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Leigh (John). An Experimental Inquiry into the Properties of Opium, and its Effects on Living Subjects..., Edinburgh, 1786, [5], 10-144, [2] pp, library stamp and a little soiling to title, advert leaf at rear, bound with Verris (Samuel), A Dissertation on Milk, in Which an Attempt is Made to Ascertain its Natural Use..., [1785], [8], 206, [1] pp, half-title, errata leaf at rear, some spotting, title-page closely trimmed at foremargin, bound with Smith (Samuel Stanhope), An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Vigour in the Human Species..., new edition, with some Additional Notes, Edinburgh reprinted, 1788, 217, [3] pp, advert leaf at rear, bound with two others by Thomas Fowler and Robert Courthope Sims, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus one further volume containing two pamphlets by William Beckett and Claude Nicolas Le Cat (2)

[Lettsom, John Coakley, attrib.]. Observations on the Plan Proposed for Establishing ‘A Dispensary & Medical Society for the Private and Only Immediate Use of the Subscribers, Their Families, and Friends’, 1st edition, 1779, 16 pp, folding table, bound with Butter (William), A Treatise on the Infantile Remittant Fever, 1782, 50 pp, half-title, library stamp, bound with Berkenhout (John), An Essay on the Bite of a Mad Dog, in Which the Claim to Infallibility of the Principal Preservative Remedies... is Examined, 1783, [iv], 83 pp, half-title, bound with three medical dissertations by John Ralph Fenwick, James Forsythe and William Gilby, the last two presentation copies to [William] Withering, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Locke (John). A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books..., Translated from the French, To Which is Added Something from Monsieur Le Clerc, Relating to the Same Subject... There are also Added Two Letters, Containing a Most Useful Method for Instructing Persons that are Deaf and Dumb..., by the Late Learned Dr. John Wallis, 1st English edition, 1706, pp 15, 17, 19 and 23 are blank, faint library stamp to title touching double-rule printed border, a few occasional spots and some minor worming to lower margins throughout, not affecting text, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Smallwood Savage to front pastedown, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, 8vo. Attig, John Locke Bibliography (online) 31. (1)

Luc (Jean Andre de). An Essay on Pyrometry and Areometry, and on Physical Measures in General, 1779, 137 pp, engraved plate (plus four further folding engraved plates not relating to this article, originally published in the same issue of Philosophical Transactions), library stamp to title and plates, some spotting, bound with Henley (William), An Account of the Death of a Person Destroyed by Lightning in the Chapel in Tottenham-Court-Road, and its Effects on the Building, 1773, 8 pp, folding engraved frontispiece (library stamps), bound with Bayes (Thomas), A Method of Calculating the Exact Probability of All Conclusions Founded on Induction... in a Letter to John Canton, 1764, 51 pp, some old dampstaining throughout, bound with Nairne (Edward), Experiments on Electricity, Being an Attempt to Shew the Advantage of Elevated Pointed Conductors, 1779, 40 pp, some soiling and browning, bound with Price (Richard), A Supplement to the Essay on a Method of Calculating the Exact Probability of all Conclusions Founded on Induction, 1765, 32 pp, some old dampstaining and browning, plus twelve further scientific pamphlets and offprints by Henley, Luc, Nairne, John Hunter, Benjamin Franklin, Peter Woulfe, John Michell and others, some occasional spotting and dampstaining, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine ends frayed, 4to (1)

Magalhaes (Joao Jacinto de). Description of a Glass Apparatus, for Making Mineral Waters, Like those of Pyrmont, Spa, Seltzer, &c in a Few Minutes, and with very Little Expence: Together with the Description of Some New Eudiometers..., in a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley, 1st edition, 1777, viii, 47 pp, engraved frontispiece (partly detached, library stamp and lightly offset to title), bound with Saunders (William), Observations and Experiments on the Power of the Mephytic Acid in Dissolving Stones of the Bladder, in a Letter to Dr. Perceval, 1777, 32 pp, bound with Warltire (John), A Definition of Terms, and Tables of Specific Attraction, as Used in Courses of General Chemistry, [1770?], 23 pp, bound with Royal Humane Society, Reports for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned, for the Year 1777, [1778?], [8], 87, [1], 16 pp, half-title, engraved vignette to title, some spotting at rear, final leaf separated from main text and attached at inner margin to rear free endpaper, bound with three others by James Arden, Thomas Dimsdale and John Fothergill, plus two Edinburgh dissertations by Andrew Douglas and Patrick Keary, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)

Manningham (Richard). Artis Obstetricariae compendium, tam theoriam quam praxin spectans..., 1st edition, Edward Littleton, 1739, [viii], 96 pp, faint library stamp and remains of contemporary inscription to title, some light browning to first and last pages, bound with [Brown, Richard], A Letter from a Physician in London to His Friend in the Country, Giving an Account of the Montpellier Practice in Curing the Venereal Disease..., 1st edition, 1730, 24 pp, some soiling, library stamp and inner marginal creasing and closed tears to title, contemporary ownership signature of E. Jorden dated 1738, bound with Stuart (Alexander), Three Lectures on Muscular Motion, Read Before the Royal Society..., 1739, [4], x, 54, [1] pp, three folding plates, advertisement to final leaf recto, library stamp to title and plates, title and last page (blank) somewhat soiled, bound with Boerhaave (Hermann), Praelectio publica de calculo, 1741, [ii], 29 pp, soiled at front and rear, library stamp to title and closed tears to inner margin without loss, bound with Simson (Thomas), Dissertatio medica inauguralis de fluxu menstruo..., [Glasgow, 1720], 14 pp, library stamp to title, some browning, modern quarter calf over cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to. A rare first edition of Sir Richard Manningham’s work which was translated and published anonymously in 1744 as An Abstract of Midwifery for Use in the Lying-In Infirmary. Manningham (1690-1759) was the chief man-midwife of his day. He followed the teachings of Hendrick van Deventer but his ‘major contribution to midwifery was that of establishing, in 1739, for the first time in this country, lying-in beds for mothers; these were in a house next to his own, in Jermyn Street, not in the local parochial infirmary, as was once believed. The idea of lying-in beds was current among some of Manningham’s contemporaries in London but he was the first to put it into practice; one of his objectives was to teach midwives’ (DNB). All five works in this volume are uncommon. (1)

Mathias (Andrew). Mercurial Disease. An Inquiry into the History and Nature of the Disease..., 1st edition, 1810, [viii], 257 pp, bound with Alley (George), An Essay on a Peculiar Eruptive Disease Arising from the Exhibition of Mercury..., Dublin, 1804, [6], vi, 80 pp, library stamp to title, without A4 and B3 but seemingly complete and collating as British Library, Wellcome and Trinity College Dublin copies, bound with Hamilton (James), Observations on the Use and Abuse of Mercurial Medicines in Various Diseases, Edinburgh, 1819, [iv], 222, [2] pp, final leaf blank, bound with Davies (David), An Essay on Mercury, Wherein are Presented Formulae for Some Preparations of this Metal..., 1820 [viii], 35 pp, occasional spotting throughout and short closed tear to inner margin of first item (Alley) without loss of text, modern buckram gilt, 8vo (1)

Monchy (Salomon de). An Essay on the Causes and Cure of the Usual Diseases in Voyages to the West-Indies, Together with the Preservatives Against Them, in Answer to the Questions Proposed by the Society of Sciences in Holland; What are the Causes of the Usual Diseases Among Seamen in Voyages to the West-Indies? And, What are the Means of Preventing, and of Curing Them, To Which Essay the Prize was Adjudged, 1st English edition, 1762, [2], [xii], 175, [1] pp, adverts to final leaf verso, lacks half-title, faint library stamp to title, bound with Chandler (John), A Treatise of the Disease Called a Cold..., 2nd edition, 1761, [iv], 123 pp, bound with Etherington (George), General Caution in the Cure of Fevers..., 1st edition, 1760, iv, 116 pp, title and final page slightly soiled, archival tissue closed tear repair to A4, library cloth, rubbed and short split at head of spine, 8vo (1)

