![An Address to the Graduating Class of the Medical School in the University at Cambridge [Harvard University] on Wednesday, March 9, 1864](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/659/1399659617.0.l.jpg)
An Address to the Graduating Class of the Medical School in the University at Cambridge [Harvard University] on Wednesday, March 9, 1864
by Andrew, John A.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. First edition. 1864 ADDRESS OF ABOLITIONIST GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS INVITED BY HARVARD LUMINARIES TO GRADUATING CLASS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, EXTOLLING CONTRIBUTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MDs TO WAR EFFORT--INSCRIBED TO POPULAR CRITIC E P WHIPPLE. 9 inches tall pamphlet, gray printed wrappers, inscribed top cover, "E. P. Whipple Esq with regards of J. A. Andrew." iv, 28 pp. Soiling to covers, string binding perished, contents complete, pages unmarked, good+. JOHN ALBION ANDREW (1818 – 1867) was... Read More
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THE IRON LUNG IN WW2. U.S. Navy transfer of Marine PFC Herbert E. Watts, polio victim in iron lung, from the hospital ship USS Repose docked in Tsingtao, China
by Anonymous
Tsingtao, China, 1947. 1947 ORIGINAL PHOTOS REVEAL CHALLENGES IN TRANSPORTING A US MARINE IN IRON LUNG FROM CHINA TO AMERICA. Archive of photographs documenting U.S. Navy transfer of marine PFC Herbert E. Watts, polio victim in an iron lung, from the hospital ship USS Repose docked in Tsingtao, China, 1947. Included are (3) official 4 X 5-inch sepia-toned photographs, showing Watts in the iron lung prior to transfer from the ship; 2 prints with typescript paper annotations affixed to verso marked... Read More
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Manuscript book of Copied Medical Papers
by Anonymous
ca 1756. UNIQUE 18TH CENTURY LEATHER BOUND VOLUME WITH OVER 500 PAGES OF HAND SCRIPT CONTAINING COPIES OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLISHED MEDICAL PAPERS IN FRENCH AND LATIN. 6 1/2 inches tall hardcover, contemporary full leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt compartments, faded gilt red leather labels, edges stained red. Light wear to edges of covers and spine, small wormholes margins of covers and top of pages, not affecting text. Pages are consecutively numbered in ink from 1 to 524. Each... Read More
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![NOBEL. Vom Fluss der Gene [Of the Flow of Genes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/872/795/1703795872.0.l.jpg)
NOBEL. Vom Fluss der Gene [Of the Flow of Genes]
by Arber, Werner
Lucerne: Verlag Hans Erni-Stiftung, 1983. First edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY OF NOBELIST'S ARTISTIC SCIENTIFIC BOOK INSCRIBED TO COLLEAGUE. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, metallic paper-covered boards, image of dove on cover, inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "Herzlich/ fur Gunther Stent/ Werner Arber, Dez 1983." 53 pp, illustrations. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. WERNER ARBER (born 1929) is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize... Read More
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Facts, Observations, and Practical Illustrations Relative to Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, Pulmonary Consumption, and Measles.
by Armstrong, John
Hartford: Oliver Cooke and Sons, 1823. First American edition. EARLY AMERICAN EDITION OF ENGLISH MONOGRAPH ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 9 inches tall lhardcover, brown cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplate of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania to front paste-down (withdrawal handstamp), i-vi, [1], 120 pp, i-iv, [4], 79 pp, 216 pp, 80 pp. Cover corners worn, library pocket to rear paste-down, browning to pages, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. JOHN ARMSTRONG (1784 -... Read More
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Practical Obervations on the Nature and Treatment of Marasmus, and of Those Disorders Allied to It, which may be Strictly denominated Bilious
by Ayre, Joseph
Northampton, MA: Simeon Butler, 1822. First American edition. TREATISE ON INFANTILE MARASMUS AND ITS ADULT PARALLEL: BILIOUS DISORDERS. 5 1/2 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, red leather label with gilt title on spine, decorative bookplate of Horace B. Cheney and Mary P. Cheney to front free endpaper, handstamp of G. R. Phelps to second free endpaper, 219 pp, [1], errata slip affixed to last page. Wear to covers, joints split at top of spine, light page browning, binding tight. Very... Read More
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Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes
by Babbage, Charles
London: B. Fellowes, 1830. First edition. RARE SCATHING DIATRIBE AGAINST THE ROYAL SOCIETY BY ENGLISH ORIGINATOR OF THE CONCEPT OF THE DIGITAL COMPUTER--COPY OF PROMINENT JOURNALIST OF THE PERIOD. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches hardcover, 3/4 brown calf with marbled cloth boards, spine with raised bands, gilt, with red leather label gilt, marbled edges and endpapers, bookplate to front paste-down, ink signature of George Augustus Sala on paper affixed to front free endpaper, xvi,+ 228,+ (4). Cover edges worn,... Read More
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BY FIRST SMITHSONIAN CURATOR. The Water Birds of North America
by Baird, S.F., Brewer, T.M. and Ridgway, R.
