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Cooper (Astley). The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Inguinal and Congenital Hernia, [and] Crural and Umbilical Hernia, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1804-07, 29 engraved plates, errata slip, some offsetting onto text, scattered light spotting and toning, modern library cloth, 4to. ‘Cooper’s first book, luxuriously produced, in which he described for the first time the transversalis fascia, with full appreciation of its importance in hernia, as well as the superior pubic ligament which bears his name. Cooper made a study of femoral hernia and described ‘Cooper’s ligament’. He also studied diaphragmatic hernia’ (G-M 3581). (1)

Cooper (Astley). A Treatise on Dislocations, and on Fractures of the Joints, 2nd edition, 1823, half-title, 30 engraved plates (one folding plate with fraying fore-edge), library stamps, light spots, previous owner signature of Thomas Taylor, library cloth, a little rubbed, 4to (300 x 230mm), together with a sixth edition of the same work, 1829. ‘Through this and numerous subsequent editions this was the principal reference work on the subject in England and America for 30 years. “Many later clinical modifications were developed from Cooper’s methods” (Bick)’ (G-M 4412.1 referencing the first edition of 1822). (2)

Cooper (Bransby Blake.). A Treatise on Ligaments, 1st edition, 1825, thirteen engraved plates with accompanying explanation leaves bound at rear, a biographical sketch and wood engraved portrait pasted to front free endpaper and half-title, Birmingham Library stamps to title and plates, some spotting and browning, offsetting from plates, closed tear to upper margin of plate 8 not affecting image, contemporary boards, some soiling and edge wear, modern cloth reback, 4to. Possibly the first work in English to be exclusively dedicated to the subject. (1)

Cooper (Astley Paston). The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of Abdominal Hernia, in Two Parts, 2nd edition, by C. Aston Key, 2 parts bound as 1, 1827, thirty engraved plates including one hand-coloured, half-title to part 2, some spotting and finger-soiling, library stamps to title and plates, first title and dedication leaves somewhat creased, modern cloth, folio (550 x 330mm). G-M 3581; Norman 510 (both citing first edition 1804-1807 with twenty-nine plates). (1)

Cooper (Astley). Illustrations of the Diseases of the Breast, part I [all published], 1829, eight hand-coloured lithographed plates, one plain mounted plate on India proof paper (with marginal water stain), library stamps, a few minor spots, library cloth, spine faded, 4to, together with Observations on the Structure and Diseases of the Testis, 2nd edition, 1841, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, library stamps, library cloth, 4to, plus Astley Cooper’s A Treatise on Dislocations and Fractures of the Joints, 7th edition, 1831. First work ‘Contains one of the earliest descriptions of hyperplastic cystic disease of the breast, which Cooper called “hyatid disease” Cooper had originally planned his monograph in two parts, the first on non-malignant and the second on malignant disease; the second part was never published’ (Norman 511); G-M 5769; Wellcome II, p.388. (3)

Crichton (Alexander). An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Mental Derangement. Comprehending a Concise System of the Physiology and Pathology of the Human Mind. And a History of the Passions and their Effects, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1798, errata leaf bound at end of volume II, library stamps, previous owner signature of John Gibbs to volume I title, light spotting, library cloth, volume I spine faded and chipped at head, 8vo. Crichton was the first to describe a mental condition similar to the inattentive subtype of ADHD. Waller 2216. (2)

Cruveilhier (Jean). Anatomie Pathologique du Corps Humain, 2 vols., 1st edition, Paris, 1829-42, 231 lithographed plates (complete), most hand-coloured and two double-page, volume I title laid down, following leaf repaired, some spotting and water stains, modern brown library cloth, folio. ‘The fine hand-coloured lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis (in volume 2) and an early description of “Cruveilhier’s palsy”‘ (G-M 2286). (2)

Curry (James). Observations on Apparent Death from Drowning, Hanging, Suffocation by Noxious Vapours, Fainting-Fits, Intoxication, Lightning, Exposure to Cold, and an Account of the Means to be Employed for Recovery. To which are Added the Treatment Proper in Cases of Poison; with Cautions and Suggestions Respecting Various Circumstances of Sudden Danger, 2nd edition, 1815, six engraved plates, including one hand-coloured, library stamps, ofsetting, light spotting and water stains, library cloth, 8vo, together with Hawes (William), An Address to the King and Parliament of Great Britain, on Preserving the Lives of the Inhabitants... To which are now added, Observations on the General Bills of Mortality... Also, Farther Hints for Restoring Animation by an Improved Plan, and for Preserving Health against the Pernicious Influence of Noxious Vapours, or Contaminated Air; in a Second Letter to the Author by A. Fothergill, 3rd edition, 1783, three titles, Hints and Farther Hints with continous pagination, erratic register, lacking advertisment leaf at end, occasional manuscript corrections, library stamps, previous owner signature to first title, library cloth, joints rubbed, 8vo, plus Orfila (Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure), Directions for the Treatment of Persons who have Taken Poison, and those in a State of Apparent Death; Together with the Means of Detecting Poisons and Adulterations in Wine; Also, of Distinguishing Real from Apparent Death. Translated from the French by R.H. Black. With an Appendix, on Suspended Animation and the Means of Prevention, 1st edition in English, 1818, library stamp, one or two light spots, BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, modern cloth, 12mo, with A.P.W. Philip’s An Inquiry into the Nature of Sleep and Death, 1834 (4)

Cushing (Harvey). The Pituitary Body and its Disorders. Clinical States Produced by Disorders of the Hypophysis Cerebri, 1st edition, 1st issue, Philadelphia, 1912, colour frontispiece, numerous illustrations, including one folding, library stamps, light marginal water stain at end, previous owner signature of J. Hall-Edwards, BMI presentation label, original cloth, some dampstains, 8vo, together with Cantani (Arnaldo), Le Diabete Sucre et son Trait Dietetique, Traduit et Annote par Dr H. Charvet, Paris, 1876, three lithographed plates, library stamps, water stains, library cloth, dampstains, 8vo, plus Greenhow (Edward Headlam), On Addison’s Disease. Being the Croonian Lectures for 1875, Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, 1875, five lithographed plates, including three coloured, 30pp. publisher’s list at end, library stamps, previous owner signature of Philip Bindley, original cloth, upper joint splitting, 8vo, with six others. First work: ‘The first clinical monograph on hypophysis. Cushing, outstanding neurological surgeon of the present century, added much to our knowledge of the pituitary body and its disorders. The above work includes a description of his own method of operating on the pituitary. He assumed that in diabetes insipidus the pituitary was involved’ (G-M 3896). (9)

Cutbush (Edward). Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of Soldiers and Sailors; and on the Duties of the Medical Department of the Army and Navy: With Remarks on Hospitals and their Internal Arrangement, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1808, two engraved plates, three folding tables, 2pp. advert leaf, Benjamin Rush’s Directions for Preserving the Health of Soldiers, 1777 reprinted at end, library stamps, occasional water stains and spotting, library calf, 8vo. ‘The first American work on naval medicine. Cutbush established the first United States naval hospital (in Syracuse, Sicily), campaigned vigorously for the construction of naval hospitals in the United States, and was influential in promoting the organization of the U.S. naval medical department’ (Norman 562). (1)

