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26910. Ackerknecht, Erwin H., 1906-1988. La médecine à Paris entre 1800 et 1850. Conférence faite au Palais de la découverte le 19 avril 1958. Paris,: Les Conférences du Palais de la découverte, 1958, 21pp., very good small stapled brochure, $35
Les Conférences du Palais de la découverte. Série D, no. 58. Histoire des sciences.


21466. Altschule, Mark D.. Roots of modern psychiatry. Essays in the history of psychiatry. With the collaboration of Evelyn Russ. New York, Grune & Stratton, 1957, 184pp. illus. 24 cm, very good blue cloth, faded around edges and spine, briefly INSCRIBED: To Doc / from Mark. $59
18th century British medical writers - the Pineal gland - Broussais and Griesinger - unconscious cerebration before 1890 - somatognosy - Venus Ascendant - civilization as a social evil in the 19th century - Greek revival.


30925. American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society. Transactions of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society held in Washington D. C., April 28th, 29th and 30th, 1910. Published by the Society, viii, 444pp., very good brown cloth, foxing on endpapers, previous owner's blindstamp on title page and endpaper, name written large in pencil on endpaper as well: L. M. Crosby, M.D. Boston, Mass., $35
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24996. Amsler, M., Hrsg.. Lehrbuch der Augenheilkunde. Unter Mitarbeit von Babel, Bischler, Blum, Brückner, Bürki uva.. Basel: S. Karger, 1954, 2te, verbesserte Auflage, xx, 927pp., dust-jacket quite worn and chipped around edges, very good large blue cloth, $65
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22993. Arthus, Maurice. Maurice Arthus' Philosophy of Scientific Investigation. Preface to De L'Anaphylaxie à l'Immunité, Paris, 1921. Translated from the French with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist. Foreword by Warfield T. Longcope. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1943, 26pp., very good orange paper-covered boards, slight wear, $30
Reprinted from Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 14, 3 (October, 1943).


15268. Aub, Joseph C., M. D. / Hapgood, Ruth K.. Pioneer in Modern Medicine. David Linn Edsall of Harvard. Foreword by Paul Dudley White, M. D.. Harvard Medical Alumni Association, 1970, 384pp., very good dust-jacket, very good brown cloth, $19
From the jacket: "Dean of the Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health in the 1920's and '30's, David Edsall was one of the leaders in a period of great change and progress in medicine." / "Edsall was at the center of this revolutionary effort in three leading schools of medicine: the University of Pennsylvania, Washington University in St. Louis, and Harvard." / "Edsall's appointment in 1912 to a double post at Harvard and the Massachusetts General Hospital brought him to Boston — the field of his major contributions. This remarkable period was the day of such people as Harvard's Walter Cannon, Otto Folin, Harvey Cushing, Alice Hamilton, L. J . Henderson.".


15638. Bamm, Peter, 1897-1975. Ex Ovo. Essays über Medizin. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1963, later printing, 262pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black cloth, $20
Der Weg ins Unbekannte - Therapie als moralisches Problem - Das Schicksalsleder - Von der Umwelt der Wissenschaft - Täuschungen - Glanz und Elend der Diagnose - Die Idee des Krankheitsbildes - Virchow und das 19. Jahrhundert - Der Adam der Wissenschaft - Über die Krise in der Medizin - Atom und Individuum - Das Schnupftuch des Paracelsus - Der Stein vom Weisen - Von Assisi bis Bikini - Krankheitsbild der Technik - Das neue Denken - Die Wissenschaft vom Leben - Der Weg ins Unbekannte.


34006. Blake, John Ballard, 1922-. A short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine. Compiled by John B. Blake. Bethesda, Md., National Library of Medicine, 1979, 501pp., ex-library gray cloth, library name blacked out on foredges, old call number label on spine, old tape residue from rough label removal, $15
DHEW publication ; no. (NIH) 79-104.


8089. Breitner, B.. Paul Clairmont. Das Genie des Lehrens. Einleitung von Prof. Dr. O. Schürch. Basel: Benno Schwabe, 1948, 70pp., very good white paper wraps, slight wear, illustrated with photos, $35
The Swiss surgeon Billroth and his students, including Paul Clairmont.


