THE ENTIRE WORKS OF DR THOMAS SYDENHAM, Newly Made English from the Originals: Wherein the History of Acute and Chronic Diseases, and the Safest and Most Effectual Methods of Treating Them, are Faithfully, Clearly, and Accurately Delivered. To which are added, Explanatory and Practical Notes, from the Best Medicinal Writers...by John Swan, M.D.

LONDON: Printed by E. Cave at St. John's Gate, 1753. Third Edition.

Hardcovers, leather covered boards, 5x8 inches, 672 pages + Index at the rear.

CONDITION: Front and rear covers are detached but present, the leather spine covering is present, the covers and spine are rubbed and worn; internally the front free endpaper is loose, chipped, and has a very tender vertical fold-partial tear that runs through the inscription (holding now but give it a tug and it is a full tear), there is foxing and toning throughout, most noticeably on the early pages, light on most pages; the text is clear throughout and the pages are complete from the title page through the last page of the Index which ends with "FINIS"; the rear pastedown has some numbers written on it. Overall a textually complete copy with interesting early American provenance. Deserving of loving restoration.

PROVENANCE of Moses Brown, Jacob Maine (aka Jacob Main), and Thomas Wistar Brown. Early Americans, Physicians and Philanthropists.

The bookplate of "T. WISTAR BROWN" (Thomas Wistar Brown) is on the front pastedown. An early inscription, unsigned, is on the loose front free endpaper; it reads: "A present from my deceased friend Doctor Jacob Main - he presented me this book in the Spring of the year 1807 but little time before his death - He was my friend, faithful and just to me." At the top of the title page there are the signatures of "JACOB MAIN / 1802" and "MOSES BROWN / 1807", and an inked out signature.

About JACOB MAINE, aka MAIN (excerpted from an 1879 report on the early Doctors of New Hampshire):

******Dr. Jacob Maine, b.1772 d.1807, son of Josiah, and grandson of Rev. Amos Main, the first minister of Rochester, N. H., was born in Rochester; was graduated from Harvard College in 1800, studied medicine with Dr. Ammi R. Cutter, of Portsmouth, N. H.. married Sarah Ann, daughter of his preceptor and began the practice of medicine in Dover, in 1803. In addition to his medical practice, he kept an apothecary store on Main street. He died in Dover, of consumption, at the age of 35.******

About MOSES BROWN (from an Internet ancestry site):

******Moses Brown, b.1793­ d.1878, married Mary Wistar, b.1807 d.1842. Mary was the sister of Caspar Wistar M.D., b.1801­ d.1867, and the daughter of Thomas Wistar, b.1764­ d.1851, and Mary Waln Wistar, b.1765­ d.1844. Moses and Mary's children were Thomas Wistar Brown, b.1826­ d.1916, Moses Brown, b.1829 d.1883, and Mary W. Brown, b.1831­ d.1839.******

About THOMAS WISTAR BROWN (from the Bryn Mawr / Haverford College Library website - where his archives are held):

******Although the central figure in this collection is the Philadelphia Quaker businessman and philanthropist, T. WISTAR BROWN, b. 1826 d.1916, it also includes materials relating to his FATHER MOSES BROWN, mother MARY WISTAR BROWN, and wife Mary Farnum Brown, along with other members of the Brown family.******

TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS EN GÉNÉRAL, Et Des SENS En PARTICULIER, by Claude-Nicolas LE CAT. (TREATISE on SENSATIONS and PASSIONS in General, and on the SENSES in PARTICULAR) PARIS: Chez VALLAT-LA-CHAPELE, Libraire au Palai, fur le Perron de la Sante-Chapell, M. DCC. LXVII. (1767). Ouvrage Divisé En Deux Parties / TWO VOLUMES - Complete in these Two Volumes. (A year later, in 1768, a third volume was issued "La théorie de l'ouie" - "theory of the eye" - which is not here; but this work is complete as originally issued in two volumes in 1767.) TWO VOLUMES. Hardcovers, leather covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled page edges, marbled endpapers, xcv, [1], 264; lvi, [4], 201-684. (Note that the numbered pages at the end of Volume One and the beginning of Volume Two are not consecutive - i.e. Volume one ends at page number 264, Volume Two begins with page number 201. This is as the Two Volumes were originally published - probable printer's error. Both volumes have been collated by me with rare copies from major National Libraries that have been digitized online.) PRESENTATION COPY. Each Title-Page is INSCRIBED with a HAND-WRITTEN PRESENTATION by THE AUTHOR: "JEAN CHARLES GROSSARD... ex Dono auctoris". CONDITION: TWO BOOKS. The leather covers of both volumes are rubbed and scraped, the spine ends are chipped, the bottom of the spine of Volume Two is peeling, the front spine hinge of each volume is split but holding well; overall the covers are worn but remain attractive and are still doing their job well. Internally, the front pastedown has a long vertical scrape, as if from the removal of a piece of tape at some point. There are relevant handwritten margin notes and marks, in pencil and in English, here and there throughout. I do not know who might have written them, but they are certainly by someone carefully studying the work. The inner pages of both volumes have a bit of toning, foxing and some margin shorelining, here and there throughout, but overall the inner pages are tight, bright and clean, a remarkably well kept, sharp, clear and lovely printing of this scarce book. ILLUSTRATED with 19 ENGRAVED PLATES: ENGRAVED PORTRAIT by Thomiers at the front of Volume One, Lovely FRONTISPIECE ENGRAVING by Bacheley at the front of Volume Two (showing Women using all five senses: Sight - looking in a mirror, Sound - playing music, Taste - pouring wine; Smell - smoke from an incense burner; Touch - toughing a newly hammered helmet); PLUS 17 additional engraved PLATES (16 of which FOLD-OPEN). Also ILLUSTRATED with lovely ENGRAVED VIGNETTES at the head of many chapters, and with ENGRAVED HEAD and TAIL PIECES. This specific work by LE CAT, TRAITÉ DES SENSATIONS ET DES PASSIONS, is VERY SCARCE. About Claude-Nicolas LE CAT (from Wikipedia): ******Le Cat (1700-1768) surgeon, anatomist, & physiologist. In 1736 he established a school for anatomy & surgery in Rouen. The 'Traité Des Sensations Et Des Passions'; is considered to be Le Cat's most important work. The work grew as much out of his researches in physics as in physiology. In it Le Cat presented a theory of the propagation of light contrary to that of Newtonian attraction. He further reported on the pigmented choroid coat of the eye and assigned it a common embryonic origin with the pigment of the skin. Le Cat's reputation in France and Europe is reflected by his numerous academic awards, publications, and by surgical renown.******

ABHANDLUNG ÜBER DEN CROUP, Welche den am Vierten Juni 1807 von dem Vormaligen Kaiser Napoleon Ausgesetzten Preis Getheilt Hat. Von LUDWIG JURINE (By LOUIS JURINE).

Louis Jurine's scarce early work on croup. TEXT in GERMAN. Translated from the French by Dr. Philipp Heineken. Foreword by Dr. J. A. Albers.

Published by Georg. Joachim Göschen, Leipzig (Germany), 1816. First German Edition.

Hardcover Book, speckled boards with leather spine and corners, 4to, 8x10 inches (20x24.5 cm). Pagination: xii, 303, [1] pages, plus a fold open table.

GOOD Condition: Covers are cracking at the spine folds but holding well, wear to the cover corners, edges, and spine ends, and some rubbing to the boards. Internally, the top 1.25 inches of the front free endpaper has been neatly clipped off (perhaps removing a previous owner's signature), there is an early ownership stamp of "F. Mayor Dr. Ch." on the title page, offsetting to endpapers, first and last few leaves foxed with scattered light foxing throughout; overall the inner pages are tight, bright, clean and clear. A solid, nice, very presentable copy.

About LOUIS JURINE (from Wikipedia):

******Louis Jurine, b.1751 d.1819, was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist. He lived in Geneva.

He studied surgery in Paris and quickly acquired a great reputation for his expertise in medicine and natural history. He taught courses in anatomy and surgery at the Société des Arts in Geneva and was made honorary professor of zoology at the Academy (today: University of Geneva). He also founded a maternity hospice in 1807 and was awarded prizes for his work on the gasses of the human body, artificial feeding of infants, and pectoral angina.

Upon learning of Spallanzani's experiments with bats, in which Spallanzani showed that bats do not rely on sight when navigating in darkness, Jurine conducted a series of experiments from which he concluded that bats use sound to navigate in darkness. Jurine's collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are in the Natural History Museum of Geneva.******

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. By Matthieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila. Translated from the French by R.H. Black, Surgeon.

With an Appendix on Suspended Animation and the Means of Prevention.

BALTIMORE: Nathaniel G. Maxwell, 1819. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, as stated on the title-page.

Hardcovers (front cover detached but present), leather covered boards, 4x7 inches (10x18 cm), 240 pages.