Darwall (John). Plain Instructions for the Management of Infants, with Practical Observations on the Disorders Incident to Children, to which is added, an essay on spinal and cerebral irritation, 1st edition, 1830, lib. stamps to first three leaves including title, modern half morocco gilt, together with Dunglison (Robley), Commentaries on Diseases of the Stomach and Bowels of Children, 1824, engraved frontispiece, first few leaves with old water stain, library stamp and author’s presentation inscription to title (trimmed), with recipient’s name partly missing, plate explanation leaf bound at rear, bound with North (John), Practical Observations on the Convulsions of Infants, 1826, advertisement leaf at rear, lacks half-title, library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed and stained, upper cover detached, plus Clarke (John), Commentaries on some of the Most Important Diseases of Children, Part the First, 1815, publisher’s advert leaf at rear (detached from text at inner margin), library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed and stained, upper cover detached, all 8vo, plus others on the diseases of children. The first mentioned work is the most substantial by the short-lived Birmingham physician John Darwall (1796-1833). John Clarke’s work contains the first account of infantile tetany. (16)

Davis (David Daniel). The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine, in a Series of Systematic Dissertations on Midwifery, and on the Diseases of Women and Children, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1836, half-titles, 70 lithographed plates, some double-page, library stamps, occasional spotting and water stains, contemporary cloth, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Kelly (Howard A.), Operative Gynecology, 2 volumes, 1st UK edition, 1898, twenty-four plates including some coloured or tinted, numerous illustrations to text, library stamp to titles and plates, a little soiling, hinges slightly weak, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, a little frayed at extremities, plus other mostly 19th-century obstetrics and gynaecology. Davis was the first to state that phlegmasia alba dolens was due to inflammation of the veins. He was physician-accoucheur at the birth of Queen Victoria’ (G-M 6273). The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine is his most important work and he designed numerous pairs of forceps for use in a variety of circumstances with the intention of minimising injuries to babies. (22)

Fabricius von Hilden (Wilhelm). Observationum & Curationum Chirurgicarum Centuriae, nunc primum simul in unum Opus congestae, ac in duo Volumina distributae, 2 volumes bound in 1, Lyons, Jean Antoine Huguetan, 1641, lacks half-title, and portrait, title to each volume with engraved vignette, the first with title printed in red and black, without final blank at end (Nnn4), some marks and occasional light spotting, oval library stamp to lower outer corner of some leaves throughout, a little fraying and soiling to final few leaves, Nnn1 with lower outer corner torn away and replaced with blank paper (affecting a few words), library cloth, a little rubbed and spines near-detached along upper joint, thick 4to, together with Musitano (Carlo), Chirurgia Theoretico-Practica seu Trutina Chirurgico-Physica, 4 volumes bound in 1, Geneva, Cramer & Perachon, 1698, engraved portrait of the author, title to each volume, with woodcut vignette to each, the first title printed in red and black, text printed in double column, some spotting and light soiling to first few leaves, main title with light library ink stamp, without final blank (Bbb4), some browning to final leaf, library cloth, rubbed and a little frayed to extremities, 4to, plus Munniks (Joannes), Cheirurgia, ad praxim hodiernam xadornata. In qua veterum pariter, ac neotericorum dogmata dilucide exponuntur, 1st edition, Utrecht, Franciscus Halma, 1689, additional engraved title, printed title with black and white woodcut vignette, single contemporary marginal annotation in brown ink to page 112, light water stain to foremargins of some leaves, library ink stamp to engraved and printed title, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and some wear, with upper cover detached, ‘Birmingham Medical Institute’ stamped in gilt to foot of spine, 4to, and three other works bound in one volume (Vesling, Syntagma Anatomicum, 1696, Helvetius, Eclaircissemens concernant la maniere dont l’air agit sur le sang dans les poulmons, 1728 & Richard Manningham, Artis Obstetricariae compendium, 1739), of which the second work is occasionally close trimmed to top margin, and touching running titles, and the third work lacks the title-page, library cloth, rubbed, 4to. G-M 5570. (4)

Fox (Joseph). The Natural History and Diseases of the Human Teeth, in Two Parts, 2nd edition, 1814, 23 copper-engraved plates, library stamps, light spotting and offsetting, library cloth, 4to, together with Hunter (John), The Natural History of the Human Teeth: Explaining their Structure, Use, Formation, Growth and Diseases... To which is added a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth, 3rd edition, 1803, 16 engraved plates, library stamps, light browning to text, library cloth, edges lightly rubbed, 4to. ‘Fox’s classic treatise on the teeth is the first to include explicit directions for correcting dental irregularities. It is the first work on orthodontics’ (G-M 3679). (2)

Gamgee (Joseph Sampson). On the Advantages of the Starched Apparatus in the Treatment of Fractures and Diseases of Joints..., 1st edition, 1853, author’s first book, half-title, a few wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to title, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Bell Fletcher to front free endpaper, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, slightly frayed on joints, together with Researches in Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Surgery, 1st edition, 1856, half-title, 16 pp publisher’s catalogue dated February 1856, six plates including five plates drawn and lithographed by Gamgee, library stamp to title and each plate, author’s presentation inscription for Sir Henry Holland to title upper margin, BMI presentation bookplate to Dr. Bell Fletcher to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, frayed on joints and tear to spine, plus On the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures: Clinical Lectures, 2nd edition, 1883, wood-engraved illustrations to text, publisher’s catalogue at rear, addendum slip tipped in, several purple ink library stamps to preliminary leaves, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, plus A Text-Book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Including An Account of the Chemical Changes Occurring in Disease, 2 volumes, 1880-93, wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to titles, volume 1 untrimmed, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, plus fifteen pamphlets and offprints by Gamgee, 1852-84, two bound separately in modern cloth, the remainder in late 19th-century library cloth, library stamp to each title and some soiling, many with author’s presentation inscriptions to title, some wrappers preserved, 8vo (8)

Hall (Marshall). New Memoir on the Nervous System, 1st edition, 1843, five folding engraved plates, the last with a little hand-colouring, library stamps to title and plates, original cloth, neatly rebacked, 4to, together with A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, Especially as Observed in the Minute and Capillary Vessels of the Batrachia and of Fishes, 1st edition, 1831, ten lithograph plates on india paper, library stamps to preliminary leaves and each plate (recto and verso), partly untrimmed, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, together with Prone and Postural Respiration in Drowning and Other Forms of Apnoea or Suspended Respiration, Edited by His Son, Marshall Hall, 1st edition, 1857, wood-engraved vignette illustrations including one to half-title-verso, library stamp to title (slightly offset), minor marginal finger-soiling, modern cloth gilt, both 8vo. First work: Norman 973. (3)

