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Lanfranco, of Milan. A Most Excellent and Learned Woorke of Chirurgerie, Called Chirurgia, parua Lanfranci, Lanfranke of Mylayne his briefe: reduced from dyuers translations to our vulgar or vsuall frase, and now first published in the Englyshe prynte by Iohn Halle chirurgien..., Printed by Thomas Marshe, four parts in one volume, 1st English edition, 1565, title (dated, with portrait of John Hall to verso followed by four lines of verse) soiled with tears and repairs but minor damage to letterpress of imprint and verse, woodcut initials and several woodcut illustrations to text, old ink marginalia and underscoring in more than one hand, old ownership signature of John Etheridge to final leaf verso, old dampstaining throughout with tide-mark near lower margin, closely cropped at upper margin touching running heads, lacks final blank, later vellum with original vellum (soiled) laid down, 4to (182 x 138mm) The surgeon Lanfranc of Milan (c.1250-1306), variously called Guido Lanfranchi, Lanfranco, or Alanfrancus is credited with transferring the lead in surgical technique from Italy to France. STC 15192. (1)

Leopold (Johann Friedrich). Relatio epistolica de itinere suo Suecico nuper facto, ad excellentissimum... D. Johannem Woodward, MD, 2nd edition, W. Bickerton & J. Pote, 1727, half-title, eight folding engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, minor dust soiling and spotting, library cloth, 8vo. First published in 1720 this work on Swedish mineralogy is uncommon in this second edition reprint of 1727. (1)

Lind (James). A Treatise on the Scurvy. In Three Parts. Containing an Inquiry into the Nature, Causes, and the Cure, of that Disease. Together with a Critical and Chronological View of what has been Published on the Subject, 2nd edition Corrected, with Additions and Improvements, 1757, one or two light spots, library stamp, library cloth, 8vo. Pioneering work on scurvy by naval physician James Lind (1716-94), who conducted the first deliberately planned controlled therapeutic trial ever undertaken` (G-M 3713). Aboard H.M.S. Salisbury in 1747, he divided twelve scorbutic sailors into pairs, all on identical diets, but additionally the first pair given a daily quart of cider, the second pair twenty-five drops of vitriol, the third pair six spoonfuls of vinegar, the fourth pair half a pint of seawater, the fifth pair two oranges and a lemon, the sixth pair a paste mixed with barley-water. Needless to say only the fifth pair, having run out of fruit after six days, recovered sufficiently to be fit for duty. Although it was known for some time that citrus fruit had an antiscorbutic effect, Lind, although still believing scurvy was the result of putrefaction, was the first to conclude that they were the most effective remedy. As a result of adopting Lind`s recommendations, James Cook lost only one man to the disease on his second voyage 1768-71 and after lemon juice was issued by the Royal Navy in 1795, scurvy soon disappeared. Heirs of Hippocrates 936; Norman 1354. (1)

Linnaeus (Carl). Materia Medica, Liber I. de Plantis, first edition, Stockholm: Laurentius Salvius, 1749, folding engraved plate, interleaved with blanks with occasional early neat annotations to text and blanks in a neat unidentified hand, lacks frontispiece, library stamp to title, some spotting, library cloth, together with Pulteney (Richard), A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus, 1st edition, T. Payne & B. White, 1781, scrawled contemporary ownership signature of J[ames?] Johnstone to title-page, library stamps to title and a few mostly marginal stamps to text, both library cloth, 8vo. 1) Linnaeus`s most important and influential work. Waller 5907; Wellcome III, 526. 2) Henrey 1256. Both uncommon. (2)

Linnaeus (Carl). Genera morborum, in auditorum usum edita, 1st edition, Uppsala: apud Christ. Ehr. Steinert, 1763, 32, [7] pp., somewhat spotted and dampstained throughout, first two leaves chipped at outer corners not affecting text, title leaf with faint library stamp and contemporary ownership signature of W[illiam] Withering MD above printer`s woodcut device, title also chipped at inner margin just touching initial letter G and M of first two words, rehinged, Birmingham Medical Library bookplate to front pastedown, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards with thick blank leaves inserted at rear of volume, slim 8vo (174 x 101mm) A nice association copy. William Withering developed an interest in botany while practising in Stafford in 1767. His Arrangement of British Plants used and extended the Linnaean system of classification and became a standard botany text for many years. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnaean Society in 1789 and had a genus named after him, the Witheringia solanacea. However, it is for describing the effects of foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, in heart disease, for which Withering is best remembered (see lot 450). Heart disease appears as number 48 in this genera of diseases compiled by Linnaeus, though other than Withering`s signature there are no further annotations. Soulsby 979. (1)

Lister (Martin). De fontibus medicatis Angliae, exercitatio nova, & prior [-altera], 2 parts in one volume, 2nd edition, Walter Kettilby, 1684, engraved plate of mineral crystals, two preliminary leaves to follow title-page in volume 1 bound with preliminary leaves to part two, lacks imprimatur leaf at front, blank between parts present, library stamp to first title, two closed marginal tears (first title and G4) without loss, library cloth, 8vo (167 x 107mm) Wing L2519. (1)

Lower (Richard). Tractatus de corde, item de motu & colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu, 3rd edition, Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 1671, library stamp and dust-soiling to title, five folding engraved plates at rear (lacks plate 5), first two plates relined, some spotting and soiling, old dampstaining to foremargins, a few wormholes towards rear affecting text and plates, together with a fourth edition of the same work, London, 1680, library stamp to title, folding engraved plate at rear, library stamp to title and plate, some spotting and soiling, especially to final leaf of text and plate, both library cloth, slightly rubbed, the first volume stained on upper cover,both 8vo. 1) After Harvey`s De motu cordis, Lower`s work is considered the most important contribution to circulatory physiology` (Grolier, Medicine). PMM 149 & Waller 6406 (for the first edition). Krivatsy 7159 & 7160; Fulton 8 & 9. 2) Wing L3312. (2)

Malpighi (Marcello). De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica..., accedit dissertatio ejusdem de polypo cordis, John Martyn, 1669, library stamp to title, a little spotting and soiling, contemporary calf,later sheep reback, some wear, 12mo, together with Fletcher (John), The Differences, Causes, and Judgements of Urine, According to the Best Writers..., Printed by John Leggat, 1623, two woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, library stamp and ownership signature to title of John Phillips, dated 1672, lacks final blank, close-trimmed, first and last leaves browned at margins and final leaf frayed at head with loss of running head, presentation BMI bookplate from Oliver Pemberton to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, some wear, modern calf reback, small 8vo. 1) Second edition of Malpighi`s important work, first published in quarto in Bologna in 1666. Includes Malpighi`s classical essay on the kidney, the `Malpighian bodies` which have perpetuated his name. The book also includes the first description of Hodgkin`s disease` (G-M 535, citing 1666 edition). Wing M348. 2) STC 11063. (2)

Malpighi (Marcello). Consultationum medicinalium centuria prima, quam in gratiam clinicorum evulgat Hieronymus Gaspari, Padua: Tipografia del Seminario, 1713, 184pp., lacks final blank(?), faint library stamp to title, some spotting and light browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to (215 x 160mm) With the same title-page and imprint as the first edition of the same year, but with text reset and errata corrected. (1)

