A Study of British Genius
London, Hurst and Blackett, Limited, 1904. More
Medicine
Ayer's Australasian Almanac, 1894 [cover title]
Lowell, Massachusetts, Dr J.C. Ayer & Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, 1894. Largely an advertisement for Ayer's Saraparilla and other tonics, along with a calendar for the Australian colonies and New Zealand. Printed on the rear wrapper is a small panel reading 'Presented by T. Kast & Co., Hair Dresser..... More
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'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
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
Australia's Quest for Colonial Health. Some Influences on Early Health and Medicine in Australia
Herston, Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983. Signed by both editors, and with the ownership signature of eminent neurosurgen Professor Noel Dan, on the title page; on the verso of the front cover is Dan's presentation inscription to eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO ('as a mark..... 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
AESCULAP General Surgical Catalogue 1973
Tuttlingen, Aesculap-Werke AG, 1974. Text in English, Spanish and Italian. More
Craniomaxillofacial Trauma. A System of Multidisciplinary Management by Members of the Australian Craniofacial Unit
Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1995. With the bookplate of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), annotated with his acquisition date: 'April 1995', mounted on the front pastedown, and his occasional ink annotations. More
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Medicon Meister-Instrumente Catalogue No. 7. [English Edition (cover sub-title)]
Tuttlingen, Medicon Chirurgiemachaniker-Genossenschaft eGmbH, [circa 1970] (English edition). Medicon Surgical Instruments Catalogue. More
Brunonianism in Britain and Europe
London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1988. With the bookplate of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018), annotated with his acquisition date: '31 August 1989, Adelaide', mounted on the front pastedown. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 8. More
A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Approach to Decompression Sickness
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1966. More
Schlink of Prince Alfred. A Biography of Sir Herbert Schlink
[Camperdown], Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 1978. Number 132 of an unspecified upper limit; dated (16 August 1979) and signed by the author. More
Individuals and Institutions in the History of Medicine. Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine, University of Sydney Faculty of Nursing, 7-10 July, 1999
Sydney, Australian Society of the History of Medicine, 1999. Loosely inserted is the stapled 16-page (including front cover) Final Programme (slightly marked and creased). Occasional Papers in Medical History Australia, No. 9. [2 items]. More
Wartime Problems. The South Australian Nurses Registration Board during the Second World War, 1939-1945
[Adelaide], Nurses Board of South Australia, 1993. Nurses Board of South Australia Monograph 2. 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
Home Away From Home
Wellington, Central Institute of Technology, 2000. Robert Boyne Home, army surgeon in the Seven Year's War; his son Everard Home, who became an eminent surgeon, and Everard's son, James Everard, 'a hitherto neglected figure in the early colonial history of New Zealand'. More
ANZAC Surgeons at Gallipoli
Melbourne, Royal Australian College of Surgeons, [2015]. More
Lighter Shades of Grey and Scarlet
Adelaide, Gillingham Printers, 1985. Signed by both authors on the title page. A 'collection of thoughts and memories' of members of the Australian Army Nursing Service; of North Australian and Islands interest. More
World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, 1955-2005. A History
Amstelveen, De Zaak Haes, 2005. One of only 500 copies, this copy is dated (Marrakesh, 22 June 2005), signed and warmly inscribed by the author (a Dutch neurosurgery educator) to eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf, and his inscribed bookplate. More
VAD's in Peace and War. The History of Voluntary Aid Detachments in Australia during the 20th Century
Brisbane, Boolarong Publications, 1991. Taped to the front pastedown is an autograph letter (dated 1 February 2007) signed by the author (then 92, and working on his 12th book). More
Xavier Bichat and the Medical Theory of the Eighteenth Century
London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1984. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 4. Not least, urban housing, water supply and cholera. More
Living and Dying in London
London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1991. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 11. Not least, urban housing, water supply and cholera. More
A Study of the English Apothecary from 1660 to 1760
London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1983. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 3. More
Medical Geography in Historical Perspective
London, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 2000. 'Medical History', Supplement No. 20. More
The Hypothalamus. Morphological, Functional, Clinical and Surgical Aspects
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd for the William Ramsay Henderson Trust, 1938. With the ink gift inscription to, and with the bookplates (one pictorial, one armorial) of, Walter Russell Brain, First Baron Brain of Eynsham (1895-1966); physician, medical statesman, essayist, public servant, medical scientist, neurologist and poet (who wrote one of..... More