Haygarth (John). A Clinical History of Diseases. Part First: Being 1. A Clinical History of the Acute Rheumatism. (2. A Clinical History of the Nodosity of the Joints, [all published], 1st edition, 1805, 168 pp, half-title for Nodosity of the Joints, author’s list to final leaf, bound with Parry (Caleb Hillier), An Inquiry into the Symptoms and Causes of the Syncope Anginosa, Commonly Called Angina Pectoris; Illustrated by Dissections, 1st edition, Bath, 1799, 167pp., half-title, 3pp. errata and addenda leaves at end, occasional ink annotation, bound with Clarke (James), Disputatio Maedica Inauguralis de Syncope Angente..., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1802, 44pp., half-title, bound with Blackall (John), Observations on the Nature and Cure of Dropsies, and Particularly on the Presence of the Coagulable Part of the Blood in Dropsical Urine; To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Several Cases of Angina Pectoris, [Appendix only], 1st edition, 1813, pp. (355-410, some pencil annotation and scoring, a few spots, first title with faint library ink stamp, excised signature of Thomas Blackall, 1842 pasted to front pastedown, modern morocco-backed boards, spine lightly faded, 8vo. Aygarth work is the first monograph on acute rheumatism. Parry: ‘This was a paper read before the Gloucester Medical Society in 1788, but not published until 1799. Largely confirming the earlier work of Heberden on the condition, Parry stated his conclusion that disease of the coronary arteries is the responsible factor in angina pectoris (which he called “syncope anginosa”). He was the first to observe the slowing of the heart rate following pressure on the carotid artery’ (G-M); Blackall: ‘Blackall was before Bright in detecting albuminuria in association with dropsy. His book.... includes reports on cases of angina pectoris’, G-M 4492; G-M 2888, Norman 1646, G-M 2209. (1)

Heberden (William). Commentaries on the History and Cure of Diseases, 1st edition, 1802, one or two words with manuscript corrections, light water stain, a few spots, library cloth, a little rubbed with stains, 8vo, together with Dickinson (Caleb), An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Fever..., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1785, 3pp. publisher’s list at end, bound with Observations on Fever, by Robert Wade, 1st edition, 1824, library stamps, light spotting, library cloth, 8vo, plus Clutterbuck (Henry), Observations on the Prevention and Treatment of the Epidemic Fever, at Present Prevailing in this Metropolis and most parts of the United Kingdom, 1st edition, 1819, library stamps and light spotting, previous owner signature, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, with others related by William Jenner, William Heberden, Humphry Sandwith, Charles Murchison, etc. First work: ‘Heberden’s Commentaries, originally published in Latin in the same year as the English translation, contains all of his important medical papers’. (Norman 1033); G-M 2207. (36)

Hirst (Barton Cooke & George A. Piersol). Human Monstrosities, 4 vols., 1st UK edition, Edinburgh & London, 1892-93, 39 photographic plates, illustrations, some marginal tears and light soiling, loose as issued in original wrappers (repaired, lacking original lower wrappers), modern cloth foldover box, folio. ‘The first large work on the subject illustrated primarily by photographs of specimens’ (G-M 534.68). (4)

Hodgson (Joseph ). A Treatise on the Diseases of Arteries and Veins, Containing the Pathology and Treatment of Aneurisms and Wounded Arteries, 1st edition, 1815, errata to final leaf verso, some spotting, library stamps to title and final leaf, lacks half-title, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, together with the first German edition of the same work, Hanover, 1817, three folding engraved plates at rear, occasional spotting, a few ink library stamps, contemporary boards with leather label to spine, a little wear to joints, plus volume one (of 2) of the first French edition, Paris & Montpellier, 1819, half-title detached, some heavy spotting at front and rear, later half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, all 8vo. Joseph Hodgson founded the Birmingham High Hospital in 1824 and became President of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1864, the first provincial surgeon to be so elected. This first English edition lacks the atlas volume; G-M 2741. (3)

Hunter (John). The Works, with Notes, Edited by James F. Palmer, 4 volumes, 1835, silhouette portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (offset to title), some spotting, contemporary prize calf gilt with red and black leather labels to spine, gilt armorial of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital to each upper cover and top-most compartment of each spine, the original prize sheet pasted to front free endpaper of volume 1, partly printed and completed in manuscript, noting that these books were presented to Bernard Rice as the first prize for surgery by William Lawrence and additionally signed by fourteen further medical officers and lecturers, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. C.R. Kenchington to front pastedowns, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with the accompanying volume of plates, 1837, engraved portrait frontispiece and sixty plates, some folding, library stamp to title and each plate, some spotting throughout, Birmingham Medical Library label re-pasted to front pastedown, modern cloth, 4to, plus Subscription Book. Specimen Copy of Illustrations to Palmer’s Edition of the Works of John Hunter, 4 pp with manuscript names of eight subscribers inserted (including Birmingham Medical Library), four names struck through, tipped on to a guard and followed by the portrait frontispiece and fifty-one engraved plates, library stamp to each, original title label re-pasted to front pastedown, modern cloth, 4to (6)

Jourdain (Anselme Louis Bernard Berchillet). Traite des Maladies et des Operations Reellement Chirurgicales de la Bouche, 2 vols., 1st edition, Paris, 1778, half-title to volume I, seven folding engraved plates, one plate with repaired tear, library stamps, occasional spotting, modern library cloth, 8vo. ‘The first specialist book on oral surgery. The first volume deals with diseases of the maxilla; and the second, with diseases of the mandible. Jourdain was particularly expert in diseases of the maxillary sinus and describes all forms of inflammation, and cystic and tumorous alterations of the sinuses. The appendix to volume one deals with specific problems exclusive to oral surgery and quotes for the first time case histories of other physicians’ (G-M 3676.1); Wellcome III, p.367. (2)

Laennec (Rene Theophile Hyacinthe). A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in which they are Described According to their Anatomical Characters, and their Diagnosis Established on a New Principle by Means of Acoustick Instruments. Translated from the French... with a Preface and Notes by John Forbes, 1st edition, 1821, eight engraved plates, bound without half-title, library stamps, some offsetting, library cloth, spine faded, 8vo. ‘Auscultation in the instrumental sense dates from Laennec’s invention of the stethoscope (at first merely a roll of stiff paper) with a view to amplifying the sound of the heart’s action. The publication of this book revolutionized the study of disease of the thoracic organs’ (G-M 2673, referring to the first French edition of 1819). ‘... although he [Forbes] abridged parts of Laennec’s work, omitted others, and condensed much, reducing it to about half its original size, he probably did as much as anyone to popularise the use of the stethoscope and to introduce Laennec’s teaching to English readers. He undoubtedly underestimated seriously the great influence the stethoscope was to have on medicine, but obviously realised the immense importance of the book in general. Forbes’s translation was printed in an edition of only 500 copies, all of which, according to a letter from Forbes to Laennec, had been sold by September 1823’ (Norman 1256). (1)

Larrey (Dominique Jean). Memoires de Chirurgie Militaire, et Campagnes, 4 vols., 1st edition, 2nd issue, Paris 1812-17, half-titles, folding map and 16 engraved plates, library stamps, occasional light spotting and browning, water stain to volume IV, contemporary previous owner signature of John Allport, library cloth, edges lightly rubbed, 8vo. ‘Larrey was the greatest military surgeon in history... He was present at all Napoleon’s great Battles and one of the few who stood by him on his abdication, and was waiting for him on his return in 1815. Larrey was one of the first to amputate at the hip-joint, the first to describe the therapeutic effect of maggots on wounds, gave the first decription of ‘trench foot’, invented the ‘ambulante volonte’, used advanced first-aid posts on the battlefield, and devised several new operations. He was familiar with the stomach tube, with debridement and with the infectious nature of granular conjunctivitis’ (G-M 2160). The present set corresponds to the Norman four volume set imprint; a fifth volume, Relation Medicale de Campagnes et Voyages, de 1815 a 1840, was published in 1841. G-M 2160, 4442; Norman 1280; Waller 5610; Wellcome III, 451. (4)

