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Lot 16
L. S. LOWRY (1887-1976), FOUR LIMITED EDITION PENCIL DRAWING PRINTS, ‘Outside the Mill’, 13 1/4” x 9 1/2” (33.5cm x 24cm), ‘Street Scene’, 10 1/2” x 8 3/4” (26.6cm x 22.2cm), ‘Man Taken Ill’, 14” x 10” (35.5cm x 25.3cm), and, ‘Bank Failure’, 10 1/2” x 14 1/2” (26.6cm x 37cm), published by Adam Collection Ltd. in an unsigned limited edition of 550 with Guild stamp, (all unframed) (4)
Lot 515
Cochrane (Basil). An Improvement in the Mode of Administrating the Vapour Bath, and in the Apparatus Connected with it; with Plans of Fixed and Portable Baths for Hospitals and Private Houses, and some Practical Suggestions on the Efficacy of Vapour, in Application to Various Diseases of the Human Frame and as may be Beneficial to the Veterinary Branch of Medecine, 1809, eleven engraved plates, extra engraved plates tipped-in at end, library stamps, occasional light spotting and soiling, library cloth, 4to, together with Currie (James), Medical Reports, on the Effects of Water, Cold and Warm, as a Remedy in Fever and Other Diseases..., 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged, Liverpool, 1798, library stamp, a few spots, library cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Saunders (William), A Treatise on the Chemical History and Medical Powers of some of the Most Celebrated Mineral Waters; with Practical Remarks on the Aqueous Regimen..., 1st edition, 1800, folding table, library stamp, one or two closed tears, a few spots and light soiling, library cloth, spine faded, lower joint splitting, 8vo, with 14 others related (17)
Lot 517
Cooper (Astley & Haighton, John & Babington, William, editors). Medical Records and Researches, Selected from the Papers of a Private Medical Association, [Part 1, all published], 1798, faint library stamp and some dust-soiling to title, six engraved plates, all but one folding, library stamp to plate margins, a little spotting or soiling, library cloth gilt, 8vo. The thirteen essays include ‘A Case of Strangulated Hernia’ by Astley Cooper; ‘A Case of Tic Douloureux, of Painful Affection of the Face, Successfully Treated by a Division of the Affected Nerve’ and ‘An Inquiry Concerning the True and Spurious Caesarian Operation’, by John Haighton; ‘A Case of a Penetrating Wound by a Bayonet Passing through the Heart’, ‘Two Cases of Rabies Canina’, by William Babington; ‘A Case of the Caesarian Operation Performed, and the Life of the Woman Preserved’ by James Barlow. (1)
Lot 529
Cunningham (Daniel John). Contribution to the Surface Anatomy of the Cerebral Hemispheres, with a chapter upon cranio-cerebral topography, 1st edition, Dublin, 1892, twelve plates (four tinted and four colour lithographs, the latter with accompanying uncoloured plate), a few wood engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to title and each plate, last three plates closely trimmed at foremargins, touching medallion borders, library cloth gilt, upper cover slightly dampstained, 4to (312 x 242mm) (1)
Lot 530
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)
Lot 535
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)
Lot 536
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)
Lot 537
Davis (David Daniel). Elements of Operative Midwifery: Comprising a Description of Certain New and Improved Powers for Assisting Difficult and Dangerous Labours..., 1st edition, 1825, 20 folding lithographed plates, some pencil marginalia, library stamps, one or two frayed fore-edges, contemporary previous owner signature to title, library cloth, together with Denman (Thomas), An Introduction to the Practice of Midwifery, 5th edition, 1805, seventeen engraved plates at rear, library stamp to title, plates and occasionally elsewhere, some spotting, upper hinges weak, library cloth, frayed at head of spine and split along upper joint, both 4to, plus Baudelocque (Jean Louis), Two Memoirs on the Caesarean Operation, Translated... by John Hull, Manchester, 1801, six folding engraved plates, library stamp to title and each plate, some mostly marginal browning throughout, partly uncut, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, plus Barnes (Robert), The Physiology and Treatment of Placenta Praevia, Being the Lettsomian Lectures on Midwifery 1857, 1st edition, 1858, 4 pp publisher’s catalogue at rear, modern quarter morocco gilt over cloth, 8vo, plus other mostly 19th-century midwifery interest, all in ex-library condition (32)
