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History of Medicine

A collection of antiquarian and rare books, including first and early editions, relevant to the history of medicine, particularly the innovations and development of 18th- and 19th-century medicine. Featured works include an 1835 edition of The Works of John Hunter, early editions of Medical Inquiries and Observations by Benjamin Rush, and a first edition of The Anatomy of the Brain by Charles Bell.

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A MANUAL OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY; PREPARED FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY; AND TRAVELERS IN GENERAL
Herschel, John [Editor]; Darwin, Charles [Essay on Geology]
A MANUAL OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY; PREPARED FOR THE USE OF OFFICERS IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY; AND TRAVELERS IN GENERAL
Price: $3,200.00
BRIEF EXPOSITIONS OF RATIONAL MEDICINE: TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE PARADISE OF DOCTORS, A FABLE (Inscribed)
Bigelow, Jacob
BRIEF EXPOSITIONS OF RATIONAL MEDICINE: TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE PARADISE OF DOCTORS, A FABLE (Inscribed)
Price: $500.00
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Volume Two Only]
Rush, Benjamin
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Volume Two Only]
Price: $500.00
DISCORSI DI PIETRO PAOLO MAGNI PIACENTINO SOPRA IL MODO DI SANGUINARE ATTACAR LE SANGUISUGHE, ET LE VENTOSE FAR LE FREGAGIONI, ET VESSICATORII A CORPI HUMANI [SPEECHES OF PIETRO PAOLO MAGNI, OF PIACENZA, ON THE METHODS OF BLEEDING, ATTACH LEECHES AND CUPS
Magni, Pietro Paolo
DISCORSI DI PIETRO PAOLO MAGNI PIACENTINO SOPRA IL MODO DI SANGUINARE ATTACAR LE SANGUISUGHE, ET LE VENTOSE FAR LE FREGAGIONI, ET VESSICATORII A CORPI HUMANI [SPEECHES OF PIETRO PAOLO MAGNI, OF PIACENZA, ON THE METHODS OF BLEEDING, ATTACH LEECHES AND CUPS
Price: $1,000.00
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Five Volumes]
Rush, Benjamin
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Five Volumes]
Price: $5,000.00
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Volume Two only]
Rush, Benjamin
MEDICAL INQUIRIES AND OBSERVATIONS [Volume Two only]
Price: $1,000.00
OPERE FISICO-MEDICHE STAMPATE E MANOSCRITTE DEL KAVALIER ANTONIO VALLISNERI RACCOLTE DA ANTONIO SUI FIGLIUOLO, CORREDATE D'UNA PREFAZIONE IN GENERE SOPRA TUTTE, E D'UNA IN PARTICOLARE SOPRA IL VOCABOLARIO DELLA STORIA NATURALE
Vallisneri, Antonio
OPERE FISICO-MEDICHE STAMPATE E MANOSCRITTE DEL KAVALIER ANTONIO VALLISNERI RACCOLTE DA ANTONIO SUI FIGLIUOLO, CORREDATE D'UNA PREFAZIONE IN GENERE SOPRA TUTTE, E D'UNA IN PARTICOLARE SOPRA IL VOCABOLARIO DELLA STORIA NATURALE
Price: $3,500.00
SCRIPTORUM LATINORUM DE ANEURYSMATIBUS COLLECTIO
Lauth, Thomas
SCRIPTORUM LATINORUM DE ANEURYSMATIBUS COLLECTIO
Price: $1,250.00
NOSOLOGIA METHODICA: GLASSIUM ET GENERUM ET SPECIERUM ET VARIETATUM SERIES MORBORUM EXHIBENS
Davidge, John
NOSOLOGIA METHODICA: GLASSIUM ET GENERUM ET SPECIERUM ET VARIETATUM SERIES MORBORUM EXHIBENS
Price: $2,500.00
A LETTER TO THE HON. ISAAC PARKER, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE DISLOCATION OF THE HIP JOINT, OCCASIONED BY THE PUBLICATION OF A TRIAL WHICH TOOK PLACE AT MACHIAS, IN THE STATE OF MAINE, JUNE
Warren, John C.