Lewis (George). Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Male and Female Pelvis, 2nd edition, 1822, 19 pp, eight engraved plates with accompanying outline plates, light library stamp to title and most plates, some offsetting to facing text leaves or plate versos, modern cloth, folio (430 x 275mm). First published in 1811, with descriptions and explanatory references by Mr Lawrence. (1)

Lizars (John). Observations on Extraction of Diseased Ovaria, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1825, half-title, five hand-coloured engraved plates, faint library stamp to title and plates, bound with Lee (Robert), The Anatomy of the Nerves of the Uterus, 1st edition, 1841, two lithographed plates after J. Perry, faint library stamp to each, bound with Turnbull (William), A Case of Extra Uterine Gestation, of the Ventral Kind, Including the Symptoms of the Patient from the Earliest Period of Pregnancy to the Time of Death (Fifteen Months), with the Appearances Upon Dissection, 1st edition, 1791, half-title, three engraved plates plus key outline plate, faint library stamp to titles and plates, a little spotting and marginal dust-soiling, text leaves separated and rehinged individually (4to), together with Lee (Robert), Practical Observations on the Diseases of the Uterus, 1849, 2 parts paginated as 1, nine hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. Perry, library stamp to title and each plate, lacks half-title(?), both modern blue cloth gilt, folio. ‘Lizars performed the first (unsuccessful) ovarotomy in Britain. His book made generally known the practical possibility of this operation’ (G-M 6026). Rare. (2)

Nuck (Antonius). Adenographia curiosa et uteri foeminei anatome nova, cum epistola ad amicum de inventis novis, Leiden, 1691, additional engraved title, nine folding plates (closed tear to final plate), ink library stamp to title plates, front blanks with ownership inscription of T. Scarman, Nov. (18th 1791 and BMI presentation label of Dr. Melson, modern calf, 8vo, together with De Ducta Salivala Novo, Saliva, Ductibus Oculorum Aquosis, et Humore Oculi Aqueo, 1st edition, Leiden, 1685, three folding plates, lacks engraved title, library stamp to title and plates, slight toning, library cloth, 12mo, with Sialographia et Ductuum Aquosorum Anatome Nova, Priori auctoir & emendatior..., Leiden, 1695, six folding engraved plates, some dust-soiling & spotting, library cloth, 8vo. First work G-M 1213. (3)

Pemberton (Oliver). Clinical Illustrations of Various Forms of Cancer, and of Other Diseases Likely to be Mistaken for Them, with a Special Reference to their Surgical Treatment, 1st edition, 1847, twelve lithograph plates, all but two hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to lower outer corner of each plate and old water stains to upper and outer margins of last four plates, minor adhesion damage to first plate from facing text leaf, with an autograph letter signed from the author to D.W. Compton dated 7th October 1867, tipped in before title, presenting this copy of the work to him, the letter in gratitude for a shared interest, with a postscript, ‘I think the plain copies are really best - but I send you what may be deemed otherwise’, 4 pp, 8vo, with a further presentation inscription to Dickinson Webster Compton from the author to half-title, library stamp beneath, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly frayed to extremities, lower board dampstained, folio. Pemberton produced the work to help distinguish benign from malignant tumours. A nice association copy of a rarer coloured specimen, the plain copies having just one colour-printed plate (number 9) as here. (1)

[Perceval, John Thomas]. A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by Gentlemen, During a State of Mental Derangement, Designed to Explain the Causes and the Nature of Insanity, and to Expose the Injudicious Conduct Pursued Towards Many Unfortunate Sufferers under that Calamity, 1st edition, 1838, [ii], 278, 2 pp, library stamp to title, first two leaves detached, bound with Burrows (George Man), An Inquiry into Certain Errors Relative to Insanity, and their Consequences, Physical, Moral and Civil, 1st edition, 1820, [x], 320 pp, folding table (library stamp), closed tear to title margin, contemporary half calf, covers detached and some loss to spine, 8vo. Perceval was the son of Spencer Perceval, the assassinated prime minister. Burrows: Hunter & Macalpine, p 777. (1)

Percival (Thomas). Medical Ethics, or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons..., Manchester, 1803, half-title and main title-page spotted, lacks final advertisement leaf, bound after [Gregory, John], Observations on the Duties and Offices of a Physician, and on the Method of Prosecuting Enquiries in Philosophy, 1st edition, 1770, author identified in old manuscript to title, title a little browned and with faint library stamp, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Blackall to front pastedown, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo. First published for private circulation, 1803. ‘The British and American medical professions have adopted much of ‘Percival’ in their ethical codes’ (G-M 1764); Heirs of Hippocrates 1037; Norman 1681; Waller 7299. (1)

Petit (Jean-Louis). L’art de guerir les maladies des os..., 1st edition, Paris, 1705, a few woodcut illustrations to text, a little occasional spotting and faint library stamp to title, old ownership signature of Roger Birdwood (slightly trimmed) to front free endpaper with BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Blackall pasted beneath, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 12mo, together with Traite des maladies des os..., 2 volumes, new revised and enlarged edition, Paris, 1758, two folding engraved plates, second plate with marginal browning and closed tear repair, woodcut illustrations to text, some spotting and old dampstaining throughout, occasional library stamps including to titles and plates, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 12mo. ‘Petit was the first director of the Academie de Chirurgie, Paris. he is particularly remembered for his work on bone diseases. He invented the screw tourniquet, gave the first account of osteomalacia, and was the first to open the mastoid process’ (G-M 4300, 1st edition, 1705). (3)

Ramsay (Alexander). Anatomy of the Heart, Cranium, and Brain, Adapted to the Purposes of the Medical and Surgical Practitioner, To Which is Added, in Notes, Observations on the Laws of Life and Sensation, 2nd edition, much enlarged, two parts in 1 volume, Edinburgh, 1813, title to both parts, fifteen hand-coloured aquatint plates to part 2 including some with apertures, library stamp to title and each plate, some spotting throughout and somewhat heavy to text leaves at end of first part, contemporary marbled boards with plain linen backstrip, a little rubbed and frayed, 4to. An enlarged edition of this work published the year before included cut-outs in plates seven to twelve to simulate the stages of an actual dissection. (1)

Rush (Benjamin). Essays, Literary, Moral & Philosophical, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1798, library stamp to title, some browning to first and last leaves, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo. Subjects covered in this collection includes education of women, capital punishment, vices of American Indians, ill-effects of tobacco upon health and society, etc. Norman 1863; Sabin 74217. (1)

Saunders (J.C.). The Anatomy of the Human Ear, Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, of the Natural Size; With a Treatise on the Diseases of that Organ, the Causes of Deafness, and their Proper Treatment, 1st edition, 1806, four engraved plates, spotting and water stains, library stamps, library cloth, edges rubbed, folio (440 x 275mm). ‘Saunders was the first to advise paracentesis in acute middle-ear suppuration’ (G-M 3362). (1)

