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ALISON, W.P |
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OUTLINES OF PATHOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE |
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FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh, Blackwood and Sons, 1844. pp. xv, 736. Contemporary black blind-stamped cloth, rebacked. Clean and crisp. |
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* William Pulteney Alison (1790-1859) graduated M.D. from Edinburgh in 1811. He was professor of medicine there from 1821 to 1842. Alison made important contributions to the control of smallpox by vaccination, and on the subject of the Poor Laws and the relation between epidemic disease and destitution (Hist. Scot. Med.) £85 £60 |
| Author: |
BAILLIE, M. |
| Title: |
THE WORKS OF MATTHEW BAILLIE, M.D. |
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To which is prefixed an Account of his Life, collected from authentic sources, by JAMES WARDROP. Two volumes. FIRST EDITION. London, Longman etc., 1825. Vol. 1: portrait frontis. (offsetting on to title), pp. lxxi, (ii), 237, (iii). Vol. 2: pp. lxxii, 407. Contemporary speckled calf. A very good unmarked set. |
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* Not in Wellcome. The first volume is concerned with his Life, and Miscellaneous Papers and Dissections, the second volume consists of his 'Morbid Anatomy etc. To which are prefixed, Preliminary Observations on Diseased Structures, by the Editor'. Baillie (1761-1823) was educated at Glasgow University, although most of his medical knowledge was derived from his uncle, William Hunter. His great work is his ÔThe Morbid anatomy of some of the most important parts of the human bodyÕ first published in 1793. Among significant contributions in this work were his suggestion of a relationship between rheumatic fever and valvular heart disease, the first description of chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema, and the first clear description of the morbid anatomy and symptoms of gastric ulcer. Baillie was the last holder of the Gold-headed Cane. James Wardrop (1782-1869) was educated at Edinburgh; he is celebrated as having introduced the method of treating aneurism by ligature on the distal side of the swelling. £480 £375 |
| Author: |
BAYLE, G.L. |
| Title: |
RECHERCHES SUR LA PHTHISIE PULMONAIRE |
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FIRST EDITION. Paris, Chez Gabon,1810. pp. xxiv, 439. Contemporary half-calf, corners knocked. Ink sig. of Dr Fitzpatrick on f.e.p. and at top of title page which has two faint library stamps. Occasional spotting, mainly at the beginning. |
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* G&M 2322. This work represents the beginning of the modern conception of tuberculosis. Bayle (1774-1816) gave the best description to date of the varieties of tuberculosis and was the first to use the term 'miliary'. £295 £225 |
| Author: |
BENNETT, John Hughes |
| Title: |
ON CANCEROUS AND CANCROID GROWTHS. |
| Description: |
FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh, Sutherland and Knox, 1849. pp. xii, 260; 190 wood engravings. Original blue cloth, with fading of edges, new spine. Ex lib. Bristol Royal Infirmary with plate on front pastedown and stamp and accession number on title. |
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* Wellcome II, p. 144. John Hughes Bennett (1812-1875) graduated M.D. from Edinburgh in 1837. He became professor of physiology at the university in 1848; he was the first to teach the use of the microscope systematically, and to recognise its importance in the clinical investigation of disease. This was the first attempt at the practical teaching of physiology and pathology in Great Britain. . He later became pathologist to the Royal Infirmary and lectured on medicine and pathology (Hist. Scot. Med.) £125 £80 |
| Author: |
BERNARD, Claude. |
| Title: |
LECONS SUR LES PROPRIETES PHYSIOLOGIQUE ET LES ALTERATIONS PATHOLOGIQUES SUR LIQUIDES DE L'ORGANISME. |