A LETTER TO THE HON. ISAAC PARKER, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONTAINING REMARKS ON THE DISLOCATION OF THE HIP JOINT, OCCASIONED BY THE PUBLICATION OF A TRIAL WHICH TOOK PLACE AT MACHIAS, IN THE STATE OF MAINE, JUNE
Price: $1,500.00
THE PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
National Medical Convention
THE PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Price: $600.00
A DISSERTATION ON NATURAL AND SUSPENDED RESPIRATION
Coleman, Edward
A DISSERTATION ON NATURAL AND SUSPENDED RESPIRATION
Price: $800.00
THE BALTIMORE MEDICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL LYCAEUM
Potter, Nathaniel
THE BALTIMORE MEDICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL LYCAEUM
Price: $500.00
SURGICAL MEMOIRS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF RUSSIA, GERMANY, AND FRANCE
Larrey, D.J, Baron; Mercer, John C [Translator]
SURGICAL MEMOIRS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF RUSSIA, GERMANY, AND FRANCE
Price: $600.00
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE INJURIES TO WHICH THE HEAD IS LIABLE FROM EXTERNAL VIOLENCE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME FEW GENERAL REMARKS ON FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS
Pott, Percivall
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF THOSE INJURIES TO WHICH THE HEAD IS LIABLE FROM EXTERNAL VIOLENCE. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME FEW GENERAL REMARKS ON FRACTURES AND DISLOCATIONS
Price: $1,000.00
PROPOSITIONS SUR LA DOCTRINE D'HIPPOCRATE RELATIVEMENT A LA MEDICINE-PRATIQUE
Laennec, Rene-Theophile-Hyacinthe
PROPOSITIONS SUR LA DOCTRINE D'HIPPOCRATE RELATIVEMENT A LA MEDICINE-PRATIQUE
Price: $800.00
INVENTUM NOVUM. FAKSIMILE NACH DER ERSTEN AUSGABE; BEGLEITET VON DER FRACZOSISCHEN UBERSETZUNG CORVISART'S, DER ENGLISCHEN VON FORBES, DER DEUTSCHEN VON UNGAR; HERAUSEGEBEN UND MIT EINER BIOGRAPHISCHEN SKIZZE VERSEHEN VON DR. MAX NEUBURGER; MIT 3 BILDNISS
Auenbrugger, Leopold [Author]; Neuberger, Max [Translator]
INVENTUM NOVUM. FAKSIMILE NACH DER ERSTEN AUSGABE; BEGLEITET VON DER FRACZOSISCHEN UBERSETZUNG CORVISART'S, DER ENGLISCHEN VON FORBES, DER DEUTSCHEN VON UNGAR; HERAUSEGEBEN UND MIT EINER BIOGRAPHISCHEN SKIZZE VERSEHEN VON DR. MAX NEUBURGER; MIT 3 BILDNISS
Price: $500.00
NEUROPATHIA: SIVE, DE MORBIS. HYPOCHONDRIACIS, ET HYSTERICIS, LIBRI TRES, POEMA MEDICUM. CUI PRAEMITTITUR DIFFERTATIO EPISTOLARIS PROFAICA EJUSDEM ARGUMENTI
Flemying, Milcolumbo
NEUROPATHIA: SIVE, DE MORBIS. HYPOCHONDRIACIS, ET HYSTERICIS, LIBRI TRES, POEMA MEDICUM. CUI PRAEMITTITUR DIFFERTATIO EPISTOLARIS PROFAICA EJUSDEM ARGUMENTI
Price: $2,000.00
A TREATISE ON THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, AND GUN-SHOT WOUNDS
Hunter, John
A TREATISE ON THE BLOOD, INFLAMMATION, AND GUN-SHOT WOUNDS
Price: $600.00
THE EDINBURGH NEW DISPENSATORY
THE EDINBURGH NEW DISPENSATORY
Price: $500.00
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