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Author:BROCKBANK WILLIAM:
Title:THE HONARY MEDICAL STAFF OF THE MANCHESTER INFIRMARY 1830-1948
Publisher:MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS. 1965
Description:FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN DUSTWRAPPER. CONTAINS BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF THE HONARY MEDICAL STAFF OF THE HOSPITAL. WIH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
Price (£):22.00
Stock No:17610 Click to enquire

Author:BURNETT GILBERT THOMAS:
Title:THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS USED IN THE ARTS, IN MEDICINE, AND FOR ORNAMENT
Publisher:LONDON, JAMES SANGSTER
Description:REVISED AND EDITED BY RODERICK ELPHINSTONE, NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1860. QUARTO, 20 HAND-COLOURED PLATES, 481 PAGES. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD, EXTERNALLY POOR. ORIGINALLY HALF LEATHER, FRONT BOARD AND SPINE DETACHED. A COPY FOR REBINDING OR READING ONLY. SCARCE. PRICED ACCORDINDLY.
Price (£):280.00
Stock No:26339 Click to enquire

Author:CADLAN KENNETH C.:
Title:A STUDY OF STORY TELLING HUMOUR AND LEARNING IN MEDICINE - SIGNED COPY
Publisher:2000 THE STATIONERY OFFICE, LONDON
Description:NEAR FINE SOFTBACK COPY. FOREWORD BY SIR PETER USTINOV. EIGHTH, H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER FELLOWSHIP. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY.
Price (£):15.00
Stock No:27486 Click to enquire

Author:CLARIDGE CAPT. R. T.:
Title:HYDROPATHY OR THE COLD WATER CURE
Publisher:LONDON JAMES MADDEN & CO., 1843
Description:7TH EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY WHICH HAS BEEN REBOUND USING ORIGINAL WORN BOARDS, NEW LEATHER SPINE AND TITLE LABLE. SOME FOXING TO FIRST AND LAST FEW PAGES. BOARD EDGES WORN, BUT A VERY GOOD TIGHT COPY. INCLUDES ONE ILLUSTRATION. SUBTITLED AS PRACTISED BY VINCENT PRIESSNITZ OF GRAEFENBERG, SILESIA.
Price (£):98.00
Stock No:23019 Click to enquire

Author:CULPEPPER NICOLAS:
Title:THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED [bound with] CULPEPPER'S ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND FAMILY DISPENSATORY- CONTAINING THE MEDICAL PART
Publisher:UNKNOWN
Description:A DEFECTIVE COPY, MISSING PAGES 281 TO 384 OF THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED (OF 410). THE FAMILY DISPENSATORY CONTAINS 310 PAGES. IN ALL 43 COLOUR PLATES. LACKS TITLE PAGE AND SO DATE UNKNOWN BUT 1750-1800. A CRUDE FUNCTIONAL LEATHER BINDING, SOME PAGE EDGES TORN, BROWNING - A WORKING COPY SOLD AT A FAIR PRICE.
Price (£):100.00
Stock No:28181 Click to enquire

Author:DODOENS REMBERT:
Title:A NEW HERBALL, OR HISTORY OF PLANTES
Publisher:ANTWERPE, LEE, 1578
Description:THIS IS AN EX-LIBRARY COPY AND LACKS THE TITLE PAGE, HENCE NO DATE, BUT THE SPINE IS DATED 1578. A LONG, HAND-WRITTEN EXPLANATION ON THE FEP BY AN EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION, TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY HENRY LYTE, THE SO-CALLED BLACK LETTER EDITION. THE FIRST TWO PAGES OF THE PRELIMS. HAVE SOME LOSS AT THE BOTTOM (WITHOUT AFFECTING THE TEXT), SOME DAMP STAINING TO THE NEXT FEW PAGES AND TO THE INDICES AT THE BACK, BUT OTHERWISE, A VERY GOOD CLEAN COPY. THE BINDING IS TIGHT AND IN PLAIN BLUE-GREEN CLOTH, GILT TITLE TO THE SPINE. ONE THE FRONT PASTEDOWN IS A LIBRARY POCKET AND A LABLE INDICATING THAT THE BOOK IS FROM THE HARTLAND LIBRARY, THE GLOUCESTERHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY, ALSO A PAGE FROM AN OLD CATALOGUE WITH REFERENCES TO DODOENS MATERIAL. THE VOLUME CONTAINS ALL SIX BOOKS OF THE HERBAL. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION, (5pp); REMBERTI DODONAEI MEDICINAE CANDIDATOS (5pp in latin); REMBERTI DODONAEI EPISTOLA AD LECTOREM (3pp in latin); APPENDIX (7 pp in latin); THE SIX PARTS OF THE HISTORY OF PLANTS (564 pp in English); VARIOUS INDICES (28 pp). SOME DAMP STAINING TO THE INDICES. A NICE COPY OF A VERY SCARCE ITEM.
Price (£):1700.00
Stock No:23833 Click to enquire