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FIRST EDITION. Two Volumes. Paris, J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1859. pp. xvi, 524; (iv), 476. Text Figs. Contemporary _ black sheep, gilt. Spine ends strengthened. Ex lib. with bookplate on front pastedowns and stamp on title pages. Signature of Robert Amory, 14 Ave. des Champs Elysees,1866 on f.e.p. Light stain on title of volume 1 and very occasionally elsewhere, otherwise contents clean. A nice set. |
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* G&M 1234.1. Bernard (1813-1878) was the first to describe an effect of the renal nerves on urine flow. This work covers the physiology and pathology of blood and other body fluids. £150 £120 |
| Author: |
BLAINE, Delabere |
| Title: |
CANINE PATHOLOGY |
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or, a Description of the Diseases of Dogs, Nosologically Arranged, with their Causes, Symptoms, and Curative Treatment; and a copious detail of the Rabid Malady etc.Third edition, revised, corrected, and improved. London, T. & T. Boosey, W. Simpkin & R. Marshall, 1832. pp. iv, 316; engraved Frontis. Full polished calf with gilt decoration of spine. Bookplate of Frederick William Cadogan on front pastedown. Very occasional light spotting but a very good copy. |
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£95 £75 |
| Author: |
CALDANI, L. |
| Title: |
INSTITUTIONES PATHOLOGICÆ |
| Description: |
3rd Italian edition. Venice, Antonii Pezzana, 1786. pp. viii, 280. Contemporary vellum, a little soiled. A very good clean copy. |
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* Leopold Caldani (1725-1813) succeeded Morgagni in the chair of anatomy in Padua. £65 £45 |
| Author: |
CRAIGIE, David |
| Title: |
ELEMENTS OF THE PRACTICE OF PHYSIC, presenting a view of the present state of SPECIAL PATHOLOGY and THERAPEUTICS |
| Description: |
FIRST EDITION. Volume 1 only. Edinburgh, A. & C. Black, 1836. pp. xvi, 982. Contemporary prize calf. Presentation inscription on f.e.p. to Mr Crawfurd Smith from Alex Maxwell Adams, Professor of the Institutes of Medicine at the Andersonian University, 1848. Browning and marginal water stain of early leaves, including title. Otherwise a handsome tight copy. |
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* Wellcome II, p. 403. Craigie (1793-1866) taught anatomy in the Edinburgh Medical School from 1818 to 1822 and began to teach medicine in 1834. He was a physician to the Royal Infirmary and was a voluminous writer on clinical and pathological subjects £55 £40 |
| Author: |
DEIDIER, Antonio |
| Title: |
INSTITUTIONES MEDICINAE THEORIAE, PHISIOLOGIAM ET PATHOLOGIAM COMPLECENTES |
| Description: |
Paris, Carolum-Mauritium D'Houry, 1731. pp. (ii), 413, (ii). Contemporary calf, small chips at spine ends; old ink sig. on title page; otherwise very good. |
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* Blake, p. 112; Wellcome II, p. 442. Deidier( died 1746) was professor of Chemistry at Montpellier for 30 years. The first edition of this work was published at Montpellier in 1716. £145 £110 |
| Author: |
FERNEL, Johann |
| Title: |
UNIVERSA MEDICINA |
| Description: |
Eighth edition. Geneva, Petrus de la Rouiere, 1604. PHYSIOLOGIAE LIBRI VII: pp. 32 leaves, 647, (xxxv). DE ABDITIS RERUM CAUSIS LIBRI DUO: pp. 264, (xvi). THERAPEUTICES UNIVERSALIS, SEU MEDENDI RATIONIS, LIBRI SEPTEM: pp. 552, (xxx). Contemporary vellum, soiled and spine darkened. Single tiny worm track at base of first few leaves and larger one at base of several leaves in the text with no loss in either case. Light browning of text, very occasionally marked. |
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* Krivatsky 3999 (Lyon edition); G&M 2271 (1554 edition). The first systematic treatise on pathology. Jean Fernel (1497-1558) was born near Amiens in France and took a degree in medicine in 1530. He became the first court physician to King Henry II and saved Catherine de Medici from her state of childlessness. He was the first to describe appendicitis, endocarditis etc.; he believed aneurysms to be produced by syphilis, and differentiated true from false aneurysms. £335 £270 |
| Author: |
GAUB, H.D. |
| Title: |
INSTITUTIONES PATHOLOGIÆ MEDICINALIS |
| Description: |
Editio altera. Leiden, Samuelem & Johannem Luchtmans, 1775. pp. viii, 378. Contemporary mottled calf, spine with raised bands. A very good, clean copy. |
