Crystalline insulin. Offprint
by Abel, Geiling et al.
1927. Offprint from Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics XXXI. 8vo. pp. 65-85 Paper wrappers, faded around edges, but very good. First edition. Garrison-Morton 1206 and 3971. Abel was the first to obtain crystalline insulin. .
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On the pharmacological action of some phthaleins...Offprint
by Abel, John Jacob & Leonard G. Rowntree
1909. First edition, offprint issue. 231-264pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "This work led to the universal clinical use of phenolsulphonephthalein in renal function tests and of phenoltetrachlorphthalein in hepatic function tests" (Garrison-Morton.com 1896).
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On the presence of histamine (beta-iminazolyl-ethylamine) in the hypophysis cerebri and other tissues of the body and its occurrence among the hydrolytic decomposition products of proteins. Inscribed copy
by Abel, John J. & Seiko Kubota
1919. Offprint from The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 13 (1919). 243-300pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper inscribed: "Professor [John] Howland with the kind regards of J.J. A. & S. K."; Howland's stamp on front wrapper. Very good. Abel isolated histamine from the pituitary extract of animals and demonstrated its role in digestion. In the present paper, read before the American Society for Pharmacology and Therapeutics on 25 April 1919, Abel stated that "he had become convinced... Read More
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Two crystalline pharmacological agents obtained from the tropical toad. Offprint
by Abel, John J. & David I. Macht
1912. 319-377pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper stamped: "Compliments of Dr. D. I Macht." "Isolation of bufagin" (Garrison-Morton.com 1901).
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On the presence of histamine in extracts of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland and on preliminary experiments with the pressor constitutent. Inscribed copy
by Abel, John J. & T. Nagayama
1920. First edition, offprint issue. 347-399pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper inscribed: "Professor [John] Howland with the kind regards of J. J. A. and T. N."; Howland's stamp on front wrapper. Very good. John Howland (1873-1926), the recipient of this copy, was a director of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and a prominent researcher into pediatric diseases and disorders; the American Pediatric Society's John Howland Award is named for him.
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Des Rapports de la Fatigue avec les Fonctions des Capsules Surrenales; in Arch. Physiol. Norm. Pathol., 5e série, V, 720-728
by Abelous, Jaques (1864-1940)
Paris: G. Masson, 1893. Whole number in 4 parts, 8vo., original printed wrappers. First Printing. Wrappers slightly soiled, with a few chips and tears, else a fine set. The wrappers to parts 1 and 2 have "Tome Quatrième" misprinted for "Tome Cinquième." A classic paper on the adrenal glands, in which Abelous reported his Langlois' conclusion that "these organs are meant to neutralize or destroy toxic substances exuded during muscular activity, the accumulation of which in the organism results... Read More
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Plasma removal with return of corpuscles (plasmaphaeresis) Offprint. GM 1976
by Abel, Rowntree, Turner
1914. Offprint from The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 5 (1914). 625-641pp. Original printed wrappers. Stamp of John Howland on the front wrapper. First edition, offprint issue. Very good. Garrison-Morton.com 1976.
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On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis. Offprint
by Abel, Rowntree, Turner
1914. Abel, John Jacob (1857-1938); Rowntree, Leonard G.; and Turner, B. B. On the removal of diffusible substances from the circulating blood of living animals by dialysis. Offprint from J. Pharm. & Exp. Therapeutics 5 (1914). 8vo. 275-316pp. Text illustrations. 267 x 182 mm. Original printed wrappers, slightly chipped at bottom edge. Very good copy. First Separate Edition. Garrison-Morton 741.2. Abel, a student of Carl Ludwig and Johns Hopkins's first professor of pharmacology, made significant contributions to the development... Read More
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Important and long Autograph letter signed to Thos. H. Burder, "My dearest Friend
by Abercrombie, John
Edinburgh, 1820. Abercrombie, John (1780-1844). Autograph letter signed, dated Edinburgh, 20th November 1820, to Dr. Thomas H. Burder (1789-1843). 4pp., including integral address leaf. 251 x 202 mm. Creased where previously folded, light wear along a few folds, light soiling, but very good, preserving Abercrombie's wax seal. Excellent long letter congratulating Burder on the recovery of his health after a four-year illness. Abercrombie was the author of the classic "Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain... Read More
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Engraved Portrait
by Abernethy, John
Margin: 165x101 mm. Partial hand-coloring.
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Engraved Portrait by J. Cochran after Thomas Lawrence
by Abernethy, John
London: Risher, Son & Co, 1830. Plate: 229x145 mm. Margins: 272x185 mm. Hand colored Slight discoloration around top and left margin, not affecting image.
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Engraved Portrait by J. Thomson. Published for the European Magazine by J. Asperne
by Abernethy, John
London, 1819. Margins: 212x125 mm. Soiling around theedges, small tear in lower right hand margin, 3 small pin holes in right margin.
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Autograph letter signed to C. Wing
by Abernethy, John
London, 1816. Autograph letter signed to C. Wing, surgeon. 1 page plus integral address leaf. Bedford Row [London], 10 August 1816. 228 x 185 mm. Lacunae in address leaf, light soiling, traces of former mounting, but very good. Writing to a fellow surgeon, Abernethy states that "I can perceive nothing materially wrong in the care of your patient" and advises "a bread and water poultice by night," which would likely "produce nervous tranquility, to the want of which... Read More
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Engraved Portrait by J. Chochran after Thomas Lawrence
by Abernethy, John
London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1846. Plate: 225x142 mm. Margins: 280x209 mm. Slight discoloration around bottom margin, faint foxing around right margin, slight paper flaw on reverse of print, not affecting image.
