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Pharmacopeia Nosocomii Regii Edinburgensis
1795. PHARMACOPEIA NOSOCOMII REGII EDINBURGENSIS [The Medications used in the Royal Edinburgh Infirmary]. Edinburgh, 1795. 12mo. vi,63pp. This pharmacopeia is divided into three parts: a list of "simples" (single substances, mostly herbs), a list of mixed medications with recipes, and dosage ("posologia") instructions. The introduction gives weights, and cautions the practitioner against dispensing without careful measurement. The Royal Infirmary was founded in 1729, and is the oldest "voluntary (private non-profit) hospital" in Scotland. Tree-calf; front board and blank pulling loose, almost detached. Extremities worn; library stamps on endpaper and verso of title. .
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Pharmacopoea Hispana
1794. PHARMACOPOEA HISPANA. Madrid, Typographia Ibarriana, 1794. First edition. Engraved title. xiv, 212, [22],16 pp. 8vo. full leather that is rubbed and edgeworn, with small losses at spine ends, and shaken. Beautifully printed on fine paper. Internally fine except for library markings, which are limited to the front pastedown and title page. Contemporary ink signature, of Manuel Gorgullo, at the end of errata. (Wellcome IV, p. 370). .
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System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry
1808. ACCUM, Frederick. SYSTEM OF THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY Two Volumes, with Plates. From the Improved London Edition. Philadelphia, Kimber and Conrad, 1808. Octavo. Two volumes. xx,393pp.; xx,431[7}pp. +VIIff. First American edition. Contains seven engraved plates. First published in 1803, Accum'swas one of the earliest chemical texts to be based on Lavoisier's principles. Accum (1769-1838) was born in Germany, and came to London in 1793 to work in a pharmacy. He became a lecturer in chemistry and an expert on gas lighting and on culinary chemistry. He was arraigned for "mutilating books" at the Royal Institution, and left England in disgrace. His later books, some quite successful, were published under the name Mucca. Tree-calf, showing rubbing and some wear to extremities. Light soil to a few pages, and foxing to plat$850.00. .
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Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons
1820. ACCUM, Fredrick. TREATISE ON ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD AND CULINARY POISONS EXHIBITING THE FRAUDULENT SOPHISTICATIONS OF BREAD, BEER, WINE SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, TEA, COFFEE, CREAM CONFECTIONERY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES, AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY, AND METHODS OF DETECTING THEM. Philadelphia: Ab'm Small, 1820. 143p. Small Octavo. Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards, endpapers and edges, needs rebinding. Ex-library with perforated stamp to title and ink stamp to title page verso. Interior is clean and bright. A controversial and pioneering work on food additives and poisons. Very good save binding. .
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Biographical Sketch of Sir Benjamin Brodie
1864. (LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth, signature). ACLAND, Henry W. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, LATE SERGEANT-SURGEON TO THE QUEEN AND PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1864. 31 pp. 4 3/4 x 7 inches: 12mo. pale blue wrappers. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's copy with his ink signature at top edge of front cover. Ex-library with blindstamp on title page, pp. 21-22. Spine material scraped as if removed from library binding, else very good with minimal cover soil. .
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Die Thermen Von Bormio in Physikalisch-Chemischer, Therapeutischer
1869. MEYER-AHRENS, Dr. DIE THERMEN VON BORMIO IN PHYSIKALISCH-CHEMISCHER, THERAPEUTISCHER, KLIMATOLOGISCHER, UND GESCHICHTLICHER BEZIEHUNG. Zurich: Orell, Fussli & Comp. 1869. 135 pp. 8vo. rebound in quarter tan cloth with tan marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library, label residue to spine, usual markings. Text age-toned, else fine. .
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Registration Book
1963. American Surgical Association. REGISTRATION BOOK of the American Surgical Association. A facsimile reproduction of the original, reproducing the signatures of those who orgnized the Association, and signatures of those who attended each meeting between 1882 and 1960, published for the Fellows of the Association by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. Unpaginated; [192] ff. Tall octavo, two-toned cloth (black/grey), gilt-stamped title to spine. Ink ownership stamp to free endpapers and top-edge of bookblock. Binding shows general light soiling and faint dampstain along bottom edge of lowes board and the final leaves. Good plus. .
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Diphtherie Und Diphtheritischer Croup
1898. BAGINSKY, Adolf. DIPHTHERIE UND DIPHTHERITISCHER CROUP. Wien: Alfred Holder, 1898. ix + 364 pp. 8vo. half leather stamped in gilt and blind, with black morocco-textured cloth boards. Leather shelfworn, gilt spine lettering bright. Endpapers and title page toned. 1-inch closed tear to front free endpaper. B/w and color figures in the text. Medical research on diphtheria. .