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* Blake, p. 168. Gaub (1705-1780) was born in Heidelberg. He was a pupil of Boerhaave who he succeeded at Leiden. As the author of this popular text on general pathology Gaub exerted a powerful influence on European medical thought. It was in the hands of most medical students and went through many editions (Long, History of Pathology). £75 £50 |
| Author: |
HENLE, J. |
| Title: |
HANDBUCH DER RATIONELLE PATHOLOGIE. |
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FIRST EDITION. TwoVolumes in Three. Braunschweig, Friedrich Bieweg und Sohn, 1846, 1847, 1853. pp. (i), vi, 357, 4 text Figs.; viii, (ii), 835, text Tables and 3 engraved Plates (water stain, mainly at lower margins); vi, 493. Contemporary cloth bindings: Vol.1 in decorated green cloth, Vols. 2 and 3 in blue cloth. Ex lib. Karl Tuczek with his bookplate on the front pastedowns and stamp of Dr Franz Tuczek on title of vol.1 (with his pencil sig.) and on half titles of vols. 2 and 3. Water stain in margins of occasional leaves in the three volumes. Pencil notes on rear end paper of vol.1. Apart from the above the text in all three volumes is clean and crisp. |
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* Jacob Henle (1809 – 1885) held the chair of anatomy successively in Zurich, Heidelberg and Göttingen. According to Garrison the histological discoveries of Henle take rank with the anatomical discoveries of Vesalius. Many structures are named after him including the ducts of Henle in the kidney and cells of the root sheath of a hair. ‘It was not only as a histologist that Henle’s genius was expressed. His ‘Handbook of Rational Pathology (1846-53) was a standard text for students’. – Long, A Hist. of Path. £375 £275 |
| Author: |
LOUIS, P.C.A. |
| Title: |
RESEARCHES ON PHTHISIS |
| Description: |
Anatomical, Pathological and Therpaeutical. Translated by Walter Hayle Walshe. London, Sydenham Society, 1844. pp. xxxv, (i), 571. Original blind-stamped black cloth, small dent at edge of front cover. A very good clean copy. |
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* G&M 3221 (first edition in French). This work on tuberculosis established Louis' reputation as a clinician £50 £35 |
| Author: |
LOUIS, Pierre, Ch. A. |
| Title: |
RECHERCHES ANATOMICO-PATHOLOGIQUES SUR LA PHTHISIE. |
| Description: |
FIRST EDITION. Paris, Gabon, 1825. pp. xxiv, 16, 560. Contemporary blue quarter calf with marbled boards, original owner's name, Dr Reilhac, at foot of spine. Browning of text, mainly light. |
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* G&M 3221. One of the most influential figures in French medicine, Louis received his medical degree from the University of Paris in 1813. This work on tuberculosis, which established Louis' reputation as a clinician, gives a numerical study of extrapulmonary lesions based on 358 dissections and 1,960 clinical cases. His use of statistical analysis is noteworthy. £320 £270 |
| Author: |
MORTON, Richard |
| Title: |
OPERA MEDICA, IN TRES TOMOS DISTRIBUTA. I. DE PHTHISI. II. DE MORBIS. III. DE FEBRIBUS |
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Editio ultima Emendiator. Amsterdam, Donatum Donati, 1696. pp. Frontis. port. (small stain in centre), (xiv), 206, 2 folding Tables; (xlviii), 242, (xii - Index); (xl), 318, (xvii Ð Index). Later half vellum with decorated boards, retaining old label. Old (obliterated) inscription at foot of title page which is lightly browned. Occasional spotting, staining but text mainly clean and crisp. |
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* Wellcome IV, p. 185; Krivatsky 8126 (deficient). Richard Morton (1637-89), of London, was a careful observer and skilled physician. This collection includes his classic on tuberculosis (G&M 3216 - 'the first application of the principles of pathology to the study of pulmonary tuberculosis..'). The third book, on fevers, contains a lengthy account of smallpox. £275 £210 |
| Author: |
NIETSKI ,Adam |
| Title: |
ELEMENTA PATHOLOGIAE UNIVERSAE |
| Description: |
Ed Nova. 2 parts in 1 volume. Lausanne, Franc.Grasset, 1784. pp. xxiv, 478. Contemporary mottled calf; spine gilt with raised bands. Small tears at spine ends. Old repairs to margin of last two leaves. Text clean. |
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* Blake, p. 325. This edition not in Wellcome.