Martius (Galeottus). De homine libri duo, Basel: Johann Froben, May, 1517, title (detached) within ornamental woodcut border, faint library stamp, decorative woodcut initials throughout, lacks final leaf with printer`s device to recto, bound with Cornarius (Janus), In divi Hippocratis lavdem praefatio ante eiusdem prognostica, [Basel: J. Froben], 1st edition, December 1528, 12pp. including title and printer`s woodcut device to final leaf verso, bound with [Universae rei medicae epigraphe seu enumeratio, compendio tractata, Basel: Froben, 1529], woodcut initial, errate to final leaf recto, lacks title, bound with [Vegetius Renatus (Publius), Artis veterinariae, sive mulomedicina libri quatuor], 1st edition, Basel: Johann Faber, 1528, two woodcut initials, lacks title, some marginal dampstaining to final leaves not affecting text, old ink marginalia and underscoring to second and third works and a scattering of marginalia to final work, the whole volume closely trimmed affecting running heads in first and third works, shaving some side-notes letterpress of first work with no loss of sense, also affecting some marginalia in third work, library cloth, upper joint split and upper cover det., 4to (186 x 146mm) 1) Adams M749; Wllocme I, 4095. 2) Not in Adams or Wellcome; Copac lists one copy at Glasgow. 3) Not in Adams; Wellcome I, 1608. 4) Adams V341; Durling 2563; Wellcome I, 2564. (1)

Mattioli (Pietro Andrea). Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei... de medica materia, Venice: Ex Officina Valgrisiana, 1565, woodcut printer`s device on title, full-page woodcut portrait within elaborate border on M6v, and over 900 large woodcuts of plants, herbs, animals, insects, and distillation prcesses, most of them by Giorgio Liberale and Wolfgang Meyerpeck, the majority filling three-quarters of the page, some soiling, pinhead wormholes and untidy early manuscript marks to title including ownership signature of Tho. Lewis dated 1663, repaired tears to three preliminaries running close to main text block and affecting some side-notes, last leaves somewhat soiled with final two leaves torn and repaired with significant loss, 17th-century blind-panelled reversed calf with later spine and repairs, thick folio (345 x 240mm) The botanical cuts first appeared in the 1562 Herbar (in Czech) and the 1563 Neu Kreuterbuch printed in Prague, but for this edition the scope was enlarged to include fine zoological cuts and genre scenes. For an account of the history of the woodblocks see Hunt 90. Adams D672; Hunt 92; Nissen 1305. (1)

McBride (David). A Methodical Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Physic, 1st edition, 1772, half-title, library stamp on title, library cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to. Hunter & Macalpine pp. 449-50: Because McBride first described in a textbook of medicine the strait-waistcoat which played so important a part in the management of the insane for almost one hundred years, he has mistakenly been credited with its invention... . (1)

Mead (Richard). A Discourse on the Small Pox and Measles, 1748, scattered light foxing, faint library stamp to title, owner`s name to free endpaper `Thomas Freer, Birmingham, October 6 1831`, library cloth, 8vo, together with a copy of the 2nd edition of the same work (1755), plus Kirkpatrick (James), The Analysis of Innoculation...with an Occasional Consideration of the Most Remarkable Appearances in the Small Pox, 1st edition, 1754, library stamps to title and five other pages, first and last few leaves toned and spotted, library cloth, 8vo, together with Walker (Robert), An Inquiry into the Small-Pox Medical and Political, 1790, faint library stamp to title, library cloth, 8vo, plus others related by Black, Dimsdale, Hillary, Holland and Lobb (9)

Medical Observations and Inquiries. By a Society of Physicians in London, 6 volumes, 1st editions, William Johnston [or T. Cadell], 1757-62-67-71-76-84, twenty-nine engraved plates, all but one folding, separate errata leaf to volumes 1 & 3, publisher`s advert leaf to volume 4, half-title and separately paginated Appendix at end of volume 5, signature of J. Johnstone to title of volume 5 with Johnstone armorial bookplate to verso, library stamps to titles, plates and occasionally to margins throughout, volumes 3-6 each with an extra work bound at rear, Linden (Diederick Wessel), A Medicinal and Experimental History and Analysis of the Hanlys-Spa Saline, Purging, and Chalybeate Waters, Near Shrewsbury, 1st edition, 1768, plus Pott (Percival), Remarks on the Disease Commonly Called a Fistula in Ano, 1st edition, 1765, engraved plate, plus Millar (John), Observations on the Asthma and on the Hooping Cough, 1st edition, 1769, half-title, plus Hulme (Nathaniel), A Treatise on the Puerperal Fever, 1st edition, 1772, folding engraved plate, library stamp to titles, plates and occasionally elsewhere, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled and a little frayed at heads of some spines, 8vo. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. A remarkable sammelband. The journal in itself is rare complete and all in first edition as here; the addition of four contemporary works including two important ones makes this collection unique. In total there are some 208 papers with John Fothergill and William Hunter being the leading contributors. Notable papers include: 1) John Bard, `A case of an extra-uterine foetus` (volume 2, pp. 369-72). John Bard performed the first abdominal operation for extrauterine pregnancy in America. This is the first scientific paper on a surgical topic to emanate from the North American colonies. G-M 6155; Norman 116. 2) William Hunter, `A singular case of the separation of the ossa pubis` (ibid, pp. 321-39). G-M 6254; Norman 1124. 3) Charles White, `An account of a new method of reducing shoulders, (without the use of an ambe) which have been several months dislocated, in cases where the common methods have proved ineffectual` (ibid, pp. 373-81). G-M 4407; Norman 2230. 4) Matthew Dobson, `Experiments and observations on the urine in diabetes` (volume 5, pp. 298-316). G-M 3928. 5) William Hunter, `On the uncertainty of the signs of murder, in the case of bastard children` (volume 6, pp. 266-90). G-M 1732: In Garrison`s view this is the most important early contribution to forensic medicine made by a British writer`. Pott: Probably the greatest English classic of colon-rectal surgery. Pott recommended the practice of simple division rather than the newer, more complicated methods proposed by Cheselden and Le Dran, and audaciously pointed out that there were lessons which regular practitioners might learn from quacks apropos of this subject` (G-M 3424.2); Norman 1733. Millar: G-M 3167. (6)

Medici Antiqui Graeci: Aretaeus, Palladius Ruffus, Theophilus, physici & chirugi.... translated by Junio Paulo Grassi, edited by Celso Grassi, 2 parts in one volume, Basel: P. Perna, 1581, half-title, separate pagination and index to second part (Rufus` De corporis humani partium appellationibus), blank 3E4 present, some browning, old dampstaining and marginal fraying, library stamps to main title and some margins, early contemporary ownership and gift inscriptions to title and following leaf (Tho. Colm and ex dono Hen. Field M.A.), old index notes in an untidy hand to two old endpapers preserved at front and rear (archival repairs to foremargins), modern calf gilt, 4to (212 x 150mm) This first collected edition includes Hippocrates` De purgatoriis medicamentis. Durling 2153; G-M 56. Wellcome I, 4179. (1)

Mercuriale (Girolamo). Medicina practica, seu de cognoscendis, discernendis, & curandis, omnibus humani corporis affectibus, earumque causis indagandis, Frankfurt: In officina Joannis Theobaldi Schonwetteri, 1st edition, 1601, woodcut printer`s device to title, offsetting and some light foxing, contemporary owners name `David Bolton` to endpaper and some ink notes to title, faint library stamp to title, contemporary full vellum, several puncture marks to lower cover, folio. Extremely scarce first edition of this work. (1)

