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Measures approximately 7 3/4" x 4 1/2" handwritten on wove paper. Dr. Elijah L. Griffiths, surgeon, 79the Regiment, excuses John Parry for a bad fracture below his knee, incapacitating him and rendering him unable to perform military duty. Dated June 15, 1843. Dr. Griffiths was noted as an intimate friend of Thomas Jefferson (see, The History of Salem County). His marriage on December 31, 1829 is recorded in the Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. III, p. 153.

New Bedford, MA, 1842. 2 page autographed Bifolium to James R. Williams, April 20, 1842. New Bedford, MA: 1842. Dr. Lyman Bartlett was one of the leading physicians of New Bedford. He studied in Paris and took a liberal position when some physicians disparaged homeopathy. His view while conventional felt that it's major points ought to be considered by medical science. This letter is written to his friend James R. Williams in Constantine, Michigan on behalf of his brother Edwin (1812-1903) who wanted a loan to establish a sheep business in Wisconsin. Dr. Bartlett lists nine serious questions as to the feasibility of his brother's proposed idea. He is concerned for the good of his brother and clearly is willing to help him financially. In an interesting aside, he speaks of the concerns of the whale men in Massachusetts who fear the rise of land oil will end their profession. He notes the rising sickness (contemporary accounts speak of lung disease thought to be tuberculosis. Finally, he notes the… Read More

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 532 pp. Sporadic browning and foxing in text. M.H. Houston's article on treating gunshot wounds to the chest. Graphic pictures on p. 99 of huge tumors, also dislocation with twisted rope on p 355.

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1852. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Slight dent in front board at upper corner, light browning through text. Blake on California illness; Porter on US-Mexican War.

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1853. First Edition. Cloth. Poor. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 562 pp. George M. Grant's article on the sanitary conditions in Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1850's (open piles of excrement, left as food for dogs and hogs; He has also contributed an article on a new obstetric forcebs with a (folding plate) Lower right front board gnawed with damage to corners of opening pages, not affecting text. Otherwise volume is clean and good.

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1860. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 582 pp. Corners lightly turned, light rubbing on boards, text clean.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. Cloth. Fair. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Limited. 535 pp. Moderate foxing in text.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1844. First Edition. Cloth. Poor. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). One colored plate, pages wavy and water damaged, edges stained. Spotting on lower cover, boards bowed. Scarce in any condition. Article on colored insane of the free states (with chart comparing insane African-Americans in the North and South.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 548 pp. Moderate foxing throughout. small tear at corner of p. 261-261 on American intelligence with about 20 words missing. Plates, woodcuts of Uterus.

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Cloth. Good. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). Limited. 551 pp. Dr. Valentine Mott's article on Extirpation of the Parotid Gland with two hand colored plates. Dealing with a penetrating wound of the abdomen by Zina Pitcher of the US Army.

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1858. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 586 pp. Very clean text. Some rubbing on boards.

Philadelphia: Blanchard & Lea, 1851. A good copy with some rubbing. J. Mason Warren's "Occlusion of the Vagina" with wood cut. William Maxwell Wood, Navy Surgeon's account of two suits of malpractice in Erie County, PA; Henry H. Smith on Molluscum and Medullary cancer.

Amsterdam; (2006): John Benjamins Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. 277pp. Text. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. This book was written about an internet advice column. The author investigates the language used on their site, about the people involved in the production of the column named "Lucy Answers". A near fine copy bound in blue paper covered boards lettered in black, white and light blue.

Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 1992. First Printing. Illustrated Boards. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 321pp. Classic treatise on alcohol. Collected papers, each with figures and references. Index. Bound in white, black and grey boards. Near Fine.

St. Louis, MO: The C. V. Mosby Co, 1998. Cloth. Octavo (7¾" - 9¾" tall). 324pp. Scholarly treatise on cruciate knee repair, with 276 illustrations. Index. Bound in black cloth boards, with copper and silver titles. Near Fine.

Seattle: (1999): Hogrefe & Huber. First Edition. Octavo. 270 pp. Double-columned, 42 papers presented at the 16th World Congress of Asthma, Buenos Aires, October 17-10, 1999. This work presents the prediction and prevention of childhood asthma, early markers of asthma, antenatal sensitization, the risk factors, asthma mortality, pro and cons of guide lines for management and more. Bound in red and white glossy cloth lettered in black and white. two lightly bumped corners.

Madison and Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. , 280pp. Annotated bibliography of 4442 titles. A valuable source for all these associated fields. The interior is clean and tight, without marks. The cloth boards and dust jacket have edge wear. In protective mylar wrap.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1862. Octavo. Sixth edition. 614 pages, illustrations. This book was quickly printed from the London 1855 edition for use of surgeons in the Civil War. It began with a general treatment on gunshot wounds which very few physicians had dealt with prior to the war. Later in the year in a very small print run Thomas Longmore's Treatise on Gunshot Wounds would appear but this work was the primary one in makeshift field hospitals while Longmore which once printed was often destroyed as blood, filth, etc. were encrusted as physicans worked sometimes day and into the night hours. While this work began with what had been observed in the Crimean War, Longmore would distinguish wounds from the variations between the Enfield and Whitworth rifles. As in the case of most medical volumes published in the Civil War, they truly became working volumes, this volume has relative light wear. Bound in green embossed cloth, spine lettering gilt (fading), corners worn through, some chipping to… Read More

Milano: Fratelli Treves, 1883. Small Quarto. Second edition. xx, 711p. one chromolithographic plate of the circulatory system of arteries and veins; 165 figures including 25 large engravings; 114 smaller figures; and 26 portraits of Dr. Lordat; Benjamin Franklin and many other historical personages. This work translated declares: "Know Yourself; Notions of physiology to youth and educated people," bound in three-quarter vellum over french marbled paper covered boards , spine gilt decorated with gilt lettering on red morocco label, green ribbon marker some rubbing and finger soiling. A very good copy.

Boston: Munroe and Francis, 1822. First American Edition. Small Octavo. 380 pages, which has an engraving on p. 360 and an Appendix added by the American publisher. Dr. Kitchiner was considered "the most famous medical cook". DNB notes: It was an acknowledged source of inspiration for Mrs Beeton, and was mined by the writers of other household guides. The North American Review noted it had just arrived in January 1823 when the Mannings desired in the same month to secure a copy. Bound in contemporary calf, red morocco spine label gilt, light scattered foxing, a very handsome copy without names or bookplates.