College of Physicians, London. By T - K - a Member of the same. Proposes a new method for "introducing quicksilver directly into the blood." "T - K - " is attributed to… Read more about this item

Springfield, Ill., Baltimore, Md., C.C. Thomas, 1930.. Hard Cover. xx, 317 p. incl. illus., ports., diagr. front. 25 cm. "Erratum" slip inserted between pages 130 and 131.GM 1588.3 "These readings extend from Aristotle to contemporary writers; they give access to many classical works that might otherwise be unobtainable. ""With many regrets that I couldn't have been the donor. John… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, American College of Physicians, 1971. Periodical. Editorial, pp. 797-800, in "Annals of Internal Medicine", November 1971. The issue also includes a one-page editorial by Robert P. Hudson, " New Light on the Insulin Controversy," p. 311 from "Annals", August 1979. Both deal with recently revealed documents of the contributions of J. J. R. Macleod to the discovery of… Read more about this item

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1936.. Hard Cover. 80 p., [1] leaf of plates : illus., 17 cm. Series : Harvard Health Talks, 19. Cover title : Bright’s Disease. "Bright's disease, otherwise known as nephritis, is a disease of the kidneys, due to inflammation or bacterial invasion." Stock# 42,886. Vg / dj vg, slight wear.

Boston, William D. Ticknor, 1841. Hard Cover. [i], viii, 320 pages, tables; 24 cm. Title continues: Occurring in the Dublin Lying-in Hospital, During a Period of Seven Years, Commencing November, 1826." An extensive study of labor and pregnancy complications in the Rotonda, the Dublin Lying-in Hospital. First published London, 1835. Some waterstaining in later pages; bound in publisher's embossed… Read more about this item

Boston, Welch Bibliophilic Society, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. 39 pages; 19.5 cm. "First printing" --title-page verso. Just returned from two years of study in Paris, Dr. Holmes submitted this thesis to the Harvard Medical School in 1836. It remained unnoticed in the archives of the Boston Medical Library, which consented to its publication here. Pericarditis is an inflammation… Read more about this item

[Stuttgart]  Editions Medicina Rara, 1970?]. Hard Cover. [6], ix-cxxvii [i.e. 126] leaves, facsimile color illus.; 30 cm. Facsimile of the 1497 edition. Hain/Copinger 4018; Klebs 225.1. Fine in fine slipcase. Stock#OB350.

London: Privately printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. 2 p. l., iv, 129 p., front., illus., 30 plates, portraits; 34 cm. Title continues: to the Advancement of the Healing Art as well as to the prevention of disease, by William Stirling." Vg / no dj. Stock#OB574 oversize.

Wien, Hölder, 1906. Soft Cover. xii, 562 pages, index; 25.5 cm. First printed Wien, 1898; this is the second edition, Garrison/Morton (4) 3952. "Naunyn devoted his life to the study of metabolism in diabetes and in diseases of the liver and pancreas, the above book being his most important work." Dr. Irving A. Beck notes that "This second edition… Read more about this item