Category: Surgery

General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, in Fifty Lectures. A Text-Book for Students and Physicians

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Co. : 1871

Seller ID: 658

1871 ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF LECTURES BY FAMED GERMAN SURGEON WHO MODERNIZED SURGICAL TRAINING. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown pebbled cloth binding, blindstamped, gilt title to spine, leaf of publisher's ads laid in, xviii, 676 pp, 152 wood engravings in text, 2 pp publisher's ads, binder's label lower corner back paste-down. Corners bumped, light wear to spine ends, hinges starting, binding tight, text unmarked, pages age-toned, top corner of pages 266-406 creased, very good minus. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE: During the past ten years the microscope has greatly advanced onr knowledge of Patholo...
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The Medical Sciences in the German Universities. A Study in the History of Civlization, with an introduction by William H. Welch

By: Billroth, Theodor and Welch, William H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Co. : 1924

Seller ID: 657

1924 MONOGRAPH ON MEDICAL EDUCATION BY LEADING GERMAN SURGEON WHO INFLUENCED WILLIAM WELCH IN ESTABLISHING JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, blindstamped, glilt title to spine, pictorial bookplate of Charles Atwood Kofoid to front paste-down, xiii,, 292 pp. Covers with minimal edgewear, spine title bright, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good. THEODOR BILLROTH (1829-1894) was an Austrian surgeon. regarded as the founding father of modern abdominal surgery. In 1860, Billroth accepted an offer from the University of Zurich to beco...
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A Treatise on Lesser Surgery; or the Minor Surgical Operations by D.M.P. Bourgery, Translated from the French with notes and an appendix by William C. Roberts and James B. Kissam

By: Bourgery, D.M.P.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Charles S. Francis : 1834

Seller ID: 343

FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION OF TREATISE ON MINOR SURGERY BY NOTED FRENCH ANATOMIST, COPY OF ALEXANDER H. BAYLY, DATED 1835 - YEAR OF HIS MD FROM UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, recent marbled paper covered boards cloth spine, new endpapers, pages untrimmed, light foxing throughout, overall very good-. Section of original free endpaper affixed to front paste-down, containing contemporary ink signature of Alexander H. Bayly, Cambridge Md, 1835, i-xvi (leaf containing list of testimonials by American physicians of the original French edition [1829], dedication to Valentine Mot...
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Essays of Denton A. Cooley, M.D. Reflections and Observations

By: Cooley, Denton A.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Austin, TX, Eakin Press : 1984

Seller ID: 1201

BIOGRAPHIC ESSAYS SPANNING THE CAREER OF LEGENDARY SURGEON DENTON COOLEY FROM 1959 TO 1984--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 9 inches tall hardcover, publisher's brown buckram binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed and signed on front flyleaf, January 1985/ to Frankie Wolfson Cary/ with best wishses/ Denton A. Cooley MD. xviii, 5 leaves of black & white photographs, 240 pp with numerous photographic illustrations. Very good in very good jacket in mylar sleeve. DENTON A. COOLEY (1920-2016) was an American heart and cardiothoracic surgeon famous for performing the first implantation of a total artificial...
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Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Surgery

By: Cooper BB;

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London, John Churchill : 1851

Seller ID: 103

1851 RARE FIRST EDITION LECTURES ON SURGERY AT GUY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, BY NEPHEW OF ASTLEY COOPER. 9 inches tall hardcover, xx, 964 pages, original 3/4 leather binding, with gilt finish to covers, spine with raised bands, gilt title and decorative detail, medical library bookplate on front endpaper, library slip and pocket at rear, pages age-toned, but crisp and unmarked--overall very good. DEDICATION: 'To those who have been educated at Guy's Hospital, and to the pupils at present in that institution, in which the author has been for the last twenty-five years actively engaged as a teacher, t...
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Medical Series: Surgery

By: Cope, Zachary

Price: $75.00

Publisher: London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office : 1953

