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A SELECTION OF BOOKS EXHIBITED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE CHICAGO, MAY 9-10, 2014
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RARE TREATISE ON RESUSCITATION 1. [ANONYMOUS]. Methodo facil de curar la asfixia, ò muerte aparente de los ahogados; sacado de las excelentes obras de Mons. Tisot, Cathedratico de Medicina de la sociedad de Londres, y Mons. Louis, de la Academia de Cirugia de Paris. [n.p.: n.p., ca. 1770]. 4to. First and only edition of this rare (no copies located) Spanish memoir dedicated to resuscitating people that have drowned or suffocated. Included is a full-page woodcut depicting the tobacco smoke resuscitation device used to revive unconscious persons. $ 2500.00
FIRST ILLUSTRATION OF AN EXTRACTED TOOTH 2. [ARISTOTLE]. LEONICO TOMEO, Niccoló. Opuscula nuper in lucem aedita quorum nomina proxima habentur pagella. [Venice: Bernardinius Vitalis, February, 1525]. 4to. Historiated initials and numerous woodcut text diagrams. Eighteenth-century vellum, ties; interior with wide margins. First edition of this celebrated work on the physiology, biology, natural history and embryology of Aristotle. Of major significance is one of the earliest printed commentaries on Plato’s Timaeus, a mythical theory of the universe of phenomena-physiology, nutrition, respiration, disease, and locomotion. This work probably contains the first commentary on dentistry, together with two illustrations of dental forceps holding an extracted tooth. $ 8500.00
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IDENTIFYING THE OVUM 3. BAER, Karl Ernst von. De ovi mammalium et hominis genesi epistolam. . . . Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1827. 4to. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. First edition of Baer=s famous discovery of the mammalian ovum, a classic in the history of embryology. $ 38,000.00
SPECIAL COPY -- THE FIRST SKIN GRAFT 4. BARONIO, Giuseppe. Degli innesti animali. Milan: Dalla Stamperia e Fonderia del Genio, 1804. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait and 2 copperplates. A superb uncut copy on large and extra thick paper in the original hand-blocked printed wrappers. Contemporary (possibly author’s) text annotations. First edition. This landmark work in the history of plastic surgery details the results of Baronio’s experiments on autogenous skin grafting in animals at the close of the eighteenth century, the first such study to be carried out in scientifically organized experiments. $ 4500.00
MEDICINE, WHILE NOT PERFECT, IS INDEED AN ART 5. BARTLETT, Elisha. An inquiry into the degree of certainty in medicine; and into the nature and extent of its power over disease. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. 8vo. Contemporary blind-stamped cloth. First edition of this brief treatise in which the author advocates the value of medical treatment. He attempts to show that while medicine is not perfect, it is indeed a science and an art. As an example, he discusses pneumonia and the virtues of bloodletting for favorably influencing the outcome of the disease, if for nothing else but to show the profession’s general knowledge of symptoms and remedies of a particular malady. $ 300.00
DETAILED PLATES OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS 6. BERNARD, C[laude] and HUETTE, Ch[arles]. Précis iconographique de médecine opératoire et d’anatomie chirurgicale. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis, 1854. 8vo. Complete with engraved frontispiece of Vesalius and 113 plates (88 of which are hand colored). Contemporary quarter calf. Third edition. In this enormously popular book on surgical practices, operations ranging from orthopedic to plastic and general surgeries are all shown with amazing, sometimes even disturbing detail. Proper instruments and techniques, such as suturing, are also set forth in the beginning of the volume. As something of a step-by-step guide that provided an enormous amount of practical information, this manual went through several editions and was translated into a number of languages, enjoying popularity through the end of the nineteenth century. Included separately with this copy is a collection of the separate parts, issued to subscribers. $ 900.00
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MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF ANAESTHESIA 7. BERNARD, Claude. Leçons sur les anesthésiques et sur l’asphyxie. Paris: Baillire, 1875. 8vo. Text illustrations and diagrams. Original printed wrappers, uncut and partially unopened. First edition. Bernard was one of the first to advocate an adequate oxygen supply during anesthesia, as well as the first to suggest pre-anesthetic medication with morphine and other central nervous system depressants. $ 800.00
ULCER DETECTOR 8. BERNAY, Pierre. La gastrophotographie. Paris: Maison et Cie., 1931. 8vo. With 24 plates containing 94 stereographic photographs tipped in. Original printed wrappers. First edition of Bernay’s notable account of the innovative method of gastrophotography invented two years earlier by the Czech physician Otto Porges and perfected by Bernay and the French clinician Charles Garin through their research. This revolutionary technique allowed not only a more accurate and less painful way to detect ulcers but enabled a clearer analysis of the state of the gastric mucus of ulcers. Accompanying the text are plates of original black and white stereographic photographs, portraying and comparing various states of the normal, pathologic, and post-operative stomach. $ 450.00
A FOUNDATION OF TISSUE PATHOLOGY 9. BICHAT, Xavier. Traité des membranes en général et de diverses membranes en particular. Paris: Chez Richard, Caille et Ravier, An VIII (1800). 8vo. An uncut copy in the original wrappers. First edition of what many consider Bichat’s best work, the foundation of histology and tissue pathology. It is here that he classifies and describes 21 kinds of tissue and membranes, a generalization of Pinel’s earlier work, according to their texture and properties. $ 1200.00