COPY of C.W.G. Rohrer (Caleb Wyand Geeting Rohrer M.D.) with his signature and the date "June 21, 1912" on the front free endpaper.

GOOD condition, front cover detached but present, rear cover appears to have been reinforced with glue along its gutter fold, internally there is browning to the front and rear endpapers, the pages are lightly toned, there is foxing, most noticeable on the early and latter pages and then light throughout; overall a solid copy with a tightly bound text block and clear printing.

SCARCE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of this IMPORTANT WORK on TOXICOLOGY.

About MATHIEU ORFILA (from Wikipedia):

******Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila, b.1787 d.1853, was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology.

If there is reason to believe that a murder or attempted murder may have been committed using poison, a forensic toxicologist is often engaged to examine pieces of evidence such as corpses and food items for poison content. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were not any reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques, refined existing techniques and described them in his first treatise, TRAITÉ DES POISONS, Paris, 1813, (TREATMENT OF PERSONS WHO TOOK POISON first American edition, 1819).******

About C.W.G. ROHRER, book's previous owner (from the Internet):

******Caleb Wyand Geeting Rohrer M.D., b.1873 d.1952, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Baltimore in 1900. Author of RESEARCHES IN CANCER: Part I 1896-1921; 1922-1932, Baltimore: Brentwood Printing, 1935; and numerous medical articles, e.g. Comparative Anatomy of the Prostate Gland, Baltimore, 1909; Medical Men and the Muses, New York, 1920.******

ORGANON OF HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE, by Samuel HAHNEMANN. Second American Edition. Translated from the British Translation of the Fourth German Edition.

Published by William Radde, New York; and James Leath, London, 1843.

Hardcover book, cloth covered boards, gilt titling and design to the front cover, 6.5x9 inches. Pagination: xxiii, [9]-212 pages.

Copy of "E. NOTT, M.D.", with his bookplate on the front pastedown. (The "HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY" elected E. NOTT, M.D. as a member in 1869.)

There is an interesting handwritten comment in the margin at the bottom of page 39, the page where Digitalis Purpurea is discussed and its virtues extolled. The marginalia reads: "A friend of mine was killed by Digitalis, administered to subdue his pulse. It brought on mania, characterized by self accusations, and he died miserably." Wonder if it was written by E. Nott, M.D.?

FAIR condition, the covers have a bit of chipping at the ends but remain sturdy with bright gilt on the front cover; internally, the endpapers are browned, there is waterstaining to the margins of the first few pages, there is foxing throughout, there is a handwritten margin comment as noted above. and the leaf consisting of pages 47/48 has a large hole in its center and related scraping affecting text; despite its flaws, a complete copy of this rare 1843 second American Edition.

THÉORIE POSITIVE de L'OVULATION SPONTANÉE de la FÉCONDATION des MAMMIFÈRES et de L'ESPÈCE HUMAINE, Basée sur L'Observation de Toute la Série Animale. Par F. A. POUCHET

(Félix Archimède Pouchet). (English Translation: PROVEN THEORY of SPONTANEOUS OVULATION and FERTILIZATION of MAMMALS and the HUMAN SPECIES, Based on the Observation of the entire Animal Series. By F. A. POUCHET.) Published by Chez J.-B. Bailliere, Libraire de L'Académie Royale de Medecine, PARIS, 1847. First Edition. TEXT IN FRENCH. Two Volumes: The TEXT VOLUME plus the Especially Rare ATLAS VOLUME that contains 20 HAND COLORED PLATES. TEXT VOLUME: Original printed wrappers, 5.5x9 inches (14x22.5 cm), 8vo. Pagination: xxxi, [1], 476, [1] fold open table, [3], 28 irregularly numbered Publisher's advertisement pages. ATLAS VOLUME: Hardcovers, original printed paper covered boards and cloth covered spine, large format 9x12 inches (23x30cm). Contains TWENTY HAND COLORED PLATES, one folding, all with tissue guards. CONDITION: Text Volume GOOD Condition: Some wear and soiling to wrappers including several inches of splitting at the spine folds, wear to the spine ends, and edge wear including some small chips. Internally, the front and rear endpapers are mostly glued to the inside front and rear covers; there is some scattered foxing though most pages are bright and white; many pages are still uncut / unopened. Overall a solid, complete copy with original wrappers. Atlas Volume VERY GOOD Condition: The covers spine has been neatly rebacked with cloth; the covers have some soiling, light staining, and edge wear, but remain solid and are doing their job well; there are two rubber ink stamps on the title page "Property of the N. York Hospital" and "Triplicate"; there are creases and a few tears to some of the tissue guards; otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The plates are all lovely. (Note: The New York Hospital, whose rubber ink stamp is on the title page of the Atlas volume, was founded in 1771 with a charter from King George III. It is the second oldest hospital in New York City, and the third oldest in the United States.) This Two Volume 1847 First Edition Set with the ORIGINAL ATLAS with its 20 HAND COLORED PLATES is SCARCE. About FÉLIX-ARCHIMÈDE POUCHET (from Wikipedia): ******Félix Archimède Pouchet (b. 1800 d. 1872) was a French naturalist and a LEADING PROPONENT of the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION of LIFE from