Author:FRY LIONEL:
Title:AN ATLAS OF PSORIASIS
Publisher:PARTHENON, 1992, CARNFORTH
Description:1ST EDITION. QUARTO, FINE COPY IN PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. ONE OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF VISUAL MEDICINE SERIES.
Price (£):22.00
Stock No:27892 Click to enquire

Author:FULTON JOHN:
Title:AVIATION MEDICINE IN ITS PREVENTIVE ASPECTS: AN HISTORICAL SURVEY
Publisher:OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1948
Description:1ST EDITION. AUTHOR`S PRESENTATION COPY TO PROFESSOR A. PAIS. VERY GOOD IN ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH, ILLUSTRATED.
Price (£):45.00
Stock No:27511 Click to enquire

Author:GRAHAM R. LINCOLN:
Title:WATER IN DISEASE AND IN HEALTH
Publisher:1924 BODLEY AND BROOKS, TYRONE, U.S.A.
Description:FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD HARDBACK COPY. A COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL GUIDE IN THE USE OF WATER, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY, FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY ACTIVITY OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM.
Price (£):40.00
Stock No:23076 Click to enquire

Author:LEE EDWIN:
Title:CHELTENHAM AND ITS RESOURCES: MINERAL WATERS, CLIMATE ETC. CONSIDERED CHIEFLY IN A SANITIVE POINT OF VIEW.
Publisher:1851 RICHARD KINDER, LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS AND WITH A NEW LEATHER SPINE. CORNERS ARE BUMPED. GILT PICTURE OF `OLD WELL WALK` ON FRONT BOARD AND `PITTVILLE SPA` ON BACK BOARD. SLIGHT LOOSENESS TO INSIDE FRONT BOARD. MANY ADVERTS.
Price (£):50.00
Stock No:22999 Click to enquire

Author:LUKE THOMAS DAVY:
Title:SPAS AND HEALTH RESORTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES: THEIR MINERAL WATERS, CLIMATE AND THE TREATMENT TO BE OBTAINED
Publisher:1919 A. & C. BLACK, LONDON
Description:FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN ORIGINAL BLUE BOARDS, SPINE FADED. CONTAINS A SECTION ON CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS. WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS AND A SKETCH MAP. PRIZE LABLE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN.
Price (£):21.00
Stock No:23077 Click to enquire

Author:MARCANDIER M.:
Title:A TREATISE ON HEMP IN TWO PARTS
Publisher:DORSET. HANSON. 1996
Description:SOFTBACK FACSIMILIE REPRINT OF THE 1764 EDITION. VERY GOOD.
Price (£):12.00
Stock No:25406 Click to enquire

Author:MCKEE PHILLIP H.:
Title:PATHOLOGY OF THE SKIN WITH CLINICAL CORRELATIONS
Publisher:1989 GOWER MEDICAL PUBLISHING, LONDON
Description:1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE SLIPCASE. PREVIOUS OWNER HAS PUT HIS STAMP ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN AND FE.P. ALSO ON TOP AND BOTTOM PAGE EDGES. A VERY HEAVY BOOK SO EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE ASKED FOR. CLINICAL DERMATOLOGICAL ADVISER: R. ALLAN MARSDEN AND FOREWORDS BY JOHN T. HEADINGTON.
Price (£):225.00
Stock No:27913 Click to enquire

