Search Results: Medicine: history from The Owl at the Bridge

Marshfiels, WI, W. Bruce Fye, [1992]. Periodical. 17 p., 250 items, 22.5 cm. "Our firm was founded ... in New York City [in 1972] ...our only previous sale was in 1978 when we moved from Baltimore to Marshfield." IAB. Stock# 44,205. Vg, catalog.

Anno II, Fasc. II, Dicembre. 184 p., illus.; 24 cm. Idrologia Italiana. Monographic study of age-old Italian water cures. Stock#48113.

Anno II, Fasc. I, Febbraio. 150, [2] p., illus.; 24 cm. Medicina Coloniale Italiana. Monographis study of medicine in the expanding Italian African colonial empire. Stock#48112.

"A Chronological Catalogue, and Critical and Bibliographical Study of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, and Articles in Periodical Publications relating to the Medical Sciences-- Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine-- Printed in the present territory of the United States of America during British Dominion and the Revolutionary War." (subtitle). "Publication No. 40 / Dept. of the History of Science & Medicine / Yale University..." LC card no. 61-17786. Includes almanacs & broadsides; Indexes, pages 817-885. 885 pages, 187 illustrations (photos); 24 cm.; bound in blue cloth, gold lettering; no dust jacket; bookplate of Sam Hough; Very Good. Stock#ofc0840.

xii, 289 pages; 25 cm. Bound in black cloth with gold spine lettering; Very Good. Signed on first flyleaf "Marshall N. Fulton, Bristol, R.I. May 1977"; "Inscribed by the second author, 11 May 77 C.R." in flourish; inscribed "with pleasure Earl F. Nation 5/11/77"; and with a single-page, three-paragraph typed letter on Current Company stationery to Mrs. Marshall Fulton dated July 12, 1977, signed "Bob". Stock#ofc0711.

336 items, b&w illus.; Very Good in paper covers. Stock#ofc0212.

[viii], 180 p.; 22.5 cm. Contains the Garrison Lecture; a long (pp. 25-61) article on The Revelance of Futility: Jordanus De Turre (fl. 1313-1335) on the Treatment of Leprosy; and 3 articles on Race and Acclimatization in Colonial Medicine. Stock#48128 (iab).

[4], 527-684, [14] p.; 22.5 cm. An article on Andrea Cesalpino (1525-1604), Hippocratic Medicine and Aristotelian Science, 3 articles relating to women in medicine: Surgical careeer of MaryAmanda Dixon Jones; Midwives and abortion; and Female support groups at Johns Hopkins Nursing School, 1915-1918. Stock#48127 (iab).

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.

"A selection of 300 rare and important books illustrating the history of Medicine, Science and Technology including Chemistry and Pharmacology, Natural History, Botany, Zoology and related subjects." Bookseller catalogue, 299 items, index, illus.; paper covers; Good. Stock#ofc0280.

London : Royal College of Physicians of London, 1979. Soft Cover. 15 p ; 29.5 cm. Exhibition of 21illustrated books on Dermatology. IAB. Stock# 40,717. Vg/ paper.

At head of title: National Library of Medicine. "In this work, medicine has been interpreted in its wider sense to include nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, child care, hygiene, first aid, education, and psychology; quackery, faith cures, and astrological medicine are also encompassed. Some works on veterinary medicine, compilations of morbidity and mortality statistics, and legislative works pertaining to medicine are included... of botany and chemistry only theses and syllabi are included... The titles listed here are books, pamphlets, theses, and broadsides; 36 periodical titles... have been interspersed to round out the pattern of medical publications issued in the pre-1821 period." Bookplate of Dr. Irving Addison Beck of Providence RI. Includes 25-sheet xerox copy (one side only) of Early American Medical Imprints in the Library of Duke University Medical Center. x, 240 pages, chronological index; bound by Knowlton in grey cloth, original front paper cover pasted on; Good+. Stock#ofc0400.

NY, Oxford UP [1936]. . Hard Cover. vii, 299 p., index, portrait front. 20.5 cm. First pub. 1931. "There is no physician who during his lifetime has had so profound an influence upon so great a number." IAB. Stock #29,622. Vg, red cloth/ no dj.

N.Y., Knopf, 1976. Hard Cover. 6 p.l., 298, viii p. 21.5 cm. Wilson, the BBC science correspondent argues that while Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillan in 1928, he didn't perceive a use for it and did not pursue its developmeent. Stock #29,673. Vg/ dj good+

Offprint, pages 139-149, illus.; stapled with cover title; inscribed to Irving Beck MD of Providence RI. Good. Stock#ofc0462.

Hartford : The Atheneum, [1954]. Soft Cover. 62 pages, [5] leaves of plates, illus.; 23 cm. A loan exhibition of 385 pieces. IAB. Stock#41115. Vg/ paper.

INCOMPLETE; IN PIECES. Color lithograph depictions of outer & inner human anatomy as known in the late 19th century. Full-length human form originally pasted inside folding covers 45 x 45 cm., with smaller details (ears, hands...) hinged along edges. Fold has separated; smaller pieces lacking. Possibly useful for collage work. Stock#ofc oversize 008.

Edinburgh, 1809; facsimile NY, Hafner, 1964.. Soft Cover. N. Y. Academy of Medicine/The History of Medicine series, 21. iv, 322 p.; Facsimile reprint of Garrison/ Morton 2738. Stock# 31,677. VG/ wrappers.

[Philadelphia] SmithKline Corporation [1975]. Soft Cover. 144 p., index, color illus.; 22 cm. "This guide is chiefly concerned with the buildings that are historically the oldest and the institutions that were first of their kind." Stock #29661. VG/ wrappers.