Mesue (Joannes). Opera divi Ioannis Mesue..., Lyon: [Johannes Crespin], 1533, title printed in red and black with printer`s woodcut device, within decorative woodcut border, old ownership inscriptions, woodcut initials throughout, lacks final two leaves (text leaf with colophon to verso and final blank), some marginal dampstaining throughout (occasionally heavy) and some marginal soiling to first and last leaves, repairs to a2 (with loss of side-notes) and final leaf (2o4, with loss of lower third of text to both pages), some inner marginal repairs without loss, the volume bound very tight with gutter margin side-notes all legible but often deep into the curvature of the pages, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, remains of brass clasps to lower covers, modern calf gilt reback with four raised bands, corners restored, folio (320 x 210mm) Masawaihal-Mardini (or Mesue the Younger) was allegedly a Syrian physician who died in 1015 at the age of ninety. No Arabic originals of his works have been found and even his existence is doubted, with many thinking that his name was assumed by a Latin compiler (sometimes referred to as pseudo-Mesue`). Among the works attributed to him and included here is the Antidotarium, very influential in familiarizing Europe with Arabic pharmacy and materia medica. This edition is uncommon with no copies traced in British or North American libraries. (1)

Monginot (Francois). A New Mystery in Physick Discovered, by Curing of Fevers and Agues by Quinquina or Jesuites Powder, Translated from the French, by Dr. [Peter] Belon, with Additions, Will. Crook, 1681, library stamp to title, close trimmed, touching outer rule of title and a few letters of following leaf, a few running heads slightly shaved, wormhole paper repair to penultimate leaf and final leaf relined obscuring adverts to verso, lacks final four advert leaves (E3-6), together with Henshaw (Nathaniel), Aero-Chalinos, or, A Register for the Air, in Five Chapters... , for the Better Preservation of Health, and Cure of Diseases, After a New Method, 1st edition, Dublin: Samuel Dancer, 1664, some heavy dampstaining throughout, library stamp to title, paper flaw with slight loss of text affecting two lines of a4, final leaf torn and repaired with loss of text affecting first eleven lines, close trimmed at upper margin, lacks final blank(?), hinges cracked, both library cloth, rubbed, 12mo & 8vo. Wing M2416 & H1481. (2)

Monro (Alexander, primus). Traite d`osteologie, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition in French, Paris: Guillaume Cavelier, 1759, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume 1, engraved vignettes on title-pages, engraved and head and tail-pieces, sixty-two engraved plates including thirty-one in outline, light library stamp to title and plates, some spotting and soiling, occasional browning and marginal dampstaining, contemporary sheep gilt, worn on joints and some loss to extremities, large folio (545 x 410mm) This translation by Jean Joseph Sue (Primus) is a most sumptuous production, completely overshadowing the original. Its only counterpart is Cheselden`s Osteographia. Russell 590; Blake 309; Choulant-Frank p. 324. It has been suggested by Roberts & Tomlinson (pp. 438-45) that the translation and supervision of the illustrations may have been by Marie-Genevieve-Charlotte Thiroux d`Arconville and so possibly making this the first anatomical work produced by a woman. (1)

Monro (Alexander, primus). The Works, Published by His Son, Alexander Monro, to Which is Prefixed, The Life of the Author, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1781, engraved portrait frontispiece, seven folding engraved plates, some offsetting, library stamp and ownership signature of G. De Lys to title, some spotting and soiling, first and last leaves heavily soiled, half-title re-attached at inner margin, hinges cracked, modern cloth, rubbed and soiled, together with Mead (Richard), The Medical Works, 1 volume bound in 2, 1762, five engraved plates, all but one folding, some spotting and soiling, library cloth, rubbed and stained plus Lettsom (John Coakley), The Works of John Fothergill, with Some Account of His Life, 1784, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece, eleven engraved plates, first plate with closed tear repair to verso, library stamps to title, plates and occasionally elsewhere, old dampstain to upper inner margins throughout, hinges cracked, library cloth, a little frayed at spine ends, all 4to, plus other mostly multi-volume eighteenth-century octavo-format Works Editions of Thomas Sydenham, Clifton Wintringham, John Fothergill, John Huxham, John Gregory and Percival Pott, various bindings (22)

Monro (Alexander, secundus). A Description of all the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body; their Structure Explained, and Compared with that of the Capsular Ligaments of the Joints, and of those Sacs which Line the Cavities of the Thorax and Abdomen; With Remarks on the Accidents and Diseases which Affect those Several Sacs, and on the Operations Necessary for their Cure, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1788, ten engraved plates, extra-illustrated with four extra plates after Fyfe by C. Cameron (one with marginal tear), some folding, occasional spotting and library stamps, modern calf-backed boards, folio. This classic work contains the first full anatomical description of the sacs between the tendons and bones which Albinus had named the bursae mucosae. They are illustrated on ten plates which for explicit clarity and accuracy have not been improved upon` (Heirs of Hippocrates 1011). The first serious study of this subject and the most original anatomical work by the greatest of the Monro dynasty` (G-M 399.2). (1) Not extra-illustrated, these four plates are part of larger plates that belong to the work and that have been bound as halves

Monroe (Donald). An Essay on the Dropsy, and its Different Species, 3rd edition, 1765, half-title, library stamps to main title, some spotting, bound with Ayre (Joseph), Researches into the Nature and Treatment of Dropsy... , 1825, library stamp to title, together with Wilkes (Richard), An Historical Essay on the Dropsy, to which is added an Appendix, by N.D. Falck, 1777, folding engraved plate, some old dampstaining, marginal browning at front and rear, library stamp to title, plus Clare (Peter), An Essay on the Cure of Abscesses by Caustic, and on the Treatment of Wounds and Ulcers... , 1779, library stamp to title, some spotting and soiling to first and last leaves, lacks half-title, plus Harvey (Gideon), The Third Edition of the Vanities of Philosophy and Physick... , 1702, some spotting and browning throughout, inner hinges cracked, all library cloth, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century therapeutics and general medicine interest (20)

Morgagni (Giovanni Battista). Adversaria anatomica omnia..., opus nunc vere absolutum, inventis, et innumeris observationibus, ac monitis refertum..., Venice: Remondiniana, 1762, half-title, title printed in red and black, six parts in one volume with part-titles but paginated as one, lacks portrait frontispiece, bound with Epistolae anatomicae duae novas observationes, et animadversiones complectentes..., Venice, 1762, eleven plates to first work bound at rear, library stamp to first title and plates, some spotting and heavy browning, a heavier brown stain to lower margins of last few text leaves and plates not affecting text or images, contemporary half calf over boards, later reversed calf reback and corner repairs, some wear, folio (377 x 230mm) The six parts of Adversaria first appeared between 1706 and 1719 and won Morgagni international fame as an anatomist. This was the last edition of both these works to appear in his lifetime and the most complete version of the Adversaria. (1)

Nicholls (Francis). De anima medica praelectio ex lumleii et caldwadi instituto, in theatro collegii regalis medicorum Londinensium, ad socios habita, die december 16 anno 1748, editio altera, notis amplioribus aucta, 3rd edition, 1773, eleven engraved plates, one coloured in sanguine, some light offsetting and spotting, library stamps, previous owner inscription of Thomas Freer, Birmingham to front endpaper, library cloth, 4to. Cornish physician Francis (or Frank) Nicholls (1699-1778) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728, and demonstrated the formation of chronic aneurysm in arteries, as well as observing that arteries were supplied with nerves thereby regulating blood pressure. The above work is the first illustrated edition of Nicholls` inaugural Lumleian lecture, at the Royal College of Physicians, given in 1748/49. (1)