Lot 538
Davy (Humphry). Six Discourses Delivered Before the Royal Society at Their Anniversary Meetings, on the Award of the Royal and Copley Medals..., 1st edition, 1827, half-title, each paper with separate pagination and part-title, library stamp to title, final leaf slightly dust-soiled at lower margin, later library cloth, joints split, 4to (1)
Lot 541
Du Verney (Guichard Joseph). Traite de l’organe de l’ouie..., new edition, Leiden, 1731, title printed in red and black, sixteen folding engraved plates, some spotting and soiling throughout, library stamp to title and plates, library cloth, rubbed, spine defective, 12mo, together with Belloste (Augustin), Le chirurgien d’hopital..., 4th revised, corrected and enlarged edition, 2 parts in 1, Amsterdam, 1707, engraved frontispiece, both titles printed in red and black, three folding engraved plates, some spotting, faint library stamp to title and plates, uncut, contemporary quarter vellum over Dutch floral-pattern boards with leather label to spine, some wear, 8vo, plus [Alexandre, Nicolas], La medicine et la chirurgy des pauvres..., Paris, 1758, some spotting, library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 12mo, plus other 18th-century French-language medical works, mostly library cloth with usual stamps and marks, 8vo/12mo (36)
Lot 543
Elliotson (John). On the Recent Improvements in the Art of Distinguishing the Various Diseases of the Heart, Being the Lumleyan Lectures Year 1829, 1st edition, 1830, eight engraved plates, water stains and light spotting, later library cloth, losses to spine, joints splitting, together with Haviland (Alfred), The Geographical Distribution of Heart Disease and Dropsy, Cancer in Females & Phthisis in Females, in England and Wales, 1875, six hand-coloured maps to text and three large hand-coloured folding maps in pocket at rear, library stamp to title and plates in pocket, a little soiling, original cloth gilt, heavily rubbed and soiled, both folio 2)
Lot 545
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)
Lot 546
Faulkner (Arthur Brooke). A Treatise on the Plague, Designed to Prove it Contagious, from Facts, Collected during the Author’s Residence in Malta, when visited by that Malady in 1813. With Observations on its Prevention, Character and Treatment..., 1st edition, 1820, half-title, two folding engraved plans, library stamps, occasional light toning, library cloth, 8vo, inscribed to front endpaper: “To Doctor Johnson, with the author’s respectful compliments”, together with Reid (Robert), On the Nature and Treatment of Tetanus & Hydrophobia, with some Observations on a Natural Classification of Diseases in General, 1st edition, Dublin, 1817, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, library stamps, water stains at front, library cloth, 8vo, plus Lipscomb (George), The History of Canine Madness and Hydrophobia: With the Methods of Treatment, Ancient and Modern, 1st edition, 1809, library stamp, light spotting, library cloth, 8vo, with four others (7)
Lot 547
Flourens (Pierre). Recherches Experimentales sur les properties et les Fonctions du Systeme Nerveux, dans les Animaux Vertebres, 1st edition, Paris, 1824, half-title, library stamp, small marginal hole to last leaf, water stains and light spotting, previous owner signature of John Davies M.D., Warrington, BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, modern morocco-backed boards, spine faded, 8vo, together with Calmeil (Louis Florentin), De la Paralysie Consideree Chez les Aliennes, Recherches faites dans le Service de Feu M. Royer-Collard et de M. Esquirol, 1st edition, Paris, 1826, half-title, library stamp, light spotting, BMI presentation label from Dr Gibbs Blake, library cloth, upper joint splitting, spine faded, 8vo, with three others. ‘Flourens removed the cerebrum and cerebellum in pigeons, showing maintenance of reflexes with loss of cerebration in the former case and disturbance of equilibrium in the latter case. Thus he demonstrated that the cerebrum is the organ of thought and the cerebellum the organ controlling the co-ordination of body movements and of will-power’. ‘Experimental proof that vision depends on the integrity of the cerebral cortex’ (G-M 1391, 1493); Norman 806. (5)