Nietski (1714-1780) was born at Rhein. He studied theology in Königsberg and then graduated in medicine at Halle in 1753. He became professor of medicine at Altdorf in 1768 and then at Halle in 1769. £85 £70 |
| Author: |
PAGET, J. |
| Title: |
LECTURES ON SURGICAL PATHOLOGY |
| Description: |
Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. London, Longman etc., 1853. pp. xiv, errata slip, 499, 24 - Pubs. ads.; xii, errata slip; 637. Text Figs. in both volumes. Partly unopened. Original brown cloth, slightly marked, rear cover of vol. 2 loose; light stain on title of vol. 1; ink sig. on verso of title of vol. 2 |
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* Sir James Paget (1814 - 1899) was associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital for most of his life. He was a great pathologist and was Serjeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria. His classic description of osteitis deformans is known as PagetÕs disease. £295 £275 |
| Author: |
SCHENCK VON GRAFENBERG, Johannis |
| Title: |
OBSERVATIONUM MEDICARUM RARIORUM, LIBRI VII. |
| Description: |
In quibus nova, abdita, admirabilia, montrosa…etc. Frankfurt, Joannis Beyeri, 1665. Folio. pp. (xl), 918, (xlvi – Index – lacks two leaves, apparently not bound in originally). Rebound in calf-backed marbled boards with new endpapers. Title in red and black with printer’s device; text in double columns. Variable browning thoughout (as usual); leaf edges frayed and browned. Two small stamps of King’s College Hospital on title. |
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* Krivatsky 10464; G&M 2272 (1600 edition). The greatest compilation of pathology of the time. It is the easiest present source for the numerous pathological observations of Sylvius, Vesalius and Columbus. Schenck ((1530-1598) studied chiefly at Tübingen, practised for a time in Strasburg and ultimately settled in Freiburg as city physician. Schenck’s own records concerning intestinal parasites are particularly good..The work..is a remarkable collection of observations preserved in a form permitting recognition in the light of modern knowledge (Long, History of Pathology). £375 £275 |
| Author: |
SEVERINO, Marco Aurelio |
| Title: |
DE RECONDITA ABSCESSUU NATURA LIBRI VIII |
| Description: |
Second edition. Frankfurt, C. Rštellinus for J. Beyer, 1643. pp. (xxviii) with additional engraved title page, 468, (xxxxvi); 20 plates. 4to. Contemporary vellum, soiled. Top corner of f.e.p. torn away. Browning/spotting of the majority of the text, mainly light; water stain affecting first third of the work; soiling and spotting of outer half of engraved title. Small library stamp on verso of engraved title and main title with faint ink sig. at top of the latter. A tight copy in its original vellum binding. |
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* Krivatsky 11056; G&M 2273 (first edition, Naples, 1632); HoH 449 - 'This work, 'The Obscure Nature of Tumours', is one of the first illustrated texts of surgical pathology and established Severino (1580-1656) as one of the pioneers in the field. The 20 plates are among the first to depict pathological lesions and to include diseased organs as well as complete views of the individual with the tumour. In the chapter on breast neoplasms he delineates four types and differentiates quite clearly between the concept of benign and malignant tumours'. £550 £475 |
| Author: |
WARDROP, James. |
| Title: |
OBSERVATIONS ON FUNGUS HÆMATODES OR SOFT CANCER |
| Description: |
in several of the most important organs of the human body: containing also a comparative view of the structure of fungus hæmatodes and cancer. With cases and dissections. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh, Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company etc. 1809. pp. xiii, 205, (x - Pubs. ads.); 6 full page stipple-engraved plates with tissue guards, plate IV as Frontispiece; damp stain to outer lower corner of the 5 plates at the rear. 4 text engravings. Contemporary brown boards, rebacked retaining original paper label. Leaves untrimmed. Stamp of J. Knox. Napier Latham House at top of first text page otherwise text clean. |
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* An important work on tumours by Wardrop (1782-1869), an Edinburgh graduate who moved to London. There is a lengthy chapter dealing with the eyeball (he is best remembered for his ‘Essays on the Morbid Anatomy of the Human Eye’ – he was the first to use the term’keratitis’)). Other chapters deal with tumours of the extremities, testicle, liver, spleen, kidney, lungs, uterus, ovary and breast. Wardrop estranged his colleagues by writing a number of acrimonious and abusive papers in the Lancet – Garrison, p.486. £585 £510 |
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