Nicholson (William). The First Principles of Chemistry, 1st edition, 1790, folding engraved plate, faint library stamp to title and plate, library cloth, 8vo, together with Watson (Richard), Chemical Essays, 5 volumes, mixed eds., 1782-96, faint library stamps to titles, library cloth, small 8vo, and Scheele (Carl Wilhelm), Chemical Observations and Experiments on Air and Fire, 1780, lacks title, library cloth, 8vo, plus Dossie (Robert), The Elaboratory Laid Open; or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry Revealed, 2nd edition, 1768, faint library stamp to title, owner`s name to front free endpaper `John Phillips May 30th [17]74`, presentation BMI bookplate from Dr Savage, modern quarter morocco, 8vo, plus others related (12)

Nihell (James). New and Extraordinary Observations Concerning the Prediction of Various Crises by the Pulse, Independent of the Critical Signs Delivered by the Ancients; Made, First by Dr. Don Francisco Solano de Luque, Late of the City of Antequera in Spain; And Subsequently by Several Other Physicians..., 1st edition, 1741, light dust-stains, library stamps, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, together with Bordeu (Theophile de), Inquiries Concerning the Varieties of the Pulse, and the Particular Crisis each more Especially Indicates, Written Originally in French, 1764, some light spotting, library stamp, library cloth, 8vo, plus Falconer (William), Observations Respecting the Pulse: Intended to Point Out with Greater Certainty, the Indications which it Signifies, Especially in Feverish Complaints, 1st edition, 1796, half-title, pp.27-28 repaired, a few spots, library stamp, library cloth, chipped at spine head, 8vo (3)

O`Halloran (Sylvester). A Complete Treatise on Gangrene and Sphacelus, with a New Method of Amputation, 1st London edition, printed for Paul Vallant, 1765, light browning throughout, library stamp to title, lacks final blank, library cloth, rubbed on joints, together with Morton (Richard), Phthisiologia: or, a Treatise of Consumptions, 2nd edition, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, faint library stamp and neat owner`s name to title, library cloth, 8vo, plus Hamilton (Robert), Observations on Scrophulous Affections, with Remarks on Schirrus, Cancer, and Rachitis, 1791, single engraved plate, library stamps to title and occasionally throughout, untrimmed, modern library quarter calf, all 8vo, plus three others. 1) Sylvester O`Halloran (1728-1807) was an Irish surgeon practising for the most part in Limerick. The book was first published in the same year by the author in Limerick, containing a subscribers` list, an appendix and errata leaf and second dedication. (6)

Paaw (Pieter). Primitiae anatomicae de humani corporis ossibus, 1st edition, Leiden: Joost van Colster, 1615, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette of dancing skeletons, outer margin torn and neatly repaired without loss of text, four folding engraved plates, each with marginal splits without loss, twenty-six engraved illustrations to text, errata leaf bound at end of preliminaries, library stamp to title and plates, a little spotting and soiling, some dampstaining to lower margins, lacks folding frontispiece of a disection scene, bound with Vesalius (Andreas), Epitome anatomica: Opus redivivum, edited by Pieter Paaw, 1st edition, Leiden: Joost van Colster, 1616, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, folding engraved plate (library stamp) and engraved illustrations to text, errata leaf at rear, bound with Paaw (Pieter), Succenturiatus anatomicus ..., 1st edition, two parts in one, Amsterdam: Joost van Colster, 1616, portrait of the author to title verso, one engraved folding plate of the skeletal anatomy of the human body (library stamp and tear without loss), engraved illustrations to text, title printed in red and black with separate title-page to the second part, lacks folding frontispiece (a duplicate of the missing frontispiece to the first work) and one folding plate of the head, a few marginal tears without loss, not affecting text, contemporary vellum, soiled and some wear, 4to (119 x 149mm) Paaw was a pupil of Fabrizzi at Padua and founder of the Anatomical School at Leiden. Sadly, the fine folding frontispiece missing from the first and third works shows Paaw giving an anatomy lesson in the anatomical theatre at Leiden, the first such theatre in the Netherlands. The third work is a commentary on the books of Hippocrates and Celsus on wounds of the head, the first part in Greek and Latin, the second part in Latin only. (1)

Pare (Ambroise). Opera, et Latinitate donata, Iacobi Guillemeau, Paris: Jacob Du-Puys, 1582, woodcut to title, portrait of the author, 362 woodcuts to text, woodcut initials and decorative head-piece borders, faint library stamp to title, some old dampstaining to outer margins throughout, lacks final blank, modern half morocco over cloth, slightly rubbed, folio (335 x 210mm) First Latin edition and third edition overall. The woodcuts of the 1582 edition are those of the first and second edition (in French) of 1575 supplemented by those from the second of 1579. Doe 46; Durling 3531; Heirs of Hippocrates 271. (1)

Pare (Ambroise). Les Oeuvres d`Ambroise Pare..., divisees en vingt huict livres, avec les figures & portraicts, tant de l`anatomie, que des instruments de chirurgie, & de plusieurs monstres, reveues & augmentees par l`autheur, 4th edition, Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1585, title within engraved ornamental border, engraved portrait of the author to verso of leaf following first quire, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces and illustrations throughout, four-page table between leaves E5 and E6, ownership signature of Thos. Lovatt 1805` to second leaf, some spotting, marginal soiling and dampstaining throughout with one heavier stain to foremargin of early leaves, a few marginal closed tear repairs and one repair to B1 touching text, first and last few leaves slightly chipped and browned at margins, library stamp and upper margin repairs to title, title and final leaf rehinged, modern morocco gilt, folio (367 x 235mm) The collected works of the greatest 16th-century surgeon, superbly illustrated with numerous woodcuts. It is generally accepted by all authorities that there was no third French edition of the collected works. This fourth edition in 1585 was, therefore, the immediate successor of the second edition in 1585 and is the most highly prized of the collected editions, and rightly so. Carefully revised by the author, it was the last one to be seen personally through the press by him; and it contains the `Apologie et traicte contenant les voyages`, which is Pare`s most characteristic document` (Doe 31). Of the twenty-two copies inspected by Doe in her bibliography of Pare only nine had the portrait by Horbeck, here present. Wellcome I, 4821. Overall, a good wide-margined copy with most of the dampstaining and browning being away from the text. (1)

Paul of Aegina. Libri Septem. In principio singulorum librorum omnia indicantur, quae in eo libro continentur, 1st edition, Venice: Aldus, 1528, title with woodcut Aldine device, and to final blank verso, preliminary leaves in Latin, main text (pp. 1-138) in Greek italic, occasional Latin annotation, light mainly marginal water stains, a few marginal wormtracks and holes, library stamps to title and lower margins, final blank with repaired tear, library cloth, folio. Paul of Aegina (c. 625-c. 690) was an Alexandrian physician and his magnus opus Libri Septem contained most western medical knowledge during his time. He much influenced the great Persian physician Al-Razi (Rhazes) and other Islamic surgeons including Abu al-Qasim. Paulus Aegineta was the most important physician of his day and a skilful surgeon. He gave orginal descriptions of lithotomy, trephining, tonsillectomy, paracentesis and amputation of the breast; the first clear description of the effects of lead poisoning also comes from him. His work first appeared in Greek from the famous Aldine Press in Venice in 1528, edited by F. Torresani (Asulanus)` (G-M 36); Adams 488. (1)