Monro (Alexander, secundus ). Observations Anatomical and Physiological, Wherein Dr. Hunter’s Claim to Some Discoveries is Examined, Edinburgh, 1758, [iv], 80 pp, two engraved plates, library stamp to title, bound with [Akenside, Mark], Notes on the Postscript to a Pamphlet Entitled, ‘Observations Anatomical and Physiological... ‘, 1758, 24 pp, bound with [Hill, John], The Fabrick of the Eye, and the Several Disorders Which Injure or Destroy the Sight..., 1758, [ii], 56 pp, bound with The Construction of the Nerves, and Causes of Nervous Disorders..., 2nd edition, 1758, [ii], 54, [2] pp, final leaf blank, bound with Anonymous, A Plain Account of the Venereal Disease, with the Most Successful Method of Cure in its Several Stages..., 1758, [ii], 54 pp, John Freer’s signature to title, bound with A General System, or Summary Method, for Curing the Epidemical Distemper, or Plague, which Rages Amongst the Horned Cattle... by Several Hands, 1747, [2], x, 43 pp, half-title, contemporary signature of J. Hollier to title, bound with three others by James Logan, Henry Mason and Peter Shaw, some occasional dust-soiling, spotting or browning to whole volume, Birmingham Library label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, modern reback, some edge wear, 8vo (1)

Parkinson (James). Observations on the Nature and Cure of Gout, on Nodes of the Joints, and on the Influence of Certain Articles of Diet, in Gout, Rheumatism, and Gravel, 1805, [xii], 174, [2] pp, final blank present, library stamp to title, bound with Kinglake (Robert), A Dissertation on Gout..., 1804, xx, 348, [12] pp, six advert leaves at rear, bound with Hunt (John), Salutary Cautions Respecting the Gout, in which the Doctrines Maintained in a Recent Publication by Dr. Kinglake, are Exposed and Refuted, Printed for the Author, 1805, viii, 94 pp, half-title, some spotting at end of first work and to first few leaves of second work, library cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Parry (Caleb Hillier). An Inquiry into the Symptoms and Causes of Syncope Anginosa, Commonly Called Angina Pectoris, 1st edition, Bath printed and London published, 1799, [vi], 167, [1], iii, [1] pp, with a half-title (light soiling and browning) and 3 pp errata at rear, faint library stamp to title, bound with Cases of Tetanus, and Rabies Contagiosa, or Canine Hydrophobia..., 1st edition, Bath printed and London published, 1814, [viii], 218 pp, bound with Reich (Gottfried Christian), On Fever and its Treatment in General..., Translated from the German by Charles Henry Parry..., Appendix by Caleb Hillier Parry, Bath printed and London published, 1801, [xii], 102, [2] pp, half-title, errata to final leaf recto, bound with Withering (William), An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat, or Scarletina Anginosa..., 2nd edition, Birmingham, 1793, [ii], 127, [1] pp, publisher’s adverts to final leaf verso, bound with Gibbes (George Smith), A Few Observations on the Component Parts of Animal Matters, and on their Conversion into a Substance Resembling Spermaceti, Bath printed and London published, 1796, [iv], [3]-38 pp, half-title, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine ends frayed, 8vo. In Parry’s Inquiry is an ‘Important Contribution to the Understanding of the Coronary Circulation, Parry... reports on several patients suffering from what he termed “syncope anginosa” and concludes that the condition is caused by disease of the coronary arteries’ (Heirs of Hippocrates 1127; G-M 2888; Norman 1646; Osler 3622; Wellcome IV, p 309). (1)

Pearson (George). An Inquiry Concerning the History of the Cowpox, Principally with a View to Supersede and Extinguish the Smallpox, 1798, [iv], 116 pp, bound with Woodville (William), Reports of a Series of Inoculations for the Variolae Vaccinae, or Cow-Pox..., [1799], [iv], 156 pp, bound with Observations on the Cow-Pox, 1800, [iv], 43 pp, bound with Fermor (William), Reflections on the Cow-Pox, Illustrated by Cases to Prove It and Absolute Security Against the Small Pox..., Oxford, 1800, 47 pp, bound with Lettsom (John Coakley), Observations on the Cow-Pock, 2nd edition, 1801, vi, 88 pp, half-title, engraved title, four portrait plates (one with library stamp), bound with Goldson (William), Some Recent Cases of Smallpox Subsequent to Vaccination, Portsea, 1805, [viii], 134, [1] pp, advert leaf at rear, occasional spotting, library stamp to title of first work, library buckram, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Peart (Edward). The Generation of Animal Heat, Investigated, with an Introduction..., Gainsborough, 1788, 114, [1] pp, errata leaf at rear, title slightly spotted and soiled with library stamp and detached with front board, bound with Hunt (John), Observations on the Circulation of the Blood, and on the Effects of Bleeding, 1787, [xii], 77, [3] pp, advert leaves at rear, bound with Sheldon (John), An Essay on the Fracture of the Patella or Kneepan..., with Observations on the Fracture of the Olecranon, 1789, [iv], 79, [1], 4 pp, half-title (soiled), two folding plates at rear (library stamps), last leaf somewhat soiled and torn with loss to upper inner margin just touching one word on each page with minimal loss, bound with Quinn (Charles William), A Treatise on the Dropsy of the Brain, Illustrated by a Variety of Cases, to Which are Added, Observations on the Use and Effects of the Digitalis Purpurea in Dropsies, 1790, 227 pp, half-title, some spotting, bound with four others by Richard Ford, James Johnstone, John Knott and William Turnbull, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)

Plague. A Collection of Very Valuable and Scarce Relating to the Last Plague in the Year 1665..., 2nd edition, 1721, [viii], 88 pp, library stamp to title, bound with A Brief Journal of What Passed in the City of Marseilles, While it was Afflicted with the Plague, in the Year 1720..., Translated from the Original..., 1721, [iv], 68 pp, some soiling at front and rear, bound with An Historical Account of the Plague at Marseilles..., by J.S[oame], 2nd revised edition..., 1722, 135 pp, some dust-soiling and old dampstaining towards rear, closely trimmed at head shaving occasional headlines, bound with A Plague at Marseilles Consider’d..., by Richard Bradley, 1721, [xvi], 60, [4] pp, adverts at rear, some soiling and old dampstaining, bound with Some Customs Consider’d, Whether Prejudicial to the Health of this City, and if They Are, Whether we May Not Hope to Have them Reformed, 1721, 19 pp, old dampstaining, bound with Graeme (William), Historia morbi, quo nuper mortuus est Thomas Hurdman, Londinensis, 1730, [iv], 28 pp, half-title present, some soiling and old dampstaining, repair to inner margin of last two leaves not affecting text, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Pott (Percivall). Chirurgical Observation Relative to the Cataract, the Polypus of the Nose, the Cancer of the Scrotum, the Different Kinds of Ruptures, and the Mortification of the Toes and Feet, 1st edition, 1775, [4], [xii], 208 pp, half-title and divisional titles to each part, title with library stamp and closely trimmed at foot not affecting letter-press, bound with Henry (Thomas), An Account of the Medicinal Virtues of Magnesia Alba, or Particularly of Calcined Magnesia..., 1775, 29, [3] pp, ad leaf at rear, bound with Warltire (John), Tables of the Various Combinations and Specific Attraction of the Substances Employed in Chemistry..., Printed for the Author, 1769, 32 pp, bound with [?Newton, Isaac], ‘Of Natural Philosophy’, c. (1770s, extract with drop head title, 95 pp, three folding engraved plates at rear, all closely trimmed at upper margin and with library stamp to each, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. Pott’s work ‘includes the first description of occupational cancer. By describing chimney sweeps’ cancer of the scrotum, Pott was the first to trace the origin of a type of cancer to specific external cause’ (G-M 2122, 2609 & 4165); Norman 1737. (1)