25383. Brown, Phil / Edwin J. Mikkelsen. No safe place : toxic waste, leukemia, and community action. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1992, xviii, 260pp., PAPERBACK, very good, previous owner's name, $7.5
. ISBN 0520080432


34408. Burgess, Renate. Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine: a catalogue. London, Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, 1973, xxiv, 459pp., dust-jacket worn around edges, very good large blue cloth, light wear, illustrated throughout with photos of the portrait paintings, light foxing on top foredge, $40
Publications of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine. Museum catalogue 3.


27526. Charcot, Jean Martin, 1825-1893. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system. Second series. Translated and edited by George Sigerson. With a preface by Walther Riese. New York, Hafner Pub. Co., 1962, xvi, 399pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good but cover faded by light, $19
The History of medicine series, no. 19. Facsimile of the London 1881 edition. The 1962 edition has a 3-page preface by Walther Riese, M.D.


33668. Chávez, Ignacio, 1897-, (subject). Libro homenaje al profesor doctor Ignacio Chávez en ocasión del XXV aniversario de su recepción profesional. México, Universidad Nacional, 1945, xxvi, 526pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, good copy, bruised at bottom of spine, worn around edges, small library deaccession stamp on front endpaper, no other library marks, Nr. 184 of 500. $75
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16074. Dixon, Laurinda S.. Perilous Chastity. Women and Illness in Pre-Enlightenment Art and Medicine. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995, 297pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, slight wear, $10
How paintings reflect changing medical theories about women. ISBN 0801482151


15918. Eden, T. Watts / Lockyer, Cuthbert / Whitehouse, H. Beckwith (4th edition). Gynaecology for Students and Practitioners. With 36 coloured plates and 619 illustrations in the text. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1935, 4th edition, , very good large blue cloth, slight cover wear, front endpaper torn at top corner, $35
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23470. Fraenkel, Ernst. Hygiene des Weibes, Gesundheitslehre für alle Lebensalter, Den Müttern und Erzieherinnen gewidmet. Mit 25 Abbildungen im Text. Berlin: Verlag von Oscar Coblentz, 1912, 2te neu bearbeitete Auflage, 311pp., very good brown cloth, slight wear, $30
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29761. Fye, Bruce. American cardiology : the history of a specialty and its college. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, xvi, 489pp., very good dust-jacket, light wear around edges, very good red cloth, $12
Author was Professor of history of medicine, University of Wisconsin, chair of cardiology at Marshfield Clinic. ISBN 0801852927


25789. Genss, A. B.. Was lehrt die Freigabe der Abtreibung in Sowjet-Russland?. Deutsch von Sinaida Kamenkowitsch und Martha Ruben-Wolf. Wien, Agis-Verlag, 1926, 38, 25pp., two volumes, very good sewn paperbacks, slight wear around edges, $75
Heft. 1. Der Abort auf dem Lande.--Heft. 2. Der Abort in der russischen sozialistischen föderativen Sowjet-Republik.


13518. Glasmer, Erna, 1878-1964. Die Formfehler und die plastischen Operationen der weiblichen Brust. Mit 48 Abbildungen. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Encke Verlag, 1930, 94pp., very good large yellow wraps, a few minor tears, $75
Breast plastic surgery as of 1930. With drawings and photographs showing stitching techniques, before and after, methods and types of problems.


30961. Graham, Harvey, 1912-. Eternal Eve : the history of gynaecology & obstetrics. Garden City : Doubleday, 1951, xx, 699pp., dust-jacket worn and chipped around edges, very good large gray cloth, includes some illustrations, $12
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1123. Gumpert, Martin S., 1897-1955. You and Your Doctor: a Guide to Showing You How to be a Good Doctor's Good Patient. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1952, stated First Edition, 258pp., dust-jacket with top 3cm cut off cleanly all around, otherwise good, good orange cloth, but glue bleed through on endpapers, $15
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Digitale Bibliothek Hahnemann. Hahnemann, Samuel, 1755-1843. Die Geburt der Homöopathie. Samuel Hahnemanns Werke - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2004, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $13
Digitale Bibliothek Hahnemann.Contains full digital texts with search and print functions of his main works: Versuch über ein neues Prinzip zur Auffindung der Heilkräfte der Arzneisubstanzen. (Jena: Academische Buchhandlung, 1796) - Heilkunde der Erfahrung. Berlin: Wittich, 1805 - Organon der Heilkunst. 5. Auflage, Dresden, Leipzig: Arnold, 1833 - Organon der Heilkunst. 6. Auflage, Ulm: Haug, 1958 - Reine Arzneimittellehre. 6 Bände, 2. u. 3. Auflage, Dresden, Leipzig: Arnold, 1825–1833 - Die chronischen Krankheiten. 5 Bände, 2. Auflage, Dresden, Leipzig: 1835–1839. ISBN 3898530167