NON LIVING MATERIALS, and as such an opponent of Louis Pasteur's germ theory. From 1828 he was director of the Rouen Jardin des Plantes. In 1838 he became professor at the School of Medicine at Rouen. In 1847, Pouchet effectively launched the study of the physiology of cytology. His major scientific work Hétérogénie was published in 1859. He also wrote a layperson's encyclopedia The Universe, published in 1870, which gives an overview of the sciences, but in which Pouchet ridicules Louis Pasteur's theories. Pouchet was 60 years old while Louis Pasteur was 37 years old when the heart of the debate about spontaneous generation began. Their opinions on generation originated from two competing theories. Pouchet believed in HETEROGENESIS, which assumed that NEW LIVING ORGANISMS CAME FROM INANIMATE OBJECTS, SUCH AS AIR. The parents of these new organisms were not the same species as the new organism. Pasteur supported the germ theory that said microorganisms arose from germs and those microorganisms came from parents of the same species. He supported the idea that germs were mostly everywhere, including things like air and those germs explained the appearance of microorganisms on different inanimate things.****** You can read much more about Félix-Archimède Pouchet on Wikipedia and elsewhere on the Internet. I believe this is the perfect time to bring the SPONTANEOUS GENERATION OF LIFE theory back to life, given our ruling government no longer believes in real science.

MEDIZINISCHE GEOGRAPHIE, by Caspar Friedrich Fuchs.

BERLIN: Verlag von Alexander Duncker, 1853. First edition. Text in German.

Hardcovers (covers detached but present), cloth covered boards with leather spine and corners, 6x9 inches (23x15 cm). Pagination: xii, 158, [2] pages, plus 11 PLATES at the rear.

Illustrated with eleven plates, six of which show the spread of diseases around the world.

COPY of Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, with his ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE on the front pastedown. Crewe-Milnes (1858-1945), 1st Marquess of Crewe, known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, Secretary of State for India 1910-1915, Ambassador to Paris 1922-1928, and Secretary of State for War 1931. (You can read more about Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes on his Wikipedia page.)

Condition: Covers are detached but present, the front and rear covers are scuffed at the leather on the corners and rear margin, the spine leather covering is mostly intact but is chipped, scratched, and worn. Internally there is some foxing here and there, especially on the first few pages, otherwise the inner pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

THE ILLUSTRATED SELF-INSTRUCTOR IN PHRENOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY, by O.S. FOWLER. "With Over One Hundred Engravings".

NEW YORK: Fowler and Wells, Publishers, [1860].

SIGNED and DATED 1860 by O.S. FOWLER who also handwrote the name of the individual for whom he "marked a chart" in this book (though I see no indication other than the number "21 1/2" handwritten on page [iii].

Hardcovers, 5x7.5 inches, 176 pages plus 4 pages of Publisher's ads at the rear.

GOOD condition, the covers have some wear to the corner tips and spine ends but are holding together well; internally, there is offsetting to the endpapers, foxing mainly to the margins here and there throughout, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy.

About O.S. FOWLER (from Wikipedia):

******Orson Squire Fowler, b.1809 d.1887, was an American phrenologist and lecturer. He also popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century.

With his brother Lorenzo Niles Fowler, he opened a phrenological office in New York City and soon they became the foremost proponents of phrenology in the United States. Orson wrote and lectured on phrenology, preservation of health, popular education and social reform.

O.S. Fowler held forth for the equality for women at a time when women had virtually no legal rights, championed children's rights at a time when child labor was widespread, and through his publications called for the end of slavery which he called a "monstrous evil".

