A Treatise on the Transformation of the Intestinal Flora with Special Reference to the Implantation of Bacillus acidophilus
by Rettger, Leo F. and Cheplin, Harry A.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. First edition. SCARCE LANDMARK STUDY OF FECAL TRANSPLANTS 80 YEARS BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF "MICROBIOME". 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, viii, 135 pages, original green cloth boards, many charts and tables throughout, one folding, 8 plates (3 color). Very good in custom archival mylar cover. The present volume is based on investigations conducted at the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University and presented in lectures delivered during the autumn of 1920 by the senior author,... Read More
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Crania Suecica Antiqua: Eine Darstellung der Schwedischen Menschen-Schädel aus dem Steinzeitalter, dem Bronzezeitalter und dem Eisenzeitalter sowie ein Blick auf die Forschungen über die Rassencharaktere der Europäischen Völker
by Retzius, Gustaf
A DELUXE ATLAS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY: 100 PLATES OF LIFE-SIZE SKULLS OF PREHISTORIC HUMANS IN SWEDEN, STONE AGE, BRONZE AGE, AND IRON AGE. Elephant folio, 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches hardcover, publisher's blind dust jacket, 3/4 pebbled white cloth with burgundy paper covered boards, gilt title to cover, gilt title to black leather label and gilt author red leather label to spine, [8], iv, 182 pp, 100 photographic plates. As new in publisher's cardboard box with black cloth covered sides... Read More
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![Recherches sur la toxine des Coelenteres et les phenomenes d'anaphylaxie. [Research on the toxin of Coelenterates and the phenomena of anaphylaxis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/173/1448173344.0.l.jpg)
Recherches sur la toxine des Coelenteres et les phenomenes d'anaphylaxie. [Research on the toxin of Coelenterates and the phenomena of anaphylaxis]
by Richet, Charles and Portier, Paul
Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1936. A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF ANAPHYLAXIS BY RICHET WHO WON THE NOBEL PRIZE AND PORTIER, PHYSICIAN AND MARINE BIOLOGIST, PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS OF MONACO, COMEMMORATING THE ROLE OF PRINCE ALBERT IN 1901. 14 inches tall folio volume printed paper covers with original glassine overwraps, faint handstamp of Aquatic Research Institute to cover, [4], 24 pp. corners bumped, text unmaked, very good (French language). CHARLES ROBERT RICHET (1850-1935) was a French physiologist who initially... Read More
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Infection, Immunity and Serum Therapy in Relation to the Infectious Diseases which Attack Man; with Considerations of the Allied Subjects of Agglutination, Precipitation, Hemolysis, etc.
by Ricketts, Howard T.
Chicago: American Medical Association Press, 1906. First edition. SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF LANDMARK BOOK ON INFECTION AND IMMUNITY INCLUDES "DISEASES OF DOUBTFUL OR UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY" (ALL NOW IDENTIFIED!) 8 inches tall hardcover, original black cloth boards, bright gilt title to spine, x, 600 pages. Minor edgewear, handstamp of Dept. of Bacteriology Medical College University of Cincinnati to front free endpaper and title page. Very good. LAID IN ORIGINAL ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPH of postmortem lungs inscribed on verso, "Lungs/ Joseph Mendoza/ Subacute... Read More
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Genetics and the Clinician
by Ride, Lindsay
Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1938. First edition. EARLY TEXT ON MEDICAL GENETICS: AN ATTEMPT TO EDUCATE THE MAJORITY OF IGNORANT PHYSICIANS. 10 1/2 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, title to cover and gilt title to spine, xiii, 146 pp, illustrations, binding tight, small light spot top of front cover, light foxing to endpapers, text unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. FROM CHAPTER 1--THE PRESENT POSITON: "At the present there are a few far-sighted medical men who are... Read More
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SIGNED. The Natural History of Our Conduct
by Ritter, William E. and Bailey, Edna Watson
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1927. First edition. 1927 SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH TLS OF "ORGANICIST" AMERICAN BIOLOGIST'S PIONEERING STUDY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding, blindstamped rulings and publisher's initials to front cover, gilt title to spine, inscribed on front free endpaper, "G. Floyd Hammond/ Kind regards of/ Wm E. Ritter/ December 25, 1929" i-ix, 339 pp. LAID IN, typed letter to Ritter's nephew from Mary B. Ritter explaining the content of the book,... Read More
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SIGNED. The Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Bioastronautics and the Exploration of Space
by Roadman, Charles H., Strughold, Hubertus and Mitchell, Roland B.