9447. Hartmann, Henri. Organes génito-urinaires de l'homme. Paris: Steinheil, 1904, vi, 432pp., large 3/4 leather quite worn at edges and bottom of spine but with a solid binding and well-preserved paper. Heavily illustrated with drawings. Hungarian library stamps on title page, no library markings on spine, $25
Traité de médecine opératoire et de thérapeutique chirurgicale. Based on lectures presented at the Ecole de médecine, 1902.


33500. Harvey, A. McGehee, 1911-. Adventures in medical research : a century of discovery at Johns Hopkins. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1976, xiii, 464pp., worn dust-jacket frayed around edges with heart label stamp on edge of front flap, very good light blue cloth, but small tear on rear endpaper, nicely INSCRIBED by Mac Harvey, December 1976 on front pastedown underneath front jacket flap. $30
. ISBN 0801817854


28743. Harvey, William, 1578-1657. Movement of the heart and blood in animals : an anatomical essay. Translated from the original Latin by Kenneth J. Franklin and now published for the Royal College of Physicians of London. Springfield, Ill. : Charles G. Thomas, 1957, xi, 207pp., blue cloth, ex-library copy with spine wear and markings, bookplate from Johns Hopkins Library, stamps on foredges, text clean, usable reading copy, $12
Latin text and English translation of Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus. 1957 date is from acknowledgments.


16411. Heckel, Francis, 1872-. La névrose d'angoisse et les états démotivité anxieuse. Clinique - pathogénie - traitement. Paris, Masson & Cie, 1917, 1917, 535 p. 24 cm., very good private half-leather, marbled boards, some minor foxing on edges, $19
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32724. Hyrtl, Joseph, 1811-1894. Handbuch der topographischen Anatomie und ihrer praktische medicinisch-chirurgischen Anwendungen. Wien : Wilhelm Braumüller, 1857, Dritte, bedeutend vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, xvi, 594, x, 513pp., two volumes, good contemporary half-leather with marbled boards, leather drying at hinges, separating at top of volume one, binding and paper well-preserved, appearance pleasing, previous owner's name: James C. White, Vienna, June 18th, 1857, $150
Bd. 1. Enthält die topographische Anatomie des Kopfes, des Halses, der Brust, und des Unterleibes - Band 2. Enthält die topographische Anatomie des Männlichen und Weiblichen Beckens, des Rückens, der Oberen und unteren Extremitäten. - Hyrtl (born in Hungary) studied medicine in Vienna and became professor of anatomy and surgery, first in Prag, then in Vienna in 1845. This two-volume work, first published in 1846, founded the discipline in German-speaking Europe, basing it on a holistic philosophy. The book was a required standard in Vienna, and Schnitzler reports that his father gave him a copy when he graduated, which "blieb vorerst ungelesen" (Jugend in Wien). Hyrtl also published an account of medical terminology borrowed from Arabic.


3364. Jores, Arthur / Hellmuth Freyberger, ed.. Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine: Symposium of the Fourth European Conference on Psychosomatic Research. New York: Robert Brunner, Inc., 1960, 334pp., very good dust-jacket with a few minor tears, very good gree cloth, $19
A thorough treatment of Methods and Principles of Research on Psychosomatic Fundamentals, Concept of Constitution in Psychosomatic Medicine, Training for Psychosomatic Medicine, and Free Papers, divided into forty-six chapters each written by a specialist in that particular field.