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Autograph letter signed
by Abernethy, John
London, 1793. Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent (possibly the publishing firm of Cadell & Davies). London, n.d. [1797?]. 160 x 183 mm. Mounted. Small repair slightly affecting one word, but very good otherwise. From British surgeon John Abernethy, author of the first classification of tumors based on pathologic anatomy (Garrison-Morton.com 13225) and the first to ligate the external iliac artery for aneurysm (Garrison-Morton.com 2928). Abernethy's letter refers to his Surgical and Physiological Essays (1793-97), and... Read More
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The George Abrams Collection. Sothebys Auction catalogue in Abrams Venetian types
by Abrams, George
London: Sothebys, 1989.
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Engraved Portrait by J. Thomson after S. Drummond. Published for the European Magazine
by Accum, Fredrick
London: J. Asperne, 1820. Margins: 215x130 mm. Discoloration around edges, slight foxing, remains of mounting on reverse of print, small tear in left hand margin.
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Infantis androgyni historia et ichnographia
by Ackermann, Jacobo Fidele
Jena: Typis et sumptibus Maukianis, 1805. First edition. Ackermann, Jacobo Fidele (1765-1815). Infantis androgyni historia et ichnographia . . . Folio. [2], viii, 112, [2]pp. 5 engraved plates. Jena: Typis et sumptibus Maukianis, 1805. 355 x 227 mm. 19th cent. quarter sheep, paste paper boards, vellum corners, leather lettering-piece on front cover, very lightly rubbed, endpapers renewed. Moderate foxing, but very good. First Edition. Ackermann studied medicine under von Siebold and Soemmering and later taught at the universities of... Read More
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Oxford and Modern Medicine: A letter to Dr. James Andrew..
by Acland, Henry W.
Oxford, 1890. Printed for private circulation. v, 60pp. Lacking wrappers. Acland was Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford; he took a leading part in the revival of the Oxford medical school and in introducing the study of natural science into the university.
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Medical contributions to the study of evolution
by Adami, John George
London: Duckworth, 1918. First edition. Adami, John George (1862-1926). Medical contributions to the study of evolution. xvi, 372pp. 7 plates, text illustrations. London: Duckworth, 1918. 216 x 140 mm. Original green cloth, spine a bit faded. Traces of newspaper cuttings on front free endpaper and verso title. Very good. First Edition of Adami's 1917 Croonian Lectures on "Adaptation and disease," published together with a collection of previously published papers on heredity, adaptation and growth. In his Croonian Lectures Adami,... Read More
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Engraved Portrait by "Hobbedeboody
by Adams, Jack
1663. Adams, Jack (1625-?). Magnifico smokentissimo custardissimo astrologissimo cunningmanissimo rabbinissimo viro Iacko Adams de Clarkenwell Greeno hanc lovelissiman sui picturam. Engraved portrait. N.p., n.d. (1663 or later). Mounted. 130 x 76 mm. (engraving); 146 x 93 mm. (mount). Very good. Comic portrait of British astrologer Jack Adams, the "Cunning Man of Clerkenwell Green," captioned in dog-Latin and signed "Hobbedeboody pinxit et scratchabat." John Timbs, who reproduced this engraving in his English Eccentrics and Eccentricities (1875), gave the following... Read More
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Illustrations of the effects of rheumatic gout. Atlas only
by Adams, Robert
London: John Churchill, 1857. Adams, Robert (1791-1875). Illustrations of the effects of rheumatic gout, or chronic rheumatic arthritis, on all the articulations, with descriptive and explanatory statements. [4], 31pp. 11 lithographed plates (some in color). London: John Churchill, 1857. 370 x 279 mm. Original cloth over limp boards, minor fading and chipping, upper portion of spine worn and splitting, front cover corners bent. Minor foxing and offsetting but very good. First Edition of the atlas accompanying Adams's Treatise... Read More
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Autograph letter signed to Charles Tilston Bright
by Adley, Charles Coles
1862. Very Good. Adley, Charles Coles. A.L.s. to Charles Tilston Bright (1832-88). Upper Norwood, March 17, 1862. 2pp. 202 x 126 mm. Small hole punched in upper margin, insignificant spotting. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Adley worked on the Indian telegraph and wrote a history of the electric telegraph. His letter to Charles Tilston Bright, a founding member of Cyrus Field's Atlantic Telegraph Company, contains a request for space at the forthcoming Great Exhibition "as I wish to exhibit an... Read More
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The physical background of perception
by Adrian, Edgar Douglas
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1947. Adrian, Edgar Douglas (1889-1977). The physical background of perception. [8], 95pp. Text illustrations. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1947. 220 x 140 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (sunned, chipped, portion torn from back wrapper). Minor toning but very good. First Edition. Adrian (first Baron Adrian) shared the 1932 Nobel Prize in physiology / medicine with Charles Sherrington for his investigations of the physical basis of sensation. The present book was based on Adrian's Waynflete Lectures of 1946. .... Read More
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Auli Opus Sarde incisum Ex Dactytiotheca Strozziana Romae. Engraved Portrait by B. Picart
by Aesculapius
1722. Margin: 260x180 mm. Light foxing, one small pin hole in top margin, small tear in top margin.
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