HOWEVER, MANY OF HIS PHRENOLOGICAL BELIEFS WERE ABHORRENT and were used to justify slavery and advance a belief in African-American inferiority. Based on his phrenological views, Fowler wrote that coarse hair correlated with coarse fibers in the brain, and indicated coarse feelings that, he wrote, suggested people of African descent had poor verbal skills and traits that were best suited for nursing children or waiting on tables. Fowler was also known to be antisemitic.

Fowler was a teetotaler and vegetarian. He promoted a vegetarian diet in his book Physiology: Animal and Mental and was vice-president of the American Vegetarian Society in 1852. He defended animal rights and opposed the slaughter of animals. His magazine The American Phrenological Journal also supported vegetarianism.******

1871-1895 FIFTEEN OBSTETRIC and GYNECOLOGY MEDICAL PAMPHLETS Bound Together in Hardcovers, by Dr. Vulliet, Maternity Surgeon, Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Paris

FIFTEEN MOSTLY OBSTETRIC and GYNECOLOGY PAMPHLETS dated 1871-1895, by Dr. F. VULLIET (Professor of Medicine University of Geneva, Maternity Surgeon, Member of the Obstetrical and Gynecological Society of Paris). The 15 pamphlets are gathered and bound in one book, a sammelband.

The person who gathered the pamphlets and created this sammelband typed a two page Index which is pasted onto two blank front endpapers. The medical pamphlets are complete, with both their front and rear covers. All are professionally bound in hardcovers, 3/4 leather with five raised spine bands, gilt titling on the spine, and marbled endpapers. The book measures 6x9 inches. The pamphlets have various paginations and various publishers; they are bound-in chronologically with dates from 1871 to 1895. The TEXT of the pamphlets and the typed index are in FRENCH, except for two which are in German.

VERY GOOD condition, the covers have some light wear to their corner tips and spine ends but are solid and attractive; the bound in pamphlets are all very nice, age toning to some of the pages, overall tight, bright, clean and clear. A solid, very nice book and bound-in group of medical pamphlets.

The INDEX includes the following pamphlet titles and subject headings (accompanied with Google English translations, with the usual Google translation goofs)::

D' un nouveau moyen de contention de la Matrice. (A new Matrix restraint.)

D'un moyen de Contention de la Matrice et de traitement de prolapsus utérin. (A means of Compression of the Matrix and treatment of uterine prolapse.)

Rapport sur la potabilité des eaux du Rhône. La Fièvre Typhoide. (Report on the potability of the waters of the Rhône. Typhoid fever.)

Apropos du Traitement des ulcerations par le raclag ge et l'excision. (About the treatment of ulcerations by scraping and excision.)

Un cas de grossesse dans un Kyste Tubo-ovarique. (A case of pregnancy in a tubo-ovarian cyst.)

Contribution à l'étude du traitement des Fibro-Myomes utérins intrapariéteaux. (Contribution to the study of the treatment of intraparietal uterine fibro-myomas.)

Un cas de cancer primitif du col de l'utérus, traité selon la méthode du Prof. Vulliet. (A case of primary cancer of the cervix, treated according to the method of Prof. Vulliet.)

Des avantages de la Dilatation dans le traitement curatif et palliatif du cancer de l'utérus. (Advantages of dilation in the curative and palliative treatment of uterine cancer.)

De l'extraction par les voies naturelles de Fibro-Myomes Utérins intra ariéteaux, selon la procédé de Vulliet. (Extraction by natural means of intra-arieteau uterine fibro-myomas, according to the Vulliet process.)

Vingt cas d'affections Gynécologiques, traités par le massage. Mihran Boyadjian. (Twenty cases of gynecological affections, treated by massage. Mihran Boyadjian.)

Le Listérism, son passé, son présent, son futur. Par Granville Bantock. Preface de Dr. Vulliet. (Listerism, its past, its present, its future. By Granville Bantock. Preface by Dr. Vulliet.)

Le Massage en Gynécologie. (Massage in Gynecology.)

Ueber einen Fall von Tube Ovarialcysten Schwangerschaft. (On a case of tube ovarian cysts in pregnancy.)

Discussion sur les Supperations Pelviennes. (Discussion on Pelvic Supperations.)

Ueber die Erweiterung von Verengerungen des Collum uteri auf plastischem Wege. (About the expansion of constrictions of the collum uteri in a plastic way.)

De la suture perdue, dans l'operation de la fistule vésico-vaginale. (Of the lost suture, in the operation of the vesico-vaginal fistula.)

De la Dilitation de l'utérus par le procédé des obturations progressives. (Of the Dilation of the Uterus by the Process of Progressive Fillings.)