22217. Kass, Amalie M., 1928- / Kass, Edward H.. Perfecting the world : the life and times of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin 1798-1866. Boston : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988, stated First Edition, xxx, 642pp., very good dust-jacket, very good red half-cloth, remainder strip on top edge, $15
Medical researcher was also a reformer, educator, and Quaker. ISBN 0151717001


25408. Kraus, Hans, 1905-. Backache, stress, and tension: Their cause, prevention, and treatment. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1965, 6th printing, 183pp., dust-jacket worn and chipped, slightly soiled, good gray cloth but with old moisture stain on foredge in rear, purely superficial discoloring, quite adequate working copy, $12
Photo and biography of author on rear jacket panel: University of Vienna, medical studies, physician for Olympic teams in 1930s, emigrated to US in 1938, active in fitness related organizations.


6934. Kretschmer, Ernst, 1888-1964. Medizinische Psychologie. Leipzig: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1930, 4te vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage, 265pp., faded green paper wraps, $19
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30306. Lahm, Wilhelm, 1889-. Abrasio und Probeexzision in der Hand des praktischen Arztes. Dresden: Theodor Steinkopff, 1929, x, 180pp., very good publisher's blue cloth, previous owner's stamp: Mortimer Warren M.D., Maine General Hospital, Portland Maine., $125
Series: Medizinische Praxis ; Bd. 6. The author was: Obermedizinalrat. Vorstand des Laboratoriums der staatlichen Frauenklinik in Chemnitz. The volume is present in only a few libraries in Germany. With Kehrer he had pursued research in the treatment of gynacological tumors with radium (1921).


29900. Latronico, Nicola. Il cuore nella storia della medicina. Milano : Ed. A. Recordati, no date, around 1955, 144pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, cover with minor tears around edges, $25
Monografie cardiologiche, n. 4. History of cardiology, with chapters on Fabrizio Bartoletti, Marcello Malpighi, Anton Maria Valsalva, G. B. Morgagni, G. M. Lancisi, Ippolito Francesco Albertini, as well as theme chapters.


17160. Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-. Balm in Gilead: journey of a healer. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1988, stated First Printing, xx, 321pp. , [22]pp. of plates : ill. . 25 cm, very good dust-jacket, very good half-cloth, previous owner's name: Israel Scheffler, $9
Radcliffe biography series.


6938. Liek, Erwin. Die Schäden der sozialen Versicherungen und Wege zur Verbesserung. München: J. F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1928, 2te, stark vermehrte Auflage, 7.- 9. Tausend, 118pp., good blue cloth, numerous pencil notations in margins, $12
Social, health, accident, old-age, unemployment, war-injury insurance.


3399. Lingeman, Carolyn H. / Garner, F. M.. Comparative morphology of hematopoietic neoplasms. Bethesda: Md. [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1969, xi, 365pp. illus., good dark red cloth, remainder stamp on edge, $25
Sponsored by Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and National Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute monograph, 32. Comparative Morphology of Hematopoietic Neoplasms Symposium.


27992. Marec, Yannick, 1948-, ed.. Accueillir ou soigner ? : l'hôpital et ses alternatives du Moyen Âge à nos jours. Mont-Saint-Aignan: Publications des Universités de Rouen et du Havre, DL, 2007, 453pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $35
21 chapters by various authors. ISBN 9782877754231


18318. Marle, Walter, 1873-. Guttmanns medizinische Terminologie. Ableitung und Erklärung der gebräuchlichsten Fachausdrücke aller Zweige der Medizin und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften. Mit 600 Abbildungen. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1930, 23. und 24. Auflage, vi, [2]pp., 1250 columns. illus. 25cm, very good large brown cloth, $85
Printed in double columns.


25836. Martí-Ibáñez, Félix, 1915-1972, ed.. The pageant of medicine. New York, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960, 1960, later printing, 360pp., very good gray cloth, cover a bit darkened, previous owner's name: Genia Lifschutz, E. Lansing Michigan, 1963, $7
Reprints popular medical articles from the journal MD, such as discussions of the health of Somerset Maugham or Picasso, notes on medical geniuses such as Robert Koch, Ilya Mechniikov, Santiago Ramon y Cajal, Paul Ehrlich, anecdotes.