IMPORTANT WORK ON CELL THEORY 10. BORDEU, M. Theophile de. Recherches sur le tissu muqueux, ou l=organe cellulaire, et sur quelques maladies de la poitrine. Paris: Ches Pierre Franc. Didot Le Jeune, 1767. 12mo. First edition. Considered one of the most important works in the history of cell theory, Bordeu Adescribed connective tissue - under the name mucous tissue - showing its role in exchanges, the phenomena of nutrition, and the mechanical equilibrium of organs and tissues@ (DSB). $ 650.00
A BRANDED BOOK 11. BRAVO DE PIEDRAHITA, Juan. De curandi ratione per medicamenti purgantis exhibitionem libri. III. Salamanca: Cornelius Bonardus, expensis Joannis Pulmanni Theod. filii, 1588. 8vo. Contemporary calf, with the top edge branded! First edition of this very rare and influential medical work which pioneered the renaissance of Spanish medicine at the University of Salamanca. Bravo treats the nature of disease and health, covering such topics such as food, environment, treatment of pain, human senses, as well as the use of drugs and narcotics. $ 4500.00
BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ANATOMY OF THE EAR 12. BRESCHET, Gilbert. Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur l’organe de l’ouie et sur l’audition, dans l’homme et les animaux vertébrés. Paris, 1836. 4to. With 13 plates (1 mezzotint). Second edition of this important treatise on the anatomy of the human ear. $ 750.00
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WITH A LENGTHY BIBLIOGRAPHY 13. BROUSSEAU, KATE & BRAINERD, H. G. Mongolism: a study of physical and mental characteristics of mongolian imbeciles. Revised by H. H. Brainerd. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1928. 8vo. Complete with 30 photographs on 18 leaves, numerous graphs, tables and text illustrations, index and appendix of case reports, and 19-page bibliography. In the back of the book is a 2-page description of the process of printing the book (“Sans Tache”). Library buckram. Presentation copy, signed by the author on the title. First edition of this valuable study of mongolism, the most comprehensive overview of the contemporary literature. The authors show that the generally accepted theories explaining the cause of Mongolism, such as alcoholism and mental strain on the part of the mother during birth, are not supported by statistics. $ 600.00
SIXTEENTH CENTURY HERBAL REMEDIES 14. BRUNSCHWIG, Hieronymus. Hauss apoteck, zu yeden leibs gebresten fur den gemainen mann und das arm Landvolck. [Augsburg: Hainrich Stainer, 1545]. 4to. Woodcut title by Hans Weiditz depicts a man raking the earth and woman gathering herbs. Among the other woodcuts are illustrations of a herb garden, an apothecary shop, and a banqueting scene. Second edition (first 1537) of Brunschwig’s popular pharmacology and distillation manual, based on his Thesaurus pauperum, which formed Book Five of his Liber de arte distillandi, also called Grosses destillierbuch. Brunschwig’s advice on herbal remedies became the authority throughout the sixteenth century. Prescriptions are offered for marital compatibility, good memory, happiness, drunkenness and fright. In addition, he describes a number of liqueurs and elixirs; the most curious is a section on intoxication with a large woodcut depicting a wild party. $ 6000.00
A MONUMENTAL SURGICAL TEXT 15. CALLISEN, Heinrich. Principia systematis chirurgiae hodiernae in usum publicum et privatum adornata. Copenhagen: Chr. Gottlob Proft., 1788-90. Two volumes. 8vo. Contemporary calf, elaborate gilt spines; an extremely attractive set. First edition of this celebrated work of surgery, considered by Hirsch as the outstanding medical textbook in Europe and the most comprehensive book on operative surgery of its time. This work is encyclopedic in scope and covers virtually every subject and procedure known, including cancers of the breast and testicles, the use of electricity in surgery, the origins and treatments of pain, and of special interest, a section on the nature of epilepsy. $ 2500.00
16. CHARCOT, Jean Martin. ALS. Paris, no date. 1 page. Letter to a colleague regarding a hysterical patient, signed “Charcot.” [Translated from the French]: My dear Colleague, Here is a hysterical young male, very interesting, to whom I recommend hydro therapy. I would be very grateful to you to kindly monitor this young and interesting patient. It is possible, though not able to be proven, that this letter was sent from Charcot to Freud, as it was obtained from the private collection of Freud collector, and it is known that Charcot and Freud both used hydrotherapy as a remedy. $ 600.00 B & L ROOTENBERG – Fine & Rare Books
THREE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO EARLY MEDICINE 17. COLOMBO, Realdo. De re anatomica libri XV. Paris: Wechel, 1562. 8vo. Contemporary signature on title dated 1640. Second edition. It is here that Colombo defines his discovery of the pulmonary or lesser circulation, i.e., the passage of blood from the right cardiac ventricle to the left via the lungs. He describes the duplicatures of the peritoneum, the ventricles of the larynx, and the mode of action of the pulmonary, cardiac, and aortic valves, clearing up a number of errors of his predecessors. [bound with] RONDELET, G[uillaume]. De ponderibus sive de iusta quantitate & proportione medicamentorum liber. Lyon: Bonhomme, 1560. First edition and extremely rare (1 copy known) treatise on diseases and their cures. [bound with] LOMNIUS, J[odocus]. Medicinalium observationum libri tres. Antwerp: Plantin, 1560. First edition. This valuable contribution to the practice of medicine and therapeutics by Lomnius was in great demand through the eighteenth century. $ 7500.00