Pott (Percivall). Remarks on the Disease Commonly Called a Fistula in Ano, 1st edition, 1762, [xii], 115 pp, engraved plate, library stamp and some spotting and soiling to title and early leaves, bound with Plenck (Joseph James), A New and Easy Method of Giving Mercury, to Those Affected with the Venereal Disease..., Translated from Latin by William Saunders, 1767, xii, 55 pp, some spotting and soiling, bound with Glass (Thomas), A Letter from Dr. Glass to Dr. Baker, on the Means of Procuring a Distinct and Favourable Kind of Small-Pox..., 1767, [iv], 72 pp, half-title, errata slip bound after title, bound with Dimsdale (Thomas), The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox..., 2nd edition, 1767, [iv], 160 pp, bound with Stern (Philip), Medical Advice to the Consumptive and Asthmatic People of England..., 1767, engraved frontispiece, [ii], 38 pp, some pencil marginalia, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo. 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. (1)

Pott (Percivall). Farther Remarks on the Useless State of the Lower Limbs, in Consequence of a Curvature of the Spine, Being a Supplement to a Former Treatise on that Subject, 1st edition, 1782, [iv], 64 pp, five mezzotint plates at rear, half-title detached, library stamp to title and plates (light browning), inscribed ‘From the author’ to title but not in the author’s holograph, bound with Saunders (William), Observations on the Superior Efficacy of the Red Peruvian Bark, in the Cure of Agues and other Fevers..., 2nd edition, with Considerable Additions, 1782, viii, 158 [ie. (176] pp, some spotting, bound with Dawson (Thomas), An Account of a Safe and Efficacious Medicine in Sore-Eyes and Eye-Lids, 1782, [ii], 45 pp, lacks half-title, bound with Wall (Martin), A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures in Chemistry, Read at the Museum, Oxford, 1782, iv, 63 pp, some spotting, bound with others by John Andree and William Butter, plus four dissertations by George Bell, Philip Holland, Charles William Quin and John Winterbottom, plus an extract from the London Medical Journal (‘Inoculation’), library cloth, some soiling and wear to spine ends, joints weak, 8vo. Pott: Norman 1738a. (1)

Priestley (Joseph). Philosophical Empiricism: Containing Remarks on a Charge of Plagiarism Respecting Dr. H—-s [ie. Brian Higgins], Interspersed with Various Observations to Different Kinds of Air, 1775, [iv], 86, [2] pp, errata leaf at rear, lacks two leaves adverts, bound with Farr [Samuel], Enquiry into the Propriety of Blood-Letting in Consumptions, 1775, [ii], 42 pp, advert leaf after title, bound with Maclurgh (James), Experiments upon the Human Bile..., 1772, lxiv, 217, [3] pp, half-title and final erratum leaf, library stamp to title, bound with Medical Transactions, Published by the College of Physicians in London, volume 3, 1775, viii, 53, [3] pp, final leaf blank, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo. Priestley: Crook S/488. (1)

Priestley (Joseph). A Familiar Introduction to the Study of Electricity, 2nd edition, 1769, 85, [3] pp, first signature misgathered, library stamp to title and plates, some spotting and a little soiling to title, bound with [Lettsom, John Coakley], The Naturalist’s and Trapper’s Companion, Containing Instructions for Discovering and Preserving Objects of Natural History..., 1772, engraved frontispiece (library stamp), [iv], 69 pp, bound with others unrelated by George Fordyce and Richard Price, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo, plus two further volumes assorted medical pamphlets (3)

Prior (Thomas). An Authentick Narrative of the Success of Tar-Water, in a Great Number and Variety of Distempers, with Remarks..., Dublin printed, London re-printed, 1746, 4, [188] pp, title somewhat spotted, library stamp, rehinged, old ownership names of Theoph. Blackall and John Blackall (April 1798) to upper margin, first and last leaves somewhat spotted, bound with Regnault (Jean Baptiste), Observations sur la phthisie pulmonaire ou essai sur la mousse d’islande consideree comme medicament..., 1802, 101, [3] pp, hand-coloured plate, errata to final leaf recto, first two leaves soiled and badly stained (without loss of legibility of letter-press), bound with Robinson (Bryan), Observations on the Virtues and Observations of Medicines, 1752, [xii], 216 pp, folding lithographic plate, some spotting, bound with Kingdon (Dr.), Orthopaedic and Notopathic Institution for the Cure of Deformities and Diseases of the Spine in Young Ladies, Conducted by Dr. Kingdon, at Gothic House, Stockwell, Surrey, About Three Miles from London, 1st edition, printed by M.G. Duke, [1836], 8 pp, bound with Hurteloup (Achille), Cases of Lithotriti, or Examples of the Stone Cured without Incision... (1831, viii, 54 pp, half-title present, last leaf near-detached, modern buckram gilt, 8vo (1)

Richter (August Gottlieb). Observationum chirurgicarum fasciculus primus [- tertius], 3 volumes bound in 1, 1st editions, Gottingen, 1770-76-80, engraved vignette to first title, first two parts with folding engraved plate and explanation leaf, library stamp to second plate, bound with Sandberg (Joseph Hubert), Essai sur les eaux minerales-ferrugineuses de Spa, 1st edition, Liege & Spa, 1780, vi, 199, [3] pp, library stamp to title, lacks half-title(?), bound with Desmilleville, Essai historique et analytique des eaux et des boues de Saint Amand..., Valenciennes, [1767], 128, [4] pp, table/approbation and privilege leaves at rear, title detached, library cloth, rubbed, small 8vo (1)

Rigby (Edward). An Essay on the Theory of the Production of Animal Heat, and on its Applications in the Treatment of Cutaneous Eruptions, Inflammations, and some other Diseases, 1st edition, 1785, [xii], 332 pp, library stamp to title, bound with Wathen (Jonathan), A Dissertation on the Theory and Cure of the Cataract, in Which the Practice of Extraction is Supported..., 1785, [viii], 166 pp, bound with Wilmer (Bradford), Observations on the Poisonous Vegetables which are Either Indigenous in Great-Britain, or Cultivated for Ornament, 1781, [xvi], 103 pp, dust-soiled at front and rear, bound with White (Thomas), A Treatise on Struma or Scrofula, Commonly Called the King’s Evil..., 1784, xvi, 110 pp, half-title present, bound with Clare (Peter), An Essay on the Cure of Abscesses by Caustic, and on the Treatment of Wounds and Ulcers..., 1st edition, 1779, 154 pp, half-title present (dust-soiled), library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Ring (John). An Answer to Mr. Goldson, Proving that Vaccination is a Permanent Security Against the Small-Pox, 1804, [iv], 43, [1] pp, index to final leaf verso, library stamp and some dust-soiling to title, bound with Whatley (Thomas), Observations on Mr Holme’s Treatment of Strictures in the Urethra, with an Improved Method of Treating Certain Cases of Those Diseases, 1801, [viii], 112 pp, engraved plate (library stamp, closed trimmed and slightly offset to text), bound with Baynton (Thomas), Descriptive Account of a New Method of Treating Old Ulcers of the Legs, Bristol, 1797, [iv], 115, [1] pp, errata to final leaf verso, final leaf duplicated, bound with two others by Bradford Wilmer and William Dase, library cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)

Riollay (Francis). Critical Introduction to the Study of Fevers, Read at the College of Physicians for the Gulstonian Lectures, 1788, viii, 72 pp, library stamp and some dust-soiling to title, bound with Cadogan (William), An Essay Upon Nursing and the Management of Children from their Birth to Three Years of Age..., 4th edition, 1750, 38 pp, dust-soiled and closed tears without loss to first two leaves, bound with Maywood (Robert, of the Isle of Wight), An Essay on the Operation of Mercury, in the Human Body..., Interspersed with Observations on the Treatment of the Venereal Disease, printed for the author, 1787, 56 pp, bound with Else (Joseph), The Works..., Containing a Treatise on the Hydrocele, and Other Papers on Different Subjects in Surgery, to Which is Added an Appendix... by Geo. Vaux, 1782, [viii], 144 pp, bound with Johnstone (James), A Treatise on the Malignant Angina, or Putrid and Ulcerous Sore-Throat..., Worcester, 1779, [iv], 150 pp, bound with Fordyce (George), A Treatise on the Digestion of Food, 1791, [xii], 204 pp, errata/advert leaf included in preliminary leaves, a little spotting, library cloth, rubbed and a little frayed at spine ends, 8vo (1)