Springfield, Virginia: Aerospace Medical Division, United States Air Force, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. Clearinghouse for Federal, Scientific and Technical Information, 1968. First edition. 1968 SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN AEROSPACE MEDICINE ONE YEAR BEFORE AMERICANS LANDED ON THE MOON--SIGNED BY THE 3 EDITORS. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, publisher's ivory cloth binding, decorative cover with title and staff of Asclepius surrounded by symbols for 9 planets, signed on front free endpaper by the 3 editors, i-xiii, 620 pp, many illustrations in text,... Read More
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![Les Coleopteres: Organisation; Moeurs; Chasse; Collections; Classification; Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres d"Europe [The Beetles: Organization; Morals; Hunting; Collections; Classification; Iconography and Natural History of European Coleoptera]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/285/807/1666807285.0.l.jpg)
Les Coleopteres: Organisation; Moeurs; Chasse; Collections; Classification; Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Coleopteres d"Europe [The Beetles: Organization; Morals; Hunting; Collections; Classification; Iconography and Natural History of European Coleoptera]
by Rothschild, Jules (editor)
Paris: Rothschild, J., 1876. First edition. HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS IN 48 HAND-COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES. This volume is one of three published in the series, "Musee Entomologique Illustre, Histoire Naturelle Iconographique des Insectes publiee par une reunion d'entomologistes Francais et etrangers Sous la Direction de J. Rothschild. [Illustrated Entomological Museum, Iconographic Natural History of Insects published by a meeting of French and foreign entomologists under the direction of J. Rothschild.]" 21x27.5 hardcover, 3/4 leather with marbled paper covers, leather spine with raised... Read More
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![Les Insectes: Organisation, Moeurs, Chasse, Collection, Classification. Histoire Naturelle des Orthopteres, Neuropteres, Hymenopteres, Hemipteres, Dipteres, Apteres, Etc. [The Insects: organization, habits, hunting, collection, classification; natural history of Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Aptera, etc.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/279/807/1666807279.0.l.jpg)
Les Insectes: Organisation, Moeurs, Chasse, Collection, Classification. Histoire Naturelle des Orthopteres, Neuropteres, Hymenopteres, Hemipteres, Dipteres, Apteres, Etc. [The Insects: organization, habits, hunting, collection, classification; natural history of Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Aptera, etc.]
by Rothschild, Jules
Paris: J. Rothschild, 1878. First edition. ARTISTIC ENGRAVED PLATES WITH HAND COLORED INSECTS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT. This volume is one of three published in the series, "Musee Entomologique Illustre, Histoire Naturelle Iconographique des Insectes publiee par une reunion d'entomologistes Francais et etrangers Sous la Direction de J. Rothschild." 21x27 cm hardcover, marbled paper covered boards, red cloth spine with gilt title, marbled edges, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, i-viii, 424 pp, 460 wood engravings, 24 engraved plates with... Read More
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The Kidney. Morphology, Biochemistry, Physiology
by Rouiller, Charles and Muller, Alex F.
New York and London: Academic Press, 1969. First edition. STATE-OF-THE-ART ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF KIDNEY BIOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF NEPHROLOGY AS A SUBSPECIALTY. Four 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover volumes, black cloth bindings, gilt title to spines, Vol. I, i-xiv, 561 pp; Vol. II, i-xiv, 522 pp; Vol. III, i-xiv, 408 pp; Vol. IV, i-xii, 430 pp. Covers clean, gilt titles bright, residue of removed library stickers bottom spines, library card pocket bottom of front paste-downs, library handstamp to front &... Read More
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NOBEL. The Lamentable Decline in Self-Satisfaction
by Rous, Peyton
New York: W. Wood & Co., 1947. First printing. FIRST PRINTING OF FAMOUS ESSAY BY NOBEL LAUREATE PEYTON ROUS, INSCRIBED BY HIM. 15x22.5 cm offprint, printed paper wraps, stapled, inscribed upper right cover, "At it again, you see, PR", paginated 7-20 pp. Footnote: "Read before the Charaka Club, 20 November 1940". Browning to wraps, very good in custom archival mylar cover. This essay by Peyton Rous was first published in Proceedings of the Charaka Club in 1947, and subsequently reprinted in Perspectives... Read More
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An Essay on the Malignant, Ulcerated Sore Throat
by Rowley, William
London: C. Nourse, 1793. First edition. DENIED OXFORD DEGREE, THIS POPULIST ANTI-VAXXER MADE OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, embossed title to cover, paper title to spine, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, title page, paginated 95-286. Binding tight, pages unmarked, light browning to edges, very good. CONTENTS: Introduction; A Remarkable Cure of a Malignant Ulcerated Sore Throat, Attended WIth Large Purple Spots, a Mortificaiton on the Leg, Etc. Etc.; Observations on the Malignant,... Read More
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16 VOLUMES WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. Nouveau cours complet d'agriculture théorique et pratique contenant la grande et la petite culture, l'économie rurale et domestique, la médecine vétérinaire etc.
