Boston: David Clapp, 1848. 8vo, pp. [2], 27, [1]; bound with, as issued: Bigelow, Anaesthetic agents, their mode of exhibition and psychological effects [drop title]; pp.18; this the first edition in which both this article and its extention appear together. Ether and chloroform had been published previously in the Boston..... More
Boston: David Clapp, 184 Washington St. 1859. 8vo, pp. 24; original printed terracotta wrappers; bookseller's ticket of A. E. Foote, M.D., Philadelphia at the top of the front wrapper; rubberstamp of Dr. F. C. Thayer, Waterville, Me. also on front wrapper; previous vertical folds, mild dampstaining; all else very good..... More
New York: Wood & Holbrook, 1871. First edition, small 8vo, 205-[207]pp., plus 8pp. ads, frontis of Minnehaha Falls; extremities rubbed, spine quite faded, else near fine in orig. gilt-stamped purple cloth. Cover title: Climates for Invalids"" and ""Minnesota, California, Florida, Nassau, Fayal, Adirondacs."" Nearly three-quarters of the text touts Minnesota's..... More
[New York]: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd, 1970. Reprint edition (originally published 1895), 8vo, pp. 132; fine in original fuchsia cloth lettered in black on spine. "One of the best histories of surgery in English" (GM 5799). More
Paris: Schleicher Freres & Cie. 1903. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 309, [3]; 1 plate; original blue printed wrappers bound in contemporary green morocco-backed marbled boards; near fine. See Garrison-Morton 4985 for another of his works on intelligence in infants. Binet, with Theodore Simon, developed the first comprehensive test for..... More
Edinburgh: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 1982. First edition, 4to, pp. xxxii, 297; illus.; near fine in original blue cloth, dust-jacket. About 2,500 items with detailed descriptions. More
Bethesda: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1979. First edition, 4to, pp. [6], 501; fine in original grey cloth, spine stamped in gilt and black. Approx. 25,000 items. More
London: Vermont State Nurses' Association, 1941. First edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 125; 8 plates; very good in original blue cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [c1960]. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 312; fine in dust jacket. Bibliographical essays and descriptions on 21 ailments including auricular fibrillation, pernicious anemia, leukemia, diabetes, gout, and scurvy. More
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, [1950]. 8vo; pp. xv, [1], 3-160; frontispiece portrait, illustrations printed recto/verso on 6 plates. Library accession numbers at base of spine, binding soiled, else good in original gray cloth, printed with red on upper cover, spine. More
Urbana & Chicago: University of Illinois Press, [1991]. Second edition, enlarged (first published in 1957), 8vo, pp. xvi, 335; 15 photographic illustrations on 4 plates; a fine, nearly new copy in unmarred dust jacket. Includes a chapter on the sociopolitical attitudes of Chicago physicians expurgated from the first edition. More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1849. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], vi, 407; a few small illus. in the text; orig. brown printed wrappers; curled at edges and very slightly chipped, else very good. "Ouvrage couronné par l'Institut de France." An early work by the prolific French medical doctor. More
San Francisco: San Francisco News Co. [E. Bosqui & Co., printers and bookbinders], 1878. 12mo, pp. xx, 505, [1]; wood-engraved frontispiece portrait and a number of small wood engravings in the text; fine and bright in original brown pebble-grain cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine, marbled page edges. Dr..... More
Virginia and Tennessee: 1841-1890. A collection of over 90 items, largely manuscript material by Bowman produced over the course of his service as Army Chaplain of the Union in military hospitals in Tennessee and Virginia, covering his time as a teacher, then preacher in 1841-1854, and then from his appointment..... More
Melbourne: Heinemann, [1968]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 189; numerous photographic illustrations on plates; back panel of jacket torn with small piece missing, else a very good copy in the dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967. 8vo, pp. xxvi, 254; 14 photographic plates; original orange cloth (very slightly soiled); ex-Edward G. Miner Library, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, with usual markings, interior fine. More
Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, [1950]. First edition, 12mo, pp. 262; Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper and dated 1950; spine lightly faded, otherwise fine in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered upper cover and spine. More
[Providence]: printed by J. A. and R. A. Reid, n.d., [ca. 1894]. Broadside (approx. 12" x 9½"), previous folds, several old tape repairs on the verso; good or better. Not in OCLC. More
![Item #24933 [Collection of 44 offprints and pamphlets.]. Paul Broca](/pictures/thumb/24933_1.jpg?v=1491258012)
v.p. v.d., as below. Sur les proportions relatives du bras, de l'avant-bras, et de la clavicule chez les nègres et les européens, extract from the Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie, Paris, 1862, pp. 13, [2]; Sur les caractères physiques des mincopies ou habitants des isles Andaman [drop title], Paris, 1863..... More
Paris: Victor Masson, 1853. First edition, 8vo, pp. 182, [1]; orig. green printed wrappers; spine with some short cracks, some foxing; all else very good. Includes an extensive bibliographic index. Broca's early work on the strangulated hernia which "demonstrated his theoretical and practical knowledge of surgery" (DSB). More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First American edition, thick 8vo, pp. vi, [9]-594; full contemporary sheep, gilt-lined spine, black gilt-lettered calf spine label; upper cover detached, textblock edges toned, large loss to front flyleaf, else interior very good. Translation of "Commentaire des propositions de pathologie consignées dans l'examen des doctrines..... More
[Chicago: 1895]. Manuscript lecture notes written in a folio ledger book, 12.5" x 8"; pp. 100; tan cloth boards with calf corners; some toning and rubbing to boards; very good with neat, penciled writing. A concise review of received medical wisdom of the time. The lectures commence Oct. 3, 1895..... More
New York: National Committee for Mental Hygiene, 1918. First edition, 8vo, pp. 117; original brown limp cloth; ex-library, with library stamp on title page, page 99, and front free endpaper, checkout card on lower free endpaper; bookplate on upper pastedown; pages toned, covers rubbed. No external markings. More
Paris: G. Masson, 1882. First separate edition, 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; original printed wrappers; some browning, else near fine. Reprinted from Gazette hebdomadaire de médecine et de chirurgie. More
London: printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell, and J. Balfour, 1786. First edition, this being the issue with p. 5 paginated (no priority); 8vo, pp. 20; removed from binding; half title loose, but present. This copy with a presentation on the title page: "To Dr Vigarous / From the aut[hor]."..... More