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1884. First edition. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BIOLOGY OF AMERICAN WATER BIRDS BY FIRST CURATOR OF SMITHSONIAN. Two hardcover volumes 10 3/4 inches tall, mustard cloth binding, gilt title to spines, numerous wood engravings throughout. Vol. I, xi, 537 pp; Vol. II, [vi], 552 pp. Fine--as new. SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD (1823 - 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator. Baird was the first curator to be named at the Smithsonian Institution. He would... Read More
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An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype
by Baker, Henry
London: R. Dodsley, 1743. First edition. RUSHED INTO PRESS A YEAR BEFORE TREMBLEY'S MEMOIRES ON REGENERATION BY HYDRA, THIS VOLUME SHARED IN THE BIRTH OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 19.5 x 12 cm hardcover, recent leather spine with gilt title and compartments, marbled paper covers, new endpapers, engraved frontispiece of life size and magnified hydra, 218 pp, many wood engravings throughout text, [4], 2 pp publisher's list including Baker's The Microscope Made Easy. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. THE FULL TITLE: "An... Read More
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Live Long and Be Happy. How to Prolong Your Life and Enjoy It
by Barker, Lewellys F.
New York and London: D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc., 1936. First edition. MONOGRPH ON LONGEVITY THROUGH DISEASE PREVENTION BY SUCCESSOR TO OSLER AT JOHNS HOPKINS. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, red cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, ink signature front free endpaper, Morris J. Rosenblum M.D. March 26, 1937, i-viii, [1], 224 pp. Spine faded, browning to endpapers. Very good in custom archival mylar cover. LEWELLYS FRANKLIN BARKER (1867 - 1943) received his Bachelor of Medicine degree in 1890 from the... Read More
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SIGNED. Time and the Physician: The Autobiography of Lewellys F. Barker
by Barker, Lewellys F.
New York: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1942. First edition. SIGNED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT JOHNS HOPKINS PROFESSOR, SUCCESSOR TO OSLER. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to spine, ink signature of author to front free endpaper, frontispiece portrait of author with his signature, small handstamp of Faculty Medical and Chirurgical Library, Baltimore, bottom verso of title page, dedication to the memory of Sir William Osler, William H. Welch, and Franklin P. Mall, i-ix, 350 pp, 6 photographic plates. Very... Read More
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Life Scenes from a Children's Hospital
by Barke, Lizzie
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1882. First edition. 1882 SCARCE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH AN UPBEAT MESSAGE ABOUT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, PUBLISHED 30 YEARS AFTER FOUNDING OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN IN LONDON, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN ENGLAND. 10x16.5 cm tall hardcover, red cloth binding with stamped pictorial cover, title in gilt, pictorial gilt title to spine, frontis wood engraving, illustrated title vignette, 125 pp, [ii] publisher's adverts. Full page wood engravings. Covers darkened, edges rubbed,... Read More
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Advice to Mothers on the Treatment of Infants: With Directions for Self-Management Before, During, and After Pregnancy. Addressed to Mothers and Nurses by Mrs. Barwell. Revised, Enlarged, and Adapted to Habits and Climate in the United States by a Physician of New York Under the Approval and Recommendation of Valentine Mott, M.D.