Lot 548
Ford (Edward). Observations on the Disease of the Hip Joint; To Which are Added, Some Remarks on White Swellings on the Knee, the Caries of the Joint of the Wrist and Other Similar Complaints, 1st edition, 1794, eight aquatint plates, including three folding or double-page, occasional minor spotting, library ink stamps, previous owner signature of D.W. Crompton, 1826 to front endpaper, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, frayed on joints, 8vo, together with Musgrave (William), De arthritide anomala sive interna, dissertatio, Exeter, 1707, imprimatur leaf before title, library stamp to title, some spotting and soiling throughout, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus Herdman (John), Dissertations on White Swelling of the Joints, and the Doctrine of Inflammation, Edinburgh, 1802, closed tear repairs to final two leaves without loss of text, spotting throughout, library stamp and partially erased ownership name to title, lacks half-title, modern cloth gilt, plus Wilson (James), Lectures on the Structure and Physiology of the Parts Composing the Skeleton, and on the Diseases of the Bones and Joints of the Human Body..., 1820, appendix at rear, library stamp to title, untrimmed, modern quarter morocco over cloth, plus other mostly 19th-century works on joints and fractures, all in ex-library condition (26)
Lot 551
Freind (John). Opera omnia medica, editio altera, Londinensi multo correctior et accuratior, Paris, 1735, title printed in red and black, some spotting throughout, occasional library stamps, Johnstone armorial bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to, together with Adair (James Macittrick), Medical Cautions, Chiefly for the Consideration of Invalids, Containing Essays on Fashionable Diseases, the Dangerous Effects of Hot and Crouded Rooms..., 2nd edition..., Bath, 1787, half-title, library stamp to title, bound with An Essay on Diet and Regimen, as Indispensable to the Recovery and Preservation of Firm Health..., 1804, title spotted and browned, modern morocco gilt, 8vo, plus Quincy (John), Medicina Statica, Being the Aphorisms of Sanctorius..., 4th edition, 1728, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plate, some spotting and browning throughout, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, plus Bartholinus (Thomas), Anatomia..., The Hague, 1663, engraved portrait and eight folding engraved plates (plate opposite page 522 torn with some loss at foot), lacks additional engraved title, library stamp to title and plates, some spotting and soiling, ownership signature of G. De Lys to title upper margin, Birmingham Medical Library bookplate to front pastedown, modern morocco gilt, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th-century medical works in Latin, all with good quality quarter or full leather rebinds, 4to/8vo (18)
Lot 554
Gallez (Louis). Histoire des kystes de l’ovaire envisagee surtout au point de vue du diagnostic et du traitement..., Brussels, 1873, twenty-four uncoloured lithograph plates, library stamp to title, author’s autograph letter signed, Chatelat, 18th October 1874, in French, [to Lawson Tait], one page with integral blank, 8vo, tipped in before title, stamped ownership name of Lawson Tait to half-title and title (trimmed), contemporary library cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, 4to, together with Cripps (Harrison), Ovariotomy and Abdominal Surgery, 1st edition, 1898, seventeen coloured and black and white plates including frontispiece, stamp to title and each plate, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, large 8vo, plus Leigh (Robert), A Treatise on the Employment of the Speculum in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Uterine Diseases, with Three Hundred Cases, 1858, publisher’s catalogue at rear, library stamp to title, modern cloth gilt, plus Addison (Thomas), Observations on the Disorders of Females Connected with Uterine Irritation, 1st edition, 1830, half-title, publisher’s advert leaves at rear, library stamps to title and occasionally elsewhere, ownership signature of D.W. Crompton to front free endpaper, modern quarter morocco gilt over cloth, 8vo, plus others related, mostly 19th century, all in ex-library condition (32)