Scarpa (Antonio). Memoria sulla legatura delle principali arterie degli arti con una appendice all’opera sull’aneurisma, 1st edition, Pavia: Pietro Bizzoni, 1817, faint library stamp to title, a little spotting and soiling to first and last leaves, tear with small blank paper loss to lower outer corner of penultimate leaf, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, folio (323 x 224mm). A large-paper copy of Scarpa’s work on aneurysms in which he distinguished between true and false aneurysms, marking the beginning of a movement to study the diseases of the arteries in particular, and all other vessels in general. G-M 2940. Not in Cushing, Norman, Osler or Waller. (1)

Scarpa (Antonio). A Memoir on the Congenital Club Feet of Children, and on the Mode of Correcting that Deformity, Translated from the Italian by J.H. Wishart, 1st English edition, 1818, half-title and advert leaf at front, five folding engraved plates (one split along fold), library stamp to title and each plate, spotting throughout, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to, together with Eisenberg (John), Surgical and Practical Observations on the Diseases of the Human Foot, with Instructions for their Treatment, to Which is Added Advice on the Management of the Hand, 1st edition, 1845, half-title, library stamps and some soiling to title, all edges gilt, modern cloth gilt, 4to, plus Little (W.J.), A Treatise on the Nature of Club-Foot and Analogous Distortions..., 1st edition, 1839, wood-engraved illustrations to text, publisher’s adverts at front and rear, library stamp to title, hinges slightly cracked, BMI presentation bookplate from Mr. Gamgee to front endpaper, original cloth, spine defective and corners bruised, 8vo, plus Cross (John), On the Mechanism and Motions of the Human Foot and Leg, Glasgow, 1819, lacks half-title, library stamp to title, some old light dampstaining throughout, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. The work by Scarpa is the ‘first accurate description of the pathological anatomy of club foot. English translation, Edinburgh, 1818’ (G-M 4308, citing Pavia 1803 edition). (4)

Scarpa (Antonio). Sull’ Ernie Memoire Anatomico-Chirurgiche, 1st edition, Milan, 1809, ten engraved plates by Faustino Anderloni, ten outline key plates, title repaired, library stamps, light spots and occasional light soiling, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (650 x 477mm). ‘Scarpa distinguished between inguinal and femoral hernia, describing the characteristics of each; he was also the first to call attention to the sliding hernia, and described the difference between congenital and acquired umbilical hernias. The eponymous ‘Scarpa’s facia’ (creasteric facia) and ‘Scarpa’s triangle of the thigh’ are derived from the present work. The magnificent plates, by Scarpa’s illustrator Faustino Anderloni, are life-size’ (Norman 1901); G-M 3583. (1)

Shaw (John). Engravings, Illustrative of a Work on the Nature and Treatment of the Distortions to which the Spine and the Bones of the Chest are Subject, 1st edition, 1824, half-title, seven engraved plates and six mounted etched illustrations mostly by Thomas Landseer, some light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, edges rubbed, a few stains, folio, together with Hind (George William), A Series of Twenty Plates Illustrating the Causes of Displacement in the Various Fractures of the Bones of the Extremities, 1st edition, 1835, 20 uncoloured lithographed plates, original colour extra illustration bound in at end, some spotting and water stains, some fore-edge fraying, later library cloth, tear at foot of spine, a few stains, 4to. First item: Scarce atlas illustrating Shaw’s 1823 text volume, with early engravings by Thomas Landeer. ‘It is a book of considerable merit, and is quoted at the present day as an authority on orthopaedic surgery’ (DNB). (2)

Snow (John). On the Inhalation of the Vapour of Ether in Surgical Operations: containing a Description of the Various Stages of Etherization and a Statement of the Result of nearly Eighty Operations in which Ether has been employed in St. Georges and University College Hospitals, 1st edition, 1847, half-title present, three woodcut illustrations including one full-page, faint library stamp to title (near detached), half-title and C1 strengthened at inner margins, minor creasing and tiny loss of blank upper outer corner to D3, modern green cloth gilt, original upper and lower green cloth panels relaid, BMI presentation book label from [Oliver] Pemberton to front pastedown, 8vo. A great rarity, this was the second treatise on ether anesthesia, and Snow’s first book on the subject. It contains the first illustrated account of Snow’s regulating inhaler, the first to control the amount of ether vapour received by the patient. Snow had published some preliminary comments in the London Medical Gazette, following which he modified the inhaler, and included the description of the final modified version in this book. G-M 5658; Norman 1966. (1)

Snow (John). On Chloroform and other Anaesthetics: Their Action and Administration, 1st edition, 1858, two wood engravings including one full-page, 32-page publisher’s catalogue at rear (dated July 1858), library stamp to title, heavily and neatly underscored in ink throughout with scattered minor marginalia, BMI presentation book label from Oliver Pemberton, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, some edge and corner wear, 8vo. First edition of Snow’s comprehensive treatise on anaesthesiology completed a few days before his death, and published posthumously by his friend B. W. Richardson with a detailed biography. G-M 5666; Norman 1970. (1)

Swan (Joseph). A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 1st quarto edition, 1834, twenty-five engraved plates, two library stamps to title and each plate, a little spotting and occasional light offsetting, modern library cloth, together with Plates of the Brain, in Explanation of the Physical Faculties of the Nervous System, 1st edition, 1853, twenty-two lithograph plates, all but last two tinted, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, library stamp to title and plate margins, a little dust-soiling, hinges broken and contents loose in original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, minor fraying to extremities, both 4to. For this quarto edition of the first work the plates were re-engraved by Findon, one of the original engravers for the folio edition of 1834. (2)

Tait (Robert Lawson). Lectures on Ectopic Pregnancy and Pelvic Haematocele, 1st edition, Birmingham, 1888, three engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, inscribed ‘With the author’s compliments’ to title and with BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, upper hinge cracked, original cloth gilt, partly faded and soiled, frayed on joints and spine partly detached, 8vo, together with a second badly dampstained copy of the same work, plus The Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of the Ovaries, 4th edition, Re-written and Greatly Enlarged, Birmingham, 1884, illustrations to text, author’s presentation inscription to Dr. Louisa Atkins inscribed to title and with autograph letter signed ‘Lawson Tait’ to Mrs. Atkins pasted to front free endpaper (browned), 2 pp, 8vo, BMI bookplate to front pastedown, hinges near-broken, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, plus two further copies of the same work, plus Diseases of Women, 1st and 2nd editions, 1877 & 1887, plus An Essay on Hospital Mortality Based upon the Statistics of the Hospitals of Great Britain for Fifteen Years, 1st edition, 1877, publisher’s catalogue at rear, author’s presentation copy for the BMI, library stamp to title and dedication leaf, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and frayed at foot of spine, plus Compendium of Children’s Diseases, A Handbook for Practitioners and Students, by Dr. Johann Steiner, Translated... Lawson Tait, 1874, publisher’s catalogue at rear, library stamp to title, translator’s presentation copy to the BMI, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, plus other mostly duplicates by Lawson Tait, all ex-library condition. First work: G-M 6199. (12)