Robinson (Bryan). Dissertation on the Aether of Isaac Newton, 1747, folding engraved plate at rear (library stamp to blank area), title soiled and rehinged with adhesion marks to inner margin, upper outer corner torn with loss of blank area, several ink library stamps, bound with Rackstrow (Benjamin), Miscellaneous Observations, Together with a Collection of Experiments on Electricity, with the Manner of Performing Them..., printed for the author, 1748, partly folding engraved frontispiece, pp. (28-29 heavily dust-soiled, closely trimmed at lower margin occasionally shaving signature or catchword, bound with Butler (John), The True State of the Case of John Butler, BD, A Minister of the True Church of England, in Answer to the Libel of Martha His Sometimes Wife, Treating of a Marriage Dissolved, and made Null by Desertion, and of a Lawful Concubinage in a Case of Necessity..., printed for the author, 1697, [6], 34 pp, somewhat dust-soiled throughout, library stamp to title, bound with Watson (William), Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity, in One Letter to Martin Folkes, Printed for C. Davis, 1746, small stain to foot of title, two ink library stamps, bound with Wilson (Benjamin), An Essay Towards An Explication of the Phaenomena of Electricity, Deduced from the Aether of Sir Isaac Newton..., 1st edition, 1746, lacks engraved folding frontispiece, some dust-soiling, two library stamps, bound with Freke (John), An Essay to Shew the Cause of Electricity, and why some Things are Non-Electricable... in a Letter to Mr William Watson, FRS, 1st edition, 1746, library stamp and dust-soiling to title, occasional soiling and closely trimmed at upper margin, final leaf relaid with window cut to show errata on leaf verso, library cloth, rubbed and frayed on joints, 8vo (1)

Rush (Benjamin). Three Lectures upon Animal Life, Delivered in the University of Pennsylvania, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1799, half-title present but detached and partly frayed and with remains of author’s presentation inscription to upper margin dated 21st November 1800, faint library stamp to title, leaf K2 partly folded with manuscript text correction (in the author’s hand) to p. 68, bound with Tongue (James), An Inaugural Dissertation, upon the Three Following Subjects: I. An Attempt to Prove, that the Lues Venerea was not Introduced into Europe from America, II. An Experimental Enquiry into the Modus Operandi of Mercury, and Curing the Lues Venerea, III. Experimental Proofs that the Lues Venerea, and Gonorrhoea, are Two Distinct Forms of Disease, printed for the author, Philadelphia, 1801, two dedication leaves, half-title with errata to verso, bound before main text, some marginal browning, bound with Roebuck (Jarvis), Experiments and Observations on the Bile, Philadelphia, 1801, author’s presentation inscription to title verso (dedicatee’s name trimmed), bound with Proofs of the Origin of the Yellow Fever, in Philadelphia & Kensington, in the Years 1797, From Domestic Exhalation, and from the Foul Air of the Snow Navigation, from Marseilles..., by the Academy of Medicine of Philadelphia, 1st edition, Philadelphia, 1798, a little soiling at front and rear, bound with Mease (James), Observations on the Arguments of Professor Rush, in Favour of the Inflammatory Nature of the Disease Produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, 1st edition, Whitehall, 1801, a few scattered manuscript corrections, some spotting, plus four others Philadelphia-published by William Stephen Jacobs, Robert Berkeley, William Wyatt Bibb and Edward Darrell Smith, 1800-1801, library cloth, covers detached, 8vo (1)

Saundby (Robert, 1849-1918). A bound collection of fourteen offprints, c.1880s, including ‘The Action of Drugs in Albuminuria’, ‘Diabetic Coma’, ‘The Diagnostic Value of Renal Tube Casts’, ‘The Functional Stage of Granular Kidney’, ‘The Histology of Granular Kidney’, ‘Note on the Occurrence of Dropsy in Granular Kidney’, ‘Kussmaul’s Coma’ and ‘The Treatment of Epilepsy’, most with drop-head titles, each with library stamp, a few with plates or wrappers as issued, several presentation inscriptions, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo. Robert Saundby, FRCP, was a consulting physician at Birmingham General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Birmingham University. (1)

Shaw (Peter and Hauksbee, Francis). An Essay for Introducing a Portable Laboratory: By Means of all the Chemical Operations are Commodiously Perform’d, for the Purposes of Philosophy, Medicine, Metallurgy, and a Family, 1st illustrated issue, 1731, viii, 75, [1] pp, eight folding engraved plates (plate 4 trimmed at foremargin affecting imprint), several ink library stamps, some dust-soiling, bound with Monro (Alexander, secundus), Observations, Anatomical and Physiological, Wherein Dr. Hunter’s Claim to Some Discoveries is Examined..., 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1758, [iv], 80 pp, two engraved plates, faint library stamp to title and plates, bound with Quesnay (Francois), The Introductory Discourse to the First Volume of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris, Concerning the Vices of the Humours..., Translated and Abridged, by a Surgeon, 1760, [4], vii-xv, [1], 111 pp, half-title, library stamp, bound with Layard (Daniel Peter), An Essay on the Nature, Causes, and Cure of the Contagious Distemper Among the Horned Cattle in these Kingdoms, 1757, [xxiv], 134, [2] pp, errata leaf at rear, library stamp to title, occasional dust-soiling or spotting, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Storck (Anthony). An Essay on the Medicinal Nature of Hemlock..., Translated from the Latin Original, 1760, [x], 100 pp, spotting throughout and somewhat heavy at front, library stamp to title and upper outer corner excised without loss of text, bound with Hoffmann (Friedrich), A Treatise on the Teeth, Their Nature, Structure, Formation, Beauty, Connection and Use..., 3rd edition, 1756, 48 pp, some spotting, archival closed tear repair to title without loss, bound with Nugent (Christopher), An Essay on the Hydrophobia..., 1753, [iv], 204 pp, bound with others by John Blake (two pamphlets) and Richard Manningham, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, joints weak, 8vo, together with two other volumes of mostly medical pamphlets (3)

Trinity College Dublin. Chartae et statuta Collegii Sacrosanctae et Individuae Trinitatis..., Dublin, 1778, [viii], 223, [1] pp, engraved vignette and library stamp to title, folding table (library stamps), corrigenda to final leaf recto, bound with Abecedarian Society, (Society Room, Royal Exchange, Saturday November 14 1789), [?Dublin, 1789], folding broadside frontispiece (library stamp), 7 pp, final leaf rehinged, bound with A Paraphrase on the Rev. Dr. Watts’s Celebrated Distich, on the Study of Languages, Addressed to the Young Gentleman of the English Grammar School, by One of Their School-Fellows, [?London, 1795], 4 pp, drop-head title, bound with four others various, by Aeschines, Thomas Beddoes, Samuel Heywood (attrib.) and Francis Home, final leaf of volume detached (Heywood), hinges cracked, library cloth, rubbed and a little frayed at spine ends, plus one other volume containing three pamphlets, both 8vo (2)

Trotter (Thomas). Observations on the Scurvy, with a Review of the Opinions Lately Advanced on that Disease..., 2nd edition, 1792, [4], 243, [1] pp, half-title and final errata leaf, library stamp to title, bound with Denman (Thomas), Observations on the Rupture of the Uterus, on Snuffles in Infants, and on Manea Lactea, 1810, [iv], 70, [2] pp, advert leaf at rear, bound with Parkinson (James), Hints for the Improvement of Trusses, Intended to Render their Use Less Inconvenient, and to Prevent the Necessity of an Understrap, with a Description of a Truss of Easy Construction and Slight Expence, for the Use of Labouring Poor, To Whom this little Tract is Chiefly Addressed, 1802, 22, [2] pp, engraved plate (some spotting), advert leaf at rear, bound with Heberden (William), An Epitome of Infantile Diseases, with their Causes, Symptoms, and Method of Cure, Translated into English, with Additional Notes and Observations by J. Smyth, MD, Uttoxeter, 1805, [xvi], 79 pp, half-title, bound with two works on scrofula by Joseph Brandish and Charles Armstrong, library cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo (1)