33258. Means, James Howard, 1885-1967. Ward 4. The Mallinckrodt Research Ward of the Massachusetts General Hospital. With a foreword by Charles Sidney Burwell. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1958, xviii, 187pp., very good red cloth, nicely INSCRIBED : To Dr. E. P. Maynard / with the author's / thanks for his / contribution to this / history. / James Howard Means / Ap. 23 '58.. $45
In the preface Means thanks E. P. Maynard for assistance in assembling the case material in chapter 12.


34976. Merrifield, John F.. Abby’s deal : a history of the Concord, Massachusetts Community Health Center. Portsmouth, N.H. : Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC, 2006, xi, 282pp., PAPERBACK, very good, INSCRIBED on title page by John F. Merrifield to another named physician. $14
. ISBN 193180754X


25682. Meyer, Otto, 1896-, M.D.. A new approach to old diseases. A description of the source of many diseases. New York, N.Y., Savoy publishing co., 1942, 1942, xii, 145pp., good dust-jacket worn around edges, a few minor chips, very good brown cloth, $15
Theory of focal infections: toxins at point of infection spread to other parts of the body, causing problems. Frequent infections in jugular veins, phlebitis, source of allergies for example. Influenced by Heinrich Fischer, Wiesbaden.


15741. Meyer-Steineg, Th. / Sudhoff, Karl. Geschichte der Medizin im Überblick mit Abbildungen. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1928, 3te, durchgesehene Auflage, 446pp., good large red cloth, binding scuffed 4cm along spine at titles, otherwise very good, $25
Heavily illustrated standard history of medicine, with over 200 illustrations including medical instruments.


15694. Michael, Herbert. Was weißt du von deinem Körper? Durchsichtige Darstellung des menschlichen Körpers in 6 Blätterrn. Mit Erläuterungen und Anregungen zur Gesundheitsführung. Leipzig: Georg Dollheimer Verlag, no date (probably 1930s), 1935, 15pp., good stapled wraps, a bit worn on spine, 6 transparencies in wrap-around band laid in, $30
Illustrative material which first appeared in Michael's book: Das Leben.


1079. Miller, Genevieve, ed.. A Bibliography of the Writings of Henry E. Sigerist. Montreal: McGill, 1966, 112pp., very good black cloth, printed in 1000 copies., previous owner's stamp: Professor Elizabeth D. Robinton, Dept of Biological Sciences, Smith College, $65
Includes 7pp. introduction by Erwin H. Ackerknecht, 6pp. vita of Sigerist, annotated bibliography of 519 publications, list of his editorial work, index. Presents Sigerist as "the leading medical historian of his generation. Ackerknecht discusses his early histories of medicine, his "philosophical" period in Leipzig, and his turn to sociology after 1932: "This new orientation had slowly matured under the influence of the great depression as well as from close contacts with such Leipzig sociologists as Hans Freyer and Joachim Wach.


4601. Mitchell, J. S.. Studies in Radiotherapeutics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1960, 274pp., very good large blue cloth, $30
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6876. Möllendorf, Wilhelm von. Lehrbuch der Histologie und der mikroskopischen Anatomie des Menschen. Begründet von Philipp Stöhr. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1940, 24. Auflage, 532pp., good gray cloth, some pencil notations, rear hinge wobbly, $29
First published in 1886. The preface to this edition notes that it has been changed more substantially than previous editions.


4754. Pearl, Raymond. Alcohol and Longevity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926, 273pp., good blue cloth, but ex-library with stamps and pocket, text and binding clean, $7.5
The author, whose previous works include Modes of Research in Genetics, The Nation's Food, The Biology of Death, and Studies in Human Biology, was a member of the Institute for Biological Research at The Johns Hopkins University. Includes extensive bibliography, pp. 242-260.


23705. Ranney, Brooks, M. D.. The Origin and Education of a Doctor. Freeman, South Dakota: Pine Hill Press, 1990, 381pp., PAPERBACK, very good, SIGNED by Brooks Ranney on the title page. $25
Full scale personal memoir of an obstetrician-gynecologist from Yankton, South Dakota, with ancestry, preschool up to Northwestern, hospitals and practice. ISBN 0961893923


28012. Redaktionskollektiv Autonomie. Erfassung zur Vernichtung: von der Sozialhygiene zum "Gesetz über Sterbehilfe". Redaktionskollektiv "Autonomie" . Herausgegeben von Karl Heinz Roth. Berlin: Verlagsgesellschaft Gesundheit, 1984, 198pp. : ill. . 21 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, $20
. ISBN 3922866166


26094. Reichenbach, Erwin. Erste kieferchirurgische Erfahrungen aus dem Feldzug gegen Polen. München-Berlin: Lehmanns, 1940, Zweite Auflage, 48pp., very good orange printed paperback, $35
Sonderdruck aus der Deutschen Zahnärztlichen Wochenschrift. Quite detailed and with many photographs of war wounds to face and jaw.


