21. Engelkes, P.E.M.

Health for All ? Evaluation and monitoring in a comprehensive Primary Health Care Project in Colombia.

Amsterdam, Royal Tropical Institute, 1989. 21 cm x 29,5 cm. XXV, 205 pages, XXIII. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-print!

22. Envoi autographe signé Paul Dubois à Monsieur et Madame LeclézeDubois, Dr. Paul.

L’Education de Soi-Même.

Deuxième Edition. Paris, Masson et Cie Editeurs, 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Inscription et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! – Very Rare]

23. Faught, Francis Ashley.

Blood-Pressure Primer – The Sphygmanometer and its Practical Application. Containing One Full-Page Plate and Numerous Explanatory Diagrams in the Text. (Copyright 1914 by Francis Ashley Faught).

Philadelphia, Published by G.P.Pilling & Son Co., 1918. Small Octavo. 123 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Upper hinge slightly damaged. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare ! From the library of Robert Mowbray, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. Subsequently from the library of irish Cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

24. Hamernik, Josef.

Das Herz und seine Bewegung. Beiträge zur Anatomie, Physiologie und Pathologie des Herzens, des Herzbeutels und des Brustfelles.

Erste Ausgabe. Prag, Verlag von H. Dominicus, 1858. Oktav. XXII, (2), 240 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen. Dezent entfernter, alter Bibliotheksstempel. Historisches Buchbindereischildchen: “A. Haintz – Buchbinderei – Prag”. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalbindung. Innen aussergewoehnlich sauber !

25. Hamilton, G.V. / Legman, Gershon.

On the Cause of Homosexuality – Two Essays, The second in reply to the first. 1. Homosexuals & their Mothers / 2. Fathers & Sons.

First Edition. New York, Breaking Point, 1950. 8°. 30 pages. Original wrappers. Two stunning views on the causes of homosexuality (Incest and Castration of the Father).

26. Harvey, William – [Harvey, William] van Bemmel, Willem (after the artist) / Houbraken, J. (engraver).

William Harvey M.D.

Original copper engraving portrait of english physician William Harvey, ″ first known physician to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood”. The vintage engraving shows William Harvey, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, in a medallion draped with cloth, also shows a drawing of the cardiovascular system, parts of a plant, and a snake entwined around a stick, suggesting a caduceus. [The original engraving is framed and comes with an exceptional Facsimile of the first edition of “De Motu Cordis (see images)”]. [Amsterdam], J. Houbraken, no year [c.1770]. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Harvey’s portrait: 32 cm x 38 cm. Size of the actual portrait engraving: 9.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Excellent condition !

27. Heberden, William.

An Introduction to the Study of Physic. With a Reprint of Herberden’s ‘Some Account of a Disorder of the Breast’.

Special reprint edition of New York, Paul B. Hoeber, 1929. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1994. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Portrait frontispiece, XI, 259 pages. With 6 additional illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration on spine with raised bands. Gilt tooling to both boards. All edges gilt. With golden silk ribbon bookmark. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar jacket. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Bookplate on front endpaper states that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

28. Hine, Montague L.

May and Worth’s Manual of Diseases of the Eye.

Tenth Edition. London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1949. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece (Colour diagram: Horizontal Section of Eyeball), XII, 548 pages. Several black and white drawing and diagrams. 32 colour plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen to free endpaper.

29. Houssaye, J.-G.

Monographie du Thé. Description botanique, torréfaction, composition chimique, propriétés hygiéniques de cette feuille [ Thé et son propriétés médicales et hygiéniques ].

Paris, Chez L’Autuer, 1843. Octavo (16 cm x 24,5 cm). 160 pages with 17 plates. Hardcover / Decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt illustration on front board repeated as vignette on titlepage. Some foxing, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation-copy, inscribed by the author: “Hommage de l’auteur a Madame Danielle avec les …hommage”.

30. Hutchinson, Jonathan.

A Clinical Memoir on Certain Diseases of the Eye and Ear Consequent on Inherited Syphilis. With an Appended Chapter of Commentaries on the Transmission of Syphilis from Parent to Offspring, and its More Remote Consequences.

Special reprint edition of London, John Churchill, 1863. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 259 pages. With two colour plates. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and oranaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With green silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. As new condition throughout. With protective mylar wrapping. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown.