MATERIA MEDICA 18. DALE, Samuel. Pharmacologiae, seu manuductionis ad materiam medicam supplementum: medicamenta officinalia simplicia priore libro omissa, complectens: ut & notas generum characteristicas, specierum synonyma differentias, & vires. London: Sam. Smith, & Benj. Walford, 1705. 12mo. Contemporary English calf. First edition, surprisingly rare, of the author’s first supplement to his great textbook of materia medica, pharmacology and therapeutics printed in 1693. He here adds to his great work with substantial information related to plants, trees, geological and animal materia medica. He includes a substantial index which sets forth the English and Latin names of all plants. $ 500.00
APES IN THE FAMILY TREE 19. DARWIN, Charles. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex. London: John Murray, 1871. Two volumes. 8vo. Green half morocco; interior excellent. First edition, second issue, of Darwin’s classic work on comparative anatomy. By comparing the physiological and psychological aspects of man and ape, he fills in what had been merely suggested in the Origin: that man’s ancestor, if still alive today, would be classified among the primates and on a lower scale than the apes. The last chapter is an added essay on sexual selection, the superior chances of mating that some individuals of one sex have over their rivals. “The word ‘evolution’ occurs, for the first time in any of Darwin’s works. $ 3000.00
HYPNOSIS IN SURGERY 20. ELLIOTSON, John. Numerous cases of surgical operations without pain in the Mesmeric state; with remarks upon the opposition of many members of the Royal Medical and chirurgical Society and others to the reception of the inestimable blessings of Mesmerism. London: H. Baillière, 1843. 8vo. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards. First edition. Elliotson was one of the first in England to perform surgical operations with the aid of hypnotism. In this, his first work on the use of hypnosis in surgery, he discusses many of his own successful cases, as well as commenting on accounts of others. $ 1800.00
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TWO EARLY DESCRIPTIONS OF SYPHILIS 21. FALLOPIUS, Gabriel. De morbo galllico [sic] liber absolutissimus a Petro Angelo Agatho Materate, (eo legente) scriptus . . . edits et scholiis marginalibus illustratus. Additus etiam est in calce de Morbo Gallico tractatus, Antonii Fracanciani Bononiae in loco eminentis scientiae faeliciter legentis. Patauii: Lucam Bertellum; Christophorum Gryphium, 1564; 1563. Two works in one. 4to. Half-calf with paper boards. First edition of two rare treatises on syphilis. “In this classic work on ‘the French disease,’ Fallopius wrote more knowingly of the Europe-wide scourge of syphilis than previous authors on the subject and was one of the first to oppose the use of mercury in its treatment.” He here asserts his belief that syphilis was brought to Europe from America by the associates of Columbus, and strongly recommends the use of guaiac wood for its cure, though he also mentions certain other remedies. The second treatise on the same subject is by Fracanzano, who became professor of medicine at Padua in 1539. $ 12,000.00
ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF ULCERS AND TUMORS 22. FALLOPIUS, G[abriele]. Libelli duo alter de ulceribus. Venice, 1563. 4to. Fine historiated initials. Later vellum; an excellent copy with contemporary annotations. First edition of Fallopius= rare treatise on ulcers and tumors. $ 9500.00
ARTISTIC DEPICTIONS OF LIVER DISEASE 23. FRERICHS, Fried[rich] Theod[ore]. Pathologisch-anatomischer. Atlas zur klinik der leberkrankheiten. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1858, 1861. Two volumes. 4to. With 26 hand-colored steel plates. Original printed paper boards. Signature of physician and abolitionist H[enry] I[ngersoll] Bowditch, (1808-1892), who pioneered the operation for removal of pleural effusions. Included is a bookplate documenting the donation of this book to the Boston Medical Library, which Bowditch helped found, by his son, V[incent] Y[ardley] Bowditch, a physician at the Sanatarium for Tuberculosis in Rutland, Massachusettes. First edition of the atlases accompanying Frerich’s classic monograph on liver disease, Klinik der Leberkrankheiten. The text, which summarizes the existing knowledge on the subject and adds his own brilliant observations, includes his important discoveries regarding leucine and tyrosine secretions in the condition of liver atrophy, for which he was best known. The two volumes contain masterfully hand-colored and strikingly vivid steel plates meant to enhance the acclaimed text. In total there are over one hundred and fifty figures, along with more than forty pages of figure notations. $ 750.00
[We also have a copy of the first English translation of the two-volume atlas entitled Atlas of pathological anatomy illustrative of a clinical treatise on diseases of the liver, 1861-1862.] B & L ROOTENBERG – Fine & Rare Books
THE NATURE OF BRIGHT=S DISEASE 24. FRERICHS, Friedr[ich] Thead[or]. Die Bright=sche Nierenkrankheit und beren behandlung. Brunswick, 1851. 8vo. Contemporary boards. First edition of this important monograph on chronic nephritis, Bright=s disease, and its treatment, based on 80 of the author=s cases. This is one of the earliest works on kidney disease to incorporate histology, using microscopic research to build on Bright=s works. $ 500.00
FIRST AID FOR CHILDREN 25. FRYER, Jane Eayre. The Mary Frances first aid book. [Philadelphia: Winston, 1916]. 8vo. Printed in blue and red with numerous text illustrations. Original cloth; overall in nearly immaculate condition. First edition of a wonderful children’s medical book. The intention is more to inspire children, especially with regard to preparedness for simple medical emergencies. The wonderful illustrations teach methods of care, from burns to bandaging. Included is a ready reference list of ordinary accidents and illnesses with “approved” home remedies. $ 300.00