Pemell (Robert). De morbis capitis; or, Of the Chief Internall Diseases of the Head, With their Causes, Signes, Prognosticks, and Cures, for the benefit of those that understand not the Latine tongue, by R. P., 1st edition, Philemon Stephens, 1650, title-page within decorative woodcut border (a little trimmed at upper and outer margins), library stamp to title, some old marginal dampstaining and dust-soiling, tightly bound (stab stitched), old manuscript inscription to blank before title, lacks final leaf (K8, blank?), library cloth, small 8vo (139 x 87mm) The first neurology book written in English. Pemell, writing contemporaneously with Thomas Willis, describes, among other things, how to arouse a patient from an epileptic seizure. Besides, the more accepted methods of making a noise in the patient`s ears, rubbing and bathing the soles of the feet, he suggests more esoteric methods, such as applying a female pigeon (the fethers being first pulled off) unto the navell of the epileptick; for hereby the fit is abated, and the venomous vapours are drawn away`. Includes a bibliography. Rare institutionally and no auction records found. Wing P1131. (1)

Perfect (William). Select Cases in the Different Species of Insanity, Lunacy, or Madness, With the Modes of Practice as Adopted in the Treatment of Each, 1st edition, Rochester, 1787, half-title, one or two light spots, library cloth, upper joint splitting, 8vo. Revised and enlarged edition of Perfect`s Methods of Cure, in Some Particular Cases of Insanity (1778) and the first collection of psychiatric case studies. Norman 1682. (1)

Pharmacopoeia. Pharmacopoea Londinensis, in qua medicamenta antiqua et nova usitatissima, sedulo collecta, accuratissime examinata, quotidiana experientia confirmata describuntur, 1st edition, 1st issue, J. Marriot, 1618, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and headpieces, p.181 misnumbered 118, annotation to 2C verso, library stamp and previous owner initials to title, some occasional dampstains and inksplashes, one or two closed marginal tears, library cloth, edges a little rubbed, folio. The rare suppressed first issue, dated 7 May, 1618, and the first of ten editions of the London Pharmacopoeia from the College of Physicians, issued by royal charter to regulate the composition of medicines. According to Dr George Urdang (Director of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy) `the famous epilogue of the second issue, charging the printer of the first with having `snatched away from our hands this little work not yet finished off`, was designed, under the pretext of typographical correction, to suppress the first issue and substitute for it a work so expanded and altered as to change its essential character. The first issue was a simple formulary, the second took on many features of a textbook. In this and in several incidental respects, Dr. Urdang thinks the second issue reflects `the change from the Renaissance to the Baroque Spirit which was taking place at that time`. He finds reason to believe that an opposition group of younger members of the College demanded the revision`. STC 16772. (1)

Platter (Felix). Observationum, in hominis affectibus plerisque corpori & animo.... Basel: Ludwig Konig, 1641, several library stamps, some light browning, contemporary vellum, soiled and slightly split at head of upper joint, together with a 1680 edition of the same work from the same publisher, browning throughout, library cloth, both 8vo, plus Albertus Magnus, De secretis mulierum item..., Amsterdam, 1648, engraved title (library stamps to recto and verso), some browning, contemporary vellum, soiled, plus [Digby, Kenelm & Others], Theatrum sympatheticum, in quo sympathiae actiones variae... exhibentur, & mechanice, physice, mathematice, chimice & medice occasione pulveris sympathetici ita quidem elucidantur..., editio altera, priori emendatior, Amsterdam, 1661, browning throughout, library cloth, both 12mo, plus Nicolas Chesneau`s Observationum (Paris, 1672), and three others by Daniel Sennert (Amsterdam, 1644), Hippocrates (Geneva, 1675) and Celsus (Amsterdam, 1687) Platter`s work contains the first known case of death from hypertrophy of the thymus, in an infant (G-M 3789); and an account of meningioma (G-M 4511.1). (8)

Porterfield (William). A Treatise on the Eye, the Manner and Phaenomena of Vision, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1759, eight folding engraved plates, some light toning and spotting, library stamps, library cloth, 8vo. Porterfield was a Professor of the Institutes and Practice of Medicine at Edinburgh from 1724-26. His book included many original observations. It was the first important British work on the anatomy and physiology of the eye` (G-M 1484.2). An authority on the eye, he devised the first optometer and possibly gave the first medical account of his experiences after having a leg amputated. (2)

Portzius (Joannes David). Demonst[r]atio brevis medico chyrurgica de tumoribus..., Leeuwarden: Heronem Nautam, 1679, bound with Severino (Marco Aurelio), Synopseos chirurgiae libri sex, Amsterdam: Elizeum Weyerstraeten, 1664, engraved title, blank at rear, bound with Marchetti (Pietro de), Observationum medico-chirurgicarum rariorum sylloge, Amsterdam: Petri Le Grand, 1665, folding engraved plate of a finger tip and tendons, split along fold, last two leaves blank, faint library stamp to first title, some browning and dampstaining throughout with a few minor marginal splits, Birmingham Library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, soiled and some wear, together with Feyens (Johannes), De flatibus humanum corpus molestantibus, commentarius novus ac singularis, Amsterdam: Joannes Jansson, 1643, faint library stamp to title, closed tear repair to verso, contemporary vellum, soiled, plus Fontanus (Nicolaus), Commentarius in Sebastianum Austrium ... de puerorum morbis, Amsterdam: Jansson, 1642, three folding engraved plates, library stamp to title, title verso and plates, pencil underscoring and marginal marks throughout, presentation BMI bookplate from Dr Wade, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, all 12mo, plus other small format 16th-century medical books in Latin, several with defects. Marchetti: G-M 5572; Norman 1436 (both citing 1664 edition). (9)

Priestley (Joseph). Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, 3 volumes, 1st editions, J. Johnstone, 1774-75-77, six engraved plates including three folding (some offsetting), library stamps throughout including to titles and plates, Johnstone armorial bookplate to title verso of volume 2, old dampstaining to volumes 2 and 3 throughout, half-title and errata leaf to volume 1 present, lacks advert leaf from rear of volume 1 and two advert leaves from each of volumes 2 and 3, library cloth, volumes 2 and 3 dampstained, together with the second series, Experiments and Observations relating to various branches of natural philosophy, with a continuation of the observations on air, 3 volumes, 1st editions, J. Johnstone, London (volumes 2 & 3 Birmingham): 1779-81-86, engraved frontispiece to each volume (two folding), volume 1 with `printed` spelled as `peinted` in imprint to volume 1, library stamps to title, plates and occasionally elsewhere, some spotting and dust soiling, all volumes with Birmingham Medical Institute book labels to front endpapers, library cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, spine ends of volume 1 frayed, all 8vo (205 x 125mm) The first edition of Priestley`s greatest work detailing his further pneumatic experiments, including the discovery of oxygen. Some of these experiments were carried out in Birmingham. Duveen, p. 484; Horblit 85; Norman 1750; PMM 217; Crook S/451-453 (and S/465-467). (6)

