Photograph, folio size
by Beneden, Eduard von
Berlin: Adolf Eckstein, 1910. 46.5x30cm.. Faint foxing in bottom margin, otherwise in very good condition.
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Metabolism and growth from birth to puberty
by Benedict, Francis G. and Fritz B. Talbot
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1921. Ex-Library, stamps on title page, bottom of the text block, half-title, p. 7 & p. 207. Spine is taped. Original printed wrappers. Very good +/-. (175 x 250 mm).
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The influence of initiation on metabolism. G.-M. 1027
by Benedict, Francis Gano
Washington DC: Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1907. Publication no. 77. Ex-library, stamps on the title page. v, 542pp. Brown cloth with typed paper spine label. Very good copy. Francis Gano Benedict (1870-1957) was an American chemist, physiologist, and nutritionist. He developed a calorimeter and spirometer used to determine oxygen consumption and measure metabolic rate. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Benedict attended Harvard University, earning his bachelor's degree in 1893 and his master's degree in 1894. He earned his... Read More
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Hibernation and marmot physiology
by Benedict, Francis G. and Robert C. Lee
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938. Publication no. 497. x, 239pp. 11 p.l. 58 tables. Original printed wrappers, some edgewear & a little faded around the edges, otherwise good+/-. (175 x 250 mm).
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Respiration calorimeters for studying the respiratory exchange and energy transformations of man
by Benedict, Francis G. and Thorne M. Carpenter
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1910. Publication no. 123. Ex-library with bookplate tipped to inside front wrapper, the library card tucked into an envelope tipped to inside bottom wrapper, and "Date Due" lined card facing the library card. Original printed wrappers. Large chip on top left corner of top wrapper, as well as a few tears and more samall chips. Bottom wrapper slightly soiled. Good+/-. 102pp. Text illustrations. Tables. 32 figs.
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The gaseous metabolism of infants, with special reference to its relation to pulse-rate and muscular activity
by Benedict, Francis G. and Fritz B. Talbot
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1914. Publication no. 201. (175 x 250 mm). 1 p.l. Original printed wrappers, rather soiled. Front wrapper is chipped, otherwise a good copy+/-. Laid-in item: Publications of the nutrition library. 4pp. (152 x 240 mm).
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Vital energetics, a study in comparative basal metabolism
by Benedict, Francis G.
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1938. Publication no. 503. vii, 215pp; 46 figs.; 4 tables. Original printed wrappers, fron wrapper slightly soiled. First Edition. (174 x 252 mm). Laid-in item: Publications of the nutrition laboratory Carnegie Institution of Washington, 8vo. (150 x 220 mm).
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Lipogenesis in the animal body
by Benedict, Francis G. and Robert C. Lee
Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1937. Ex-library with stamps on the 3-sides of the text-block, title page, toc, ix, 1, 232, fep. Original printed wrappers. Bound in paper boards and cloth spine with handwritten label. 232pp. (175 x 250 mm).
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Autograph letter signed on mourning stationery
by Benedikt, Moritz
1907. Benedikt, Moritz (1835-1920). Autograph note signed on mourning stationery, dated 30.1.07 (January 30, 1907). Single sheet, 178 x 113 mm. Creased horizontally, light wear along fold. Accompanied by typescript translation and portrait photograph of Benedikt. Very good. Benedikt's response to a letter of condolence--"Your kind note is of special value to me because of our common remembrance and I thank you heartily-also in the name of my family-for it." Benedikt, an Austrian physician, is best remembered for... Read More
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Cours de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée. Unpublished manuscript notebook in the hand of Beneden's student Amand Proost
by Beneden, Pierre-Joseph van
Leuven, 1836. Beneden, Pierre-Joseph van (1809-94). Cours de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée. Unpublished manuscript notebook in the hand of Beneden's student Amand Proost. 530, [64], [86], [34]pp. (irregularly numbered; last 184 pages unnumbered), plus a few inserted leaves. Louvain [Leuven], 1836-39. 192 x 161 mm. Quarter cloth, marbled boards ca. 1836, rubbed, some edgewear, tear in lower portion of spine, one leaf loose. Small piece torn from margin of pp. 77/78 with slight loss of text, edges a bit... Read More
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Psychiatric nursing technic. Pres. copy
by Bennett, Abram E.; Avis B. Purdy
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. Bennett, Abram Elting (1898-1985) and Avis B. Purdy. Psychiatric nursing technic. 172pp. Text illustrations. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. 216 x 145 mm. Original cloth, a bit soiled, minor wear to extremities. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by both authors to Dr. Elvin B. Semrad (1909-76) on the front free endpaper: "Aug. 21, 1941-To Dr. E. Semrad-former associate with kindest regards-A. E. Bennett. With best wishes for your future-Avis B. Purdy." Stamp of Susan... Read More
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A ccount of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them in a letter from the Hon. Henry Grey Bennett, to the Rev. Samuel Henley IN Archaeologia Vol. 15
by Bennett, Henry Gray
London, 1806. Bennett, Henry Grey. Account of the ancient rolls of papyrus, discovered at Herculaneum, and the method employed to unroll them . . . In Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity 15 (1806): 114-117; plate. Whole volume. 271 x 215 mm. Quarter calf gilt, marbled boards in period style. Light toning, some offsetting from plates but very good. First Edition. In the present communication, contained in a letter to Samuel Henley dated 23 November 1802, Bennett... Read More
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Engraved Portrait
by Bennet, John
Plate: 110x76 mm. Margin: 193x125 mm. Some faint foxing in top left corner.