by Rozier, Francois
Paris: Deterville, 1821-23. New edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged. A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, BY AUTHOR KILLED DURING FRENCH REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATED WITH 67 FOLDING ENGRAVED PLATES. 16 hardcover volumes, over 500 pages per volume. 8 1/2 inches tall, contemporary 3/4 plum leather with pebbled cloth binding, gilt emblem of Society of Writers to the Signet on each cover, spines gilt, small bookplate to front paste-down of each volume; 67 engraved folding plates in excellent condition.... Read More
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Acute ascending myelitis following a monkey bite, with the isolation of a virus capable of producing the disease
by Sabin, Albert B. and Wright, Arthur M.
New York: Rockefeller University Press, 1934. First edition. SABIN'S DRAMATIC HUMAN CASE REPORT AND ISOLATION OF HERPESVIRUS SIMIAE (B VIRUS) IN RABBIT. 24.5 x 16.5 cm journal extract, pp 115-136 (including 1 fever chart, 3 tables), 3 plates. Near fine in archival custom clear polypropylene binder. GARRISON-MORTON No. 4658: isolation of herpesvirus simiae (B virus). ALBERT BRUCE SABIN (1906 – 1993) was a Polish-American medical researcher, best known for developing the oral polio vaccine, which has played a key role in nearly eradicating... Read More
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Franklin Paine Mall: The Story of a Mind
by Sabin, Florence Rena
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1934. First edition. BIOGRAPHY OF JOHNS HOPKINS FIRST HEAD OF ANATOMY BY HIS MENTEE, FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES--COPY OF NOTED NY CARDIOLOGIST. 8 1/4 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, decorative bookplate of Sidney P Swartz MD. to front paste-down, frontis portrait of Franklin Pain Mall, i-xiii, 342 pp, 8 photographic portraits of Mall from early chilhood to the year of his death. Light wear... Read More
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SIGNED. The Island of the Color Blind and Cycad Island
by Sacks, Oliver
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1996. First edition (stated). INSCRIBED TO A COLOR BLIND ARTIST, OLIVER SACKS' PROBES AN ISLAND POPULATION ADAPTED TO THEIR COLORLESS WORLD. 13.5x21.5 cm hardcover, beige paper covered boards, black cloth spine with gilt title, endpapers with maps of Pacific islands, title page inscribed "For Fred Rosebury--with admiration and all good wishes, Oliver Sacks 9/25/97". i-xv, 298 pp, illustrations. Very good+ in very good jacket in protective mylar sleeve. OLIVER SACKS (1933-2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian... Read More
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The Methods of Race-Regeneration
by Saleeby, Caleb Williams and Marchant, James
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1911. First edition. 1911 "POSITIVE" AND "NEGATIVE" EUGENICS AND "RACIAL POISONS." 11.5x18.5 cm hardcover, olive green cloth binding, title to cover, [4], 64 pp. light wear to corners, light edge-browning to pages. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. CALEB WILLIAMS SALEEBY (1878 – 1940) was an English physician, writer, and journalist known for his support of eugenics. During World War I, he was an adviser to the Minister of Food and advocated the establishment of... Read More
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On some Remarkable Forms of Animal Life from the Great Deeps off the Norwegian Coast I. Partly from posthumous manuscripts of the late Professor Dr. Michael Sars. II. Researches on the Structure and Affinity of the Genus Brisinga, based on the Study of a new Species: Brisinga coronata.
by Sars, George Ossian
Christiania: Brogger & Christie, 1872, 1875. First editions. 1872 TWO ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS BY NORWEGIAN MARINE BIOLOGIST REVEAL DIVERSE LIFE AT FAR GREATER DEPTHS THAN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED. Two folio volumes bound in paper covers. Vol I 23.5x29 cm with yellow printed covers, viii, 82 pp; 6 copper-engraved plates (soiled covers; spine reinforced with brown paper; ends of spine bumped; unopened; ex libris Aquatic Research Institute; good),; Vol. II 22.5x27.5 cm with brown plain paper covers, iv, 112 pp, 4 copper plates,... Read More
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A History of Science, Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece
by Sarton, George
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1952. First edition. 1952 FIRST EDITION HISTORY OF SCIENCE BY THE FOUNDER OF THE DISCIPLINE OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE--SIGNED ANNOTATED COPY OF CARLTON COON, CONTROVERSIAL RACIALIST HARVARD ANTHROPOLOGIST. 10 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, signature of C S Coon and handstamp "REJECTED TOZZER LIBRARY" to front flylear, xvii, 646 pp, illustrations, pencil underlinings and marginal annotations; corners bumped, abrasions bottom of spine, very good. GEORGE SARTON (1884... Read More
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INSCRIBED TO ABRAHAM FLEXNER. A History of Science. Vol 1. Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece; Vol 2. Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.