FIRST IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH ON THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 26. GLISSON, Francis. Anatomia hepatis. Cui praemittuntur quaedam ad rem anatomicam universe spectantia. Et ad calcem operis subjiciuntur nonnulla de lymmphae-ductibus nuper repertis. Amsterdam: Johann Ravestein, 1659. 12mo. Engraved title of a dissection, 2 folding anatomical plates, 1 engraving and 9 text woodcuts. Contemporary vellum; an excellent copy. Second edition of this pioneer work on the anatomy of the liver, originally printed in London (1654). Glisson here gives the “first accurate description of the capsule of the liver (Glisson’s capsule) and its blood-supply. He also described the sphincter of the bile duct (“Glisson’s sphincter, the sphincter of Oddi”) and the thymus as a “glandula nutritia” for the foetus.” $ 2500.00
THE PRECURSOR TO BURTON=S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY 27. GRAHAME, Simion. The Anatomie of Humors. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609. 4to. Tipped in is a leaf with 2 pages of nineteenth-century manuscript dealing with the history of this book. First edition of the original printed treatise, exceedingly rare. This work, consisting of prose interspersed with verse, describes the melancholy or humors of man. Like so many other writers on the subject, including Burton, Grahame=s inducement was due in great part to his own depression and melancholy. $ 45,000.00
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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE EVOLUTION OF CANCER 28. HAAGENSEN, Cushman D., M.D. “An exhibit of important books, papers, and memorabilia illustrating the evolution of the knowledge of cancer.” Reprinted from the American Journal of Cancer, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, May, 1933. [New York: Institute of Cancer of Columbia University, 1933]. 4to. Original wrappers bound into half-morocco and blue cloth, gilt spine. An excellent copy. First separate edition of an exhibit catalogue for the graduate fortnight on tumors at the New York Academy of Medicine, October 17 to 28, 1932. The catalogue, listing 158 items, is a fine bibliography for the study of cancer through the early twentieth century. $ 350.00
INTEGRATION OF HOSPITAL VENTILATION SYSTEMS 29. HÄBERL, Franz Xaver. Abhandlungen über öffentliche Armen- und Kranken-Pflege mit einer umständlichen Geschichte der... gemachten Erweiterungs- und Verbesserungs-Versuchen und der hievon im neuen allgemainen Krankenhause zu München gemachten Anwendungen. München: Zaengl, 1813. Two parts in one. 4to. Complete with 8 folding copper engraved plates and 2 folding lithographed charts. First edition of this rare treatise, a cornerstone in the history of hospital reform. The author provides a history of public health and advocates for hospitals to have separate rooms with a ventilation system to remove foul air. Following up on Lavoisier=s research, this work formed the foundation of what became a long discussion over two centuries about the minimum amount of fresh air per occupant needed to maintain comfortable indoor conditions to prevent the spread of germs. An engraved plate of an architectural plan demonstrates the direction of air flow necessary to properly ventilate a hospital. $ 3500.00
FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON EMBRYOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY 30. HARVEY, William. Exercitationes de generatione animalium. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1651. 12mo. With the added engraved title carrying the London imprint. Contemporary vellum with overlapping edges. First continental edition, published the same year as the first (London) edition, the most important book on the subject to appear during the seventeenth century. $ 2500.00
MEDICAL-RELATED ADVANCES IN AVIATION 31. HENDERSON, Yandell; SIEBERT, E. G.; SCHNEIDER, E. C.; WHITNEY, James L., et.al. Medical studies in aviation. Chicago: American Medical Association, 1918. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. First separate edition of a series of papers published by the AMA. These articles reflect advances in protection to aviators against the effects of altitude, low barometric pressure, and deficiency of oxygen, as well as summarizing results of various psychological, physiological and cardiologic observations. $ 150.00
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REFUTING NATURALISM WITH HOMEOPATHY 32. HENRIQUES, Amos. Art versus nature in disease. A refutation of naturalism. London: Leath and Ross, 1859. 8vo. Publisher’s blue cloth. Presentation inscription from the author to David C. Laurie, a London homeopathic physician who received his medical degree from Edinburgh in 1847. First edition. The author here refutes the doctrine that nature is more important than science in the treatment of disease, as set forth in John Forbes’ work, Nature and art in the cure of disease (London, 1857). Forbes, the distinguished Scottish physician, believed that the practice of medicine should combine science with art and in his final publication set out his case for the healing powers of nature. Henriques, after providing a historical summary of what he terms “naturalism,” focuses on both the physiological as well as the philosophical aspects of both nature and science, concluding with the promotion and defense of homeopathy, the medical system to which he converted. $ 1000.00
HOLMES ON DENTISTRY 33. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. The claims of dentistry. An address delivered at the commencement exercises of the dental department in Harvard University, February 14, 1872. Boston: Rand, Avery & Co., [March], 1872. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. First edition in pamphlet form. First printed in The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal of February 29, 1872. $ 350.00