Author:PAUL JOHN R.:
Title:A HISTORY OF POLIOMYLELITIS
Publisher:NEW HAVEN & LONDON, YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1971
Description:FIRST EDITION, QUARTO, VERY GOOD IN ORANGE CLOTH, DUSTWRAP SLIGHTLY WORN. ILLUSTRATED, 486 PAGES. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED, IF SENT OUTSIDE THE UK.
Price (£):55.00
Stock No:6058 Click to enquire

Author:PEACH L DU GARDE:
Title:JOHN SMEDLEY OF MATLOCK AND HIS HYDRO
Publisher:BEMROSE PUBLICITY CO., LTD., DERBY
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN HARDBACK - NO DUSTWRAP. JOHN SMEDLEY FOUNDED A FREE HOSPITAL FOR HIS WORKPEOPLE AT LEA MILLS. HE WAS BORN SEVENTEEN YEARS BEFORE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Price (£):23.00
Stock No:23075 Click to enquire

Author:SAID H.K. (EDITOR):
Title:HAMDARD PHARMACOPOEIA OF EASTERN MEDICINE
Publisher:KARACHI, TIMES PRESS, 1969
Description:1ST IMPRESSION, QUARTO, BROWN CLOTH. 544 PAGES, VERY GOOD. HEAVY BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE.
Price (£):40.00
Stock No:27897 Click to enquire

Author:SHORT THOMAS:
Title:THE NATURAL, EXPERIMENTAL, AND MEDICINAL HISTORY OF THE MINERAL WATERS OF DERBYSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF SCARBOROUGH.....
Publisher:LONDON. FOR THE AUTHOR. 1734
Description:FIRST EDITION. QUARTO. BOUND IN ORIGINAL FULL LEATHER BOARDS (WORN) WITH ATTRACTIVE NEW LEATHER SPINE, GILT TITLES, RAISED BANDS, NEW ENDPAPERS. PREFACE (xxii), 362 PAGES PLUS FOUR FOLDING PLATES REPRESENTING THE CRYSTALS OF THE SALTS OF THIRTY FOUR OF THOSE WATERS. SLIGHT WEAKNESS TO THE FRONT HINGE BUT A VERY GOOD COPY OF A SCARCE WORK.
Price (£):550.00
Stock No:23074 Click to enquire

Author:SMEDLEY JOHN:
Title:PRACTICAL HYDROPATHY INCLUDING PLANS OF BATHS AND REMARKS ON DIET, CLOTHING, AND HABITS OF LIFE...
Publisher:JAMES BLACKWOOD. 1872
Description:FOURTEENTH EDITION, ORIGINAL BLIND-STAMPED CLOTH (TWO TEARS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD). ILLUSTRATED WITH 160 ANATOMICAL ENGRAVINGS, PLANS OF BATHS, ETC. PREVIOUS OWNER'S NAME ON FEP.
Price (£):25.00
Stock No:23308 Click to enquire

Author:SUBBARAYAPPA B.V.:
Title:MEDICINE AND LIFE SCIENCES IN INDIA
Publisher:PHISPC, 2001
Description:1ST EDITION. THICK OCTAVO, 786 PAGES. ORIGINAL RED CLOTH WITH DUSTWRAP. VERY GOOD. VOLUME 4 PART 2 OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURE IN INDIAN CIVILISATION. A HEAVY BOOK WHICH WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE.
Price (£):50.00
Stock No:27896 Click to enquire

Author:WOOD NEVILLE (EDITOR):
Title:HEALTH RESORTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS
Publisher:1912 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PRESS
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY WORN GREEN BOARDS. 1ST EDITION. WITH 40 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 3 MAPS.
Price (£):29.00
Stock No:23078 Click to enquire

Author:YOUNG J.H.:
Title:ST. MARY`S HOSPITALS MANCHESTER 1790-1963
Publisher:1964 E. & S. LIVINGSTONE EDINBURGH & LONDON
Description:VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD BUT SLIGHTLY MARKED DUSTWRAP.
Price (£):19.00
Stock No:11628 Click to enquire

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