Kritische Besprechung der gegen die Bedeutung der Tuberkelbacillen gerichteten Publicationen [ drop title ]
by Koch, R
Berlin: Deut. Med. Wochen., 1883. OFFPRINT.. dsbd.. A good copy; linen remnant of mounting stub along gutter of first page; small inst. blind stamp in the margin of the first page.. 8vo. A little known and important scientific paper. In the previous year Koch had announced his discovery of the tubercle bacillus and his work on cultivating the bacillus and producing experimental tuberculosis in animals - work for which he was to win the Nobel Prize in 1905.... Read More
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Die Bekampfung der Infektionskrankheiten insbesondere der Kriegsseuchen
by Koch, R
Berlin: A Hirschwald, 1888. First Edition.. orig. prtd. wrappers.. A good copy; trimmed somewhat; small inst. stamp on upper frt. wrapper.. 8vo. Koch's reputation had already been made when this publication appeared. The issue discussed was the loss of life suffered in the army due to contagious disease. Koch outlined the problem and made specific suggestions to remedy the situation. The DSB notes this as one of Koch's most important publications. See G-M for the author's contributions to... Read More
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Ueber die Cholerabakterien [Drop Title]
by Koch, Robert - BACTERIOLOGY
Berlin: G Reimer, 1884. OFFPRINT. As issued.. Good; small institutional blind stamp on a blank portion of page one.. 8vo, 9, [1 - blank] pp. The true offprint designated as such with a printed legend above the title (Separatabdruck aus der "Deutschen Medicinischen Wochenschrift" ....). The account of Koch's isolation and identification of the cholera bacillus. G - M #5108.
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Dramatische Beytrage, 2 vols. bound as one
by Koerner, K T
Vienna: [?], 1815. Second Edition.. contemp. marbled paper over bds... A very good copy.. 8vo. Koerner became a popular hero as a result of his death at the age of 23 in 1813. He was a central part of the movement of patriotic literature and song. His plays and poetry went through numerous editions. The book offered here is a contemporary printing of his dramatic pieces excluding the play for which he is best known, Zriny. Robertson, pp.392... Read More
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Physiologie und Chemie in ihrer gegenseitigen Stellung ....
by Kohlrausch, O
Gottingen: Dietrich, 1844. First Edition.. Disbound.. A very good copy.. 8vo. A detailed critique of Liebig's conclusions on metabolism.
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Handbuch der pathogen Mikroorganismen .... ATLAS ONLY
by Kolle,W & Wassermann, A - PHOTOGRAPHY
Jena: G Fischer, 1902. First Edition.. Original publisher's printed cloth.. Good, with the binding being somewhat worn; hinges cracked.. Small folio. [2], [3] - 8 [printed in double columns], [36 - explanatory text for the plates] pp. + 12 photographic plates with multiple figures. The important and rare ATLAS VOLUME ONLY to the multi-volume work. This atlas contains an informative technical essay on the problems and application of photography to the microscope to accompany the twelve photographic plates... Read More
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Die Klimate der Erde ....
by Kõppen, W
Berllin / Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1923. First Edition. Original publisher's printed linen.. Good; some spotting; rear hinge and joint strained.. 8vo, x, [1] - 369, [1 - blank] pp. + 8 plates and text illustrations. One of the pioneers of the scientific meteorology. This book had the misfortune of being issued during the worst year of Weimar inflation that ruined the German national economy hence the use of inexpensive materials in its production. De Gruyter... Read More
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Über die Molecularvolume von Flüssigkeiten
by Kopp, Hermann
Leipzig und Heidelberg: C F Winter, 1889. OFFPRINT from Liebig's Annalen. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Fine.. 8vo, 118 pp.