Underhill (Thomas). On Hospitals and Medical Education, Being the Inaugural Address Delivered at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Birmingham & Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association..., 1870, 27 pp, author’s inscription to title, bound with Fletcher (Thomas Bell Elcock), The Requirements for Medical Practice, An Introductory Lecture Delivered at Sydenham College, Birmingham, 1852, 20 pp, bound with Fearon (Henry), Mental Vigour, Its Attainment Impeded by Errors in Education, 1859, 47 pp, bound with Lacock (Thomas), Correspondence and Statements Regarding the Teaching of Clinical Medicine in the University of Edinburgh 1855-1857, with a Sequel, Edinburgh, 1857, 70 pp, bound with eight others on scientific education including three offprints, some dust-soiling for first and last leaves and library stamp to most titles, library cloth, partly broken with covers and spine detached, 8vo (1)

Underwood (Michael). A Treatise Upon Ulcers of the Legs..., 1783, 158, [2] pp, final leaf blank, lacks half-title, bound with White (Charles), An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of that Swelling, in One or Both of the Lower Extremities, Which Sometimes Happens to Lying-in Women..., 2nd edition, 1792, [vi], 84 pp, three engraved plates (two folding), half-title present, library stamp to each plate, bound with Rowley (William), A Treatise on the Causes and Cure of Swelled Legs, on Dropsies, and on the Modes of Retarding the Decay of the Constitution in the Decline of Life..., 1796, [viii], 132 pp, folding engraved frontispiece, bound with A Treatise on a New-Discovered Dropsy of the Membranes of the Brain, and Watery Head of Children..., 1801, [viii], 44 pp, bound with Baynton (Thomas), Descriptive Account of a New Method of Treating Old Ulcers of the Legs, 2nd enlarged, corrected and considerably improved edition, Bristol, 1799, [ii], 152 pp, library stamp to title, lacks half-title, occasional spotting throughout, modern buckram gilt, 8vo, plus one other volume of pamhlets (2)

Vaccination. The Report on the Cow-Pock Inoculation, from the Practice at the Vaccine-Pock Institution, During the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802..., Written by the Physicians to the Institution, 1803, [viii], 136, [4] pp, two hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates of skin eruptions, folding table, each with library stamp, index at rear, a little spotting, bound with White (Charles), An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of that Swelling, in One or Both of the Lower Extremities, Which Sometimes Happens to Lying-In Women, Part II., Manchester, 1801, [xvi], 134, [2] pp, four hand-coloured plates, half-title and final blank present, library stamp to title and plates, bound with Lambe (William), Researches into the Properties of Spring Water with Medical Cautions (Illustrated by Cases) Against the Use of Lead..., [1803], [viii], 204 pp, bound with Wilkinson (George), Experiments and Observations on the Cortex Salicus Latifoliae, or broad-leafed Willow Bark..., Newcastle Upon Tyne, [1803], 118 pp, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece by Thomas Bewick after Assiotti (library stamp), slightly offset to title, bound with one other by William Blackburne and two medical dissertations from Edinburgh by Henry Reeve and John James de Roches (1)

Vaccination. Rapport presente a son excellence l ministre de l’interieur, par le comite central de vaccine, sur les vaccinations pratiquees en France pendant les annees 1821 et 1822, 1st edition, Paris, November 1823, [iv], 99 pp, half-title present, with a related autograph letter signed from Louis Valentin tipped on to half-title, Nancy, 25th April 1824, to Dr. John Baron, Gloucester, sending the enclosed report and hoping that his bookseller has sent Baron a copy of his book, thanking him for his latest letter which arrived opportunely, ‘I was anxiously waiting for it and had postponed the print of my Notice hist. on Jenner: now, it is going on and I hope it will be more correct than the first, thanks to your kindness and obliging care, but, as to the sum which you believe was not given by the King to Jenner, I have only said: on fit esperer que le Roi donnerait £500 as J. had already published in 1802 that the King had paid it, and I had given to Jenner in 1803, a copy of my Resultats de l’inoculation de la vaccine, and that he made no objection about such remuneration... ‘ with a long postscript, 3 pp, 8vo, bound with Moseley (Benjamin), A Treatise on the Lues Bovilla, or Cow Pox, 2nd edition, with Considerable Additions, 1805, [iii-xxiv], 142, [2] pp, advert leaf at rear, lacks half-title, library stamp and some spotting to title, bound with Conolly (John), Observations on Vaccination, and on the Practice of Inoculating for the Small-Pox, with an Appendix of Cases and Facts, 1st edition, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1824, [iv], 76 pp, library stamp to title, broken, bound with two others related by Thomas Brown (1810) and Gilbert Blane (1820), library cloth, broken on spine, backstrip deficient and covers detached, 8vo. ‘Louis Valentin had at one time practised in the United States, where he fled from the French West Indies at the time of the French Revolution; he had been an army surgeon under the old regime. He was employed in America by the French consular government and went back to France in 1799. He visited Jenner in London in 1803, and was the chief promoter of vaccination in France’, LeFanu, p 145. (1)

Vieussens (Raymond). Novum vasorum corporis humani systema, Amsterdam, 1705, [46], 260 pp, engraved vignette to title printed in red and black (faint library stamp), two engraved plates (very faint library stamp to plate opposite page 199), lacks additional engraved title, bound with Brunner (Johann Conrad), Experimenta nova circa pancreas. Accedit diatribe de lympha et genuino pancreatics usu, Leiden, 1709, [xvi], 168 pp, additional engraved title (slightly soiled and a little adhered to final page of Lyser at gutter margin), engraved vignette title and four engraved plates including two folding (no stamps), a little spotting at rear, bound with Lyser (Michael), Culter anatomicus..., 4th edition, Utrecht, 1706, [xvi], 184 pp, woodcut vignette title, some heavy spotting, library cloth, torn at head of spine, 8vo, together with a second bound volume of four works by Caspar Bartholinus, De ovariis mulierum..., Amsterdam, 1678; Vincent Ketelaer, Commentarius medicus de aphthis nostratibus, seu Belgarum Sprouw, Leiden, 1672; Johann Munniks, Dissertatio de urinis, Utrecht, 1674; Johann Georg Greisel, Tractatus medicus de cura lactis in arthritite..., 2nd edition, published Bautzen, 1681, some soiling and browning throughout, a little damaged and archival repairs to final item, library cloth, covers detached, 12mo. Vieussens was among the first to describe the morbid changes in mitril stenosis, the throbbing pulse in aortic insufficiency, and the first correctly to describe the structure of the left ventricle, the course of the coronary vessels and the valve in the large coronary vein. He was the first to diagnose thoracic aneurysm during the life of the patient. Vieussens included a classic description of the symptoms of aortic regurgitation in his book’ (G-M 2729). ‘Brunner came near to discovering the pancreatic diabetes. His experiments on the dog represent pioneer work on internal secretion. Following excision of the pancreas, he recorded extreme thirst and polyuria’ (G-M 3927, citing the first edition of 1683). (2)

