Search Results: Medicine from Leaf and Stone Books

Princeton: Princeton University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0691051372 . + (12) 410 pages +(2) contains plates, appendices, bibliography and index, red covers with black and red spine, gold lettering on spine, removed sticker mark on front cover, minor wear to head, tail and corners, very minor marks on textblock, previous owner's signature on front endpaper, otherwise pages clear and unmarked ; 9.37 X 5.91 X 1.18 inches; 410 pages .

New York: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; Third Printing. Cloth. Xix + 534 pp + ads. Index. 38 plates, 14 text figs. The 3rd printing of this seminal book. Octavo. One of the earliest studies of environmental factors in cancer promotion, although Dr. Brainbridge also looks at other factors, treatment, prognosis, research, etc. The author spent 10 years researching and took many trips around the world to study the dreaded disease. "In attempting to meet this need (for a central source of information about cancer) , the magnitude of the undertaking has been more and more fully realized as the work of collecting and formulating the data has proceeded. It has been neesswary to touch upon practically every phase of the cancer problem, to state theories, to emphasize facts, to review the work and opinions of those who are qualified to speak with authority, and to maintain throught an attitude of suspended judgment pending proof." Green cloth cover with gilt to… Read More

Toronto: Alcoholism Research Foundation. Good with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 57 pages. Brookside Monograph No. 1. With the assistance of B. W. Henheffer and A. Raison, Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Ocvtavo. Black cloth with gilt to spine is clean, spine tips little rubbed and chipped, board corners lightly rubbed. Interior end papers have old price sticker marks, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 57 pages .

Wien (Vienna): Alfred Holder. Fair with no dust jacket. 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover. iv + 548 pp. Mit 1 Abbildung im Text und 2 Tafeln. (5 color figs at rear and 4 b/w figs.) Second edition of one of the classics of medical literature on epilepsy by Otto Binswanger (1852-1929), who studied in Heidelberg, Zürich, Straßburg und Vienna and was graduated in 1877 in Göttingen. He became a professor in 1882 and accepted a job as director of the mental asylum in Jena, where this book was written. Book has a handsome library binding, leather and gilt spine, leather corners, black pebbled boards. The book has an ownership signature of William T. Shanahan, M.D., Director of the Craig Colony for Epileptics in Sonyea, N.Y., as well as a number of stamps of his name, It also 2 library college stamps. The leather is soft and scuffed, front cover has library white ink at bottom edge, top of spine chipped, interior has some underlining in pencil throughout (light). Very… Read More

Wien Und Leipzig: Urban & Schwarzenberg. Good with no dust jacket. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. 400 pp. In German. A classic of cardiology, from a proponent of "hygienic prophylaxis againt heart disease." This is the first half of the Krankheiten only. Chapters include: Die Ziele der Diagnostik bei Herzkrankheiten; Allgemeine Prognose der Herzkrankheiten; Pseudokardiale; Musikalische Herzgeransche; Das Herz in Fieber und in der Reconvalescenz; Krankheiten des Herzbeutels; Acute Endokarditis und Thrombose; Actiologie und Pathogenese der Klappenfehler des Herzens; Vorkommen und Localisation der Klappenfehler; Die Functionsstorungen des Ventilapparates am Ostium venosum sinistrum; Die functionsstorungen am Aortenostium; Die Functionsstorungen der Ventilapparate am rechten Herzen; Dextrokardie, Missbildungen und Entwicklungsfehler; Die Entstehung und diagnostische Bedentung des Galopprhythmus; Die diagnostische Bedentung des diastolishen und systolischen Doppeltones;… Read More

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0773529519 . Xi, 195, [26] pp. 26 unnunmbered pages of plates at rear. Pictorial gray hardcover with pale aqua spine is clean, minor shelf wear. Interior is clean but has an occasional pencil underlining. ; Fontanus Monograph Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 031204786X . KB61...xxiv, 204 pp. Index. 11 illustrations. Octavo. Greige and cream dust jacket with medieval ilustration of a woman going to a doctor. Minor wear to DJ, flaps are intact. Book itself has a tiny bit of rubbing at bottom corners, otherwise clean and tight. Nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages .

Quebec: Les Presses Universitaires Laval. Good. 1953. Softcover. 438 pp. Blue softcover wraps. French text. Book is in good conditon. Covers slightly faded and edges somewhat bumped. Some pages uncut. Photo of author clipped on front fly page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Carlisle, PA: The Association of Military Surgeons. Good with no dust jacket. 1906. First Edition. Cloth. 494 pp. Many illustrations. Includes danger from typhoid urine, a Roentgen ray apparatus; hospital corps in the National Guard; artillery wounds in Manchuria; Russian army kitchen carts; observations in the Philippines; accients to divers; the Grayson-Graeme mosquito net/hammock; Japanese small caliber bullet wounds; Beri-Beri or alcoholic neuritis; plus much more. Black cloth is clean and little worn, spine gilt the same, small spine label, interior has a presentation book plate to the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S., The Commandery of the State of Illinois dated 1907, title page has a small note indicating same, otherwise clean, crisp and unmarked. Heavy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

Louvain: Universite Catholique. Good with no dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. Xxxvi, 442 pp. 83 plates. Tome I only. Hard paper covers with a medieval sepia image, library spine label, interior has normal library marks including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 442 pages .