Ramazzini (Bernardino). De morbis artificum diatriba, 2nd edition, Utrecht, 1703, title with woodcut device, some water stains, library stamp, library cloth, dampstains to top margins, 8vo, together with A Dissertation on Endemial Diseases; Or, Those Disorders which Arise from Particular Climates, Situations and Methods of Living; Together with a Treatise on the Diseases of Tradesmen, to which ther are Subject by their Particular Callings. With a Method of Avoiding and Treating them. The First by the Celebrated Frederick Hoffman... the Second by Bern. Ramazini, Newly Translated, with a Preface and an Appendix by Dr. James, 1st edition, 1746, 296pp., plus Index, and Supplement on the Diseases of Printers pp.398-432 bound at end, lacking one leaf of publisher`s list, one or two light spots, library stamp, library cloth, dampstains, 8vo, plus Health Preserved, in Two Treatises. I. On the Diseases of Artificers, which by their Particular they are Most Liable to. With the Method of Avoiding them, and their Cure. By Bern. Ramazini... II. On those Distempers, which Arise from Particular Climates and Methods of Life... by Frederick Hoffman, Translated and Enlarged, with an Appendix by R. James, 2nd edition, 1750, final leaf with marginal repair, light water stains, library stamps, modern calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo. First work is the second edition by the father of industrial hygiene`. Ramazzini methodically collected all this material [from Helmont and Paracelsus on diseases of miners] and added the results of his own investigations into the diseases of manual workers and the relation between their occupations and diseases, besides drawing on the observations of others who had direct experience of such cases. He described miner`s phthisis, lead-poisoning of potters, eye-trouble of gilders, printers and other artisans, and included diseases peculiar to doctors` (PMM 170); G-M 2121; Norman 1776. (3)

Read (Alexander). A Treatise of the First Part of Chirurgerie, called by mee Synthetike, the part which teacheth the reunition of the parts of the bodie disjoyned. Containing the methodical doctrine of Wounds: delivered in Lectures in the Barber-Chirurgeons Hall upon Tuesdayes, appointed for these Exercises, and the keeping of their Courts, 1st edition, printed by John Haviland for Francis Constable, 1638, [8]+247 pp., a few woodcut initials, etc., faint library stamp to title, and minor soiling to extreme edges, modern quarter brown morocco gilt, small 4to. STC 20786. (1)

Read (Alexander). The Workes of that Famous Physitian..., 3 parts in one volume, 3rd edition, Richard Thrale, 1659, separately dated title-page to second and third parts (A treatise of the first part of chirurgery` and A treatise of all the muscles of the whole body`), each title-page within typographical border, library stamp to first title, some browning and old dampstaining, heavy towards rear, library cloth, badly dampstained and wrinkled with cloth lifting, upper joint partly split, 4to, together with Chirurgorum comes: or The Whole Practice of Chirurgery..., Christopher Wilkinson, 1687, lacks plate, library stamp to title, old dampstaining, heavier to early leaves, marginal repairs to B5 and B6 not affecting text, old ownership signature of John Phelps to A2 (and faintly to title), library cloth, some fading and fraying to joints, 8vo. 1)A binding copy. Wing R426. 2) Wing R427. (2)

Rhijne (Willem ten). Dissertatio de arthritide: Mantissa schematica: de acupunctura: Et orationes tres, I. De chymiae ac botaniae antiquitate & dignitate. II. De physiognomia. III. De monstris, 1st London edition, R. Chiswell, 1683, six engraved plates including five folding (each with closed tear into image and one repaired to verso), lacks portrait frontispiece (offsetting to title) and final blank, tear to leaf (a4) outer margin with a little loss of first letters to two lines of verso, some browning and old dampstaining to lower half of pages throughout, faint library stamp to title and plates, library cloth gilt, slightly soiled, 8vo (172 x 113mm) Published simultaneously in London, the Hague and Leipzig. Norman 2062: Ten Rhijne`s treatise gave the Western world its first detailed descriptions of Japanese and Chinese medicine, including acupuncture and moxibustion; it also contains the first illustration of acu-points published in the West`; G-M 6374.10; Wing R1326; Krivatsy 9603; Waller 9518. (1)

Ridley (Humphrey). The Anatomy of the Brain, containing its mechanism and physiology, together with some new discoveries and corrections of ancient and modern authors upon that subject..., To which is annex`d a particular account of animal functions and muscular motion, 1st edition, 1695, imprimatur leaf before title, five folding engraved plates by Michael Vander Gucht after William Cowper (three with short closed tears to inner margins and two with paper repairs to verso), some spotting throughout, a little old dampstaining to upper and lower margins of first few leaves, faint library stamp to title and plates, contemporary panelled calf with old reback, some wear to extremities and upper cover detached, 8vo (188 x 120mm) Norman 1833; Russell 699; G-M 1379.1. First edition of the earliest English monograph devoted entirely to the brain, building on the earlier accounts by such as Willis and Vieussens. (1)

Rollo (John). An Account of Two Cases of the Diabetes Mellitus: with Remarks as they arose during the Progress of the Cure, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1797, half-titles (one relaid), browning to first and last few leaves, faint library stamps to titles, modern quarter library morocco, 8vo, together with a 2nd edition (1798) of the same work in one volume, bound in library cloth, plus Home (Everard), Practical Observations on the Treatment of Strictures in the Urethra, and in the Oesophagus, 2nd edition, 1797, half-title, faint library stamp and croseed-out owners name to title, three engraved plates (one folding), library cloth, upper cover detached, 8vo, and Russell (Richard), The Oeconomy of Nature in Acute and Chronical Diseases of the Glands, 1755, single engraved plate, library stamp to title, library cloth, 8vo, and others including Whytt`s An Essay on the Virtues of Lime-Water` (1755), Schomberg`s A Treatise on the Colica Pictonum` (1764), and a 1st and 2nd edition of John Purcell`s A Treatise of the Cholick` (1714 & 1715) Rollo was a pioneer in recommending a restricted diet for the treatment of diabetes. The first edition is scarce. G-M 3930. (9)

Rosen de Rosenstein (N.). The Diseases of Children, and their Remedies. Translated into English by Andrew Sparrman, 1st edition, 1776, light spotting and water stains, library stamp, later library buckram, spine chipped at head, upper joint split, 8vo. Sir Frederic Still considered this work `the most progressive which had yet been written`; it gave an impetus to research which influenced the future course of paediatrics. Rosen was particularly interested in infant feeding` (G-M 6323). First published in Swedish in 1764 the work is considered a landmark in paediatrics. (1)

Ruini (Carlo). Anatomia del cavallo, infermita, et suoi rimedii: opera nuova, degna di qualsivoglia prencipe, & cavaliere, & motto necessaria a filosofi, medici, cavallerizzi, & marescalchi..., Florence: Prati, 1618, title printed in red & black with woodcut printers device, 64 full-page woodcut plates, woodcut initials and headpieces, library stamp to title and two other pages, dampstaining to first and last few leaves, early 19th century half vellum with minimal library markings, maroon morroco label to spine, flaking to fore-edges, folio. First book devoted exclusively to the structure of a single species other than man. Besides being one of the foundation-stones of modern veterinary medicine, it contains a description of the lesser circulation. The admirable woodcuts were inspired by those in Vesalius`s De humani corporis fabrica (1543).` (G-M 285 - 1598 first edition) (1)

Rush (Benjamin). Medical Inquiries and Observations, volumes 1-2 & 4-5, Philadelphia: printed by [or for] Thomas Dobson, 1794-93-96-98, volumes 1 and 4 with half-titles, volume 2 with errata leaf at rear, library stamp to titles, some spotting, library cloth, 8vo, together with Denham (Joseph), Observations on the Effects of Buxton Water, 1st edition, 1793, some heavy spotting at front and rear, title trimmed at upper margin, faint library stamp to title, closed tear repair to a3, bound with Rush (Benjamin), Medical Inquiries and Observations, volume 2 (of 2), 1st edition, Philadelphia, , 1793, errata leaf at rear, errata corrected in neat contemporary manuscript and with further corrections in the same unidentified hand, possibly by the author, bound with Anderson (Alexander Purcell), Tentamen chemicum inaugurale, de compositione acidi sulphurici..., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1790, half-title, author`s presentation inscription to Mr Percival to main title verso, a little spotting at rear, library cloth, small tear at head of spine, all 8vo. Volume 1 is a third edition, the first edition published in Philadelphia in 1789. Volume 2 is a first edition, and completes the first edition pairing. Volumes 4 and 5 are also first editions. The handful of extra manuscript corrections in the bound-up volume are so minor as to point to the author as the most likely source. G-M 80 (citing 5 volume edition [1794]-98). (5)