31. Jacobi, A.

The Intestinal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood – Physiology, Hygiene, Pathology and Therapeutics.

Special reprint edition of Detroit, George S. Davis, 1887. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1993. 15.5 cm x 19 cm. XV, 301 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt floral design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. With brown silk bookmark ribbon. Near fine condition. With protective mylar. Front pastedown carries Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner. Front endpaper carries additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

32. Jensen, Berard.

The Science and Practice of Iridology. A System of Analyzing and Caring for the Body Through the Use of Drugless and Nature-Cure Methods. Illustrated.

Escondido, Bernard Jensen, 1974. 18 x 26 cm. 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Blue Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

33. Johnson, Jennifer.

The Battle For Algeria – Sovereignty, Health Care, and Humanitarianism.

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 16 x 24 cm. XIII, 270 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Pennsylvania studies in human rights].

34. Kelly, Howard, A.

Operative Gynecology. With Twenty-Four Plates and Over Five Hundred and Fifty Original Illustrations.

Special reprint edition of the original 1898-edition. 2 volumes (complete set). New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992. 19 cm x 26 cm. c.1140 pages. Vol.I – XVII, 563 pages. With 315 fantastic illustrations and 10 plates / Vol.II – XIII, 557 pages. With 277 illustrations and 14 plates. Hardcover / Stunning full leather in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of preowner on pastedowns of each volume. Limited Edition: No. 541 of ‘The Classics of Medicine Library’ edition. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

35. Koehler, R.

Das gesunde und kranke Leben in der Stadt Tübingen. Rede bei der akademischen feier des Geburtsfestes Seiner Majestät des Königs am 27.September 1860.

Tübingen, Laupp’sche Buchhandlung, 1860. 8°. 32 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Etwas angestaubt und braunfleckig. Breitrandig und unbeschnitten.

36. Laennec, R.T.H.

Die mittelbare Auskultation (das Hören mittelst des Stethoscops) oder, Abhandlung über die Diagnostik der Krankheiten der Lunge und des Herzens, auf das neue Erforschungsmittel gegründet. Nach dem Französischen im Auszuge bearbeitet. Mit 4 Tafeln Abbildungen.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Weimar, im Verlage des Gr. H. S. pr. Landes= Industrie= Comptoirs, 1822. Oktav. VI, 618 Seiten. Hardcover / Traumhafte Halbmaroquinausgabe des 20.Jahrhunderts mit verziertem Rueckenschildchen und neuen Vorsatzblättern die an das Papier des 19.Jahrhunderts angepasst wurden. Von grosser Seltenheit ! Die Erfindung des Stethoskop’s hier das erste Mal in deutscher Ausgabe mit allen Falttafeln. Aussergewöhnlich gut erhaltene Ausgabe. Auch die reizvollen Falttafeln erstklassig erhalten. Der sehr saubere Buchblock nur mit einigen Stockfleckchen zu Beginn des Bandes. Das rot getönte Maroquin wunderbar im Einklang mit dem original geröteten Schnitt. William Stokes begründete seine berühmte Abhandlung “An Introduction to the Use of the Stethoscope; With its Application to the Diagnosis in Diseases of the Thoracic Vicera; Including the Pathology of These Various Affections” auf die Arbeit von Laennec.

37. Lancisi, Giovanni Maria / Wright, Wilmer Cave (translator).

De Aneurysmatibus Aneurysms.

Special reprint edition of New York, The Macmillan Company, 1952. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXV, 362 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With white silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner shows that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

38. [Lilly Library].

Notable Medical Books – From the Lilly Library – Indiana University.

Indianapolis, The Lilly Research Laboratories, 1976. Quarto. 275 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

39. Madden, Thomas More.

The Spas and Their Use – Medical Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Third edition. London, T.C. Newby, 1874. 14.8 cm x 19.8 cm XI, 369 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Firm binding with bookblock tight and square. With protective Mylar. Discreet bookseller’s label on lower front pastedown.

40. Mayes, Mary.

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

Third Edition. London, Ballière, Tindall and Cox, 1946. 19 cm x 12,5 cm. 495 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Prize award sticker on front pastedown.