29899. Riedinger, Dr. J., Hrsg.. Archiv für Orthopädie, Mechanotherapie und Unfallchirurgie. Band XIV. Mit 204 Abbildungen im Text und 46 Abbildungen auf Tafel I-XV. Wiesbaden : J. F. Bergmann, xv plates, 369pp., very good contempporary private half-cloth, spine worn at top and with small chip, edges of covers worn, $125
Most of the numerous black and white photographs show leg or arm amputees working with prostheses. Also a section of photos on a two-bicycle device for carrying a stretcher near the battlefield.


28185. Riesman, David, 1867-1940. High blood pressure and longevity, and other essays, Selected from the published writings of David Riesman. Philadelphia, Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1937, xii, 726pp., very good blue cloth, slight wear, previous owner's bookplate: Sidney I. Brody, M.D., INSCRIBED nicely: To Wilmer Krusen in friendship and affection David Riesman.. $75
Includes Bibliography of Dr. David Riesman": pp. 709-719. Texts reprinted include medical and historical.


33028. Rißmann, Wolfgang. Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben (1806-1849) : sein Beitrag zur medizinischen Anthropologie und Psychopathologie. Freiburg im Breisgau : Hans Ferdinand Schulz, 1980, 243pp., PAPERBACK, very good, $100
Freiburger Forschungen zur Medizingeschichte ; n.F., Bd. 12. ISBN 387733511X


32725. Scanzoni, Friedrich Wilhelm von, 1821-1891. Lehrbuch der Krankheiten der weiblichen Sexualorgane. Wien : Wilhelm Braumüller, 1857, xx, 570pp., good contemporary half-leather with marbled boards, BUT spine detached along front cover, with cover threatening to detach, leather drying at hinges, book-block and paper well-preserved, previous owner's name: James C. White, Vienna, 1857, $100
Reached a 5th edition in 1875. The pioneers of gynecology in Würzburg in the 1840s were Franz Kiwisch von Rotterau (1814-1852) and Scanzoni, both from Prague (Dhom, Histopathologie, p. 115).


27732. Schachter, Steven C.. Brainstorms -- epilepsy in our words: personal accounts of living with seizures. New York: Raven Press, 1993, xvii, 104pp. 24 cm, PAPERBACK, very good, but with fold mark on front corner of cover, INSCRIBED by the author: Thanks for taking part in the epilepsy course / Steve Schachter. $7
. ISBN 0881679976


21792. Schott, Rolf. Die Kunst sich gesund zu erhalten. Regimen sanitatis salernitanum. Deutsche Nachdichtung, mit Einleitung und Anmerkungenvon Rolf Schott. Salerno: Ente Provinciale per il Turismo, 1954, 93pp., very good sewn paper wraps, minor red stain on bottom rear edge, $25
Text in German and Latin with illustrations.


4718. Shryock, Richard Harrison, 1893-1972. Medicine and Society in America: 1660-1860. New York: New York University Press, 1963, stated Second 2nd prtg., 182pp., very good dust-jacket, very good red cloth, $12
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18700. Sigerist, Henry E., 1891-1957. The university at the crossroads. Addresses and essays. New York: Henry Schuman, 1946, viii pp. , 2 l., 3-162pp. 22 cm., very good black cloth, a few minor pencil notations in margins, previous owner's name, $17
Most of these addresses were first published in the Bulletin of the history of medicine or Science.


