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Medicine
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1725 The Farrier's DispensatoryLondon: 1725An attractive example of the second edition of William Gibson's guide to veterinary care for horses. A scarce work in all editions. -
1835 Taxidermy: Or, the Art of Collecting, Preparing, and Mounting Objects of Natural HistoryLondon: 1835Illustrated with engraved plates, this is the fifth edition of Sarah Bowdich Lee's scarce informative and detailed guide to taxidermy. -
1965 Journal of the International Congress of Acupuncture and MoxibustionTokyo: 1965A very scarce medical journal published by the Japan Acupuncture and Moxibuston Society. -
1754 A New Treatise on the Diseases of HorsesLondon: 1754Impressively illustrated throughout with over thirty engraved plates, this is the two volume second edition of William Gibson's informative guide to the ailments faced by horses. -
1930 Conway LettersNew Haven: 1930A very smart copy of Nicolson's documentation and analysis of Anne Viscountess Conway, including speculative letters. -
1960 Book of Bodily ExerciseConnecticut : 1960The fascinating translation of the earliest printed book on exercise by a physician, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1873 Shut Your Mouth and Save Your LifeLondon : 1873A neat fifth edition of this handbook to health, with influence from the Native American lifestyle and illustrations throughout. -
1821 Traité de la Maladie ScrophuleuseParis: 1821The first French edition of this Treatise on Scrofular Disease, translated from the German third edition by C. G. Hufeland, in half red cloth with paper-covered marbled boards and illustrations. -
1846 The Sanative Influence of ClimateLondon: 1846The fourth edition of this detailed description of how climate can aid the treatment of chronic illness, with numerous meteorological tables and publisher's advertisements. -
1821 Domestic Medicine; or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases By Regimen and Simple MedicinesLondon: [1821]William Buchan's important medical work, being a family herbal and household guide to preventing and curing illnesses by the renowned Scottish physician. -
1902 Quain's Dictionary of MedicineLondon: 1902A scarce edition of Richard Quain's major medical dictionary, edited by H. Montague Murray, with colour plates. -
1782 Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, A Compleat English DispensatoryLondon: 1782The fifteenth edition of John Quincy's popular medical work including a materia medica, and offering descriptions of many prescriptions, bound in full calf. -
1828 The Medical Guide, For the Use of the Clergy, Heads of Families, and Seminaries, and Junior Practitioners in MedicineLondon: 1828A practical treatise and medical guide to the home and practitioners in medicine, from English physician Richard Reece. -
1823 The New Domestic Medicine: or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases By Regimen and Simple Medicines...To Which is Now Added, Memoirs of the Life of Dr. Buchan and Important Extracts from Other Works Particularly his Advice to MothersLondon: 1823An enlarged edition of William Buchan's important medical work, with extracts from his renowned 'Advice to Mothers', being a rare combined edition with Nisbet's memoir on the life of the noted physician, bound in contemporary calf. -
1821 The Medico-Chirurgical Review, and Journal of Medical Science (Quarterly)London: 1821A very scarce illustrated volume of the quarterly medical periodical 'The Medico-Chirurgical Review', offering analysis of early 19th century developments in medicine. -
1700 Theophili Boneti Medicine Doctoris Sepulchretum Sive Anatomia Practica Ex Cadaveribus Morbo Denatis Proponens Histories et Obervationes Omnium Humani Corporis AffectuumLugduni [Lugdunum]: 1700The third volume of the very scarce second edition of Theophile Bonet's important and influential medical study on pathological anatomy, providing thousands of autopsies, written in the original Latin and bound in re-backed contemporary calf. -
1907 The Sanitary Evolution of LondonLondon: 1907The first edition of Henry Jephson's historical account of the public health of the inhabitants of London, previously owned by Henry Burdett. -
1721 The Dispensatory of the Royal College of PhysiciansLondon: 1721The very scarce first edition of John Quincy's revision of 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis', an important medical reference work. -
1746 A Collection Of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and SurgeryLondon: 1746A smartly bound copy of Mary Kettilby's noted cookery book for women, bound in full modern calf. -
1869-1915 Navy (Health). Statistical Report on the Health of the NavyLondon: 1869-1915Six fascinating and very scarce volumes of Royal Navy medical reports and statistical health data, offering insight into the health of the navy between 1869 and 1915. -
1911-1922 Street Accidents Caused by VehiclesLondon: 1911-1922A fascinating and very scarce collection of eleven annual parliamentary returns detailing records of street accidents caused by vehicles between 1911 and 1922. -
c1923 Herbs: A Comprehensive List of Herbal Remedies and Some Brief Notes on their Adaptability to the Treatment of Common IllnessesSt. Albans: c1923A scarce new edition of Heath & Heather's herb guide and catalog from the 1920s, outlining contemporary plant-based remedies. -
1850 Jahr's Pocket Dictionary and Concordance of Homoeopathic PracticeLondon: 1850A lovely copy of Hempel's translation of Gottlieb Jahr's homeopathic repertory, with a helpful index from Joseph Laurie, bound in modern half morocco. -
1871 Second Report of the Royal Sanitary CommissionLondon: 1871The first edition of three very scarce volumes of the second report examining the state of public health across England and Wales in the 1860s and 1870s. -
1870-1871 First and Second Report of the Royal Sanitary CommissionLondon: 1870-871The first editions of two very scarce reports examining the state of public health across England and Wales in the 1860s and 1870s. -
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1869 A Copy of the Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for the Year 1867London: 1869The scarce first edition of this report on the health of the navy for the year 1867, signed by Sir Alexander Armstrong, Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy. -
1844-47 The Magazine of Science and School of ArtsLondon: 1844-47Four volumes bound in two of this scarce periodical on the sciences and arts, illustrated throughout. -
1922 Group Psychology and the Analysis of the EgoLondon; Vienna: 1922A foundational 1922 first English edition of Freud’s exploration of mass psychology and the ego, translated by James Strachey. -
1827 Philosophy in Sport Made Science in EarnestLondon: 1827A complete three volume set of this illustrated philosophical study of sport bound into one volume, the first edition. -
1924 The Great Plague in London in 1665London: 1924A smart first edition of this informative study of the Great Plague in London during 1665, with illustrations. -
1909 Die Selbstmorder mit Besonderer Berucksichtigung der Militarischen SelbstmorderLeipzig: 1909A scarce copy of this detailed medical study into suicide and military suicide from Austrian military doctor Anton Busch, in the original German. -
1818 A Letter to Sir William GarrowLondon: 1818The very scarce second edition of James Hamilton's argument against Sir William Garrow's proposed bill to standardise surgical practices throughout the UK. -
1820 Summary of Facts and Inferences, Respecting the Causes, Proper and Adventitious, of PlagueLondon: 1820A very scarce pamphlet on the causes of the plague, by Charles Maclean. -
1818 Modern Maladies and Present State of MedicineLondon: 1818The very scarce first edition of physician and medical writer David Uwins's discussion of the state of medicine in early 19th century England. -
1824 Brief Inquiry into the Causes and Mitigation of Pestilential FeverLondon: 1824A bright second edition of Thomas Forster's very scarce study of managing diseases and pestilential fevers. -
1822 The Return to Nature; or, A Defence of the Vegetable RegimenLondon: 1822The final part of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism, published in parts in 'The Pamphleteer'.