A Londres. Good with no dust jacket. 1751. Leather. Xxi, [v], 472 pp. 5 folding engraved plates. 12mo. No publisher given. Claims to be printed "a Londres" but probably not. Full diced calf of the time . Corners rubbed, joints cracking, spine tips rubbed, spine labels missing, decorative gilt in the compartments is faded. Interior marbled end papers with old small book plate, some foxing and minor spotting throughout but overall clean and sturdy. An early work on human sexuality with explicit and quite accurate plates showing male and female genitalia and plumbing, along with a fetus in the womb. Vol. I only. Entirely in French. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 472 pages .

London: Macmillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. xx + 253 pp. Index. Illus w/4 plates and many illus. Handsome dark red covers with blind stamping to the covers, dull gilt to the spine with library numbers, spine tips a little rubbed. Interior has institutional library pocket, stamps. Paper is a little browned but otherwise clean and unmarked.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. + (36) 448 pages, contains footnotes and index, DJ tan with green lettering, wear and tears to head and tail, wear to edges and corners, minor smudges on covers, book dark blue with copper lettering on spine, minor wear to head, tail, corners and edges, endpaper signed by author and previous owner Penelope Billings Reed Doob, otherwise pages clear and unmarked, slight smoky scent ; 448 pages .

New York: The Students Association.. Good with no dust jacket. 1941. Hardcover. Unpaginated (sort of -- the middle section is paginated to 121 pages and then it stops, but there are 50 pages after and no apparent reason for stopping). Includes ads, classes, faculty, activities, and fraternities. Quarto. Dark oxblood with gilt covers are generally aged, spine tips are chipped particularly at the bottom edge, interior end papers are oxidized, paper is not highest quality and has browned a bit, but otherwise sturdy and clean. Hard to find. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

London & New York: Routledge. Good with no dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 0415455197 . Xi, 170 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Octavo. Dark blue paper hardcovers with wave images is clean, slight turn in at corners, short tear in paper cover at bottom joint, interior clean and unmarked. Good copy, priced a bit low for condition but book is very usable and presentable. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages .

Amsterdam: J. C. Dessing/Vrije Universiteit. Good. 2005. Softcover. 9090190988 . Scarce, doctoral dissertation. 196 pp. References, summary, and publications at rear. Loose sleeve erratum inside front cover. English text. Blue softcover. Book is in good condition, clean with no marks or wear, save signature of author in blue pen on half-title page ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Cloth. xii + 313 pp. Index. Bibliography Heavily illus with figs, tables, one folding table. A Symposium organized jointly by The Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Includes Studies on the Physiology of Oxygen Transport; Anatomical Studies; Studies of Utero-Placental Blood Flow and Oxygen Consumption; Clinical Studies of Cord Blood Oxygen Levels; Techniques; Asphyxia and Clinical Foetal Distress. Plus discussion on oxygen levels in the new born and maternal oxygen levels, etc. Surprisingly hard to find. Dark blue cloth with gilt to spine is clean and bright, bit of wear to spine tips, some dents to back board, binding is cocked, bottom edge has black remainder mark. Interior has small mark to first fly, paper is lightly toned but otherwise clean and unmarked, binding firm.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 313 pages .

Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8772898178 . KB51...519 pp. Bibliography, index. Frontis illustration from 1618 emblem work. Large octavo. Cream/grey hard paper cover with ancient illustrationi of a doctor. Slightest shelf wear to covers, lower corners very slightly turned in. Interior is clean and tight, a very nice copy. "The great Paracelsian scholar Walter Pagel and the pioneer medical historian Kurt Polycarp Sprengel identified Petrus Severinus' Idea Medicinæ (1571) as an influential vehicle for the elaboration and diffusion of Paracelsian ideas in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, a process that has recently come under renewed scrutiny. Severinus' conception that diseases grow from living, seed-like entities proved to be an especially important idea, which was recognized by prominent scientific and medical authors from Oswald Croll and Daniel Sennert to Pierre Gassendi and Robert… Read More

Atlanta, GA: SBL Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Softcover. 1589839692 . Xix, 764 pp. Source list. Text bibliographies. Bibliography, Index of texts. Thick octavo. Flatback bound in brown soft covers with brown panel. Slight storage bump at front top corner which communicates to the front half of the book corner, otherwise clean and unmarked. This copy has the printing information at the bottom of the last page. "...an introductory guide to Mesopotamian medicine for readers at any level of proficiency in cuneiform. With transliterations and translations of individual tables representing the full range of medical texts both in time (from Ur III to the Seleucid period, ca. 2112-100 BCE) and by type (diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological) , it offers readers a working knowledge of those very difficult but ultimately extremely informative texts. " Heavy for international shipping. ; Writings Frrom the Ancient World; Vol. 36; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read More

Philadelphia: P.Blakiston, Son & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 84 pp. Index. Apparent 1st edition. A look at the active ingredient in tea, theine, and its effect on pain, specificially in neuralgia, sciatica, etc. Red cloth spine with marbled boards is rubbed around the edges, bit chipped at the spine tips. Interior hinges are cracking and first fly is breaking away, otherwise clean.; Small 8vo .