Vince (Samuel). The Elements of the Conic Sections, as Preparatory to the Reading of Sir I. Newton’s Principia, Cambridge, 1781, [xii], [56] pp, three folding plates at rear, errata to final leaf verso, library stamp to title, bound with Highland Society of Scotland, Report of the Committee... to Whom the Subject of a Shetland Wool was Referred, with an Appendix... by Sir J. Sinclair and Dr. Anderson, Edinburgh, [1790], vi, 81 pp, half-title, bound with a folded four-page prospectus for a new periodical The Bee, Edinburgh, August 1790, bound with Commerell (Abbe de), An Account of the Culture and Use of the Mangel Wurzel, or Root of Scarcity, Translated from the French [by J.C. Lettsom], 2nd edition, 1787, [xx], 51 pp, bound with [Holt, or Rev. Mr. Edwards of St. Asaph, attrib.], New Treatise Upon the Disorders of Potatoes..., by a Planter, Chester, 1784, 24 pp, some spotting, bound with five dissertations by William Tattersall, Robert Darbey, John Lord, John Hull and James Templeton Robinson, three of these author’s presentation copies to Dr. Percival, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Wall (Martin). Clinical Observations on the Use of Opium in Low Fevers... With Some Previous Remarks on the Epidemic Fever Which Prevailed in 1785 at Oxford... in a Letter to John Badeley, 1st edition, Oxford, 1786, [2], viii, 73, [3] pp, final leaf blank, library stamp to title, some heavy spotting to first two leaves, bound with Campbell (David), Observations on the Typhus, or Low Contagious Fever..., 1st edition, Lancaster, 1785, 128 pp, bound with Dimsdale (Thomas), Thoughts on General and Partial Inoculations, Containing a Translation of Two Treatises..., in the Russian Language..., 1776, [2], viii, 70, [2] pp, errata leaf at rear (closed tear without loss), lacks half-title, bound with Stack (Richard William), Medical Cases, with Occasional Remarks, To Which is Added an Appendix Containing the History of a Late Extraordinary Case, Bath, 1784, 118 pp, half-title, bound with Park (Henry), An Account of a New Method of Treating Diseases of the Joints of the Knee and Elbow, in a Letter to Mr P. Pott, 1783, [iv], 51, [1] pp, half-title, advert leaf at rear, library stamp to title, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Warner (Joseph). A Description of the Human Eye, and its Adjacent Parts, Together with their Principal Diseases, and the Methods Proposed for Relieving Them, 1st edition, 1773, [xiv], 109 pp, two engraved plates bound as one folding, library stamp and some offsetting to each, bound with Wathen (Jonathan), A Dissertation on the Theory and Cure of the Cataract, in Which the Practice of Extraction is Supported..., 1785, [viii], 166 pp, half-title, bound with Power (George), Attempt to Investigate the Cause of Egyptian Ophthalmia, with Observations on its Nature and Different Modes of Cure, 1803, viii, 72 pp, bound with Chalibert (Dr.), A Dissertation upon the Gutta Serena, the Paralysis of the Retina, and the Progress of Cataracts, Together with a New Method to Cure these Disorders, and Check them in their Origin, 1774, [vi], 29 pp, bound with [Moorfields Eye Hospital], [Annual Reports of the] London Infirmary for Curing Diseases of the Eye, No. (40, Charter-House-Square, ... Founded by John Cunningham Saunders, [for 1809 & 1810], 1810-11, 36 pp; [2], 7-32 pp, first report lacks half-title and unidentified leaf (Statement of Accounts present), bound with three French ophthalmology works by Jean Jacques Beaux, Jules Cloquet (lacks plate) and Nicolas-Jean Faure, BMI presentation bookplate from [Oliver] Pemberton to front free endpaper, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)

Watson (Richard). A Plan of a Course of Chemical Lectures, 1st edition, Cambridge, 1771, [vi], 91, [1] pp, two folding tables including one double-page bound at rear, table to final leaf verso, advertisement leaf following dedication closely trimmed at foremargin shaving final letter to most lines, library stamp and a little soiled to title and tables, bound with An Essay on the Subjects of Chemistry, and their General Division, [ii], 43 pp, a few brown spots to title and slightly affecting facing tables to previous work, inscribed ‘From the author’ to title, bound with Institutionum chemicarum in praelectionibus academicis ex plicatarum, pars metallurgica [all published], Cambridge, 1768, [vii], 58 pp, title inscribed ‘From the author’, bound with Lysons (Daniel), An Essay upon the Effects of Camphire and Calomel in Continual Fevers..., 1771, [viii], 80, [4] pp, bound with two others medical by Lysons and John Brisbane, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper cover detached, 8vo (1)

Wells (William Charles). An Essay Upon Single Vision with Two Eyes, Together with Experiments and Observations on Several other Subjects in Optics, 1st edition, 1792, [iv], 144 pp, library stamp to title, manuscript correction to one word on page 3, bound with Ware (James), Chirurgical Observations Relative to the Epiphora, or Watery Eye, the Scrophulous and Intermittent Ophthalmy, the Extraction of the Cataract and the Introduction of the Male Catheter, 1st edition, 1792, [viii], 78, [2] pp, half-title, folding engraved plate (library stamp and closed tear repair without loss), final blank present, bound with Remarks on the Ophthalmy, Psorophthalmy, and Purulent Eye..., 2nd edition, with additions, 1787, [viii], 156 pp, library cloth, rubbed and slightly faded, 8vo (1)

Whately (Thomas). Description of an Affection of the Tibia Induced by Fever, with Observations on the Treatment of this Complaint, 1810, [iv], 59 pp, folding engraved plate, a little browned and closely trimmed at upper margin, faint library stamp to title and plate, bound with [Darwin, Charles], Experiments Establishing a Criterion Between Mucaginous and Purulent Matter, and an Account of the Retrograde Motions of the Absorbent Vessels of Animal Bodies in Some Diseases, 1st edition, Lichfield, 1780, iv, 134, [1] pp, title dust-soiled and inscribed ‘Sutton Society No. (32’ at head, epitaph leaf at rear (slightly browned and soiled verso), bound with Crowther (Bryan), Practical Observations on the Disease of the Joints, Commonly Called White-Swelling, with Some Remarks on Scrofulus Abscesses, 1797, [4], ii, 122 pp, light old dampstaining to upper margin, bound with four others by James Earle, John Leake, James Moore and James Russell, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)

White (Charles). An Inquiry into the Nature and Cause of that Swelling, in One or Both of the Lower Extremities, Which Sometimes Happens to Lying-in Women, Together with an Examination into the Propriety of Drawing the Breasts, of Those Who Do, and Also of Those Who Do Not Give Suck, 1st edition, 1784, [iv], 87 pp, three folding engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, bound with An Appendix to the Second Edition of Mr. White’s Treatise on the Management of Pregnant and Lying-in Women, 1777, [ii], 88 pp, first and last leaf detached, bound with Kirkland (Thomas), A Treatise on Child-Bed Fevers, and on the Methods of Preventing Them, Being a Supplement to the Books Lately Written on the Subject..., 1774, [x], 172, [8] pp, index at rear, bound with Maxwell’s Reply to Mr Kirkland and Kirkland’s Reply to Mr Maxwell, 1768 and 1769, modern library cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, 8vo (1)

Whitehead (John). A Report Made by Order of Government, of a Memoir, Containing a New, Easy, and Successful Method of Treating the Child-Bed or Puerperal Fever..., 1783, viii, 40 pp, library stamp to title and a few margins, first and last page dust-soiled, bound with Harwood (Busick), A Synopsis of a Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology, Cambridge, 1787, [viii], 94, 6, [2] pp, library stamps to title and some lower margins, final leaf blank, title heavily dust-soiled, bound with Leake (John), Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Midwifery..., 1787, viii, 126 pp, folding engraved plate (a little trimmed), library stamp to title and some margins, closely trimmed touching a few side-notes, bound with four other medical pamphlets (one defective), plus two other volumes containing a further six medical pamphlets on various subjects, all library cloth, rubbed, upper joints to two volumes partly split, 8vo (3)

Whytt (Robert). Physiological Essays, Containing, I. An Enquiry into the Causes Which Promote the Circulation of the Fluids in the very Small Vesssels of Animals, II. Observations on the Sensibility and Irritability of the Parts of Men and Other Animals..., 1st edition, 1755, [viii], 223 pp, library stamp and slight soiling to title, contemporary full-page manuscript note to final leaf verso (blank), bound with Butter (William), A Method of Cure for the Stone Chiefly by Injections with Descriptions and Delineations of the Instruments Contrived for those Purposes, Edinburgh, 1754, iv, 84 pp, folding engraved plate (faint stamp), bound with Monroe (Donald), An Essay on the Dropsy, and its Different Species, 1755, [xvi], 172 pp, half-title, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo (1)

