Acta Conventus Tertii de Tropicis Atque Malariae Morbis. Pars 1 and 2
Amstelodami, Societas Neerlandica Medicinae Tropicae, 1938. Text in French. Not inscribed as such, but from the collection of Hedley Marston FRS. More
Amstelodami, Societas Neerlandica Medicinae Tropicae, 1938. Text in French. Not inscribed as such, but from the collection of Hedley Marston FRS. More
London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1946 [revised second edition]/ 1943. More
Melbourne, Wilson and Mackinnon, 1861. Twelve monthly issues bound together with a title leaf and a cumulative index at the rear. There are numerous articles of interest in the volume, ranging from adulteration of food, to hydatids and snake-bites. The Hon. William Bland MLC contributed 'Bites of the Venomous Snakes..... More
Melbourne, Wilson and Mackinnon, 1864. Twelve monthly issues bound together with a title leaf and a cumulative index at the rear. There are numerous articles of interest in the volume, including several short ones on snake-bite (approximately 6 pages), and a series of three important lectures on the heart by..... More
Hong Kong, [N.P.], 1984/ 1983. More
Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer, 1876. We successfully tendered for a large quantity of duplicate pamphlets from the SLSA in 2001; this is one of them, which we are finally getting around to processing. More
Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1992 [facsimile edition]/ 1871. Copy number 418 with the publisher's bookplate. Classics of Medicine Library. More
Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Medicine Library, 1992 [facsimile edition]/ 1871. Classics of Medicine Library. More
Springfield, Charles C. Thomas, 1971. With the contemporary ownership signature of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) on the front flyleaf. More
Birmingham, Alabama, Classics of Neurology & Neurosurgery Library, 1989 [facsimile edition]/ 1907. With the publisher's printed leather bookplate of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018) mounted on the front pastedown, also noting that the book is number 317 of 1000 copies. Classics of Neurology & Neurosurgery Library, and..... More
London, Macmillan and Co., 1901. Presentation copy, inscribed 'Presented by the authors' on the Medical Society of London bookplate mounted on the front pastedown; above it is the ownership signature (dated April 2011) of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018). More
London, H.K. Lewis & Co., 1918. James (later Sir James) Barrett (1862-1945), a leader of the medical profession in Melbourne and an able publicist, was Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Forces, in Egypt until August 1915, when he was dismissed due to disorganisation at the 1st Australian General Hospital..... More
Paris, Editions Hervas, 1993. 'Since the Revolution Val-de-Grâce has been the spearhead of military medicine, and today also civil medicine ... Few journalists have had access to the VIP areas of Val-de-Grâce hospital, adding to its mystique. Fantastic rumours have spread of its supposedly luxurious presidential suites, good food and..... More
Melbourne, F.F. Bailliere, 1872. James George Beaney (1828-1891), surgeon, politician and philanthropist, settled in Melbourne in 1857, and 'after a period as locum tenens, acquired the practice of Dr John Maund when he died in 1858. Beaney rapidly established himself as a prominent surgeon, a position he maintained although he..... More
Melbourne, Wilson and Mackinnon, 1866. Twelve monthly issues bound together with a title leaf and a cumulative index at the rear. There are numerous articles of interest in the volume, including lengthy accounts (totalling 36 pages) of the recently concluded Beaney murder trials. James George Beaney (1828-1891), surgeon, politician and..... More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997. Not least, one article on shell shock in World War 1, while other articles address issues raised under National Socialism: sterilization, and abortion, and the Nuremberg Doctor's Trials. More
London, Lewis, 1871 (first English translation). 'The fact of this publication going through four editions in Germany, and having been translated into French, Italian, Russian, and Hungarian, should be some guarantee for its standing' (translator's preface, dated 1 December 1870). More
London, A. & H. Bradlaugh Bonner, [circa 1900]. Bradlaugh and Besant were prosecuted for publishing Charles Knowleton's 'Fruits of Philosophy'. The preface states that 'its importance lies in the fact that it is condemned - says Lord Chief Justice Cockburn - because it advocates prudential restraint to population, while also..... More
The foolscap folio ledgers are uniformly bound in half suede and cloth (with the letters A and B respectively on the spines); the covers show signs of wear, but the volumes are very sturdy, with the contents in excellent condition. The first one contains 21 pages of index and 102..... More
London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1891. Demography in its broadest sense: 'a description of the geographical features of the colony which have a hygienic relationship; of the meteorological conditions and their relation to certain diseases; of the sanitary progress of the colony'. Ferguson 7288; Ford 362. More
Amsterdam, Excerpta Medica Foundation, 1970. International Congress Series Number 200; the book is over 1300 pages with numerous tables and diagrams (some folding). More
Melbourne, The Trustees of the Services Canteen Trust Fund, 1955. Melbourne neurosurgeon and anatomist Keith Bradley was selected by the Trustees for this study; from 2nd January 1951, he spent three years studying the subject, including one year abroad. More
Edinburgh, Young J. Pentland, 1884 (second edition)/ 1882. Provenance: Dr Robert Hamilton Russell (1860-1933), the eminent English-born Australian surgeon, with his contemporary signature ('R. Hamilton Russell | Salop Infirmary | 1885') on the half-title (see the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' for further information). The front endpaper contains the paper label..... More
Folkestone, Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1970 [facsimile]/ 1570 and 1970. Number 130 of only 250 sets. Facsimile reprint of 'the only complete copy known to exist', and only 'three existing originals'. 'Opera Medicinalia' was 'the first medical text printed in America, specifically in the capital of New Spain. [C]omposed of..... More