PLUS MORE

Clark's New System of ELECTRICAL MEDICATION - A Revised and Enlarged Edition. By A. W. Tipton, M.D.

CHICAGO: Chas. J. Johnson, 1882.

Proposes the use of electricity to help cure almost any disease and heal almost any defect.

Hardcovers, green cloth covered boards, gilt titles on front cover and spine, 6x9 inches (15x23 cm). Pagination: [1], 264 pages.

Illustrated with a frontispiece, a few in-text illustrations, and 4 pages of illustrations at the end that show 23 devices for "Electro-Therapeutic Uses". The electrical devices include a "Vaginal Electrode" and "Rectal Electrode". Yikes.

Previously owned by the 19th century New York physician Dr. J. Van Valkenburgh, with his ink stamp on a number of pages: "Dr. J. Van Valkenburgh / Physician and Notary Public / Sharon, N.Y.". An Internet search indicates Dr. J. Van Valkenburgh was a member of the "Eclectic Medical Society of New York" in the late 1800s.

Also previously owned by Gilbert R. Seigworth, MD, b.1932 d.2019, with his ownership label on the front free-endpaper: "Gilbert R. Seigworth, MD / Vestal, New York". An Internet search indicates Dr. Seigworth was an avid collector of antique medical equipment and antiquarian medical books.

CONDITION: The original covers are worn and not pretty - rubbed, scraped, stained, frayed at the spine ends, and splitting for 2 inches at the front fold; nonetheless they are solid and doing their job. Internally nice, the front and rear inner hinges are cracked but holding well, the thin endpapers have some light creasing, the text pages are lightly age toned as normal, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A solid, complete, copy with well-worn but original covers.

ORIGINAL 1882 EDITION with interesting provenance.

Yes, electric shock therapy is making a comeback, but who knew

it could cure everything!

ORGANON OF THE ART OF HEALING, by Samuel HAHNEMANN. Fifth American Edition. Translated from the Fifth German Edition, by C. Wesselhoeft, M.D. Hahnemann was the founder of homeopathy.

Published by the HAHNEMANN PUBLISHING HOUSE, Philadelphia, [1887]. Though the copyright is 1875, the Publisher's catalogue bound in at the rear is for titles published in 1887, which dates this Fifth American Edition as 1887.

Hardcover book, cloth covered boards, gilt titling and designs to the spine, 6.5x9 inches. Pagination: xix, [17]-244, plus a 16 page "New Catalogue" for Homoeopathic Publications for the year 1887 by Hahnemann Publishing House / F. E. Boericke's.

VERY GOOD condition, light wear and some light spots to the covers, the front inner hinge is cracked but holding well, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked.

COPY of AUGUSTINE C. HAUB, with her signature and "Boston / Mass. / Oct. 12, '91" handwritten on a blank prelim.

About AUGUSTINE CHRISTINE HAUB (from Woman's Medical Journal - A Monthly Journal Published in the Interests of Women Physicians, August, 1914):

******Dr Augustine Catherine Haub died November 13, 1913, at her place of residence on Beacon Street in Boston after a painful illness of nine months. She was 33. She was born in Gold Hill, Nevada, September 19, 1870. She graduated from Boston University Medical School in 1893. She served as an intern [at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital, Boston] the year after her graduation and showed a marked aptitude for surgical work. Her faithfulness to high ideals in her professional work gained for her a devoted clientele. She was fortunately the recipient of a considerable legacy from one of her patients in acknowledgment for unremitting devotion. Her parents are both living in Santa Rosa California.******

Dr. Horace Packard, a noted homeopathic surgeon, gave an acknowledgement to Dr. Haub in his 1906 book on homeopathic surgery FIVE YEARS' WORK IN SURGERY: "Grateful acknowledgement is herewith expressed for laborious work in surgical tabulating by Dr. Augustine C. Haub..."

PSYCHOLOGY, HYPNOTISM, PERSONAL MAGNETISM and CLAIRVOYANCE, by William Abner Barnes.

Self-Published, Boston, Mass, copyright 1898, fourth edition (so stated), c.1900.

Original hardcovers, gray cloth covered boards, front cover titled in black, 5x8 inches, 112 pages. Illustrated with 8 b&w photographic plates.

Sections include: Psychology, Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism, and Clairvoyance, with Testimonials at the rear.

The photographic plates, some showing Dr. Barnes at work, are convincing, convincing me that I would never want to be under his hypnotic spell!