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Annales D'Hygiene Et de Medicine Legale
1867. J.-B. BAILLIERE ET FILS. ANNALES D'HYGIENE ET DE MEDICINE LEGALE. Paris: Libraires de l'Academie de Medicine, 1867-69. First edition. 8vo. black calf stamped in gilt over black marbled boards. Included are volumes 28-31, 1867-69. Ex-library, with embossing and owners labels to one page of each volume. Chipping to feet and crowns, edgeworn, red stickers to spines, hinges tender. Very good with bright, clean pages. Medicine. .
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Treatise on Comparative Embryology 2 Vols
1880. BALFOUR, Francis M. TREATISE ON COMPARATIVE EMBRYOLOGY, 2 VOLS. London: Macmillan and Co. 1880-1881. 8vo. i-xi,492 pp. + i-xxii (bibliography); i-xi, 655 pp. + i-xxii (bibliography). B/w illustrations throughout text. Green cloth, blindstamped front and aback and stamped in gilt to spines. Cloth of Vol.1 discolored. Vol. 2 slightly cocked. Bookplate to pastedown and signature in ink to ffep. of J. Amory Jeffries. Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882), noted British naturalist died at the age of 30 in a mountain climbing accident. Darwin had said that his young colleague would "one day be first among English Biologists". Huxley had refered to him as "the only man who could carry on my work".(ODNB) Uncommon. .
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Avium Nervis, Rostri Atque Linguae
1842. BAMBERG, Car(olus) Tim(otheus). DE AVIUM NERVIS, ROSTRI ATQUE LINGUAE. Halle: Halis, 1842.8vo. 38pp. Red paper-covered boards stamped in gilt to front and back. Bookplate to pastedown and ownership in ink to ffep. of J. Amory Jeffries. Top front corner bumped. Boards slightly bowed. Pages lightly toned and foxed. A dissertation delivered by Bamberg in 1842 at the University of Halle-Wittemberg. .
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Bemerkungen Uber Gegenstande Aus Dem Gebiete Der Vergleichenden
1871. BARKOW, H(ans) C(arl) L(eopold). BEMERKUNGEN UBER GEGENSTANDE AUS DEM GEBIETE DER VERGLEICHENDEN ANATOMIE PHYSIOLOGIE UND ZOOLOGIE. Breslau: Robert Nischkowsky, 1871. 4to. 90pp. 6 lithographs. Light green paper-covered boards backed with dark green cloth. Lettered in black to front and back. Bookplate to front pastedown and signature in ink to ffep. of J. Amory Jeffries. Covers lightly worn. A very good copy. .
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Standard Works on Anatomy, Medicine, Surgery, and the Collateral
1846. BARRINGTON, Ed. & Geo. D. HASWELL. STANDARD WORKS ON ANATOMY, MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND THE COLLATERAL SCIENCES. Philadelphia: Barrington & Haswell, 1846. 36 pp. 8vo. yellow sewn wrappers printed in black. Front cover through p. 8 torn, cover and pages through p. 4 chipped at edge with minor loss of text. Pencil note to top of front cover. Medical book publsher's catalogue. Scarce, only 4 copies in OCLC. As is. .
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Some New Evidences for the Individuality of the Chromosomes
1904. BAUMGARTNER, W. J. SOME NEW EVIDENCES FOR THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THE CHROMOSOMES. [n.p.] Reprinted from the Biological Bulletin, Vol. VIII, No. 1, December 1904. Inscribed by the author at top left corner of front cover to Dr. C. S. Minot. 28 pp. + b/w plates. 4to. printed stapled wrappers. Good, wrappers detached from text, light age toning and a few small closed tears and tiny chips to the edges of the covers. Interior fine. Largely unopened at top edge. Pre-genetics research. Included in the author's "Observations on the Gryllidae" Part 2, 1904. .
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Pathological Anatomy. The Last Course of Xavier Bichat
1827. [BICHAT, Xavier] BECLARD, P. A. transl. Joseph TONGO. PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY. THE LAST COURSE OF XAVIER BICHAT, FROM AN AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT OF P. A. BECLARD. With an Account of the Life and Labours of Bichat by F. G. BOISSEAU. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1827. First edition. 232 pp. 8vo. mottled calf with gilt ruled spine. Spine label missing, front board detached, scraped. Rear joint cracked. Moderate to heavy foxing in the text. As is. .
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