DISEASES DU JOUR 34. JACKSON, Joseph. Enchiridion medicum theoretico-practicum; sive tractatus, de morborum theoria & praxi. . . Naples: Felicis Mosca, 1717. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. A rare treatise on various diseases, their symptoms, causes and therapeutic cures. This fourth edition was printed in Naples; the first came from Amsterdam and was published in 1698. Among the many conditions Jackson describes are epilepsy and convulsions, paralysis, arthritis and rheumatic diseases, asthma, bulimia, angina, pleurisy, vertigo, diabetes, rickets, and wounds. Also included is an appendix on venereal diseases. $ 450.00
MENTAL ACCIDENTS 35. JANET, Pierre [Marie Felix]. Der Geisteszustand der Hysterischen (Die psychischen Stigmat). Mit einer Vorrede von Professor Charcot. Uebersetzt von Dr. Max Kahane. Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1894. 8vo. With 7 text illustrations. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, in excellent condition. From the collection of Georg Theodor Ziehen, German neurologist and psychiatrist, head physician at the psychiatric clinic in Jena, and well known for the famous Ziehen-Oppenheim syndrome, a familial torsion spasm due to a lesion of the basal ganglia. First edition of the German translation of Janet’s classic work on the mental state of hystericals, containing the installment devoted to mental accidents. Mental accidents were symptoms that were not necessarily characteristic of hysteria. They were relatively transient, accessible to patients who were well aware of the nature (although not the source) of their discomfort, and included subconscious acts, fixed ideas, emotional attacks, tics, ecstasies, somnambulism, and delirium. This work became a classic in psychology, and a masterpiece of clinical description. $ 1200.00
FAMOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICINE 36. JONSTON, Joh[anne]. Idea universae medicinae practicae libris XII. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1652. 12mo. Complete with the two title pages (one the famous engraved frontispiece). Early pigskin; a superb copy. Third edition of the author’s encyclopedia of medicine, from birth to death and with every imaginable disease and treatment, health and hygiene, described, discussed and treated. $ 450.00
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WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS OF BLOOD VESSELS OF THE HUMAN SPINAL CORD 37. KADYI, Prof. Dr. Heinrich. Über die blutgefässe des menschlichen rückenmarkes. Lemberg: Gubrynowicz & Schmidt, 1889. 4to. With 10 full-page chromolithograph plates. Contemporary quarter-morocco over boards. First edition in book form (published earlier that same year in Polish) of an important work of descriptive anatomy of the human blood vessels of the spinal cord with vibrant colored plates. It includes a bibliography of relevant literature. This was the first complete and accurate account of blood circulation to the spinal cord and all subsequent studies build off of it $ 450.00
EARLY ANATOMICAL WOODCUTS 38. KETHAM, Joannes de. Wundartzney zu allen Gebrechen des gantzen Leibs. Frankfurt am Mayn, 1549. 4to. With 4 large woodcut instruments on title, a large double page wound-man woodcut, and small woodcut of a zodiac man. Old German pasteboards. Early edition of this rare surgical treatise containing the first detailed anatomical illustrations ever printed. $ 12,500.00
A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR THE AMATEUR NATURALIST 39. LETTSOM, John Coakley. The naturalist’s and traveller’s companion. London: C. Dilly, 1799. 8vo. Hand-colored frontispiece and title plus 3 plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Third edition. Although the author practiced medicine for a living, his longtime interest in botany and natural history is evident in this popular book for the amateur naturalist/traveler. He offers advice on how to best observe and record the exotic lands through which one might travel, including a brief section on human customs and culture. The chapter entitled “Directions for bringing over seeds and plants from distant countries” is particularly worthy of note, and includes several diagrams (presumably of his own invention) demonstrating how one might transport plants across the ocean. $ 700.00
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SEMINAL WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE 40. LEURET, Francois. Fragmens psychologiques sur la folie. Paris, Crochard, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. First edition of this important work on insanity. Treating mental illness scientifically and objectively, Leuret breaks down psychological problems into related subjects. Starting with the incoherence of thought and illogical thought processes, he proceeds from that basis to discuss symptoms such as hallucinations, monomania, and hypochondria. He was the first to believe that hallucinations could be cured by treatment. $ 550.00
PIONEER WORK IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 41. MAGENDIE, [Francois]. Lecons sur les fonctions et les maladies du système nerveux. Paris, 1841. Two volumes in one. 8vo. Second edition of Magendie=s classic work, containing his many discoveries in experimental physiology, a number of which were important to neurophysiology, and including his extensive studies on cerebrospinal fluid. $ 950.00