Rutty (John). Methodical Synopsis of Mineral Waters, comprehending the Most Celebrated Medicinal Waters, Both Cold and Hot, of Great-Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy, and several other Parts of the World..., 1st edition, printed for William Johnston, 1757, title-page printed in red & black, engraved head-pieces and initial letters, first few leaves browned, O4-P1 with marginal water-staining, marbled endpapers, front free endpaper with Birmingham Medical Institute presentation label inscribed from Mr. Gamgee, hinges strengthened with fabric tape, contemporary marbled calf gilt, rubbed, rebacked, 4to (1)

Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants. Containing I. Their names, Greek, Latine and English. II. Their species, or various kinds. III. Their descriptions. IV. Their places of growth. V. Their times of flowering and seeding. VI. Their qualities or properties. VII. Their specifications. VIII. Their preparations, Galenick and chymick. IX Their virtues and uses. X. A complete florilegium, of all the choice flowers cultivated by our florists..., 1st edition, 1st issue, H. Rhodes and J. Taylor, 1710, title printed in red & black (with ink stamp to upper blank margin of the Manor House, Knowle), numerous woodcut botanical illustrations, lacks addn. engraved title, short worm trail to title and initial leaves, few other worm holes, first & last few leaves with marginal fraying, two leaves at rear of volume torn to lower outer corners with loss and repaired, seven other leaves at rear of volume strengthened to lower outer corners with archival tissue, some browning & spotting, endpapers renewed, upper pastedown trimmed to reveal earlier endpaper beneath with ownership signature of J.H. Kimbell and also with presentation label to the British Medical Institute from Dr William Watson Newton, manuscript poetry to rear pastedown with the dates 1762 & 1769 and the name John Fry, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board edges and corners repaired, folio (367 x 220mm) Henrey 1308. This copy includes the additional unnumbered pages consisting of an Index morborum`. (1)

Schultes (Johann). Armamentarium chirurgicum renovatum & auctum triginta novem tabulis..., 3 parts in one volume, Amsterdam: Joannem a Someren, 1672, additional engraved title-page, printer`s woodcut device to all three titles, eighty-three full-page engraved illustrations, library stamp to titles and plates, some spotting and soiling, occasional small marginal tears, closed tear to D4 of second part into text with archival repair, contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, some wear, lower joints weak and upper cover detached, together with two other defective copies of other editions of the same work, the first octavo edition, The Hague: Adriann Vlacq, 1656, additional engraved title-page (imprint dated 1657), forty-two full-page engraved illustrations, lacks D1/2 (pp. 49-52 with two plates), occasional old ink marginalia, library stamps to titles, some plates and margins, hinges partly broken, contemporary vellum, soiled, the third copy edited by Joannes Tilingius, four parts in one volume, Leiden: Cornelius Boutesteyn & Jordaan Luchtmans 1693, separate part-titles, parts three and four paginated as one and bound before part one, full-page engraved illustrations throughout plus two folding engraved plates not included in text, lacks additional engraved title and signature S (pp. 273-88) from end of part two before index, faint library stamp to first title and occasionally elsewhere, library cloth, spine detached, all 8vo. Scultetus is famous for his illustrations of surgical procedures and instruments. The first edition was the only edition published in folio format. This was the most popular surgical text of the 17th century. It underwent numerous editions and translations. That with the most expanded text and illustrations was published in Amsterdam, 1672` (G-M 5571, citing first edition, 1655, and noting 1672 edition offered here). Collations: 1) Krivatsy 10752. [16], 343, [21]; [4], 288, [11]; [2] 3-32. 2) Krivatsy 10747. [24], 180 (i.e. 160), 159-328, [14] [lacks 49-52]. 3) Krivatsy 10753. [6], 62, [1]; 343, [17], 2 folding plates; 272, [8] [lacks *1, sig. S]. (3)

Schurig (Martin). Spermatologia historico-medica, h.e. seminis humani consideratio physico-medico-legalis, Frankfurt: Sumptibus Johannis Beckii, 1720, title printed in red & black, contents browned, faint library stamp to title, library cloth, 4to, together with Freind (John), Emmenologia in qua fluxus muliebris menstrui phaenomena, pediodi, vitia..., Paris: Guillelmum Cavelier, 1727, bound with Praelectiones chymicae, Paris: Cavelier, 1727, faint library stamp and contemporary owners name to first title, modern library calf, small 8vo, plus Underwood (Michael). A Treatise on the Diseases of Children, with Directions for the Management of Infants from Birth, 3 volumes in two, 4th edition, 1799, half-titles, folding table, a few light spots, library stamps, BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, later half calf (volume 2 rebacked, a little rubbed), plus others related, all with defects (7)

Schweitzer (Johann Heinrich). Compendium physicae Aristotelico-Cartesianae, in usum tironum methodo erotematica adornatum..., 1st edition, Edward Hall, 1687, title printed in red and black, marginal browning to first and last leaves, library stamp and slight chipping to title-page foremargin not affecting text, modern calf gilt, 12mo, together with Stier (Johann), [Praecepta doctrinae logicae, ethicae, physicae, metaphysicae, sphaerica], 6 parts in one, 7th edition, John Redmayne, 1671, separate part-title and pagination, lacks engraved title-page and E8 (third part-title), some old marginal dampstaining and a little red cloth colour run to lower outer corners of first and last few leaves, library cloth, lower outer corners stained, 4to. Wing S907A & S5542. (2)

Senac (Jean Baptiste). Traite de la structure du coeur, de son action, et de ses maladies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Jacques Vincent, 1749, without portrait frontispiece (as often), 17 folding engraved plates, some ink corrections to plate numerals, library stamps to plates and sporadically throughout, a little loss to lower corner of title to volume two (not affecting text), library cloth, 4to. The portrait frontispiece is unusual and seems to have been added to only a minority of copies. Senac, a member of the Academie Royale des Sciences and physician to Louis XV, is best known for this work on the heart. It includes seventeen finely engraved plates and provides the first comprehensive and systematic treatise on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the heart and its diseases` (Heirs of Hippocrates 823); G-M 2733; Osler 3960. (2)

Severino (Marco Aurelio). De recondita abscessuum natura, libri VIII... Variis additamentis..., 2nd edition, Frankfurt: C. Ro?telius for J. Beyer, 1643, twenty engraved illustrations to text (all but two full-page), lacks additional engraved title, library stamps to title and scattered throughout and within most plate impressions, some spotting and browning at front and rear, closed tear to F3, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to (207 x 165mm) The first textbook of surgical pathology. It treats all kinds of swellings under the term `abscess` and describes neoplasma of the genital organs and sarcomata of bones. Tumours of the breast are classified into four groups, the section devoted to them being one of the most important in the book. This was also the first book to include illustrations of lesions with the text` (G-M 2273: 1st edition, 1632). The book`s twenty plates are among the first to depict pathological lesions and to include diseased organs as well as complete views of the individual with the tumor. He includes all manner of tumors and swellings under the term `abscessus` and describes their surgical treatment in detail. In the chapter on breast neoplasms he delineates four types and differentiates quite clearly between the concept of benign and malignant tumors` (Heirs of Hippocrates 449); Waller 8890. (1)