Whytt (Robert). Observations on the Dropsy in the Brain, To Which are Added His Other Treatises Never Hitherto Published by Themselves, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1768, [iv], 193 pp, some heavy spotting and occasional browning, library stamp to title and this leaf separated and attached to front endpaper, bound with Chalmers (Lionel), An Essay on Fevers..., 1768, [viii], 96 pp, bound with Denman (Thomas), Essays on the Puerperal Fever, and on Puerperal Convulsions, 1768, [iv], 74 pp, some light browning, library cloth, rubbed, covers near-detached, 8vo. Whytt: ‘First account of the clinical course of tuberculosis meningitis in children. This work is notable for its fullness of detail and its accuracy. Whytt divided the disease into three stages, according to the character of the pulse, and he attributed its various manifestations to the presence of a serous exudate in the brain’ (G-M 4634). John Cheyne followed on from this work with his essays on hydrocephalus acutus (see above). (1)

[Withering, William, 1741-1799]. An Essay on the Hydrophobia, to Which is Prefixed the Case of a Person Who Was Bit by a Mad Dog, had the Hydrophobia, and was Happily Cured, 1st edition, by Christopher Nugent, MD in Bath, 1753, [viii], 204 pp, title spotted and lightly browned, a few library stamps to lower margins, bound with Dod (Pierce), Several Cases in Physick, and One in Particular, Giving an Account of a Person who was Inoculated for the Small-Pox..., To Which is Added a Letter to Dr. Leigh, Giving Him an Account of a Letter of Dr. Freind’s Concerning that Fever Which Infested the Army... in 1705 &c in Spain..., 1746, [viii], 58, [2] pp, half-title, advert leaf at rear, some old dampstaining, bound with Charleton (Rice), An Inquiry into the Efficacy of Warm Bathing in Palsies, 1st edition, Oxford, 1770, [iv], 99 pp, scattered underscoring and marginalia throughout [in the holograph of William Withering], many of the handwritten side-notes trimmed with loss of lettering and some sense, but three longer notes at the end of chapters on pp 21, 72 and 81 intact, library stamp to lower margin of p 13, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo. Withering’s one-time copy of the pamphlet by Charleton is interesting. Charleton in this work tabulated data by diagnosis when recording the progress of 1053 patients treated with the warm waters of Bath. For his classic work an account of the foxglove and some of its medical uses (1785) Withering documented 150 cases where he had employed digitalis. In this pamphlet Withering has numbered each case (16 twice) and underlined key sentences and paragraphs. On page 81 in reference to Charleton’s claim that he knew of no case of cyder-colic from Worcestershire, Withering states that he has been called to patients affected by it. (1)

Withering (William). An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat, or Scarletina Anginosa, Particularly as it Appeared at Birmingham in the Year 1778, 1st edition, 1779, [iv], 132 pp, half-title with presentation inscription to Dr. Perceval from the author (not in Withering’s hand), long closed tear to a1 with archival repair, bound with Pott (Percivall), Remarks on that Kind of Palsy of the Lower Limbs, which is Frequently Found to Accompany a Curvature of the Spine, and is Supposed to be Caused by it..., 1st edition, 1779, 84 pp, errata slip pasted to title verso, bound with [Lassone, Joseph-Marie-Francois de], An Account of the Tenia, and Method of Treating It, 2nd edition, corrected and considerably enlarged, 1778, [xxii], 77 pp, half-title, three folding engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, bound with Observations on the Plan Proposed for Establishing a Dispensary and Medical Society for the Private and Only Immediate Use of the Subscribers, their Families, and Friends, 1779, 15, [1] pp, folding table (library stamp), adverts to final leaf verso, title a little soiled and inscribed for Dr. Perceval, bound with seven others by William Hay, James Sims (attributed), Thomas Dimsdale, John Coakley Lettsom, Thomas Glass, John Watkinson and Adam Neal, several inscribed for Dr. Perceval to title and most of these signatures trimmed, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper joint weak, 8vo. Withering: G-M 5079. Pott: G-M 4304. (1)

Wood (James). Thoughts on the Effects of the Application and Abstraction of Stimulae on the Human Body, with a Particular View to Explain the Nature and Cure of Thyphus, 1793, [viii], 78, [1] pp, two folding engraved plates (library stamp to each), half-title and errata leaf at rear, bound with An Essay on Vital Suspension, Being an Attempt to Investigate and to Ascertain those Diseases, in Which the Principles of Life are Apparently Extinguished, by a Medical Practitioner, 2nd edition, 1741, [iv], 23 pp, library stamp to title, some spotting, bound with Butter (William), A Treatise on the Disease Commonly Called Angina Pectoris, 1st edition, 1791, 62 pp, half-title present, two preliminary leaves misbound, bound with Foot (Jesse), A Plan for Preventing the Fatal Effects from the Bite of a Mad Dog, with Cases, 1st edition, 1793, 15 pp, bound with Webster (Charles), Facts Tending to Show the Connection of the Stomach with Life, Disease, and Recovery, 1793, [iv], 59 pp, some spotting, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)

Wood (William). Insanity and the Lunacy Law, 1879, 64 pp, library stamp to title, bound with Davey (James George), Notes on a Case of Suicidal Mania, Read... Before the Bath and Bristol Branch of the British Medical Association, Bristol, 1865, blank at rear, 18, [2] pp, final leaf blank, library stamp to title, bound with Mickle (William Julius), The Use of Digitalis in Maniacal Excitement, Lewes, 1873, offprint, 21, [3] pp, final leaf blank, bound with Mitchell (Arthur), The Care and Treatment of the Insane Poor with Special Reference to the Insane in Private Dwellings, offprint, 16pp, bound with On Various Superstitions in the North-West Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Especially in Relation to Lunacy, Edinburgh, 1862, offprint, 40 pp, bound with twenty other related offprints and (four) extracts, authors include James George Davey, William Henry Kesteven, Thomas More Madden and George Edward Shuttleworth, library cloth, covers detached and backstrip deficient, 8vo (1)

Abercrombie (John). Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1828, library stamp, a few minor spots, library cloth, small tear at head of spine, 8vo, together with Head (Henry), Studies in Neurology, 2 vols., 1st edition, 1920, illustrations, library stamps, light marginal water stains, original cloth, spines a little rubbed and faded, light water stains, 4to, plus Ferrier (David), The Localisation of Cerebral Disease. Being the Gulstonian Lectures of the Royal College of Physicians for 1878, 1st edition, 1878, illustrations, library stamps, one or two marginal tears, light marginal toning, original cloth, upper cover with Lewis’s Medical and Scientific Library label, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others related by Abernethy, Gordon, Monro, Ferrier, Horsley, etc. First work: ‘First textbook of neuropathology. Originally published in a series of articles in Edin. med. surg. J., 1818-19, and first collected into book form in the German translation, with appendix, by C. Nasse, Bonn, E. Weber, 1821’ (G-M 2285.2). (20)

Acton (William). A Complete Practical Treatise on Venereal Diseases, and their Immediate and Remote Consequences, Including Observations on Certain Affections of the Uterus, Attended with Discharges, 2 volumes (Text & Plates), 1st edition, 1841, a few wood-engraved illustrations to text volume, faint library stamp to full-title and dedication leaves, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, BMI presentation book label ticket from [Oliver] Pemberton to front free endpaper, modern cloth gilt, 8vo, the atlas volume with eight colour lithograph plates, library stamp to title and all plates, some dust-soiling and heavy spotting throughout, BMI presentation from James Vose Solomon to title and front free endpaper (relaid), original cloth gilt, some edge wear, rebacked, oblong folio. The author’s first and principal work which had reached its fourth edition by the time of his death in 1875. His pioneering work led to the Contagious Diseases Act of 1866, requiring that all prostitutes be examined for venereal diseases and treated at government expense. (2)

Adams (Joseph). Observations on Morbid Poisons, Chronic and Acute, 2nd edition, 1807, four hand-coloured engraved plates (close-trimmed), library stamps, light spotting, library cloth, spine a little rubbed and nicked, 4to, together with Christison (Robert), A Treatise on Poisons, in Relation to Medical Jurisprudence, Physiology and the Practice of Physic, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1829, engraved frontispiece (water and dyestained), library stamp, previous owner signature of Thomas Taylor, library cloth, light dampstains, 8vo, plus Morgan (John & Thomas Addison), An Essay on the Operation of Poisonous Agents upon the Living Body, 1st edition, 1829, illustrations, modern library cloth, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “Dickenson U. Crompton, with the kindest regards of John Morgan”, with others related by Ricardo Hawley, Andrew Mathias and Thomas Oliver etc (13)