PERFECT FOR EXHIBIT 42. MAYGRIER, Jacques Pierre. Nouvelles demonstrations d’accouchemens, avec des planches en taille-douce, accompagnees d’un texte raisonne, propre a en faciliter l’explication, format in-folio. Paris: Bechet, 1822 [-1827]. Folio. The 80 stipple engraved plates (1 double-page), all in magnificent hand coloring. Each plate is backed onto a board with marbled edges and with a string at the top for purposes of hanging the plate. The plates (only, without the text) to the first edition of Magrier’s magnificent obstetrical atlas. The plates were drawn by the celebrated artist Antoine Chazal, also known for his illustrating Cruveilhier’s Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. $ 6500.00
WITH SECTIONS ON DENTAL CARE AND WINE 43. MEDIOLANO, Joanne de. Schola Salernitana, sive de conservanda Valetudine praecepta metrica. The Hague: Arnold Leers, 1683. 12mo. Title in red and black. Contemporary calf. The fourth Leers edition of this popular manual on the preservation of health. It contains rules on diet and hygiene and recommends simple drugs as a basis for treatment. Based on the teachings of the Salernitan School, which flourished from the eleventh to the fourteenth century, it contains simple guidelines for the preservation of health, as well as cures and treatments for such ailments as headaches, ulcers, earaches, and rheumatism. Of special interest are the sections on phlobotomy, drunkenness, and abstinence. The present revised edition contains a section on oral hygiene and dental care, as well as a special part on wine and its benefits. $ 450.00 B & L ROOTENBERG – Fine & Rare Books
ARABIC PHARMACOLOGY 44. MESUE, the younger (called pseudo). Mesue vita. Doctorum artis peonie cognomina. Canones universales . . . Mesue de consolatione medicinarum: et correctione operationum earundem. Grabadin ejusdem Mesue medicinarum universalium quod antidotarium nuncupatur. Liber ejusdem medicinarum particularium. Additio Petri Apponi . . . in librum Joan. Mesue. Antidotarium. . . Nicolai Cophonis . . . Isagoge. Summula Jacobi de Partibus per alphabetum super plurimis remediis ex antidotaris ipsius Mesue excerptis. . . .Que omia nuperrime castigata fuerunt. [Lugduni, impressa per Antonium du Ry impensis Jacobi de Giunta & sociorum], 1531. Two parts in one. 8vo. Contemporary limp vellum with overlapping edges. The extremely rare second edition (2 copies located). This work deals with an influential medieval Latin text about purgatives, traditionally attributed to Johannes Mesue of Damascus (also called Johanes Mesue, the Younger, or pseudo-Mesue). The author has never been traced and researchers have come to the conclusion that the main writer may have been the Arabic author Yuhana ibn Masawaih (AD 777-859?). “The Canones consist of two parts, the first dealing with the rules of treatment in general and the second with the properties of various drugs. Touch, taste and smell are of particular importance in order to determine the characteristics of a drug, but color, age, durability and location of an herb gives additional information.” “In addition, there are fundamental theoretical concepts contained in this work, theories about natural philosophy, physiology, pathology and pharmacology.” Among the numerous sections are treatments of fever, headache, vertigo, eyesight, loss of stomach function, thirst and many more. A comparison with the Arabic sources would show the ways in which the transition of medical knowledge from Arabic to the Latin-speaking world with all its translations, interpretations and commentaries changed the understanding of the subjects concerned.” $ 9500.00
SMALL ARCHIVE OF S. WEIR MITCHELL MATERIAL 45. MITCHELL, S[ilas] Weir. 1. Four notes in a secretarial hand, signed “Weir Mitchell.” 1879-1881. Philadelphia. To W.J. Barney, Esq., Mitchell’s attorney; 2. ALS, 2 pages. Paris. 20th Oct [1897]. To Mrs. Nealy. 3. An analysis of 3000 cases of melancholia. Philadelphia: [np], 1897. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Offprint of Mitchell’s case-study on melancholy. 4. Group of three letters. 5. Some recently discovered letters of William Harvey with other miscellanea. With a bibliography of Harvey’s works by Charles Perry Fisher. Philadelphia: College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1912. 8vo. With frontispiece and 1 plate. Original stiff wrappers. First edition. The letters referred to are those that were published by the Historical MSS Commission. The Archive $ 450.00
46. MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista. Epistolae anatomicae duae, novas observatione, & animadversationes complectens, quibus anatome augetur, anatomicorum inventorium historia evolvitur, utaque ab erroribus 12indicator. Leiden: J. à Kerkhem, 1728. 4to. Contemporary vellum; an excellent uncut copy. First edition containing two anatomical essays detailing the anatomy and physiological functions of the liver. The author includes his newest contributions to the mechanical interpretation of the structure of the organism as well as some of the historical aspects on the subject. $ 1200.00
WITH THE RARE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT 47. MORGAGNI, Giovanni Battista. Opuscula miscellanea gqorum non pauca nunc primum prodeunt. . .Venice: Ex typographia Remondiniana, 1763. Three parts in one. Folio. An exceptionally good copy with wide margins in beautiful contemporary paper-covered boards. First edition. This is Morgagni’s most complete communications to the Academy, and is considered a standard work of anatomy. The volume includes observations on the larynx, the lachrymal apparatus, the pelvic organs in the female; tracts on gall-stones, varices of the vena cava, calculi, etc. In addition, there are writings on classical and literary subjects, e.g. letters to Lancisi on the manner of Cleopatra’s death, letters commenting on the works of Celsus, etc. Morgagni also adds a series of observations to rectify the mistakes of previous anatomists, and to determine the characters of the healthy structure of many parts of the human body. $ 750.00