Lot 555
Gamgee (Joseph Sampson). History of a Successful Case of Amputation at the Hip-Joint, (The Limb 48 Inches in Circumference, 99 Pounds Weight), 1st edition, 1865, half-title, four mounted albumen prints by Sarony and Pierre-Petit, the two by Sarony signed in the negative, one engraved plate, some dust-soiling and spotting (somewhat heavy to pp vi-vii), library stamp to title and all plate margins, author’s presentation inscription to Thomas Taylor at head of title, title and facing page somewhat dust-soiled (from display?), all edges gilt, original cloth gilt with bevelled edges, rubbed and soiled, a little nicked on spine, 4to. Gamgee was surgeon to the Queen’s Hospital, Birmingham. He popularised absorbent cotton wool as a surgical dressing and invented Gamgee tissue and the disposable absorbent sanitary towel. He introducted plaster of Paris splinting into Britain in 1854, after previously introduced starched bandaging with pasteboard splinting for the treatment of fractures. Dr. Thomas Taylor practised in Bennetts Hill. (1)
Lot 556
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)
Lot 558
Glandorp (Matthias). Opera omnia; viz. I. Speculum Chirurgicorum..., II. (Methodus Medendae Paronychiae..., III. Tractatus de Polypo..., IV. gazophylacium polyplusium fonticulorum & setonum, nunc simul collecta & plurimum emendata, 4 parts in one vol., 1st collected ed., 1729. five engraved plates, light waterstain to upper outer margins at front of vol., single light library ink stamp to title only, contemporary calf, somewhat worn, 4to. Matthias Glandorp (1596-1636), a German physician, studied in Italy, where he attended lectures by Fabricius and Spigelius, before returning to live and work in Bremen. His four main works, originally published in 1619, 1633, 1628 and 1633 respectively are here republished, together with a short life of the author. (1)
Lot 559
Goedaert (Johannes). De Insectis in Methodum Redactus, cum Notularum Additione, Opera M. Lister..., Item Appendicis ad Historiam Animalium Angliae, Ejusdem M. Lister, Altera Editio hic quoque exhibetur..., 1685, twenty-one engraved plates (including 20 folding), faint library stamp to title and plates, contemporary vellum, 8vo. Wing G1002. (1)
Lot 560
Granville (Augustus Bozzi). Graphic Illustrations of Abortion and the Diseases of Menstruation..., 1st edition, printed for the Author, 1833, fourteen coloured lithographic plates including one double-page, light library stamp to title and each plate, original cloth gilt, slight soiling and corner wear, modern cloth gilt reback, 4to. Wellcome III, p. (148. (1)
Lot 562
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)
Lot 563
Harty (William). An Historic Sketch of the Causes, Progress, Extent, and Mortality of the Contagious Fever Epidemic in Ireland During the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819... (1st edition, Dublin, 1820, folding engraved map, folding tables at rear, library stamps, light spots, BMI presentation label from Dr Wade, modern red morocco-backed boards, spine faded, 8vo, together with Tuomy (Martin), A Treatise on the Principal Diseases of Dublin, 1st edition, Dublin, 1810, library stamp to title, scattered spotting, BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, plus Barker (Francis & John Cheyne), An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Fever Lately Edpidemical in Ireland, Together with Communications from Physicians in the Provinces and Various Official Documents, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1821, engraved plates, illustrations, library stamps, some spotting, library cloth, 8vo, with William Irvine’s Some Observations upon Diseases, Chiefly as they Occur in Sicily, 1810 (bound with William Harty’s Observations on the Simple Dysentery, and its Combinations, 1805) (5)
Lot 564
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)
Lot 566
Hippisley (John Coxe). Prison Labour, Etc. Correspondence and Communications Addressed to His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, Concerning the Introduction of Tread-Mills into Prisons, with Other Matters Connected with the Subject of Prison Discipline, 1st edition, 1823, library stamp, a few spots, library cloth, 8vo (1)
Lot 568
