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[ROSS, Sir Ronald]. Medical life: Sir Ronald Ross Number. New York. Medical Life Press, May 1930 Quarto. [3], 228-267pp, [37]. With 12 terminal leaves of advertisements. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, ink inscription to upper wrapper: 'J. T. Cambridge Esq. / with Sir Ronald's compliments 20.8.30'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28729

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WESLEY, [John]. Medecine primitive, ou recueil de remedes choisis & eprouves par des experiences constantes, A l'uage des Gens de la Campagne, des Riches & des Pauvres. Lyon. Chez Jean Marie Bruyset, 1772. 12mo. xl, 300pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled sheep, calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Heavily rubbed, some loss to head of spine. Early manuscript shelf-mark and recent book-label of Le Docteur Georges Martin to FEP, worm-track to lower corner of text-block, marginal loss to leaf Y1, scattered spotting. More > £ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 32979

HARDYMAN, G[eorge]. [Manuscript lecture notes]. [s.i.]. [s.n.], Quarto. Manuscript on paper. [136]pp. Occasional tipped in leaves of letterpress text extracted from contemporary medical publications. Contemporary black half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, grey cloth boards, contrasting red morocco letteringpiece, lettered in gilt "G. Hardyman' to upper board, spine dated 1885-86. Rubbed and marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33484

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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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A MEDICAL MAN. Juvenile smoking: an essay setting forth to the young the evil effects which result from an indulgence of the habit of tobacco-smoking. Bodmin. Liddel and Son, 1883. First edition. 8vo. 16pp. Original publisher's printed green wrappers. Extremities dulled, chipping to edges, loss to spine. Text-block detached from wrappers. Ink-stamps of the British Museum to verso of title page and foot of p.16. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 29777

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FERNEL, Jean. Joannis fernelii ambiani, doctoris medici parisiensis, Archiatri Regii, Consiliorum medicinalium liber. Exeius adversariis quadringentarum consultationum selectus. Nunc denuo fidelus & accuratius quam antea editus, & a quam plurimis mendis, quibus antea scatebat, repurgatus. Cum indice accurato. Francofurti [i.e. Frankfurt]. Apud Joannem Wechelum, 1585. 8vo. 143pp, [1]. Later blind-ruled calf, morocco lettering-piece to spine. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Leaves lightly browned. More > £ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 29812

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HAMBERGER, George Edward. I. N. I. dissertatio medica inauguralis de scorbuto frigido quam annuente divino numine rectore magnificentissimo serenissimo principe ac domino domino ern. avu. constantino duce saxoniae iuliaci cliviae montium angariae et westphaliae, reliqua sub praesidio georgii erh. hambergeri... Jenae [i.e. Jena]. Litteris Ritterianis, [c.1721]. First edition. Quarto. [6], 30pp. Unbound. Text block secured by marbled paper strip. Light foxing to title, marginal loss to bottom corner of C2. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 13091

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LONSDALE, Henry. History of a monstrosity presenting remarkable peculiarities in the arrangement of the nervous system; with a brief inquiry into its teratological and medicolegal relations. (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 157.). Edinburgh. Printed by Stark & Company, [c.1844]. 8vo. 17pp, [1]. With one engraved plate. Contemporary (original?) plain tan paper wraps. Slight dust-soiling and wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 13282

LONSDALE, Henry. History of a monstrosity presenting remarkable peculiarities in the arrangement of the nervous system; with a brief inquiry into its teratological and medicolegal relations. (From the Edin. Med. and Surg. Journal, No. 157.). Edinburgh. Printed by Stark & Company, [c.1844]. 8vo. 17pp, [1]. With one engraved plate. Contemporary (original?) plain tan paper wraps. Slight dust-soiling and wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 12411

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DE PUIS, Guillaume. Guilielmi puteani, Medici Grationopolitani, de occultis pharmacorum purgantium facultatib. Deque Veris ipsarum Causis, Libri duo. Quibis adjecta est Appendicula, de purgatrice Medicamentorum Facultate. Auctore Jacobo Cusinoto... Lugdani, [i.e. Lyon]. Sumpt. Michaelis Duhan, 1664. Second edition. 8vo. [16], 206pp, [2]. With extra-engraved title and final blank. Finely bound in contemporary English red morocco, panelled in gilt with further gilt to spine. Marbled pastedowns, A.E.G. Slightly rubbed and a little marked, bumping to corners, else a handsome copy. Robert Traver's copy, with his ink inscription 'Liber Robert Travers, M.D., e Coll. S. Trinitatis apud Dublinienses' to verso of blank fly-leaf, and a rather ... More > £ 1,750.00 Antiquates Ref. 14435

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STONHOUSE, James, Sir. Friendly advice to a patient; Calculated more particularly for the Use of the Sick, belonging to Infirmaries, as well the Outpatients, as those within the House; though the greatest Part of it is suitable and of equal Service to every sick person. London. Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1815. Twentieth edition. 12mo. xi, [1], 36pp. Early drab paper boards. Rubbed, marked, and sunned. Several leaves loosening. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 19769

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MEIGS, Dr. [Charles]. Extracts from the diary of the late samuel emlen, m. d. Physician to the Pennsylvania hospital. With a short memoir of his life. London. Harvey and Darton, 1830. First edition. 12mo. 23pp, [1]. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab wrappers. A trifle creased and spotted. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 21331

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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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HAWKINS, F[rancis] Bisset. Elements of medical statistics; containing the substance of The Gulstonian Lectures delivered at the royal college of physicians: with numerous additions, illustrative of the comparative salubrity, longevity, mortality, and prevelence of diseases in the principal countries and cities of the civilized world. London. Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1829. First edition. 8vo. 8, xii, 234pp. With four initial leaves of publisher's advertisements. Uncut in original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, boards scored, corners bumped, chipping to lettering-piece. internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inked inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'For Frank, Louis, and Armaud / Courtois / from their sincere friend / the author'. More > £ 1,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 20570

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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HARRIS, William. [Drop-head title;] Notes on Visits to various Institutions for the Blind. [s.i.]. [s.n.], 1866-7 12mo. Manuscript on paper. 169pp, [4]. Contemporary gilt-ruled red cloth. Marbled endpapers. Inscribed 'William Harris Westcotes Leicester, March 5th 1866' to verso of FFEP. More > £ 4,500.00 Antiquates Ref. 28902

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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

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BOYER, Joseph-Thomas. Dissertation sur le scorbut, Presentee et soutenue a l'Ecole de Medecine de Paris, le 11 Germinal an 13... A Paris. De l'Imprimerie de Didot Jeune, 1805. First edition. Quarto. 49pp, [1]. Uncut. Stitched, as issued, in original publisher's drab wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked, loss to spine. Foxed, occasional light damp-staining. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 21935

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STADTMANN, Johann Friderick. Dissertatio medico-chirurgica de tetano quam gratiosae facultatis medicae consensu in alma argentoratensium universitate... Argentorati [Strasbourg]. Typis Joh. Henrici Heitzii, Universitatis Typographi, 1785. Quarto. 34pp. Marbled wrappers, stitched as issued. Slightly rubbed and marked. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 20109

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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