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Abhandlung von den Scrofeln und von den Folgekrankheiten, welche davon ihren Ursprung nehmen, 2 vols. in one
by Kortum, G T
Lemgo: Meyer, 1793. First Vernacular Edition.. contemp. paste paper bds. .. A very good copy.. 8vo. An exhaustive study containing a close examination of the literature on the ailment. The third part of the book is most intriguing because it deals with the late stage of the disease complex and its development in the patient. The book was printed in a small rural principality governed by the Lippe-Detmold estate outside Frankfurt. An apt location for the study of... Read More
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Valenzkräfte und Röntgenspektren: Zwei Aufsätze über das Elektronengebäude des Atoms
by Kossel, W
Berlin: J Springer, 1921. First Separate Edition.. Original publisher's white wrappers.. Very good; some slight residue of damp (?).. 8vo, [4], [1] - 70, [2 - adverts] pp. There are a number of text illustrations. An timely work because of the explanation of the mechanism of x-ray emission and understanding the structure of the atom. DSB VII, 468 - 470.
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Dementia Praecox and Paraphrenia
by Kraepelin, Emil
Edinburgh: E & S Livingstone, 1919. First English Edition.. Original publisher's red cloth. Near fine; a bit of sunning to the rear cover.. 8vo, x, [1] - 331 pp. - with text illustrations and photographs. This is translated from the 8th German edition of the author's Lehrbuch der Psychiatrie, v. III, pt. 2. Kraepelin introduces his new classifications of mental illness. G-M #4941, Norman #1235 - both citing the German original.
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Die Erkenntnis und Heilung der Ohrenkrankheiten
by Kramer, W - OTOLOGY
Berlin: Nicolai, 1849. Second Rev. & Enlarged Edition.. Contemporary three-quarter leather.. Good; joints chafed; small inst. stamp on blank portion of the title; some spotting.. 8vo, xvi, [1] - 871, [872] pp. + two large fldg. plates. A landmark in 19th century otology. Hirsch is effusive in his comments about Kramer and this book citing it as a work that established the subject. It is worth noting that this revised edition is virtually a new book with the... Read More
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Traumtheater
by Kraus, K - HUMOR
Vienna: Die Fackel, 1924. First Edition.. Original paper covered bds. .. A very good copy; slight wear at the base of the spine.. 8vo. A one act play by the noted Austrian satirist.
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Psychomontage [film]
by Kronhausen, E & B - [A Balch] - SEXUALITY
New York: Grove Press - Film Division, 1962 (?). Edition unknown.. Original box with a paper label.. Very good.. Ten minute black and white 8 mm film with sound. Although uncredited, the British filmmaker Anthony Balch, famous for his collaborations with William Burroughs, contributed footage to this montage of sexually suggestive images and soundtrack. As Vogel states: ' Sexologists, psychologists, and proponents of sexual freedom the Kronhausens here attempt to induce erotic response in the audience by carefully... Read More
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Pestalozzi : His Life, Work, and Influence
by Krusi, H - EDUCATION
New York: Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., [1875]. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. A frontis. por. of the subject. Krusi devoted his life to education. He spent many of his early years in Europe and the UK and returned to America about 1852. He was the author of several plays and a tract on educational philosophy. The book offered here is a complimentary biography of the great educator and benefits from the fact... Read More
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De pinguedine inprimus humana
by Kuehn, H E - CHEMISTRY
Leipzig: Starit, [ca 1825]. First Edition.. dsbd.. A good, somewhat dusty copy.. 4to. A very detailed review of the substance known as 'sebacic acid' and its composition. Kuehn discusses the work of Thenard and Berzelius and many others on this vexing matter. Partington IV, 93.
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Die neue Heilwissenschaft oder die Lehre von der Einheit aller Krankheiten ....
by Kuhne, L
Leipzig: Verlag Louis Kuhne, 1895. Later Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. A very good copy.. 8vo. Kuhn was the founder of a new ' naturopathy ' that relied heavily on diet, exercise, fresh air, and baths to overwhelm and unseat the cause of disease in man. He developed quite substantial following. Atwater I, p. 598 citing English translations.