Hobson (Benjamin). A Medical Vocabulary in English and Chinese, Shanghai: Shanghai Mission Press, 1858, [iv], 74 pp, library stamp to title, occasional old dampstaining to upper margin, BMI presentation bookplate from P. Brindley to front free endpaper, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, joints weak, slim 8vo (1)
Lot 570
Hooper (Robert). The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Uterus and its Appendages, with Illustrations of the Most Frequent and Important Organic Diseases To Which Those Viscera are Subject, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1832, twenty-two hand-coloured lithographic plates, light library stamp to title and each plate, minor dust-soiling, modern quarter morocco gilt over cloth boards, 4to (340 x 265mm). Osler 7574; Wellcome II, p. 298. (1)
Lot 571
Hooper (Robert). The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Brain, Illustrated by Coloured Engravings of the Most Frequent and Important Organic Diseases to Which that Viscus is Subject, 1st edition, 1828, half-title, fifteen hand-coloured lithographic plates, light library stamp to title and each plate, an eight-page Longman’s Medical Works catalogue (September 1828, 8 pp), tipped in at front, original printed advertisement for the work pasted to front pastedown, uncut, modern cloth gilt, folio, (380 x 260mm), together with a contemporary original pen and ink watercolour of a part of the brain on Whatman wove paper, unsigned, faint library stamp to lower margin, (155 x 195mm) 1)
Lot 572
Hunt (John). Salutary Cautions Respecting the Gout: In which the Doctrines Maintained in a Recent Publication, by Doctor Kinglake are Exposed and Refuted, by John Hunt, 1st edition, 1805, 94pp., library stamp, bound with An Account of the Discovery and Operation of a New Medicine for Gout, by A. Welles, 2nd edition, 1804, 212 pp, bound with Letters on the Cause and Treatment of the Gout, in which some Digressive Remarks on other Medical Subjects are Interspersed, by Robert Hamilton, 1st edition, Lynn, 1806, 194pp., errata leaf at end, bound with An Account of the Discovery and Operation of a New Medicine for Gout, [by A. Welles], 1st edition, 1805, 194pp., errata leaf, some light spotting, library cloth, spine faded, 8vo, together with Scudamore (Charles), A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism..., 2nd edition, 1817, half-title, library stamp, bound with A Chemical and Medical Report of the Properties of the Mineral Waters of Buxton, Matlock, Tunbridge Wells, Harrogate, Bath, Cheltenham, Leamington, Malvern and the Isle of Wight, by Charles Scudamore, 1st edition, 1820, library stamp, a few spots, library cloth, spine faded, 8vo, with others related by William Cadogan, Murray Forbes, James Parkinson, Edmund Marshall and Sir James Jay etc (15)
Lot 573
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)
Lot 575
Hunter (William). The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, Sydenham Society, 1851, thirty-four engraved plates, light library stamp to each, a little minor dust-soiling and spotting, Sydenham Society notice tipped in at front, original cloth gilt, a little rubbed and dust-soiled, large folio. Originally published in 1774 in Birmingham by John Baskerville (only one of two medical books from the famous press), the plates depict the life-size gravid uterus. ‘It is William Hunter’s best work and one of the finest anatomical atlases ever to be produced’ (G-M 6157), ‘anatomically exact and artistically perfect’ (Choulant-Frank, pp. (296-97); Heirs of Hippocrates 942; Wellcome III, 319. (1)
Lot 577
[Jackson (Rowland)]. A Physical Dissertation on Drowning: In which Submersion, commonly call’d Drowning, is shewn to be a long time Consistent with the Continuance of Life, from a Variety of Unexceptional tho’ Surprising Facts, related by the most Eminent and Judicious Authors and Confirm’d by Incontestable Evidence; which Facts are reconcil’d and Accounted for, from the Strictest Laws of the Animal Oeconomy..., 1st edition, 1746, half-title (detached), engraved plate (with archival tissue repair), library stamp, light toning and a few spots, library label, contemporary vellum, soiled, 8vo, bound with two others: Petrus de Marchettis’ Observationum Medico-Chirurgicarum Rariorum Sylloge, 1729 and Frederick Muzell’s Medical and Chirurgical Observations, 1755, together with Cullen (William), A letter to Lord Cathcart, President of the Board of Police in Scotland, Concerning the Recovery of Persons Drowned and Seemingly Dead, 1st edition, 1776, 45pp., title repaired, library stamp, a few spots, modern calf, 8vo, previous owner signature, bound with four others including William Rowley’s An Essay on the Cure of Ulcerated Legs Without Rest..., 1770 and J. Howard’s Observations on the Method of Curing the Hydrocele, by Means of a Seton, 1783. (2)
