Medicine
The Circulation of the Blood. Two Anatomical Essays by William Harvey, together with Nine Letters written by him. The Whole Translated from the Latin and slightly Annotated by Kenneth J. Franklin
Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1958. With the contemporary ownership signature of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf, and his inscription indicating the book was a Christmas gift from a member of the pioneering Hubbe family. More
Disputations touching the Generation of Animals. Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Gweneth Whitteridge
Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981. With the ownership signature and acquisition details of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf. More
Disputations touching the Generation of Animals. Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, by Gweneth Whitteridge
Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1981. Provenance: the eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), with his inscribed and signed compliments slip indicating that he 'inadvertently bought two copies'. Also loosely inserted is printed letter referring to the book (annotated in ink). More
Anatomy, Mechanics and Human Motion
New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1988 (second edition, first printing)/ 1982. More
'We are here, too'. The Diaries and Letters of Sister Olive L.C. Haynes, November 1914 to February 1918. Compiled and edited by Margaret Young
Adelaide, Australian Down Syndrome Association, 2014 [revised third edition]/ 1991. The editor is one of the daughters of Olive Haynes. More
They Wanted to be Nightingales. A Story of VAD/AAMWS in World War II
Hawthorndene, Investigator Press, 1982. More
Chance and Commitment. Memoirs of a Medical Scientist
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2005. More
Chance and Commitment. Memoirs of a Medical Scientist
Kent Town, Wakefield Press, 2005. Dated (May 2012), signed and warmly inscribed by the author to Helen Livingstone (Uni SA Director of Library Services). More
The Florey. The Story of Sheep Hilton
North Ryde, Angus & Robertson, 1990. More
A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approach to Decompression Sickness
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966. More
Rest and Pain. Edited by E.W. Walls and Elliot E. Philipp, with H.J.B. Atkins [Half-title:]
London, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1950/ 1892 (revised). With the early ink ownership signature of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf (inscribed, 'Department of Human Anatomy, University of Oxford'), and his later bookplate (also signed by him). The original 1863 title was 'On..... More
The Diseases of Infancy for the Use of Students and Practitioners of Medicine. Eighth Edition, Fully Revised
New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1922 (eighth, fully revised, edition)/ 1897. 'About one hundred pages of old material have been cut out and over fifty pages of new material added [with] entirely new plates ... there is scarcely a page in the book that has not been subject to..... More
Memoirs of a Medico
[Adelaide], 'Printed and Published At "the Horace Walpole Press"' [The Author], 1941. Inscribed 'To Eric & Jean McLaughlin, with the Compliments & Best Wishes of F.E. Rogers, Xmas /41'. The book was hand-set and printed by the author, who apologizes in the preface for the many errors present. 'These errors..... More
Domestic Economy for Teachers. Revised by..
London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1906. With a few contemporary handwritten notes loosely inserted. More
A vintage photograph of a hospital operating theatre, complete with nine doctors and nurses - and a dog
The gelatin silver postcard-format print (circa 1920s) is in fine condition. The unidentified location depicted is presumably in England, where the item was sourced. The British passion for dogs is taken to extremes in this instance, with the bulldog resting on its stomach and front paws on the operating table..... More
Henry Simpson Newland. A Biography
Adelaide, The SA Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1972. More
Descriptive Catalogue of the Pathological Series in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. A selection of surviving specimens illustrating Hunter's opinions on the nature of diseases, experiments and observations on cases in surgery. Part I [and] Part II
Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1966 and 1972. With the ownership signature of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), dated 14 June 1968, in the first volume. John Hunter (1728-1793) 'surgeon, founder of pathological anatomy in England, and early advocate of investigation and experimentation. ... His vast..... More
'Condoman says "Don't Be Shame Be Game". Use Frenchies!' [caption on a poster]
[Annandale], Redback Graphix for the Commonwealth Department of Community Services and Health, Public Relations Section | NACAIDS, [1987 (first version; in later versions, 'Use Frenchies!' was replaced by 'Use Condoms!')]. 'One of the most successful Australian AIDS awareness campaigns, in terms of acceptance, memory retention and educative subtlety, must surely..... More
Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia. Transactions of Second Session, held in Melbourne, Victoria, January, 1889 [Volume 1]
Melbourne, The Literary Committee [of The Congress], 1889. One of the photographs ('Necrosis of Fingers and Toes') illustrates 'Diseases of Polynesians, as seen in Queensland' by F. BOWE (8 pages). The other five illustrate 'A New Procedure for the Cure of Congenital Talipes Varus and Equino-Varus' by T.N. FITZGERALD (6..... More
In Leper-Land. Being a Record of My Tour of 7000 Miles among Indian Lepers, including Some Notes on Missions and an Account of Eleven Days with Miss Mary Reed and her Lepers
London, Marshall Brothers and The Mission to Lepers, [1901]. The large bookplate of the Regent Square Presbyterian Church Missionary Library is mounted on the front pastedown. More
A Tale of Three Cities. The Correspondence of William Sharpey and Allen Thompson
London, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1989. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 9. More
Diseases Commonly Met with in Melanesia. Their Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
Auckland, The author, 1949 (third edition). With tipped-in and manuscript amendments etc by the author. 'The amendments and additions to this book have been inserted by the author, to bring it up to date'. More
Management of Head Injuries
Philadelphia, F.A. Davis, 1981. More
The Ancestry of Man
Brisbane, R. G. Gillies and Co., 1923. 'Douglas Price Memorial Lecture, No. 3.'. More