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Myologische Untersuchungen
by Kuhne, W - NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Leipzig: Veit, 1860. First Edition.. Disbound.. A very good copy; small inst. blind stamp on a blank portion of the title.. 8vo. There is one fldg. plate. The first book by Kuhne. It contains Garrison-Morton #620, his important 1859 article, in which he isolated and named 'myosin' in muscles. See G - M #620.
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Practische Abhandlung einiger das Nerven - System betreffenden Krankheiten - WITH - Pathologisches Handbuch fur ... der Arzneywissenschaft
by Kuhn, J G - NEUROLOGY - PHARMACY
Breslau: J F Korn, dem altern, 1786 & '87. First Edition.. Original (?) paste paper boards.. Very good.. 8vo, I - [10], [1] - 102 pp.; II - [6], [1] - 193, [1 - blank] pp. Two little known publications on advanced topics that originate from a provincial physician. The first title deals with dizziness, convulsions, epilepsy, paralysis, and finally considers advanced depression and melancholia. The second title contains the author's observations on the nature and definition of... Read More
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Venom Hemolysis
by Kyes, P - SNAKES
Chicago: Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1910. OFFPRINT.. Original printed wrappers... Very good; wrappers somewhat dusty.. 8vo, pp. 181 - 284. A lengthy offprint from the Journal of Infectious Diseases. An inquiry into various species reaction when exposed to powerful snake venoms. See G - M for the author's other works on this topic.
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Acoustique et Optique des Salles de Reunions
by Lachez, T
Paris: L' Auteur, 1879. Second Enlarged Edition.. later linen backed bds.. A fine copy.. 8vo. There are text illus.. An interesting treatise (the first was pub'd. in 1848!) on the construction of music halls, opera houses, theatres, and the house of the French parliament. Lachez's book is one of the handful of such books published in the 19th century. It is unique in that it is based on the scientific principles.
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Der Nibelunge Not mit der Klage
by Lachmann, Karl - MYTHOLOGY
Berlin: G Reimer, 1826. First Edition.. Contemporary paste paper boards.. Good with some wear to the binding and foxing to the first ten leaves; front joint cracked with cover beginning to separate.. 4to, viii, [2], [1] - 311, [1 - errata] pp. An important book by one of the leading 19th century German philologists. Lachmann presents the first critical and complete text of the Niebelungenlied in this book. See Neumann, Philologie, for the section on Lachmann.
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Essais sur L'Enseignement en Général et sur celui des Mathématiques en Particulier
by Lacroix, S F
Paris: Courcier, 1805. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. A fine copy; moderate foxing.. 8vo. Lacroix was a mathematician best known for his work on geometry and calculus. The Essay offered here contain his thoughts on education and teaching mathematics and is described by his biographer as a classic. It displays Lacroix's deep sense of history of the subject (there is an intro. essay in the book on mathematics) and his broad conception of education. The book went through... Read More
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The Ladies' Handbook of Fancy Needlework and Embroidery .... - OFFERED WITH - ... Plain Needlework .... - OFFERED WITH - ... Millinery and Dressmaking ....
by An American Lady"
New York: J S Redfield, 1844. First Edition.. Original publisher's gilt stamped, limp green cloth.. Good; moderate wear to the bindings.. 12mo, I - 60, 4 (adverts) pp.; II - 60 pp.; III - 60, 4 (adverts) pp. A series of books of instruction in the sewing arts. The use of an "American Lady" as author seems to be a convenience (?) to avoid copyright claims. An uncommon trio.
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A Manual of Percussion and Auscultation ....
by Laennec, Merie'dec (Sharpe, James B) - HEART SOUNDS
New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, 1832. First American Edition.. Original (?) publisher's half linen backed boards.. Good; spine cloth somewhat abraded through rodent nibble; light tide mark throughout.. 12mo, [6 - adverts], xviii (includes frontispiece), [1] - 120 pp. + frontispiece. One of the earliest works on the stethoscope - after Stokes in 1825 - and heart sounds in diagnosing serious cardiac disease. A handful of articles, or "reviews", appeared in the French medical literature within the... Read More
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