Tuke (Samuel). Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York, for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends. Containing an Account of its Origin and Progress, the Modes of Treatment, and a Statement of Cases, 1st edition, York, 1813, double-page engraved frontispiece, two double-page plans, library stamps and a few spots, bound with at end Select Committee reports on lunatic asylums, published in the Edinburgh Review, c. (1817, press cuttings, some annotation at front in various hands, presentation inscription to title from Samuel Fox, Nottingham, BMI presentation label from Dr Mackey, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, together with four others: Report, Together with the Minutes of Evidence, and an Appendix of Papers, from the Committee Appointed to Consider of Provision being made for the Better Regulation of Madhouses in England, 1815, P. Mere Latham’s An Account of the Disease Lately Prevalent at the General Penitentiary, 1825, Daniel Tuke’s Rules and List of the Present Members of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane..., 1854 and Sleep-Walking and Hypnotism, 1884. First work ‘The pioneer work by an Englishman advocating humane treatment of the mentally ill. Tuke set out in this work the successful results of his experience with the ‘mild system of treatment’ which had been instituted at The Retreat since its foundation. More than a multitude of learned tomes, this unpretentious work by a layman convinced both professionals and public alike of the value of humane treatment in psychiatric care’ (G-M 4925.1); Norman 2210. (5)

Willughby (Percival, 1596-1685). [Observations in Midwifery], bound with The Country Midwife’s Opusculum or Vade Mecum, shewing the wayes how to deliver any difficult birth, bee it naturall, or, unnaturall. Published for the helping, & easing of women in their extremities, & for the saving of the infants lives. Long practiced, &, with good successe, used in the time of the woman’s travaile. Directing how the midwife should carry her self in the Handy Operation from the beginning to the ending of the Woman’s Delivery, by Percivall Willughby, Gentleman, both c. (1672, author’s original manuscript in two parts, largely written in English, with some Latin receipts and quotations, in an exceptionally neat cursive and compact script, ruled borders throughout with page numbers, catchwords and occasional side-notes and symbols (unascertained variations of the female sex symbol), some spotting and soiling, occasional old dampstaining (affecting whole of second work), but not affecting darkness of the ink or legibility, paper and ink generally in fresh condition, four missing leaves transcribed and inserted in imitation of the original [by Miss Steward in 1938], also without original title-page to first work, a later misleading manuscript title in its place reading ‘An Excellent Worke of Chirurgie or Midwifery Explained, 1635, This Work is respectfully dedi[cated] to the Public and Gentry by the Author’, this leaf slightly frayed at edges and bearing the only library stamp in the volume, followed by Miss Steward’s neater copy of the same leaf, a few small archival closed tear repairs to upper inner margins of early leaves not affecting text, modern blind-stamped antique-style morocco by Slinn of Birmingham, gilt-lettered on spine, 8vo (153 x 95 mm). A highly important and exceptionally rare manuscript of great significance in the history of obstetrics, being one of only two known full-length copies in the author’s hand. The Observations records over 150 cases, dating between 1630 and 1672, illustrating the problems and challenges Willughby had encountered when called upon as a man-midwife to assist at difficult births, many made complicated by the inexperience or inefficiency of the midwife. In the case records he not only gives the dates on which they occurred but also quite often the name of the village or town, and, when in London, even the street to which he had been called. The name of the patient, and often of her husband, is generally included. Besides his ‘honoured good friend’ William Harvey, whose writings are referred to frequently and who even visits him in Derby, Willughby’s other cited references include the accepted works of Pare and Guillemeau, but there is mention of others such as Jane Sharp whose Compleat Midwife’s Companion (1671) was the first book written by an English midwife. The Opusculum, designed to be a vade mecum for ‘countrey midwifes’, gives a summary of his teaching for ‘directing how the midwife should carry herself - from the beginning to the ending of the woman’s delivery’. Collation: pp [4, later bogus title-page and modern copy of the same], 549 [text], [3, blanks], [25, index]; pp [2, title, verso blank], 59, [3, index]. The work is missing its original title-page to the first work and four leaves from the text, two leaves from each part: Pages 5-8 of the first work and pp 57-59 plus first leaf of index of the second work. These pages were transcribed in imitation of the original by Miss Steward and inserted using the Blenkinsop edition in 1938 when the volume was bound by Slinn of Birmingham. The copy had been discovered in the Library by Miles Phillips who paid for its renovation and rebinding. Provenance and background to the known manuscripts. Presented to the Birmingham Medical Library by Dr W. H. Partridge (1791-1854). This may have been the copy mentioned by William Denman (Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery, Second Edition, Volume 1, 1788, pp. xxxii-xxxvi) that was in the possession of Thomas Kirkland (1722-1798) and which the eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist James Hobson Aveling thought had disappeared. The only other complete copy known is that held by the Royal Society of Medicine, London (MSS 296). This copy is now known to probably be the one given to the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society by J.H. Aveling about 1881, and which had formerly belonged to Henry Blenkinsop - see below. There is a third manuscript held by the British Library (Sloane MS 529) which though the earliest version of the three covers only 19 leaves, has a break in the text at the end of the second page, and appears to be a greatly abbreviated version of the Observations. The ink has permeated the paper making legibility of this small quarto difficult. By contrast, the BMI and RSM copies are highly legible and clear with very similar, but not always identical, text; the single most striking difference being the larger sheet size of the RSM copy which carries 42 lines to the page rather than thirty, as here. Printed versions. The first edition was finally printed in 1863 in a subscription edition of 100 copies by Henry Blenkinsop (1813-1866). He had purchased his copy of the manuscript from a bookseller’s catalogue. Only about seventeen copies of Blenkinsop’s edition seem to have been bound up, according to a census made by Miles Phillips in the 1950s, the sheets for the remaining copies believed to have been destroyed. A Dutch translation of the Observations preceded the English edition by a century, but this book published in Leiden in 1754 is also exceptionally scarce. A facsimile reprint of Blenkinsop’s edition, with a new introduction by John L. Thornton, FLA, was published by S.R. Publishers (East Ardsley) in 1972. This gives a biography of Willughby and full account of the manuscript and printed versions, much of this latter work based on Miles H. Phillips various articles and research on Willughby. J.H. Aveling also contributed much on the subject in journal articles but see also his English Midwives, their History and Prospects (1872), pp. 54-60, for information on Willoughby and his midwife daughter. See also H.R. Wilson, The History of British Midwifery from 1650-1800 (1927); Adrian Wilson, The Making of Man-Midwifery, Childbirth in England, 1660-1770 (1995), the latter with much reference to Willughby’s work. Biography: Percival[l] Willughby was born in 1596 at Wollaton Hall in Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Trowbridge, Rugby School and Eton College. He matriculated from Magdalen College, Oxford, on 23 March 1621, graduating BA on 6 July. In 1619 he was apprenticed for seven years to James Van Otten (1568-1624), a London surgeon, intending to join his uncle, Robert Willughby, at the end of the term. However, after Van Otten’s death he began practice on his own account in Derby. He married Elizabeth (1599-1666) in 1631; one of his sons joined his father in practice in 1670, and a daughter, Eleanor, worked with her father as a midwife during his time in Stafford and London. Willughby practised as an obstetrician in Derby from around 1630, and was admitted as an extra-licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1641. He moved to Stafford for a few months in 1655-56, and then to London for four years for the better education of his children. However, he was back in Derby in 1659 and remained there until he died in 1685, aged 89. He left no published works in his own lifetime and it is still a matter of conjecture why he did not publish this manuscript. If it had been published it would have greatly contributed to the development of British obstetrics which was then heavily reliant on the translated writings of Ambroise Pare (1510-1590), Jacques Guillemeau (1550-1613).. The Text of Observations in Midwifery. Willughby was very much in favour of a non-interv

Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox. — Further Observations on the Variolae Vaccinae, 2 parts (of three) in one volume, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low for the author, 1800, half-titles to both parts, four engraved plates by William Skelton after Skelton and Edward Pearce, printed in colour and finished in colours by hand, light library stamp to upper blank area of each plate, white paper watermarked 1798, one small manuscript correction to leaf K2* (‘Viccinae’ with second letter corrected to ‘a’), bound without the third part (A Continuation of Facts and Observations..., pp 141-182), some light spotting throughout, first half-title inscribed in the author’s holograph ‘For Henry Hickes (sic) Esq. from his obliged friend the Author’, additionally inscribed to front pastedown in the recipient’s holograph, ‘W[illoughby] F. Wade, 16 Temple Row, Birmingham, from the library of the late Dr. [John] Baron of Cheltenham, the biographer of Jenner’, BMI presentation bookplate label from Dr. Wade to front free endpaper facing, contemporary cloth boards with Birmingham Medical Institute stamp to upper cover, some soiling and edge wear, utilitarian cloth reback with heavy cloth-tape to hinges running close to Wade’s inscription on pastedown (touching last letter of ‘Cheltenham’ only), 4to (260 x 205mm). An outstanding association copy from Jenner to his good friend Henry Hicks, a mill owner at Eastington near Stroud, and the first person to submit his own children to the new practice of vaccination. The copy then passed directly from Hicks to John Baron (1786-1851), a friend and major supporter of Jenner from 1809. Henry Hicks is referred to several times in Baron’s Life of Edward Jenner (1827). He is first mentioned when it is noted that it was at Hicks’s house that Jenner prepared his paper with remarks on the cuckoo (p. (15). Later, Baron recounts Hicks’s presence at the Society he had instigated to improve medical science. The meetings were chiefly held at the Fleece Inn, at Rodborough. After the more serious business was finished, non-scientific visitors were allowed to join: ‘No one more frequently enjoyed this indulgence than Jenner’s faithful friend Henry Hicks. This gentleman’s house lay in the direct road from Berkeley to the place of meeting, and it was often Jenner’s custom to call as he passed and carry him with him to Rodborough’ (p. (45). In June 1797 Jenner was showing the manuscript of his great work to close friends for approval. Jenner’s ‘friends [Edward] Gardner and Hicks were also often consulted about it; and, finally before it was send to the press it was accurately and faithfully scrutinised by a select number of his particular associates, at Rudhall near Ross in Herefordshire, the seat of Thomas Westfaling, Esq. They all felt deeply interested in the investigation; they all saw that a matter of so much moment ought to be canvassed with the greatest care; for the dearest interest of their fellow-creatures, as well as their own affectionately loved friend, was involved in it. The party present on this occasion were Mr. Westfaling, Dr. Worthington, Mr. Paytherus, and Mr. H. Hicks’, p 142. Jenner’s Inquiry was finally published on 9th November 1798. ‘On the 27th of that month, he [Jenner] inoculated two of the children of his friend Mr. Hicks, of Eastington, with matter taken the preceding day from a farm at Stonehouse. I dwell on this incident that I may, in the first place, record Mr. Hicks’s confidence in the prophylactic powers of cow-pox, who had the merit of being the first gentleman that submitted his own children to the new practice; and, in the next place to disprove an assertion subsequently made that the first vaccinations performed by Dr. Jenner, after the publication of his Inquiry, were with virus furnished by Dr. Pearson’, pp 303-04. This is referred to again in more detail on page 324. Further on, Baron places Hicks on a higher pedestal: ‘I have already mentioned Henry Hicks as his friend and counsellor: I have also mentioned how sedulously he promoted vaccination by first submitting his own children to it, and then diffusing it in his neighbourhood: I have now to attempt to commemorate his services in another line. He made himself perfectly acquainted with all the details of cow-pox inoculation; and about this time he brought this knowledge into practice. He commenced a series of inoculations; and evinced an accuracy and fidelity which would have done honour to the most enlightened physician... ‘, pp 330-31. Jenner himself refers to the inoculation of Hicks’s children on pp 132-34 of this work: ‘Having been requested by my friend Mr. Henry Hicks, of Eastington, in this county, to inoculate two of his children, and at the same time some of his servants and the people employed in his manufactory, matter was taken from the arm of this boy for the purpose. The numbers inoculated were eighteen. They all took the infection, and either on the fifth or sixth day a vesicle was perceptible on the punctured part... ‘. LeFanu 21 records this as one of the seven inscribed copies made known to him. (1)

Beddoes (Thomas). A Letter to Erasmus Darwin on a New Method of Treating Pulmonary Consumption, 1st edition, Bristol, 1793, 72 pp, first and last pages heavily dust-soiled, some staining to upper margin of first three leaves not affecting text, bound with Rush (Benjamin), Three Lectures Upon Animal Life, Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1799, [iii]-viii, 84 pp, lacks half-title, upper outer corner of title torn with loss not affecting text, title and last page dust-soiled, bound with Johnstone (James), Some Account of the Walton Water, Near Tewkesbury, With Thoughts on the Use and Diseases of the Lymphatic Glands, Worcester, [1787], [iii-viii], 48 pp, lacks half-title, last page dust-soiled, bound with three others by Thomas Henry, William Henry and one pamphlet concerning the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, some spotting and soiling, library cloth, frayed at head of spine, 8vo, together with Beddoes (Thomas), Researches Anatomical and Practical Concerning Fever as Connected with Inflammation, [1807], library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed and soiled and split at head of joints, 8vo, plus Stock (John Edmonds), Memoirs of the Life of Thomas Beddoes, MD, with an Analytical Account of His Writings, 1st edition, 1811, engraved portrait frontispiece, old water stain to upper corner, some spotting and heavily offset to title, some spotting and soiling throughout, half-title present, library stamp to frontispiece and title, modern cloth with leather label to spine, 4to (3)

Berkeley (George). Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and Divers other Subjects Connected Together and Arising One from Another, 2nd edition, Improved and Corrected by the Author, 1744, 174, [2] pp, faint library stamp and ownership signature of John Freer to title, occasional spotting and light soiling or browning, bound with Anti-Siris: Or, English Wisdsom Exemplify’d by Various Examples, but, Particularly, the Present General Demand for Tar Water..., in a Letter from a Foreign Gentleman at London, to his Friend Abroad, 1st edition, 1744, 60 pp, bound with Hales (Stephen), An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-Water..., Which was Read Before the Royal Society, 1st edition, 1745, [ii], 29, [1] pp, bound with Saul (Edward), An Historical and Philosophical Account of the Barometer, or Weather-Glass..., 1st edition, 1730, [xii], 100 pp, light spotting and water staining to lower margins, old paper repair to foremargin of I2 affecting first one or two letters of last seven lines of leaf verso, without loss of sense, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Cheyne (John). A Second Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus, or Dropsy in the Brain, 1st edition, Dublin, 1815, [vi], [5]-74, [2] pp, final blank present, some heavy spotting or browning, bound with Baynton (Thomas), An Account of a Successful Method of Treating Diseases of the Spine, with Observations, and Cases in Illustration, 1813, [iv], 128 pp, library stamp to title, bound with Griffith (Moses), Practical Observations on the Cure of Hectic and Slow Fevers, and the Pulmonary Consumption..., new edition, 1799, [x], 50 pp, some spotting and dust-soiling, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. Cheyne’s first Essay was published in Edinburgh in 1808 and gave the first description of the condition. (1)