Sharp (Jane). The Compleat Midwife`s Companion: Or, the Art of Midwifry Improv`d. Directing Child-Bearing Women how to order themselves in their Conception, Breeding, Bearing and Nursing of Children. In Six Books, Divided into Several Chapters from each Book. With Physical Descriptions for each Disease Incident to the Female Sex, whether Virgins, Wives or Widows: Adapted Chiefly for their use, 3rd edition, 1724, woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, 12pp. publisher`s list at end (final leaf repaired with loss), a few repaired tears, a few leaves close-trimmed to top margin, a few minor spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, edges rubbed, 12mo. Scarce. The first book written by an English midwife` (G-M 6156.1). The first edition was published in 1671, and is drawn from the works of Nicholas Culpeper and others combined with her own experiences, and is divided into chronological sections covering conception, pregnancy, birth and post-natal care, with practical advice to parents and midwives. She strongly believed that the profession of midwifery should only be practised by women. (1)

Sheldon (John). The History of the Absorbent System, Part the First [all published] Containing the Chylography, or Description of the Human Lacteal Vessels, With the Different Methods of Discovering, Injecting and Preparing them, and the Instruments used for these Purposes, 1st edition, [all published], 1784, six engraved plates, a few closed tears, occasional light soiling, library stamps, library cloth, some loss to spine ends, 4to, together with Haller (Albrecht von). First Lines of Physiology, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1779, without half-title, library stamps to title and final page, library cloth, splitting to joints, 8vo, plus Dr. Albert Haller`s Physiology; being a Course of Lectures..., 2 volumes, 1754, lacking portrait frontispiece, one gathering loose in volume one, library cloth, 8vo, and other works by Haller including De Partum Corporis Humani, 8 parts in five volumes, Leiden, 1779, faint library stamps to titles, library cloth, 8vo, plus Medical, Chirurgical and Anatomical Cases and Experiments, 1758, half-title, some worming to inner margin, library cloth, 8vo, and Disputationes Chirurgicae Selectae, volumes 1-4 only (of 5), Amsterdam & Lausanne, 1755, engraved frontispiece, numerous engraved plates, library cloth, 4to, plus a copy of Thomas Henry`s Memoirs of Albert de Haller` (1783) (15)

Stark (William). The Works... consisting of Clinical and Anatomical Observations, with Experiments, Dietical and Statical, revised and published from his original mss., 1st edition, printed for J. Johnson, 1788, half-title present, three folding plates, 4pp. publisher`s advertisements at rear, bound after Hunter (John), Observations on Certain Parts of the Animal Oeconomy, 1st edition, 1786, eighteen engraved plates, title-page with early manuscript signature of Edward Johnstone M.D., both works with some foxing (mostly to plates), with library stamp to plates (also found on first title), and with oval library stamp intermittently throughout, upper hinge split between front blank and title, library cloth, 4to. 1) William Stark (1741-1770) was an English physician and medical pioneer who investigated scurvy by experimenting on himself with fatal consequences. He obtained his medical degree in 1769, and immediately began his studies into the effects of diet. His first experiment involved a diet of just bread and water with a little sugar for the duration of 31 days, after which he slowly introduced other foods one at a time, including olive oil, milk, roast goose, boiled beef, fat, figs, and veal. Stark recorded that after two months his gums were red and swollen and prone to bleeding; he had given himself scurvy which led to his early death at the age of twenty-nine whilst he was still in the throes of his experiments. This scarce work was one of the first on dietary studies. Blake, p. 431. 2) G-M 309. (1)

Stukeley (William). Of the Gout; In Two Parts. First, a Letter to Sir Hans Sloane, Batt. about the Cure of the Gout, by Oyl`s Externally Applied: Secondly, a Treatise of the Cause and Cure of the Gout, 1st edition, 1734, 119pp., engraved plate, some light spotting and water stains, library stamp, BMI presentation label from Dr [John Barritt] Melson, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo, together with Caverhill (John), A Treatise on the Cause and Cure of the Gout, 1st edition, 1769, three engraved plates, a few light spots, library stamp, BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, library cloth, 8vo, plus Ingram (Richard), The Gout. Extraordinary Cases in the Head, Stomach and Extremities... 1st edition, 1767, half-title, light spots, library stamp, library cloth, 8vo, with four others related: Thomas Thompson`s An Historical, Critical and Practical Treatise of the Gout, 1750, George Cheyne`s An Essay of the True Nature and Due Method of Treating the Gout, Written for the use of Richard Tennison, 4th edition, 1737, William Cadogan`s A Dissertation on the Gout, and all Chronic Diseases Jointly Considered..., 4th edition, 1771 and Sampson Perry`s A Disquisition of the Stone and Gravel: With Strictures on the Gout, when combined with those Disorders, 7th edition, 1785 (7)

Sydenham (Thomas). Tractaus de podagra et hydrope, 1st edition, 1683, short closed tear to title upper margin with archival tissue repair to verso, bound as the third work with two other first editions by Sydenham, Epistolae responsoriae duae, prima de morbis epidiemicis ..., secunda de luis venereae ..., 1680 [and] Dissertatio epistolaris ..., De observationibus nuperis ... De affectione hysterica, 1682, Epistolae with blank at front and errata leaf at rear, errata to other two works printed to final leaf versos, faint library stamp to title of Epistolae and with slightly trimmed ownership signatures of G. de Lys and J. Wilkes to upper margin, old manuscript contents list to blank recto (somewhat spotted and dust-soiled), library cloth (gilt-titled pamphlets volume 18 to spine), slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo (172 x 112mm) A nice clean copy of three of only five works published by Sydenham in his lifetime. The first work (bound chronologically as the third item in the volume) is Sydenham`s classic description of gout, based upon his own sufferings. Considered his masterpiece, it earned him the title The English Hippocrates`. 1) PMM159; Wing S6320; G-M4486; Norman 2040; Osler 998; Waller 9422. 2) Wing S6310. 3) Wing S6309. (1)

Sydenham (Thomas). The Entire Works of Dr Thomas Sydenham, Newly made English from the Originals: wherein the History of acute and chronic Diseases, and the safest and most effectual Methods of treating them, are faithfully, clearly, and accurately delivered. To which are added, Explanatory and Practical Notes, from the best medicinal Writers by John Swan, 1742, library stamp to title, title partly adhered to following leaf at gutterwith some consequent adhesive staining, library cloth, 8vo, together with Praxis Medica. The Practice of Physick: or, Dr. Sydenham`s Processus Integri, Translated out of Latin into English, with large Annotations..., the Third Edition, Inlarged throughout, with some Thousands of Additions not in the first Impression, by William Salmon, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece, slight dustsoiling to last few leaves, front free endpaper with library stamp and presentation label by Dr. Smallwood Savage. front pastedown with printed book label of Henry Knight and manuscript ownership of T.H. Smith, Alcester, 1901, hinges split, contemporary panneled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, with The Entire Works of Dr Thomas Sydenham..., the third edition, with all notes inserted in their proper places by John Swan, 1753, title with ownership signature of John Heath (upper margin excised), short worm trail to lower blank margins of initial leaves, endpapers renewed with presentation label to the BMI by Dr. Smallwood Savage, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus one other incomplete volume of Sydenham`s Works (4)