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STATUTES OF THE LONDON HOSPITALS 48. [PEPYS, Samuel]. The order of the hospitalls of K. Henry the viiith and K. Edward the vith, viz. St. Bartholomew’s, Christ’s, Bridewell, St. Thomas’s. By the maior, Cominalitie, and Citizens of London, Governours of the Posessions, Revenues and Goods of the layd Hospitalls, 1557. [London]: n.p., n.d. 8vo. Contemporary calf. First edition. An unusual hand-book outlining the rules and regulations by which the citizens of London wished their charities to be governed. It gave instructions of various topics, including the election of governors and their duties, the responsibilities of the staff of the hospitals, as well as guidelines for conduct in special situations such as dealing with children and un-wed mothers. $ 2200.00
ATHE GODFATHER OF MODERN NEUROSCIENCE@ 49. RAMON y CAJAL, Santiago. Revista trimestral micrográfica. Madrid, 1896-1900. Five volumes in three. 8vo. With 4 plates and 276 text illustrations, many in colour. An excellent set. First edition. This most valuable journal was created by Ramon y Cajal in order to publish his own scientific research and to serve to encourage his pupils. $ 18,500.00
TRULY A CLASSIC! 50. [REDDALL, Henry F.]. Wit and humor of the physician. A collection from various sources classified under apprpriate subject headings. Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co., 1906. 12mo. Publisher=s decorated cloth. First edition. A book that every doctor and medical student should read! Includes some wonderful stories and anecdotes. Chapters include Ahumors of the profession,@ Athe ignorant patient,@ Apeculiar cases,@ and Ahospital anecdotes,@ among others. $ 150.00
51. SACHS, Julius [von]. Geschichte der Botanik vom 16. Jahrhundert bis 1860. Munich: Oldenbourg, 1875. 8vo. An excellent copy in contemporary blue cloth, the original printed wrappers bound in. First edition. Sachs’ ideas about developmental morphology and the physiological comprehension of plant structures and processes influenced a whole generation of scholars, notably his best pupil Hugo de Vries. $ 650.00
MAGNIFICENT ANATOMY FOR ARTISTS 52. SALVAGE, Jean-Galbert. Anatomie du gladiateur combattant, applicable aux beaux arts, ou traité des os, des muscles, du mécanisme des mouvemens, des proportions et des caractéres humain. Paris: Chez l’Auteur, de l’Imprimerie de Mame, 1812. Royal Folio. Frontispiece and 21 large copperplates, 16 printed in red and black. Contemporary quarter-calf and marbled boards. First edition of this rare and beautiful anatomy in which Salvage uses several well-known classical sculptures for his subjects, all drawn by the author himself. The plates are color coded with the muscles in red ink and the bones in black ink. The text includes a detailed treatise on osteology and myology, mechanics of muscular motion, proportions of the adult male, female and child’s body, including differences due to age, etc. $ 6000.00
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WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES 53. SAPPINGTON, John. The theory and treatment of fevers. Revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith. Arrow Rock, [Missouri]: Published by the author, 1844. 12mo. Wrappers. First edition. This work is not scarce, but it has a most interesting provenance and history, recorded in manuscript on the front flyleaf. The book apparently belonged to a Dr. Moodey of Greensburg, Indiana, who writes of Sappington’s pioneer use of quinine pills as a treatment for fevers. Dr. Kemper received the book in 1867, and gives an account of the copy in the catalogue of the St. Louis Medical History Club, noting that the work was the first medical book printed in Missouri. Sappington describes numerous diseases, their causes, symptoms and treatment. A significant work in American medicine. $ 550.00
AN ENCYCLOPEDIC MASTERPIECE OF ANATOMY AND SYMBOLISM 54. SCARLATTINI, Ottavio. Homo et ejus partes figuratus & symbolicus, anatomicus, rationalis, moralis, mysticus, politicus, & legalis, collectus et explicatus cum figuris. . . . Augsburg and Dilingae: Augustae Vindelicorum & Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1695. Two volumes in one. Folio. With frontispiece and 42 exquisite emblematic copper engravings. Wonderful contemporary rolled pigskin over thick boards, clasps present. First Latin edition from the original Italian of 1683-1684. Scarlattini’s masterpiece is a tour-de-force compendium fusing emblematic and occult knowledge with a treatise on human anatomy and physiology. He interprets human anatomy through a dizzying array of sources, including information on symbolism, history, rites, proverbs, and much more. $ 6000.00
55. SCHLEIDEN, Mathias Jacob. Principles of scientific botany; or, botany as an inductive science. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. 8vo. With 6 lithographed plates. Contemporary cloth. First edition in English from the second German edition, with a new summary and appendix, translated by Edwin Lankester. Schleiden, best known for the establishment of the cell theory, announced that the various parts of plants consist of cells, the first to recognize their importance as the fundamental unit of living organisms. In addition he recognized the importance of the nucleus (cytoblast) in cell division and noted the active movement of intracellular material in plant tissue. $ 300.00
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN MEDICINE 56. SCHMIDT, Daniel. Das gemeinnützige Haus-Arzeneybuch zur Erkennung und Heilung der meisten im menschlichen leben vorkommenden Krankheiten; enthaltend eine Sammlung von Mitteln fùr fast alle Krankheitszufälle; denen der menschliche Körper unterworfen ist; nebst einer Beschreibung von dem Gebrauch der vornehmsten Kräuter; auch viele kunstreiche Stücke. . . . Lancaster, Pa: H.W. Villee, 1829. 12mo. Original wrappers. Manuscript recipes in English on back blank wrapper. Second edition (first was 1826) of an interesting work on gathering herbs for therapeutic use. This is an early American Pennsylvania German materia medica with formulae, receipts, prescriptions of plants and vegetables. $ 250.00 B & L ROOTENBERG – Fine & Rare Books