by Sarton, George
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952, 1959. First edition. ANCIENT SCIENCE BY FOUNDER OF HISTORY OF SCIENCE GEORGE SARTON--INSCRIBED TO ABRAHAM FLEXNER, REFORMER OF AMERICAN MEDICAL EDUCATION. Two 16x24.5 hardcover volumes, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vol 1, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Dr. Abraham Flexner/ in admiration & friendship/ George Sarton." i-xxvi, 646 pp, 103 figures, general bibliography, index; Vol 2, i-xxvi554 pp, 112 figures, general bibliography, index. Corners bumped, wear to spine ends, very good in very good... Read More
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Six Wings. Men of Science in the Renaissance, illustrated with contemporary portraits
by Sarton, George
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1957. First edition. RENAISSANCE SCIENCE BY LEADING HISTORIAN, COPY OF COLLEAGUE INCLUDING AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 9 ¼ inches tall hardcover, gray cloth binding, ink signature of Harold J. Grimm top of front free endpaper, i-xiv, [2], 318 pp, illustrations, 8 photographic plates. Light browning to page edges, very good in very good minus dust jacket with edgewear top cover and spine ends. LAID IN autograph letter signed on 8 ½ x 11 inch onion skin... Read More
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SIGNED. Introduction to the History of Science
by Sarton, George
Washington: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1927, 1931, 1947, 1948. First edition, first printings. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF GEORGE SARTON'S LANDMARK HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. Five 10 1/2 inches tall hardcover volumes, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spines. Vol. I, From Homer to Omar Khayyam. Inscribed top of front free endpaper, "To my friends Duncan Black MacDonald & Marion Vallat Emrich with every good wish/ George Sarton." i-xi, 839 pp; Vol. II Part I, From Rabbi Ben Ezra... Read More
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The Development and Growth of the External Dimensions of the Human Body in the Fetal Period
by Scammon, Richard E. and Calkins, Leroy A.
Minneapolis: University of Minnnesota Press, 1929. First edition. PIONEERING ATLAS OF HUMAN FETAL GROWTH. 11 1/2 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, institutional library bookplate to front paste-down (no other library marks), i-xxiii, 367 pp, 73 figures. Very good+ in custom archival mylar cover. RICHARD E. SCAMMON. In the first half of the 20th century, the noted developmental anatomist (and first Dean of the University of Minnesota Medical School), Richard E Scammon, explored the geometric relationships... Read More
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![Die Blumenpolypen der Sussen Wasser Beschrieben und mit den Blumenpolypen der Salzigen Wasser Verglichen [Freshwater and Saltwater Polyps Compared]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/891/256/1681256891.0.l.jpg)
Die Blumenpolypen der Sussen Wasser Beschrieben und mit den Blumenpolypen der Salzigen Wasser Verglichen [Freshwater and Saltwater Polyps Compared]
by Schaeffer, Jacob Christian
Regensburg: Emanuel Adam Weiss, 1755. First edition. 1755 FINE COLOR PLATES REVEAL COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF FRESHWATER POLYPS AND MARINE CORALS. 16.5x21.5 hardcover, quarto, recent marbled paper covered boards, [6], 54 pp, 3 folding handcolored engraved plates. Very good in custom archival mylar cover with paper label. GERMAN LANGUAGE. Nissen, ZBI 3623. JACOB CHRISTIAN SCHAFFER (1718 - 1790) was a German dean, professor, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist and inventor. From 1736 to 1738 he studied theology at the University of Halle before becoming... Read More
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Poetry of the Vegetable World. A Popular Exposition of the Science of Botany, and its Relation to Man
by Schleiden, M.J.
New York: Newman & Ivison, 1853. First American edition. 1853 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF MONOGRAPH ON BOTANY BY M. J. SCHLEIDEN, EVOLUTIONIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CELL THEORY, ILLUSTRATED WITH LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES.7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's mauve cloth binding, blindstamped publisher's device to covers, gilt title to spine, xvii, (29-) 360 pp, 4 fine lithographed plates (2 partially colored), light wear to head of spine, spine faded, embosssed library stamps to pp 29 and 260, not affecting plates, light... Read More
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