GOOD condition, the covers have some soiling, offsetting / toning, a few small marks, and some wear to the spine ends and corner tips, but are original and still doing their job well; internally, the pages are bright, clean, clear and unmarked. The eight plates are all in very good condition. A solid, presentable copy of this book from 1900.

From the Preface:

******The prime object of this little volume is to set forth clearly and concisely the value of psychology, hypnotism, and clairvoyance as practically applied to education, morality, spirituality, medicine, surgery, business, and to the development and exercise of personal magnetism.

During many years devoted to research, study, and instructing, the author has controlled thousands of persons, and thereby demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt the vast amount of good results obtainable through properly directed mental force... Beston, Mass., June, 1900.******

Though POD copies are common, vintage editions of this book, self-published by the author, have become almost impossible to find.

LOS SUICIDIOS EN ESPANA (SUICIDES IN SPAIN), by Ambrosio Tapia. MADRID: Published by Libreria de Victoriano Suarez, 1900. First Edition. Professionally and Beautifully Bound in Leather Covered Boards with gilt lettering and lining on the spine. Entire softbound edition bound in, including the covers. 4.5x7 inches, 253 pages. Text in Spanish. Condition: The recent leather covers are cracked at the front spine fold but holding

well, otherwise the covers are lovely. The original book that is bound in has toned with age, has some foxing and spotting to the front and rear covers, and the inner pages have a few previous owner's margin marks, some corner creases, and show light wear. Overall a solid, complete copy that is bound in attractive leather and gilt covers. A 1900 Study on Suicides in Spain. For that Spanish speaking friend of yours with a dark side.

ESSENTIALS OF OSTEOPATHY - NERVE CENTERS AND LANDMARKS, by ISABEL M. DAVENPORT, M.D., D.O. "Former Resident Physician and Gynecologist to the Illinois Eastern Hospital for Insane at Kankakee; Former House Physician to the Ravenswood Osteopathic Sanitarium; President Columbia College of Osteopathy."

Self-Published, Chicago, 1903. Printed by the Regan Printing House. First edition, with the date 1903 on the title page and the date July 1st, 1903 at the end of the Preface.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the front cover, 6x9 inches, marbled endpapers, 102 pp. plus 2 pages of osteopathy related ads at the rear.

GOOD condition, the covers have some light wear to the corner tips and spine ends, a couple half-dime size stains to the front edge of the front cover, and some sunning to the margins, but remain solid, with bright gilt titles; internally, there is light toning throughout, otherwise the pages are tight, bright, clean and unmarked. A nice, solid copy.

RARE TRUE FIRST EDITION. This important work by an early female Chicago M.D. and D.O. was reprinted many times, but the first edition has become almost impossible to find.

About ISABEL M. DAVENPORT, M.D., D.O. (from her 1939 NY Times Obituary):

******NY Times September 18, 1939 // DR. ISABEL M. DAVENPORT / ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN MEDICAL GRADUATES OF NORTHWESTERN - Isabel Montgomery Davenport, for many years a physician in Chicago, died today. Dr. Davenport was one of the first women to graduate from Northwestern University Medical School. She served on the staff of the Kankakee State Hospital and for many years was with the Chicago Board of Health.******

She is listed in the 1922 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CHICAGO Directory published by The Biographical Publishing Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, with the following brief bio:

******Born September 18, 1860, in Bloomington, Illinois. Graduate of Northwestern University Woman's Medical College, 1891. Practice; nervous, mental and children's diseases. Gynecologist and staff physician, Hospitals for Insane, Kankakee, 1893-98, Peoria and Jacksonville, 1917. Professor of surgery, Northwestern University Woman's Medical School, 1892-93. School physician, Chicago, 1916-22. Member of American Medical Association and Medical Women's Club. Author of "Five Cases of Hysterectomy in the Insane." "A Report of Fleischig's Opium Treatment in Epilepsy." "Garden Work for Women in Public Institutions." Originator of garden work for women in public institutions in America. Residence, 1248 Wilson Avenue, Chicago.******

BAKTERIOLOGIE FUR DIE MOLKEREISCHULE (BACTERIOLOGY for DAIRY SCHOOLS), by Professor Dr. W. Henneberg (Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg), of Kiel, Germany.

PRESENTATION COPY from the AUTHOR to FRAULEIN TAMM. Inscribed at the top of the front cover: "Fräulein Tamm / Überreicht vom Verfasser" (Miss Tamm / Presented by the Author).