by Barwell, Louisa Marie
Philadelplhia: J. and J. L. Gihon, 1850. Revised, enlarged. SCARCE LITTLE BOOK ORIGINALLY BY AN ENGLISH MUSICIAN, REVISED AND ENDORSED BY NEW YORK PHYSICIANS FOR AMERICAN MOTHERS. 7 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown cloth binding with blindstamped decorative rulings to cover, gilt title to cover, xi, 148 pp. Spine ends chipped, light browning to pages, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. LOUISA MARY BARWELL (1800-1885) was known as a talented musician with a fine voice, who married John Barwell, a... Read More
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SIGNED BY BOTH BEADLES. The Language of Life. An introduction to the science of genetics
by Beadle, George W. and Beadle, Muriel
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1966. First edition (stated). 1966 ILLUSTRATED LAY GUIDE TO GENETICS BY NOBEL LAUREATE GENETICIST GEORGE BEADLE AND HIS WIFE MURIEL BEADLE--SIGNED BY BOTH.9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, gray cloth spine, inscribed on half-title page: "Sincerely,/ George Beadle/ Muriel Beadle," x, [4], 242 pp, many illustrations in text, a few marginal pencil notes, very good in very good minus jacket with darkened edges, in Brodart protective cover. LAID IN: Newspaper review... Read More
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Atlas of the Skeletal Development of the Rat
by Becks, Hermann and Evans, Herbert M.
The American Institute of Dental Medicine, 1953. First edition, No. 77 of 300 copies. 1953 LIMITED EDITION OF MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE MATURATION OF THE RAT SKELETON WITH 143 PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES OF RADIOGRAPHS AND PHOTOMICROGRAPHS. Two volumes 11 inches tall, full black morocco leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt titles to spines, Vol. I, xxxv, [1], 65 black & white photographic plates; Vol. II, xiii, [3], 78 black & white photographic plates affixed to recto and verso of... Read More
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The French Practice of Medicine:
by Begin, Louis J. and Tessier, Xavier
New York: E. Bliss, 1829. First American edition. SCARCE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF FRENCH EARLY 19TH CENTURY TREATISE ON THERAPEUTICS ADAPTED FOR NORTH AMERICAN PHYSICIANS. Two volumes in one, 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, viii, 243; 236 pages, new black cloth boards with paper spine label, very good. Edges of pages darkened and wrinkled, with scattered marginal pencil notations. Signature of Joseph A. Eve, Dec 19th, 18** top of title page, volume 1; signature of Robert C. Eve, 1880 top of... Read More
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Sex and Death in Protozoa: The History of an Obsession
by Bell, Graham
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. First edition. DO PROTOZOA GROW OLD AND IS SEX A REJUVENATING PROCESS? 15 x 23 cm hardcover, orange cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, institutional library bookplate and handstamp to front paste-down, embossed library stamp to edge of title page, library date due slip to back flyleaf, i-xiv, 199 pp, 59 illustrations in text. Light soiling to cover edges, other than internal library marks noted, text is clean and binding tight. Very good minus... Read More
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A History of the British Stalk-Eyed Crustacea
by Bell, Thomas
London: John van Voorst, 1853. First edition. DESCRIPTION OF CRUSTACEANS BY ZOOLOGIST WHO PRESIDED OVER THE PRESENTATION OF NATURAL SELECTION BY DARWIN AND WALLACE IN 1858. 14x23 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, contemporary ink signature of Henry K. Jordan top of half-title, i-lxv, 386 pp, 4 pp publisher's list. Dedicated to Professor Richard Owen, the Faithful and Unchanged Friend of Many Years, 174 superb wood engraved illustrations and vignettes of the seashore and the sea. Corners bumped,... Read More
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From Caracas to Stockholm. A Life in Medical Science
by Benacerraf, Baruj
Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1998. First printing. SIGNED BIOGRAPHY OF NOBEL LAUREATE--DISCOVERER OF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX GENES. 14.5x23 cm hardcover, black paper covered boards, gilt title to spine, inscribed and signed on free front endpaper, "To Henry my friend when he gave his lecture. I am grateful Baruj Benacerraf", 280 pp, photographic plates, near fine in near fine jacket in protective mylar sleeve. The author was a Nobel Laureate. By the time Benacerraf received a Nobel prize in 1980 for his... Read More
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Muscular Work. A Metabolic Study with Special Reference to the Efficiency of the Human Body as a Machine
by Benedict, Francis G. and Cathcart, Edward P.