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Portrait photo by Maull and Polyblank. Matted
by Bennett, William Sterndale
London, 1856. Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-75). Composer, conductor, pianist and music educator, called "the most distinguished composer of the early Victorian era" (Temperley, Lectures on Musical Life-William Sterndale Bennett [2006], p. 3); professor of music at the University of Cambridge; friend of Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann; founding president of the Bach Society. 1858. 200 x 148 mm.; mount measures 297 x 248 mm.
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A case in which acute spasmodic pain in the left lower extremity was completely relieved by sub-dural division . . .
by Bennett, William H.
London: Longmans.., 1889. 1st edition. Bennett, William H. A case in which acute spasmodic pain in the left lower extremity was completely relieved by sub-dural division of the posterior roots. . . IN: Medico-chirurgical Transactions. 72 (1889) [329]-348. 8vo. xcv, 457pp.10 plates (2 or 3 color) & text illustrations. 220 x 138mm. Original cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Front hinge cracking & stamp on title & 1 or 2 other leaves. Very good copy. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4861.1 Posterior rhizotomy.... Read More
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Hand-Colored Lithograph Portrait by G. E. Madely
by Bentham, William
Superbly hand-colored india paper proof mounted on larger sheet. Print: 188x116 mm. Mount: 280x189 mm. Excellent condition.
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Compendium de médecine pratique ou exposé analytique et raisonné des travaux contenus dans les principaux traités de pathologie interne. 8 vols. P. Ricord copy
by Berge, Louis de la; Ed. Monneret
Paris: Réchet jeune, 1836. La Berge, Louis de (1807-39); Edouard Monneret (1810-68); and Louis Fleury (1815-72). Compendium de médecine pratique ou exposé analytique et raisonné des travaux contenus dans les principaux traités de pathologie interne. 8 vols. Paris: Béchet jeune, 1836-46. 260 x 169 mm. Bound for Philippe Ricord in full gilt-ruled morocco with his initials ("Ph. R.") on the front cover of each volume, cover of one volume detached, light wear, some hinges cracking, endpapers a bit spotted.... Read More
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Photogravure Portrait by Nicola Perscheid
by von Bergman
Plate: 240x205 mm. Margin: 295x230 mm. Foxing, chip in right margin, spot in left morgin.
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Asthma: Its pathology and treatment
by Berkart, J. B.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1878. viii, [2], 264pp., plus 24-page publisher's catalogue. 223 x 142 mm. Original cloth, inner front hinge cracked, light wear. Good+.
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On bronchial asthma: Its pathology and treatment. Second edition
by Berkart, J. B.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1889. vii, 220pp. 7 plates. 231 x 149 mm. Original cloth, light edgewear. Very good.
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Electronic machinery for handling information, and its uses in insurance. Offprint
by Berkeley, Edmund C.
1947. Berkeley, Edmund C. (1909-88). Electronic machinery for handling information, and its uses in insurance. Offprint from Transactions of the Actuarial Society of America 48 (1947). 36-52pp. 228 x 153 mm. Original printed wrappers, a few tiny spots, almost invisible staple-holes in front wrapper. Very good copy. Former owner's name-stamp (Clifford J. Maloney) on wrappers. First Edition, Offprint Issue. The first published paper on the commercial application of electronic / electromechanical computing in private industry (outside of the... Read More
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Engraved Portrait by T. Holloway. European Magazine
by Berkenhout
London: I. Sewell, 1788. Plate: 175x120 mm. Margin: 212x145 mm. Some foxing in the margins.
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Recherches Experimentales sur les Fonctions du Nerf Spinal, our accessoire de Willis; Extract from Archives du Medecine, 4, 5, 693-776, (1844). 2 plates
by Bernard, Claude (1813-1878)
Paris, 1887. 83pp. Bookplate tipped to front paste-down. Contemporary mottled paper boards. Gilt lettering on a half-leather spine. A fine copy. Garrison-Morton.com No. 1264.
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Lecons sur les effets des substances toxiques et medicamenteuses
by Bernard, Claude
Paris: Bailliere, 1857. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). Leçons sur les effets des substances toxiques et médicamenteuses. vii, 488pp. Text illustrations. Paris: Baillière, 1857. 214 x 136 mm. 19th century quarter morocco, marbled boards, spine a bit faded and worn, one corner bumped. Light toning but very good. Bookplate of French chemist and pharmacologist Emile Bourquelot (1851-1921). From the library of American cardiologist Myron Prinzmetal (1980-87), with his bookplate; Prinzmetal's gift inscription to pharmacologist and medical historian Chauncey D. Leake (1896-1978)... Read More
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(1) Sur le mécanisme physiologique de la formation du sucre dans le foie. (2) Remarques sur la formation de la matière glycogène du foie. In Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 44 (1857)
by Bernard, Claude
1857. First edition. Bernard, Claude (1813-78). (1) Sur le mécanisme physiologique de la formation du sucre dans le foie. In Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences 44 (1857): 578-586. (2) Remarques sur la formation de la matière glycogène du foie. In ibid.: 1325-1331. Whole volume. xii, 1418pp. 283 x 226 mm. (uncut and unopened). Original printed wrappers, paper label on spine. Minor fraying at edges, small chip in front wrapper, but very good. (1). First Edition, journal issue. Bernard's... Read More
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