Search Results: Medicine from Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko

Belitha Press Ltd, 1995 4to (29 cm), 110 pp. Laminated boards and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). The book explains how one hundred medical and scientific discoveries were made, and how they have prolonged and improved our lives.

Paris: Librairie Thomas-Scheler, 1990 8vo (21 cm), 32 pp. Laminated wrappers. Catalogue Nouvelle série No. 14. 4 items.

Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2016 8vo (25 cm), XI, 77 pp. Laminated wrappers. Synopsis: This book provides detailed and current information on using fullerenes (bucky-balls) in photodynamic therapy (PDT), one of the most actively studied applications of photonic science in healthcare. This will serve as a useful source for researchers working in photomedicine and nanomedicine, especially those who are investigating PDT for cancer treatment and infectious disease treatment. The book runs the gamut from an introduction to the history and chemistry of fullerenes and some basic photochemistry, to the application of fullerenes as photosensitizers for cancer and antimicrobial inactivation.

Falcon Educational Books, 1951 8vo (22 cm), XXIII, 228 pp, 4 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket, top edge red (dj slightly frayed at extremities). Inscribed by Geoffrey Keynes on the half-title. From the blurb: "The history of European surgery in the 16th century is dominated by one figure of Ambroise Paré, one of the greatest surgeons of all time. His collected Works were published in French in 1575, and to these he added at a later date his famous surgical autobiography, known as "The Apologie and Treatise, containing the Voyage made into Divers Places". It was an 'Apologie' because it was written in answer to attacks upon his surgical innovation. The 'Voyage' are his racy accounts of his many adventures and surgical experiences. The present volume is giving the whole text of the "Apologie and Treatise" together with larger selection of Paré general surgical writings. The selection includes chapters on aneurysm, hernia, gun-shot… Read More

Dover, 1968 8vo (21.5 cm), XXII, 227 pp. Laminated wrappers. Inscribed by Geoffrey Keynes on the front free endpaper. Prepared in 1952 by the noted surgeon, bibliographer and writer Sir Geoffrey Keynes, this book brings together the major writings of Ambroise Paré (1510 - 1590), a leading figure of 16th-century surgery and the man who did most to transform a hitherto despised profession into a dignified one.

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1959 4to (26 cm), mounted front. in color, XVI, 104 pp, 113 illustrations on unnumbered plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (minor shelf-wear). Between 1211 and 1220 Peter of Eboli wrote a poem in Latin on medical baths of Pozuoli, near Naples, which enjoyed great popularity in classical times. The poem achieved tremendous success and was translated into French and Italian. Of the copies made in 13-15th centuries, twenty remain, of which ten are illuminated. The book is attempt to deal with some of the problems arising from these miniatures.

The Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine, 1996 4to (26 cm), XXIV, 180 pp, 8 leaves of plates in colour. Publisher's cloth with pasted on illustration. The Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology and Optics, Washington University School of Medicine is one of North America’s finest rare book and print collections specializing in the sciences of the eye and light. The third edition of the catalogue compiled by Lilla Wechsler, Christopher Hoolihan and Mark F. Weimer follows by the first of 1979 and the second of 1983. "It is devided into sections like the previous editions: Rare Books, Graphics, Post-1900 Imprints, and Indices. The rare book section contains one hundred new entries and almost sixty new cross references in addition to the 426 entries of the second edition. Its temporal scope remains the same, including works published from the end of the fifteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. A subsequent section of the book presents a catalog… Read More

Amsterdam: Janssonius van Waesberghe, 1681 In-16, [8], 503 pp. Contemporary Dutch vellum with yapp edges (binding slightly stained, paper browned at the beginning). This medical bibliography, compiled by the foremost bibliographer of the 17th century, contains works published from 1651 to 1681. It includes about 2000 writers (4000 titles according to Besterman), arranged alphabetically by the last name of the author, separately listing publications in Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, English, German, and Dutch. The bibliography 'is probably as complete and as accurate as was possible at that time. Its main importance is that it is the first work to break down the overwhelmingly large production of medical works into easily digestible portions by a time span.' (Brodman) NLM XVII, 1179.

St Pauls Bibliographies, 1989 8vo (24 cm), front., XVI, 136 pp, 4 ff of plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Third edition revised by Gweneth Whitteridge and Christine English. From the blurb: "The second, revised edition of Sir Geoffrey Keynes's Bibliography was published in 1953. Since then an enormous amount of scholarly endeavour has been devoted to its subject, stimulated in part by the celebrations for the tercentenary of Harvey's death in 1957, and the quatercentenary of his birth, in 1978. There have been a number of reprints and new editions of Harvey's works, and three more published works have been added to the canon of his writings. Much new information was incorporated in Keynes's own Life of William Harvey (1966). All these developments have suggested the need for a new edition. For this third edition an entirely new introduction has been written by Dr Gweneth Whitteridge, taking account of the research of the last 30 years, particularly on Harvey's… Read More