Washington DC: Carnegie Institutution, 1913. First edition. DEFINITIVE STUDY OF HUMAN MUSCULAR WORK EFFICIENCY PREFACED BY HISTORICAL REVIEW. 17.5x26 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, bookplate of Boston Medical Library ("WITHDRAWN" handstamp) to front paste-down, library handstamp to title page, library card pocket to rear paste-down. Handstamp to front free endpaper, "Return to F. B. Talbot MD, 511 Beacon St, Boston, Mass". Frontispiece photograph of bicycle ergometer and universal respiration apparatus. i-vi, [2], 176 pp, 137... Read More
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The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism, TOGETHER WITH A Study of Prolonged Fasting, TOGETHER WITH Human Vitality and Efficiency Under Prolonged Restricted Diet
by Benedict, Francis G., Miles, Walter R., Roth, Paul and Smith, H. Monmouth
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1907, 1915, 1919. First editions. REPORTED IN 3 MASSIVE VOLUMES: EARLY 20TH CENTURY CLINICAL STUDIES OF PROLONGED FASTING LED BY FRANCIS BENEDICT AND HIS FAMOUS BOSTON NUTRITION LABORATORY. Three volumes 10 inches tall, together 6 inches thick, the first two in original paper wrappers with printed title to cover and spine, the third bound in blue buckrum with gilt title to spine: 1) The Influence of Inanition on Metabolism (1907), v, 542 pp, 258 tables; 2)... Read More
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![1) The Gaseous Metabolism of Infants: With Special Reference to Its Relation to Pulse-Rate and Muscular Activity; 2) The Physiology of the New-Born Infant: Character and Amount of the Katabolism [sic]; 3) Metabolism and Growth from Birth to Puberty](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/569/722/1728722569.0.l.jpg)
1) The Gaseous Metabolism of Infants: With Special Reference to Its Relation to Pulse-Rate and Muscular Activity; 2) The Physiology of the New-Born Infant: Character and Amount of the Katabolism [sic]; 3) Metabolism and Growth from Birth to Puberty
by Benedict, Francis G. and Talbot, Fritz B.
Washington: The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1914, 1915, 1921. First editions. THREE VOLUMES ON METABOLISM OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN BY PIONEERING INVESTIGATORS OF THE FAMED NUTRITION LABORATORY, CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, BOSTON. 1) The Gaseous Metabolism of Infants: With Special Reference to Its Relation to Pulse-Rate and Muscular Activity, 10 inches tall volume, printed paper covers, 168 pp, 65 illustrations; 2) The Physiology of the New-Born Infant: Character and Amount of the Katabolism [sic], 10 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, 126 pp,... Read More
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The jump of the flea: A study of the energetics and a model of the mechanism, by HC Bennet-Clark and ECA Lucey, Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 47, pp59-76, 1967 (entire journal issue) TOGETHER WITH Biomechanics in jumping of the flea, by Gregory P. Sutton and Malcolm Burrows, Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol. 214, pp 836-847, 2011 (digital copy). HENRY C. BENNET-CLARK, Fellow and Tutor in Biology, St. Catherine's College, Oxford University 1978 to 1999; Fellow Emeritus since 1999; Dean 2004 to 2007.
by Bennet-Clark, H.C. and Lucey, E.C.A.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1967. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF ILLUSTRATED LANDMARK PAPER ON INSECT BIOMECHANICS + UPDATE 44 YEARS LATER. Entire issue, August 1967, "member's copy" containing article from the University of Edinburgh, 18 pages, 10 figures, 1 table. Near fine in custom archival mylar cover. CITED BY Currey, J.D. Animal Skeletons. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1970. ALSO INCLUDED: color printed digital copy of article published in the same journal 44 years later (Vol. 214, 2011) by investigators at... Read More
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The Kidney in Health and Disease in Contributions by Eminent Authorities
by Berglund, Hilding, Medes, Grace, Huber, G. Carl, Longcope, Warfield T. and Richards, Alfred N.
Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger, 1935. First edition. A VERITABLE WHO'S WHO OF THE EMERGING FIELD OF NEPHROLOGY IN THE 1930S. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's dark blue cloth binding with blindstamped initials of publisher to cover, gilt title to spine, signature of Prof. Mulholland top of front paste-down, xix, 754 pp, 163 figures in text, 44 chapters, 41 contributors. Pages clean and unmarked. Wear to cover edges, faint library call letters to bottom of spine, "withdrawn" handstamps and edge stains... Read More
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SIGNED. George Beadle. An Uncommon Farmer. The Emergence of Genetics in the 20th Century
by Berg, Paul and Singer, Maxine
Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2003. First edition, first printing. BIOGRAPHY OF NOBELIST GEORGE BEADLE (OF "ONE GENE ONE ENZYME" FAME) BY NOBELIST PAUL BERG, PIONEER OF RECOMBINANT DNA, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, black cloth binding, gilt title to cover and spine, inscribed to Dick Archer and signed by both authors on front free endpaper, i-ix, 383 pp, illustrated. Fine in very good jacket. LAID IN: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2... Read More
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