Seller ID: 785

1953 FIRST EDITION LANDMARK ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SURGICAL MEDICINE DEVELOPED DURING WORLD WAR II--BY EMINENT BRITISH SURGEON. SIR ZACHARY COPE. 9 3/4 inches tall, 2 1/2 inches thick hardcover, red cloth binding, armorial bookplate to front flyleaf, xix, 772 pp, 92 plates, 14 figures. Corners bumped, abrasions to spine, bottom spine end frayed, page edges soiled, binding tight, pages unmarked, good+. FOREWORD: This volume of the Official Medical History of the War of 1939~45 chronicles the chief advances made in Surgery during that War. The History owes much to all those distinguished contrib...
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Thyroid and Thymus, with 96 illustrations and 33 plates in color

By: Crotti, Andre

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger : 1918

Seller ID: 772

FIRST EDITION OF COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED EARLY 20TH CENTURY MONOGRAPH ON THYROID DISEASE. 10 3/4 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 black cloth with marbled boards, spine recently recased with black cloth, marbled endpapers, xiv, 567 pp, 96 illustrations in text and 33 color plates. cover edges, corners and covers worn, hinges starting, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, good+. ANDRE CROTTI (1873 - 1958) was born in Argentina, and earned his MD in Switzerland, He then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he established a practice specializing in thyroid surgery. He served leadership roles in White C...
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Cours d'Operations de Chirurgie, demontrees au Jardin Royal

By: Dionis, Pierre

Price: $1,200.00

Publisher: Paris, Laurent d'Houry : 1707

Seller ID: 401

1707 RARE FIRST EDITION OF ILLUSTRATED MANUAL OF SURGICAL OPERATIONS BY SURGEON TO KING LOUIS XIV. 8 inches tall hardcover (octavo) [28]-746-[23] pages, 11 copper plate engravings (portrait frontispiece & 10 plates, including anatomy theater engraved by J. B. Scotin), 52 woodcuts in the text (numbered in sequence with copper plates, including un-numbered woodcut page 163 depicting stones from the kidneys of Pope Innocent XI in 1689. The remaining woodcuts and plates depict surgical instruments used in operations ranging from ophthalmic surgery to abdominal, obstetric, urologic, and orthopedic ...
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A Text-Book of Minor Surgery

By: Foote EM

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York and London, D. Appleton and Co. : 1908

Seller ID: 43

FIRST EDITION OF 1908 TEXT ON MINOR SURGERY--752 PAGES WITH OVER 400 ILLUSTRATIONS. 9 1/2 inches tall, 2 1/4 inches thick hardcover, red publisher's cloth boards, spine title gilt, no marks to text, xxvi, 752 pages. Hinges reinforced with acid-free conservation tape, Very good. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MAN AT THE POINT OF THE KNIFE FOR HIS GRIT AND PATIENCE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIS WILLINGNESS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED THAT OTHERS MAY PROFIT BY HIS MISFORTUNE. PREFACE: 'In preparing this 'Minor Surgery,' it has been my purpose to apply to the less serious, every-day problems of surgical practise ...
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The Academic Surgeon. An Autobiography

By: Hardy, James Daniel

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Moblile, AL, Magnolia Mansions Press : 2002

Seller ID: 1196

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY TRANSPLANT SURGEON, SIGNED BY HIM. 9 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, author's signature to label affixed to front flyleaf, iv, [8], 452 pp, very good in very good jacket. Cited by Pickover The Medicine Book: 250 Landmarks in the History of Medicine (2012). JAMES D. HARDY (1918 - 2003) was an American surgeon, famous for the first human lung transplant and the first animal-to-human heart transplant. Hardy served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in early 1944 during the Second World War. He first worked at Stark General Hospital, Charlesto...
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Selective Partial Ablation of the Frontal Cortex. A Correlative Study of its Effects on Human Psychotic Subjects by the Columbia-Greystone Associates