FAMILY RESEARCH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 57. SOMMER, Robert. Diagnostik der geisteskrankheiten für praktische Ärzte und studirende. Wien und Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1894. 8vo. With 24 illustrations. Cloth-backed marbled boards, an excellent copy from the collection of Georg Theodor Ziehen, German neurologist and psychiatrist. First edition of one of Sommer=s earliest works in which he calls for more methodic research in psychiatric institutions. He was very influential in introducing new methods in psychopathological experiments, and later proposed a very ambitious agenda for psychological family research. $ 350.00
58. STRONG, Nathan. An inaugural dissertation on the disease termed Petechial, or Spotted Fever. Hartford: Printing by Peter B. Gleason, 1810. 8vo. Unbound as issued, stitched. First edition of the first treatise published exclusively on what is now known as cerebrospinal meningitis. The work provides a brief time-line of the progress of the disease, outlines the effects of the disease on the functions of the body, and then proposes a number of causes of the illness. It also discusses several treatments of symptoms, suggesting remedies including camphor, opium, and muriate of mercury (a combination of mercury and muriatic acid). He also includes several cases studies. $ 3500.00
59. SWALVE, Bernardus. Disquisitio therapeutica generalis, sive medendi methodus ad recentiorum dogmata adornata, & walaenae methodo conformata. Jenae: Johann Gellnern, 1677. 12mo. With frontispiece. Full calf. Second edition of this rare treatise on general medicine and healing, complete with an index for quick reference. The author tackles a range of ailments from hemorrhoids to the humors, describing their symptoms and various treatments and cures. He also mentions laudenum, an opiate derivative that became extremely popular for pain management and other conditions through to the twentieth century, but little known or used before the 1660s. $ 600.00
A REMARKABLE COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE 60. SYLVIUS, Jacob. Novissima idea de febribus . . . accessit dissertatio de insensibili transpiratione mechanicè probata. Dublin: Jos. Ray, 1686. 12mo. Woodcut initials; entirely uncut and unpressed in contemporary paste-boards. First edition of this rare book discussing the treatment of fevers. Of special interest here are descriptions of microscopic live animaliculae in the human semen. $ 1500.00
ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL TREATMENT OF HORSES 61. [VETERINARY MEDICINE]. Viehartznei. Erziehung, Gbrauch, Lernung, Artznei in zûfelligen vnd natürlichen Kranckheyten, aller zahmen, dem menschen gebräuchlichen, vnd geheymen Thier vnd viehs. Frankfurt: Christian Egenolff [1535]. 4to. Woodcuts by Hans Weiditz depict a charming stockyard scene on the title page, and a trio of men with a horse on the first leaf (two of the three men have their eyes gouged out, presumably by a previous owner), plus 16 additional smaller text woodcuts of animals. Later vellum. First illustrated edition from the 1530 printing of this rare treatise on veterinary medicine. $ 12,500.00
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62. WHEELER, Maud. Moles or birth-marks and their signification to man and woman. London: The Roxburghe Press, 1894. 8vo. pp. Frontispiece diagram (explanation of the facial moles on pages 137 to 145). Title in green as are all of the publisher’s ads, which include index of subjects, list of authors, artists, scientific, travel, etc., Dickensiana, verse and song, medicine, nursing and allied subjects, occult, folk lore and works by Mr Charles Rideal issued through other publishers. Contemporary cloth. First edition of this detailed history of moles and their medical significance. According to the author, while medical science has explained the phenomena of birth-marks, it had not as yet offered any natural explanation of the origin of moles, which are ascribed both by ancient and modern astrologers to the influence of the planets at birth. The author goes on to explain the different effects on the body and mind, both favorable and unfavorable, insofar as each planet and location of the mole. You will not believe what might happen to a patient having moles on some of the areas discussed – - there is not an inch of the body without a mole. $ 450.00
63. YEO, J. Burney. Health resorts and their uses. Being vacation studies in various health resorts. London: Chapman & Hall, 1882. 8vo. Original publisher’s illustrated cloth. First edition. After a chapter discussing the advantages and disadvantages of health resorts on the sea or in the mountains, the author proceeds to describe and critique various specific resorts. He discusses what the areas have to offer, how they might affect specific medical conditions, and their various general pleasantries. Resorts include The Engadine (St. Moritz), other French resorts, principal areas around the Rhine, various winter resorts, and a study of the available spas in the western Riviera. $ 250.00
PRESENTATION COPY 64. YERKES, Robert M[earns]. Mental life of monkeys and apes a study of ideational behavior. Cambridge: Henry Holt, 1916. 4to. With 6 plates and 5 text figures. Contemporary cloth. (together with) “Provision for the study of monkeys and apes.” Original author’s offprint from Science, Vol. XLIII, No. 1103, February 1916. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. First editions. These titles are of major importance to the study and behavior of all aspects of the lives of these animals. The author describes his observations, experiments and research with detailed historical and critical discussions. $ 650.00