Addison (Thomas). On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease on the Supra-Renal Capsules, 1st edition, 1855, eleven fine colour lithographed plates, faint library stamp to title and to blank area of each plate, some dust-soiling and marks to preliminary leaves, title and dedication leaves a little nicked along fore-edges, original cloth gilt, slight wear to spine ends and upper joint, corners bumped, 4to. The foundation of modern endocrinology in which Addison describes the endocrine disturbance now known as ‘Addison’s disease’ and presents eleven illustrated case histories. G-M 3864; Norman 8. (1)

Aldini (Giovanni). An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism, with a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed Before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London, To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing the Author’s Experiments on the Body of a Malefactor Executed at Newgate, 1st English edition, 1803, engraved vignette to title, publisher’s advert leaf and four engraved plates at rear, library stamp to title and plates, some heavy spotting throughout and old water stain to upper inner corners of plates, closed tear repairs to upper and lower margins of title-page verso without loss of text, library cloth, spine partly dampstained, 4to. Giovanni Aldini (1762-1834) was Galvani’s nephew and the greatest supporter of his theory of galvanism. Aldini’s experiments, including attempts to revivify dead bodies, were often carried out before audiences in almost theatrical conditions. The spectacles performed on humans, cows, horses, sheep and dogs produced repeated, spasmodic movements of facial muscles, arms and legs. This work was an influential book on galvanism, and presented for the first time a series of experiments in which the principles of Volta and Galvani were used together. It includes the first printed description of the magnetisation of steel needles through connection to a voltaic circuit. For one of his experiments Aldini writes: ‘The first of these decapitated criminals being conveyed to the apartment provided for my experiments, in the neighbourhood of the place of execution, the head was first subjected to the Galvanic action. For this purpose I had constructed a pile consisting of a hundred pieces of silver and zinc. Having moistened the inside of the ears with salt water, I formed an arc with two metallic wires, which, proceeding from the two ears, were applied, one to the summit and the other to the bottom of the pile. When this communication was established, I observed strong contractions in the muscles of the face, which were contorted in so irregular a manner that they exhibited the appearance of the most horrid grimaces. The action of the eye-lids was exceedingly striking, though less sensible in the human head than in that of an ox’. (1)

Allan (Robert). A Treatise on the Operation of Lithotomy, in Which are Demonstrated, the Dangers of Operating with the Gorget, and the Superiority of the More Simple Operation with the Knife and Staff, 1st edition, printed for the author, Edinburgh, 1808, half-title, five engraved plates, library stamp to title and plates, some occasional heavy spotting or browning, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, some soiling and wear, oblong folio, together with Key (C. Aston), A Short Treatise of the Section of the Prostate Gland in Lithotomy..., 1824, half-title, four engraved plates including three double-page, library stamp to title and plates, occasional spotting, plus Stanley (Edward), An Account of the Mode of Performing the Lateral Operation of Lithotomy, 1829, half-title, seven lithographic plates, library stamp to title and plates, some spotting, BMI presentation bookplate from Alfred Baker, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to (3)

Anatomy. Report from the Select Committee of Anatomy, ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 22 July 1828, a little dust-soiling at front and rear, title neatly re-hinged, bound with An Act for Regulating Schools of Anatomy, 1st August 1832, printed 1840, pp. [713] - 718, first page with faint library stamp slightly dust-soiled, Birmingham Library bookplate to front pastedown, modern cloth gilt, folio. The Committee for this Report was appointed to enquire into the manner of obtaining subjects for dissection in the Schools of Anatomy and into the state of the law affecting the persons employed in obtaining or dissecting bodies. Until Warburton’s Anatomy Act (1832) the obtaining of enough subjects for dissection remained a difficult problem for British medical schools. The complaints of teachers of anatomy before the Act was passed are presented here in the Report that precedes it. The Act was hastened by the exploits of the likes of Burke and Hare, the infamous body-snatchers. The Act gave anatomists access to ‘unclaimed bodies’, those who had died without any family coming forward to claim them for burial. Previously only bodies of executed criminals were legally available for dissection. (1)

Annesley (James). Researches into the Causes, Nature, and Treatment of the More Prevalent Diseases of India, and of Warm Climate Generally..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1828, half-title to each, 2 pp bibliography at rear of volume 2, folding map frontispiece to volume 1, hand-coloured in outline with some offsetting, forty hand-coloured engraved plates, offset to facing tissue guards, faint library stamp to title and all plates, uncut, modern cloth gilt, 4to (350 x 285mm). ‘A landmark in geographical pathology, superbly illustrated. Annesley’s cases, collected over many years’ service throughout India, represented the most complete treatment of diseases on the sub-continent to date’ (G-M 1776.1). (2)

Antommarchi (Francesco). Planches anatomiques du corps humain executees d’apres les dimensions naturelles..., 1st edition, Paris: Impr. Lithographique de C. Lasteyrie, [1823-1826], engraved title with lithographic border, thirty-five hand-coloured lithographed plates, each with accompanying outline plate, faint library stamp to title and each plate, spotting and browning throughout, often heavy, some marginal fraying and old dampstaining to extremities, contents broken and loose in contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, worn, atlas folio (970 x 655mm), together with the companion text volume entitled Explication des planches anatomiques du corps humain..., 1st edition, Paris, 1826, author’s signature to title verso, faint library stamp to title and dedication leaf, heavy spotting and some browning throughout, contemporary half morocco gilt over marbled boards, heavily rubbed and a little worn, folio (535 x 345mm). A rare complete first edition with accompanying text volume of this impressive and important anatomical work. This is known as the pirated lithograph edition of Paolo Mascagni’s ‘Anatomia universa’ (Pisa, 1823-32). This monumental work with its life-size copperplate anatomical images was left unfinished at his death. Antommarchi, who had been Mascagni’s pupil and colleague, edited two of his works following his death in 1815. However, Antommarchi and Mascagni’s heirs quarrelled over money, and by early 1819 Antommarchi left Italy to become Napoleon’s physician at St. Helena, taking with him copies of, among other things, impressions of about thirty plates of the ‘Anatomia Universa’. In 1822, Antommarchi travelled to Paris where he ‘met with the Comte de Lasteyrie, and together they decided to reproduce the Universal Anatomy in lithography, copying the figures from the impressiona Antommarchi had taken when he left for St. Helena. The work proceeded quickly, for they know from a prospectus that the official Universal Anatomy was to start publication, as it did, the next year, 1823... Remarkably, the first of a total of fifteen parts was ready in Paris also in 1823, demonstrating the clear advantage of lithography in terms of speed - an engraver making new plates would have completed the task in years, not months. The first part of the Parisian edition was for sale actually earlier than that of the Pisan edition, and the former completed publication by 1826, while the latter was not complete until 1832. The plates in the two editions are not exactly the same, since in both changes had been made to the original designs; Antommarchi had prepared a few entirely new plates. The size of the pages and images in the two editions were similar (Roberts & Tomlinson, pp 384-96). The Comte de Lasteyrie was one of the founders of lithography in France and these are likely the largest works issued by his press. The life-size figures at the front of the plate volume are shown standing on a Vesalian landscape, a feature not present in the engraved edition. Choulant-Frank pp 319-20. (2)

Astruc (Jean). De Morbis Venereis Libri Sex [& Libri Novem]..., 2 vols., Paris, 1736 & 1740, some dampstaining, library stamps to titles, mixed leather bindings, 4to, together with Foot (Jesse), A Complete Treatise, of the Origin, Theory, and Cure of the Lues Venerea, and Obstructions in the Urethra, Illustrated by a Great Variety of Cases. Being a Course of Twenty-Three Lectures, Read in Dean Stre[e]t, Soho, in the Years 1790 and 1791, published 1792, final leaf of text trimmed & re-margined, ink stamp to title, some dust-soiling and few marks, modern quarter morocco, 4to (3)