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[SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH]. First report of the committee of the society for psychical research, appointed to investigate the evidence for marvellous phenomena offered by certain members of the theosophical society. [London]. [National Press Agency], [1885?]. First edition. 8vo. 130pp. Later navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed, lower board stained, spine sunned. Title page dust-soiled. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 33004

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[DICKSON, Samuel]. The "destructive art of healing;" or, facts for families. London. Geo. Routledge & Co., [1853]. Second edition. 8vo. 72pp. Modern green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 32935

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ROUX, Philibert Joseph. A narrative of a Journey to London, in 1814; or, a parallel to the english and french surgery; preceded by some observations on the london hospitals. London. Printed for E. Cox and Son, 1816. First edition in English. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 296pp. Without half-title. Contemporary half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Later label of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to FEP, closed tear and small hole to leaf E4, short tear text of leaf K4, ink-stamps of the RCSI to verso of title page and head of p.85, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30599

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KITTO, John. The lost senses. Series I. - deafness. London. Charles Knight, 1845. First edition. 12mo. [2], 206pp. With a half-title. Original publisher's blind-stamped tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily sunned, lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19731

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KITTO, John. The lost senses. Series II. - blindness. London. Charles Knight, 1845. First edition. 12mo. [2], iv, [1], 6-254pp. With a half-title. Partially unopened in original publisher's blind-stamped tan cloth, lettered in gilt. Heavily sunned, lightly rubbed and spotted. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 19732

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LIND, James. Dissertatio medica, inauguralis, de Febre remittenta putrida paludum quae grassabatur in Bengalia A. D. 1762... Edinburgi [i.e. Edinburgh]. Apud Balfour, auld, et smellie, 1768. First edition. 8vo. [6], 44pp. With an engraved folding map. Modern grey paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Head of title page shaved with some loss to text, offsetting, scattered spotting. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 31477

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KENNEDY, James. The history of the contagious cholera; with facts explanatory of its origin and laws, and of a rational method of cure. London. James Cochrane and Co, 1831. First edition. 8vo. [4], xv, [1], 291pp, [1]. With two engraved folding maps. Modern calf- backed marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind. Offsetting to title page. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 31796

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PETRAFICTA, Sebastianus. De Sensuum externorum: usu, affectionibusq[ue]; deq[ue] memoriæ cum rationis laesione vitio, medalaq[ue]...tractatus. Venetijs [i.e. Venice]. Apud Gratiosum Perchacinu[m], 1594. First edition. Quarto. 39 leaves. Without terminal blank leaf. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, ruled and lettered in gilt. Rubbed, joints starting. Marbled endpapers, inked ownership inscription of Sybil Cooper to front blank fly-leaf, dampstaining to latter half of text-block. More > £ 950.00 Antiquates Ref. 23209

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FEUERBACH, Anselm von. Caspar hauser. An account of an individual kept in a dungeon, separated from all communication with the world, from early childhood to about the age of seventeen. Drawn up from legal documents. London. Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. First British edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 191pp, [1]. With a final page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary cloth, with new endpapers. Rubbed, remnants of paper label to spine, some loss to head and foot. Inked ownership inscription to head of title page, a trifle spotted. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 19747

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WIENHOLT, Arnold, Dr.. Seven lectures on somnambulism. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1845. First edition in English. 8vo. xxxv, [1], 219pp, [1]. With a half-title. Original publisher's dark green buckram, printed paper lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed, lettering-piece dust-soiled. Half-title browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19733

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BELDEN, L[emuel] W[hittlesey]. An account of jane c. rider, the Springfield Somnambulist: the substance of which was delivered as a lecture before the springfield lyceum, jan. 22, 1834. Springfield [Massachusetts]. Published by G. and C. Merriam, 1834. First edition. 12mo. viii, [1], 10-134, [2], 4pp. With a final errata leaf and two leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's salmon cloth boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities marked, sunned, and lightly rubbed, paper shelf-labels to spine. Booklabel of the Town Library, Longmeadow, Massachusetts to FEP, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 19727

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BALME, [Claude]. Observations et réflexions sur le scorbut, D'aprés celui qui a régné parmi les troupes français formant la garrison d'Alexandrie (en Egypte), pendant le Blocus et le Siége de cette ville, en l'an IX (1801), par les Armées combinées des Turcs et des Anglais. [Lyon]. [Impr. de Rusan], [1803]. First edition. [4], 31pp, [1]. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Parisian physician M. Hamon to title page.