By: Mettler, Fred A.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. : 1949

Seller ID: 428

LANDMARK REPORT OF CONTROLLED STUDY OF FRONTAL LOBOTOMY IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS--ASSOCIATION COPY. 10 1/4 inches tall hardcover, original red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, handstamp of Frank K. Beach to front endpaper, 517 pages, many illustrations and photographic plates. Light fading to spine, gilt lettering bright, binding tight, pages bright and unmarked, very good. PREFACE: In this report we present a detailed account of our study of the 48 patients in our series—24 of whom were operated upon and 24 in a control group. ... While we feel that much has been accomplished by this project,...
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Bier's Hyperemic Treatment in Surgery, Medicine, and the Specialties. A Manual of Its Practical Application: Illustrated

By: Meyer, Willy and Schmeiden, Victor

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia and London, W. B. Saunders Co. : 1909

Seller ID: 779

1909 TREATISE ON HYPEREMIC TREATMENT (TOURNIQUETS AND HOT AIR) FOR ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION--STRIKING PHOTOGRAPHS. 9 3/4 inches tall hardcover, library pocket front paste-down, inscribed top of front flyleaf, Department of the Interior, Office of the Medical Director, 280 pages, 16 pages publisher's advertisements, original green cloth binding, gilt title on cover and spine, dedicated to Professor August Bier by the Authors. Many photographic illustrations demonstrating the application of tourniquets and hot air to the head, testicles, breast, spine, knee, and tuberculous lesions. PREFAC...
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Cooley. The Career of a Great Heart Surgeon. [The Amazing Career of the World's Greatest Surgeon]*

By: Minetree, Harry

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1983

Seller ID: 1200

BIOGRAPHY OF DR. DENTON COOLEY, THE WORLD'S GREATEST SURGEON INSCRIBED BY FRIENDS TO GRATEFUL PATIENT--ALSO SIGNED BY DR. COOLEY. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, tan paper covered boards, brown cloth spine with gilt title, inscribed on front flyleaf, Sept 6, 1984, Dear Joe--Glad to note your successful operation by this great man! Many years of good health is wished by all of us! All our love, Tom Mackey and family. Also dated the same day, signed by Denton A. Cooley M.D. on front paste-down. x, [1], 298 pp; appendix with 15 pages of drawings detailing the surgeon's operations. Very good in very ...
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A Miracle and a Privilege. Recounting a Half Century of Surgical Practice

By: Moore, Francis D.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Washington DC, Joseph Henry Press : 1995

Seller ID: 1197

SIGNED COPY: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY HARVARD SURGEON WHO PERFORMED THE FIRST IDENTICAL TWIN TRANSPLANT AND MADE MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNDERSTANDING METABOLISM IN THE SURGICAL PATIENT. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, ray cloth binding, Inscribed and signed by author ffep, For Lucy Richarson with all best wishes for a good read, Francis D. Moore 6/15/95. xii, [1], 450 pp, photographic illustrations. Very good in very good jacket. Cited by Pickover in The Medical Book: 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine (2012). FRANCIS D. MOORE (1913-2001) graduated with an AB from Harvard College in 193...
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Fifty Years a Surgeon

By: Morris, Robert T.

Price: $150.00

Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. : 1935

Seller ID: 1209

1935 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CELEBRATED NEW YORK SURGEON INSCRIBED TO NEW ZEALAND ARTIST WITH ALS TO HER DISCUSSING HER LACK OF CHILDBEARING. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, navy blue cloth binding, top edge stained green, author's photographic portrait frontis, 347 pp, spine sunned, edges and corners heavily worn. binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, good +. Ink inscription to ffep by author: Dr. Robert T. Morris hopes that Betty Lewis Isaacs may approve of the description of 'beauty' in the chapter on the Red Gods even though more technical matters may safely be left to physicians. Stamford, Conn....
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Doctors Versus Folks