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968 8vo (25 cm), XV, 294 pp, 1 wood engraving, 4 reproductions in collotype, 38 plates. Publisher's cloth & dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities). The second edition, revised and augmented of English polymath Thomas Browne' bibliography. 336 works are described arranged around editions of the Browne's work: Religio Medici, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Hydriotaphia, Miscellany Tracts, A letter to a Friend and others, each with "Bibliographical preface" and a catalogue of all editions including translations in chronological orders. Included also "Sale catalogue of Browne's Library, Biography and Criticism (1633-1800 in chronological order, 1801-1966 in alphabetical order. 2 appendices: Religio Medici: Imitators and Vulgar Errors: Forerunners and Imitators.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1937 4to (26.5 cm), front. portrait, XX, 266 pp., 29 plates, loosely inserted Addenda and Errata dated 1940. Publishers' cloth and dust jacket, top edge gilt (dj frayed at extremities, missing small part of papers). Bibliography of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), a barber surgeon to French kings, one of the fathers of modern surgery. 98 editions are described including separate works, the collected works, and the extracts. Three appendixes: A key to the owners of Paré's books, A chronological table of the books, A catalogue of the authors consulted.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953 8vo (25.5 cm), front. portrait, XIV, 79 pp, 13 plates. Publisher's cloth (spine slightly sunned). The second edition of a bibliography of the works of the English physician William Harvey has been revised and expanded from the original 1928 edition. This edition meticulously describes 54 editions, categorizing them into sections based on Harvey's major works: "De Motu Cordis," "De Circulatione Sanguinis," "De Generatione Animalium," and "Opera Omnia." Additionally, it includes sections for "Miscellanea" and an "Index of Copies Recorded" to provide comprehensive coverage and reference for scholars and enthusiasts alike.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1953 8vo (25.5 cm), front. portrait, XIV, 79 pp., 13 plates. Publisher's cloth (spine slightly sunned). The second edition of the bibliography of works by the English physician presents a substantial revision and expansion of the original 1928 edition. Describing 54 editions in total, the bibliography is organized into sections corresponding to Harvey's main works: "De Motu Cordis," "De Circulatione Sanguinis," "De Generatione Animalium," and "Opera Omnia." Additionally, it includes sections for Miscellanea and an Index of copies recorded, providing comprehensive coverage of Harvey's literary legacy.

St Pauls Bibliographies, 1985 8vo (23 cm), XVI, 160 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. THe second edition of a bibliography of Edward Jenner (1749-1823), an English physician who is remembered for his discovery of vaccination.

London: Harvey and Blythe, Ltd, 1951 8vo (24.5 cm), front., XX, 176 pp. Publisher's cloth. A bio-bibliography of Edward Jenner (1749-1823), an English physician who is remembered for his discovery of vaccination.

Jonathan Cape, 1973 8vo (24 cm), 288 pp, 14 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (stamps of the Royal Institution). "Just how do you give transfusions? Are there vampires? Do cobwebs staunch bleeding? Is blood alive? Does a woman's blood run through the baby inside her? Is there a difference between the bloods of black and white peoples? How much blood is in you? What did a leech do? What about the miraculous annual liquefaction of the preserved blood of St Januarius, the patron saint of Naples? Do pelicans feed their own blood to their young ones? What was in the old apothecary's drawer labeled `Dragon's Blood'? What blood tests are used when paternity is disputed? Can you really die of a broken heart? And dreams of blood, are they significant? An examination of these and similar questions can reasonably be made into an unpretentious book, which will then become an easy bridge between haematology (the scientific study of blood) and what one may call haematosophy (or… Read More

St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1987 8vo (24 cm), LI, 245 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This is a revised and expanded edition of a work published in 1963 which for many years has been regarded as a standard reference on the subject. It covers the full range of books on human anatomy by British authors published in Britain, America and on the Continent in all languages and editions during the period 1525-1800. It also includes the works of European authors translated into English or printed in Britain in their original language.

London : The Welcome Historical Medical Library, 1962 5 volumes, 4to (30 cm), XV, 408 pp; XI, 540 pp; XVI, 565 pp; XIII, 603 pp; X, 532 pp. Volume I bound in contemporary chagrin, interleaved with blank paper, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. Volumes II-V in publisher's cloth (cloth slightly dusted, minor shelf wear). Volume I: Books Printed Before 1641 was published in 1962. Volumes II-V: Books Printed from 1641 to 1850 were published between 1966 and 2006. This complete series comprises catalogues of early printed books in the Wellcome Library, which have become authoritative works of reference.

Lugano: L'Art Ancien S.A., 1925 8vo (25 cm), XXIV, 61 pp, 3 plates, illustr. in the text. Printed wrappers with deckled edges (foxing to pages before and after illustrations). Lengthy introduction entitled "Herbal facts and thoughts" by Dr. Arnold C. Klebs, Nyon. followed by detailed descriptions of 74 herbals. Still bibliographically important catalogue.

London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1966 4to (30 cm), XI, 540 pp. Publisher's clot, gilt-lettered spine (binding slightly rubbed).