[Bound with:] [An unidentified French language article, likely an offprint from a contemporary medical periodical]. [Lyon. [s.n.], [1807]. 11pp, [1].

[And:] BALME, [Claude]. Procès-verbal De la Séance publique de la Société de Médecine de Lyon, tenue le 14 juin 1810, et compte rendu De ses travaux pendant les ... More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 17014

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[CHELSEA HOSPITAL]. A narrative of some proceedings In the Management of chelsea hospital, As far as relates to the Appointment and Dismission of samuel lee, surgeon. London. Printed for W. Owen, 1753. First edition. 8vo. 95pp, [1]. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine, all edges red. Manuscript shelfmark to head of title page, very occasional light spotting. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 30600

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[ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS]. Report on examination of medical practitioners. Drawn up by a committee of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh. Received and ordered to be printed 7th may 1833. Edinburgh. Printed by Neill & Company, 1833. First edition. Quarto. viii, 132pp. With manuscript leaf by F. H. Davidson, President of the Royal College of Physicians, tipped in facing title, later ink-stamp of the Ministry of Health to verso. Uncut in modern cloth-backed paper boards, printed paper label to upper board. Scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30597

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VELPEAU, Alf. A. L. M. Embryologie ou ovologie humaine, contenant l'histoire descriptive et iconographique de l'oeuf humain. Bruuxelles. H. Dumont, 1834. Second edition. Folio. [4], xx, 65pp, [1]. With a half-title and 15 lithographed plates. Contemporary half-calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked and recornered. Lightly rubbed. Plates foxed. More > £ 375.00 Antiquates Ref. 24395

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RITTER VON RITTERSHAIN, Gottfried. Die pathologie und therapie der rachitis. Berlin. Verlag von August Hirschwald, 1863. First edition. 8vo. x, 316pp, [2]. With four plates. Original publisher's dark green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Extremities rubbed, marked, bumped, and dulled. Inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting. From the library of British physiologist John Yudkin (1910-1995), with his bookplate to FEP. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31009

LEVACHER DE LA FEUTRIE, Thomas. Du rakitis, ou abrege de son histoire; suivi de propositions aphoristiques sur cette maladie. Paris. [s.n.], [1803]. First edition. 8vo. 43pp, [1]. With a half-title. Modern brown cloth, red calf lettering-piece. Bookplate of John Yudkin to FEP, scattered spotting More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 31013

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[HUNTER, John]. List of books, manuscripts, portraits, &c., relating to john hunter in the royal college of surgeons of england. [London]. [Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1891. First edition. 8vo. 8pp. Sewn, as issued. Very short marginal tear to terminal leaf. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 30755

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[ROSS, Sir Ronald]. [Drop-head title:] Copies of letters from Sir Patrick Manson (1899 and 1900) and General Gorgas (1914) to Sir Ronald Ross regarding his discovery of the Connection Between Malaria and certain Mosquitoes in 1897 to 1899. [London]. [Harrison and Son], [1929?] First edition. Quarto. Single bifolium. 3pp, [1]. Lightly marked and sunned. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28726

[ROSS, Sir Ronald]. Two ross-manson letters. [London]. [Harrison and Son], [1929]. First edition. 8vo. 12pp. Sewn, as issued. A clean and crisp copy. Presentation copy, ink inscription to head of title: 'With Sir Ronald's Compliments'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28727