Interestingly, Fraulein Tamm (Herta Irene Tamm) studied dairy bacteriology under Dr. Henneberg in Kiel, then later emigrated to Los Angeles where her first job was as a bacteriologist at a local dairy. There is a nice obituary on Herta Irene Mock (née Tamm) on the SF Gate website.

Published by Molkerei-Zeitung, Hildeshiem. TEXT IN GERMAN.

Booklet, paper covers, side stapled, 6x8.5 inches (14x27 cm), 56 pages. Laid in are two pamphlets on cultures and bacteriology of Yoghurt and Kefir. One is 2 pages, the other 4 pages.

VERY GOOD condition booklet, just lightly used and still tight, bright, clean and clear. The two laid in pamphlets have been folded, are toned, and both have a bit of handwriting at the top in German which I cannot translate.

About Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg (from Wikipedia, roughly translated from the German by Google):

******Wilhelm Hermann Henneberg, b.1871 d.1936,

was a German bacteriologist and first director of the Bacteriological Institute at the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy.

From 1897 he was employed in the vinegar department at the Institute of Fermentation in Berlin. From 1906 he headed the bacteriological department of the technical scientific laboratory of the Institute of Fermentation. In 1922 he was appointed to Kiel to head the Bacteriological Institute of the Prussian Experimental and Research Institute of Dairy Farming. In the eleven years as a university professor in Kiel, he supervised more than 80 dissertations and wrote several textbooks on the bacteriology of milk. Henneberg initiated the founding of the Federation of Technical Bacteriologists .

For bacteriological diagnostics, Henneberg invented new methods of investigation, such as the Chinese blue water agar developed especially for dairy farming, the spring stick culture and the cover glass agar method.

In his last years he devoted himself to the study of the saprophyte flora of the intestine and the human intestinal flora, in particular their conversion by the consumption of dairy products such as yoghurt and acidophilus milk.******

The 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 Medical Violet, four yearbooks of New York University College of Medicine.

Published by the students of NYU College of Medicine. First Editions.

Four hardcover yearbooks, 9x12 inches, 95, 99, 96 and 92 pages respectively, 304 and 284 pages respectively (the 1929 yearbook also has 19 pages of ads at the rear). There are b&w photos throughout, including photos of the faculty, students, medical activities, and campus buildings. Also filled with clever and funny drawings throughout.

All 4 yearbooks are in GOOD condition; the 1956 yearbook has two 1 inch closed tears to the top edge of the front free endpaper, and its inner hinge is cracked at a couple places but holding well; the 1957 yearbook has a couple thin scratches to its front cover; otherwise all 4 yearbooks are just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked (forgive me if I missed a signature somewhere). Nice copies.

A STUDY OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ASSERTIVENESS AND ANXIETY AS EXPERIENCED BY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS. An Original PhD Thesis by Betty H. Briggs.

Dissertation submitted to The Fielding Institute (Santa Barbara, California) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Psychology.

Self published, 1985.

Hardcovers, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the front cover and spine, 8.5x11 inches, 139 pages, pages printed on one side only.

NEAR FINE condition, the covers are sharp and bright, inner pages are lightly toned at the margins, overall tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very presentable copy.

Fielding Graduate University is a private university in Santa Barbara, California. It offers postgraduate and doctoral studies mainly in psychology, education, and organizational studies.

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1987 MASTER PLAN for SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL Maps Architecture Expansion CITY PLANNING Medical Centers

SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER - INSTITUTIONAL MASTER PLAN - November 1987. Prepared by Kaplan, McLaughlin, Diaz, Architects & Planners; and by Gordon H. Chong & Associates, Architects.

Published by the City & County of San Francisco, Department of Public Health.

Printed paper covers, plastic spiral bound, 8.5x11 inches, 210 pages (pages numbered in sections). Illustrated with b&w maps, architectural renderings, charts, graphs and tables.

VERY GOOD condition: the covers are slightly creased where they overhang the inner pages, the tabs marking sections are bent, otherwise tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, very nice copy.

From the Executive Summary: "This Institutional Master Plan for the San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center, submitted to the City and County of San Francisco, is a record of the Hospital's growth needs and development plans for the future as they are currently defined. This Master Plan...(is) a vehicle for communicating identified needs and preferred methods of resolving those needs. The information presented in this document is grouped into three general parts: 1) background information regarding the nature of the facility, services provided, history of growth, and description of the physical plant; 2) development plans for future growth; and 3) a study of the transportation circulation and parking needs of the facility."

An interesting look at the expansion plans for San Francisco General Hospital as they were envisioned in 1978.