Digitale Bibliothek 53. Sournia, Jean-Charles / Poulet, Jacques / Martiny, Marcel, Hrsg.. Illustrierte Geschichte der Medizin. Cd-rom. Deutsche Bearbeitung unter der Leitung von Richard Toellner. Digitale Bibliothek Volume 53. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2001, , cd-rom for pc's or mac, $59
Digitale Bibliothek 53.Cd-rom version of the 9-volume, heavily illustrated history of medicine, based on the German book edition of 1980. Includes historical sections as well as 1200 articles on specific figures and concepts of medical history, with over 4000 illustrations. Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. ISBN 3898531538


24876. Stadler, Hans, Bearb.. Richtlinien für Schwangerschaftsunterbrechung und Unfruchtbarmachung aus gesundheitlichen Gründen. Herausgegeben von der Reichsärztekammer, bearbeitet von Dr. Hans Stadler. München, J.F. Lehmanns Verlag, 1936, 180pp., very good yellow cloth, worn at top of spine, $40
Mit 94 Abbildungen.


8435. Striker, Cecil, ed.. Medical Portraits. Cincinnati: Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati, 1963, 279pp., very good red cloth, $12
79 brief biographies with photos of Ohio doctors, written by their students and colleagues.


3881. Suner, Augusto - Festschrift. Homenaje al doctor Augusto Pi Suñer. Mexico, D. F., 1956, 261pp., very good light gray cloth, a few minor pencil notations, INSCRIBED by J. Rousa-Parella (contributor to this volume) to Raimundo Lida. $75
Includes bibliography of Suner's works.


15873. Syverton, Jerome T.. Immunology and Cancer. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 69. New York: Academy, 1957, 525-856pp., PAPERBACK, very good sewn paper wraps, $15
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15757. Veil, Wolfgang H., 1884-1919. Fokalinfektion und Bedeutung des Herdinfekts für die menschliche Pathologie. Ein Hinweis auf die Veränderung der Grundlagen ärztlich-medizinischer Anschauung. [no publisher: Jena: Fischer], 1942, 2te, erweiterte Auflage, 47pp., very good orange sewn paper wraps, some wear, small chip at bottom of front cover and bottom edge of a number of pages, minor defect, $18
Lecture first held in 1938, expanded in 1941.


15857. Volkmann, Herbert, Bearb.. Taschenwörterbuch der medizinischen Fachausdrücke für Nichtärzte insbesondere für das Krankenpflegepersonal. Mit 330 Abbildungen. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1942, 5te durchgesehene Auflage, 139pp., very good green paper-covered boards, worn at top of spine, $12
German-german medical dictionary with small drawings in margins.


33205. Waters, Ralph M., 1883-, ed.. Chloroform: a study after 100 years. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1951, xiii, 138pp., very good yellow cloth, $15
The main authors of the report are: E. B. Cohen, N. A. Gillespie, L. E. Morris, O. S. Orth, F. J. Pohle, J. L. Sims.


23738. Weil, Andrew. Eating Well for Optimum Health. The Essential Guide to Food, Diet, and Nutrition. New York: Knopf, 2000, later printing, 307pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover, $5
. ISBN 0375407545


6365. Weizsäcker, Viktor von, 1886-1957. Natur und Geist. Erinnerungen eines Arztes. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1955, 2. Auflage, 244pp., very good beige cloth, $15
Chapters written towards the end of the war on: Johannes von Kries and Ludolf Krehl (W's teachers and models), southwest German school of philosophy, internal medicine and neurology before WWI, Freud. Weizsäcker recalls the generation of intellectual rebellion against the 19th century, in medicine, in philosophy, in religion.


28432. Wilkins, Robert H., ed.. History of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary founded in 1931 as the Harvey Cushing Society. American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 1981, 126pp., very good white hardcover, some light foxing, $17
Essays on the history of the association and on the Journal of Neurosurgery by Eben Elexander jr., Paul C. Bucy, Frank H. Mayfield, William F. Meacham, Henry G. Schwartz, plus substantial documentary material.


7882. Wilterdink, J. B., ed.. Medische virologie. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1979, 2. Auflage, 331pp., very good sewn paperback, $15
. ISBN 9031303615


4534. Wooley, M.D., Charles F.. Academic Heritage. The Transmission of Excellence: Cardiology at The Ohio State University. Mount Kisco NY: Futura Publishing, 1992, 321pp., very good illustrated black cloth, $12
A history of the medical specialty seen through the institution and its main figures in the 20th century; based on interviews.