Clark (John). A Collection of Papers, Intended to Promote an Institution for the Cure and Prevention of Infectious Fevers in Newcastle and other Populous Towns. Together with the Communications of the Most Eminent Physicians, Relative to the Safety and Importance of Annexing Fever-Wards to the Newcastle and other Infirmaries, 2 parts, Newcastle, 1802, 47, [3], 235; [xii], 230 pp, title to both parts and divisional title within first part, one full-page engraved plan to first title verso, two folding plates including one double-sided table, library stamp to first title and one plate, bound with Falconer (William), An Essay on the Plague, Also a Sketch of a Plan of Internal Police, Proposed as a Means of Preventing the Spreading of the Plague, Should it be Introduced into this Country, 1st edition, Bath, 1801, iv, 72 pp, library cloth, rubbed and soiled and a little frayed to extremities, 8vo (1)

Clutterbuck (Henry). Remarks on the Opinions of the Late Mr John Hunter Respecting the Venereal Disease, in a Letter to Joseph Adams, MD, 1st edition, 1799, library stamp to title, lacks final advert leaf, bound with Swift (Charles), Salivation Exploded, or, A Practical Essay on the Venereal Disease..., the third edition, 1782, some dust-soiling, largely at front and rear, bound with Smyth (J. Hamilton), A New Treatise on the Venereal Disease, Gleets, Semenal Weaknesses, the Dreadful Effects of a Certain Detestable Vice, and the Causes of Impotency, Barrenness &c, the 20th edition, [i.e. first and sole] edition, printed for the author, 1782, slight dampstaining to lower outer corners and dust-soiling to first and last leaves, bound with Freeman (Stephen), Venus Uncover’d, Or the Patient’s Victory over the Cruel and Dangerous Disorder, the Venereal Disease..., 17th edition, n.d., first and last page dust-soiled, bound with Falck (Nikolai Detlef), A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, in three parts, 2nd edition, 1774, engraved vignette to title, five engraved plates including one folding, lacks final advert leaf, some spotting and occasional old dampstaining to lower outer corners, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Dalton (John). Meteorological Observations and Essays, 1st edition, 1793, xvi, 208 pp, light library stamp to title, bound with [Robison, John], Outlines of a Course of Experimental Philosophy, Edinburgh, 1784, 21 pp, bound with Carey (Matthew), A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, Lately Prevalent in Philadelphia..., 2nd edition, 1794, 112 pp, bound with [?Tattersall, William], The Crime of Neglecting Inoculation, Liverpool, 1793, 16 pp, bound with The Best Use of Bad Times, Or, Friendly Hints to Manufacturers and Mechanics, on their Present Distresses, [London?], 1793, 16 pp, author’s presentation inscription to Dr. [Thomas] Percival on title trimmed with loss, bound with Laws and List of the Members of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1788, [iv], 113 pp, bound with Walker (Adam), Analysis of a Course of Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, 7th edition, Sold by the Author, c. (1785, 88 pp, final explanation leaf soiled and torn without loss, library cloth, rubbed, soiled and frayed on joints, 8vo. The work by Dalton is a first edition of the author’s first book. It includes his observations on evaporation and the appendix contains what is now known as ‘Dalton’s Law’ of partial pressures: that in a mixture of gases, every gas acts as an independent entity. Norman 574; Wheeler Gift 582. (1)

Falconer (William). A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions Upon Disorders of the Body, 1st edition, 1788, [4], [xxii], 105, [3] pp, half-title and adverts at rear, library stamp to title, a little spotting, bound with Commerell (Abbe de), An Account of the Culture and Use of the Mangel Wurzel, or Root of Scarcity, 3rd edition, 1787, [x], 51 pp, hand-coloured frontispiece (close trimmed), bound with A Letter from a Subscriber to the York Lunatic Asylum, to the Governors on that Charity, York, 1788, 31 pp, half-title, some light browning throughout, inscribed by Dr. Perceval to title, bound with Leslie (Patrick Dugud), An Account of the Epidemical Catarrhal Fever, Commonly Called the Influenza, as it Appeared in the City and Environs of Durham, in the Month of June 1782..., [1783?], [vi], 100 pp, bound with Waterhouse (Benjamin), A Synopsis of a Course of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine, in Four Parts, Part the First (all published), Boston, 1786, x, 44 pp, some spotting and soiling to last few leaves, bound with two pamphlets relating to Newcastle, a defective pamphlet on prisons and three dissertations by Peter Crompton, Jacob Watson Roberts and Thomas White, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Franklin (Benjamin). Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and other Commissioners, Charged by the King of France, with the Examination of the Animal Magnetism..., Translated from the French, 1st English edition, 1785, xx, 108 pp, small light brown stain to lower margin of first few leaves not affecting text, bound with Wooffendale (Robert), Practical Observations on the Human Teeth, 1st edition, 1783, [xx], 158 pp, engraved frontispiece (offset to title), bound with Moore (James Carrick), A Method of Preventing or Diminishing Pain in Several Operations of Surgery, 1st edition, 1784, [iv], 50, [2] pp, one folding engraved plate (marginal library stamp), final advert leaf, bound with Underwood (Michael), A Treatise Upon Ulcers of the Legs..., 1783, 158, [2] pp, half-title, final blank present, library stamp to title, bound with Feardon (Henry), A Treatise on Cancers..., 1784, [4], [xvi], 77, [3] pp, final blank leaf present, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. King Louis XVI appointed a Commission to examine Franz Anton Mesmer’s theory on animal magnetism which had won considerable acceptance. Franklin, who was sceptical of the theory, was appointed to the Commission alongside Lavoisier and several others. Franklin was the first to sign the report which unanimously concluded that mesmerism was a hoax, upon which Mesmer’s career abruptly came to an end. (2) Robert Wooffendale was the first professional dentist to travel to the American colonies. During his two years of practice in America, between 1766 and 1768, ‘He may have made the first set of artificial teeth constructed in what is now the United States’ (G-M 3676.2). (1)

Haller (Albrecht von). A Dissertation on the Motion of the Blood, and on the Effects of Bleeding, Verified by Experiments Made on Living Animals, To Which are Added, Observations on the Heart..., 1757, iv, 156 pp, library stamp to title, some spotting and old marginal dampstaining to inner margins of early leaves, bound with Pott (Percival), Observations on that Disorder of the Corner of the Eye, Commonly Called Fistula Lachrymalis, 1st edition, 1758, [viii], 84 pp, some spotting and dust-soiling and old marginal dampstaining, bound with Cox (Daniel), Observations on the Intermitting Pulse, as Prognosticating, in Acute Diseases, According to Dr. Solano..., 1758, [iv], 144 pp, small tear to title with loss to first word, old dampstaining and soiling, Birmingham Library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)