By: Morris, Robert Tuttle

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday Page & Co. : 1916

Seller ID: 1207

WIDE-RANGING COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN SURGERY AND SOCIETY BY INNOVATIVE DISCIPLE OF JOSEPH LISTER--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 13x21 cm green cloth boards, gilt title to cover and spine, withdrawn Boston Medical Library bookplate front paste-down, inscribed and signed on front flyleaf, John S. Clark with the kind regards of Robert T. Morris 616 Madison Ave, New York, Oct 31st 1917. [x], photographic frontis, 365 pp, residue from library sticker removal from spine and back cover, corners worn, spine ends frayed, gilt titles bright, binding tight, pages crisp and unmarked, v...
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Surgery of the Soul. Reflections on a Curious Career

By: Murray, Joseph E.

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Canton, MA, Science History Publications : 2001

Seller ID: 1198

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PIONEERING HARVARD SURGEON AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ADVANCES IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION--INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed and signed on front flyleaf To Rev. Gwen L. Buehrens with best wishes Dr Joe Murray, Joseph E. Murray M.D. Oct. 11, 2001. xxiii, 255 pp, many black & white phogographs throughout. Very good except wrinkling top edge of first 50 pages in very good jacket. JOSEPH E. MURRAY (1919-2012) performed the first successful human organ transplant from a living donor i...
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Artificial Pheumothorax: Its Pactical Application in the Treatment of pulmonary Tuberculosis. Contributions by Saranac Lake Physicians to the Studies of the Trudeau Foundation

By: Packard, Edward N., Hayes, John N., Blanchet, Sidney F. and Baldwin, E. R.

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea 7 Febiger : 1940

Seller ID: 341

PNEUMOTHORAX AS TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS BEFORE DISCOVERY OF ANTIBIOTICS. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, gilt title to spine. Residua from library sticker to spine, bookplate of institutional library to front paste-down, handstamp to front free endpaper, library sticker to rear paste-down, no marks to text, overall good+. DR. EDWARD N. PACKARD, one of the chest specialists who practiced in Saranac Lake at the height of the tuberculosis treatment era here and director of Trudeau Sanatorium from 1946 to 1950, died Saturday in Pensacola, Fla., while visiting his s...
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A Century of Surgery. The History of the American Surgical Association

By: Ravitch, Mark M.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Philadelphia and Toronto, J.B. Lippincott Co. : 1981

Seller ID: 1208

LIMITED SIGNED FIRST EDITION: MASSIVE HISTORY OF MODERN AMERICAN SURGERY BY LEGENDARY PEDIATRIC SURGEON. Two thick hardcover volumes 10 inches tall, publisher's red cloth binding, gilt title to covers and spines, Vol. I, signed by author on front flyleaf, numbered 1184 of 2000, xliii, 817 pp, indexes 124 pp; Vol. II, viii, 818-1613 pp, indexes 124 pp, many black & white illustrations throughout both volumes. Very goo in in good matching slipcase, edges repaired. MARK M. RAVITCH (1911 - 1989) was head of the department of pediatric surgery at the University of Chicago, professor of surgery at J...
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Somatosensory Changes after Penetrating Brain Wounds in Man

By: Semmes, Josephine, Weinstein, Sidney, Ghent, Lila and Teuber, Hans-Lukas

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press : 1960

Seller ID: 585

1960 CLASSIC STUDY OF BRAIN INJURY IN COMBAT VETERANS AT NYU-BELLEVUE CONTRIBUTED TO UNDERSTANDING NORMAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 10 1/2 inches tall hardcover, tan cloth binding, title to cover and spine, xiii, 91 pp, 18 tables, 9 figures. Very good in very good price-clipped dust jacket. FOREWORD: This monograph describes one of a series of studies that have been under way for more than. ten years in the Psychophysiological Laboratory (New York University-Bellevue Medical Center), a unit concerned with investigations of brain function in man. To this end, the laboratory has studied effects of penetr...
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Category: Surgery