Lot 578
Jackson (Robert). Remarks on the Constitution of the Medical Department of the British Army; with a Detail of Hospital Management, and an Appendix, Attempting to explain the Action of Causes in Producing Fever, and the Operation of Remedies in effecting Cure, 1st edition, 1803, half-title, nine folding tables, bound with An Exposure and Refutation of Various Misrepresentations Published by Dr. M’Grigor and Dr. Jackson, in their Separate Letters to the Commissioners of Military Enquiry; Interspersed with Facts and Observations Concerning Military Hospitals and Medical Arrangements for Armies, by Edward Nathaniel Bancroft, 1st edition, 1808, inscribed to half-title: “Dr. Blackall from the author”, bound with A Letter to the Commissioners of Military Enquiry: Containing Animadversions on some parts of their Fifth Report..., 1st edition, 1808, presentation inscription from the author to Dr. Blackall on half-title, occasional light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with Hunter (John), Observations on the Diseases of the Army in Jamaica, and on the Best Means of Preserving the Health of Europeans in that Climate. Also, Observations on the Hepatitis of the East Indies, 3rd edition, 1808, half-title, bound with Observations on the Infammatory Endemic, Incidental to Strangers in the West Indies from Temperate Climates, Commonly Called the Yellow Fever..., by Nodes Dickinson, 1st edition, 1819, half-title, library stamp, a few spots, BMI presentation label from Dr. Blackall, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo (2)
Lot 582
Johnson (Christopher Turner). A Practical Essay on Cancer: Being the Substance of Observations to which the Annual Prize for 1808 was Adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons of London, 1st edition, 1810, half-title, library stamp, a few spots, library cloth, a little faded, 8vo, together with Adams (Joseph), Observations on the Cancerous Breast, 1st edition, 1801, engraved plate, offsetting and some spotting, library stamp, library cloth, 8vo, plus Wardrop (James), Observations ob Fungus Haematodes or Soft Cancer in Several of the Most Important Organs of the Human Body, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1809, six engraved plates, illustrations, library stamps, light spotting, modern library cloth, 8vo, with others related by Sir Everard Home, Rudolph Virchow, James Paget etc (28)
Lot 583
Johnstone (John). An Account of the Discovery of the Power of Mineral Acid Vapours, To Destroy Contagion, 1st edition, 1803, errata slip at rear, some spotting and soiling, library stamp to title (detached), bound with Medical Jurisprudence. On Madness, Birmingham, 1800, title slightly browned, modern cloth gilt, together with Reply to Dr. James Carmichael Smyth, Containing Remarks on His Letter to Mr. Wilberforce, and a Further Account of the Discovery of the Power of Mineral Acids in a State of Gas to Destroy Contagion, 1805, half-title, errata slip at rear, library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, plus An Harveian Oration and other Remains of John Johnstone, MD, FRS, [private impression], 1837, library stamp to title, some spotting and soiling, old dampstaining to lower margins at front and rear, ownership signature of John Johnstone’s nephew James to front pastedown, contemporary quarter roan over cloth, some wear and loss at foot of spine, large 8vo, plus A Catalogue of the Books Belonging to Edward Johnstone MD, Part Taken in February 1792, Part May 20 & 21st 1792, by John Johnstone, 34 pp manuscript including title (faint library stamp), five blank leaves at rear, a little spotting and soiling, stitching broken, slim 8vo, plus seven others mostly relating to Birmingham Medical Library catalogue and laws, some manuscript annotations (12)
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