Medicina e salute

The American Dispensatory

John King · 1872 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

Cincinnati, Wilstach, Baldwin and Co, 1872. Leather. A very scarce eighth edition copy of John King's famous reference text regarding nineteenth century practice of medical dispensaries. In a contemporary calf binding. Scarce in any edition, this work is an alphabetical l...

A Manual of Petrol Motors and Motor Cars: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and Working of Petrol Motors

F. Strickland · 1914 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Charles Griffin & Company Limited, 1914. Cloth. The scarce revised edition of a book focusing on the design of early petrol cars from theoretical, practical and commercial perspective, with folding tables. The scarce revised edition of A Manual of Petrol Motors and Mot...

Health and the Citizen: A Study in Design for Living

Joseph V. Walker · 1951 · Rooke Books

£22.99 (€27.56 | $30.37 | ¥4,850)

London , Hollis and Carter, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A fascinating study exploring the advisable steps to health living. First edition. With chapters that include "The Structure and Function of the Family", "The Lessons of Old Age", "Work and Play" and "The Fourth Dimension...

Observations on the Hydrargyria or That Vesicular Disease Arising from the Exhibition of Mercury

George Alley · 1810 · Rooke Books

£695.00 (€833.06 | $918.14 | ¥146,615)

London, Whittingham and Rowland , 1810. Cloth. A scarce medical text, exploring hydrargyria, and observing its effects. Featuring several illustrated plates in colour. Mercury poisoning, hydrargyria or mercurialism, is a disease caused by exposure to mercury or its compounds. ...

Catarrhal Fevers Commonly Called Colds Their Causes, Consequences, Control, and Cure

R. Prosser White · 1906 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London , H. K Lewis, 1906. Cloth. An epidemiological study of the symptoms and treatments of the common cold. With micrographs of the rhinovirus when cultivated in agar jelly. The author, Dr R. Prosser White, was an honorary life member of the St John's Ambulance Associat...

The Pupil&Apos;S Pharmacopoeia; Being a Literal Translation of the London Pharmacopoeia

W. Maugham · 1824 · Rooke Books

£650.00 (€779.12 | $858.69 | ¥137,122)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. Cloth. A incredibly scarce medical text from the early nineteenth century, in both English and Latin. Third Edition. 'The Latin text being marked to facilitate a proper pronunciation&apos. 'In addition to whi...

Jour Apres Jour 1893-1944

Dr Alexis Carrel · 1956 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Paris , Plon, 1956. Hardback. A scarce French limited edition of this book by Dr Alexis Carrel, number 97 of a 160 print run. Carrel was a renowned surgeon and biologist, who, like many intellectuals of his day, believed in the use of eugenics as a means to further society. Hi...

Economy of the Hands and Feet, Fingers and Toes

An Old Army Surgeon · 1830 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

London, Effingham Wilson, 1830 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this uncommon nineteenth-century medical study into various hand and feet defects and diseases, in the publisher's original paper-covered boards. The first edition in the publisher's origi...

A History of Medicine

Douglas Guthrie · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London; Edinburgh; Paris; Melbourne; Toronto; New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1946. Cloth. A richly illustrated history of medicine and its practices, by Scottish medical historian and professional Douglas Guthrie. An engaging and rich retelling of the history of medical...

Books on Bees

Herbert Mace; J.M. Dunning; D'Arcy Chapman; Karl von Frisch [ed. by Nathaniel Tarn] · 1921 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London; Oxford, Hutchinson and Co.; Kingsgate Press; Basil Blackwell; Jonathan Cape, 1921-1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely little set on Bees, largely concerning their behaviours, their scientific attributes and their important role in our ecosystem. A lovely little group ...

Traite Des Phenomenes Electro-Physiologiques Des Animaux

Carlo Matteucci; Paulo Savi · 1844 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Paris, Chez Fortin; L. Michelsen, 1844 . First edition. Leather. Beautifully illustrated with folding plates, this is the scarce first French edition of Matteucci's study of the electrophysiology of frogs, with Savi's discussion of the torpedo ray also present. A Fre...

Practical Observations on the Preservation of Health, and the Prevention of Diseases; Observations Illustrative of the Nature and Treatment of the Prevailing Disorders of the Stomach and Liver

Sir Anthony Carlisle; Thomas John Graham · 1838 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, John Churchill; Callow & Wilson, 1838-1824 . First edition. Leather. A highly informative volume featuring the very scarce first edition of two early 19th century medical works on 'The Preservation of Health', and the ailments faced by the stomach and liver. ...

The Farrier&Apos;S Dispensatory

William Gibson · 1725 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, J. Osborn and T. Longmans, 1725 . Leather. An attractive example of the second edition of William Gibson's guide to veterinary care for horses. A scarce work in all editions. The second edition of this work, which is scarce in all editions.William Gibson offers a ...

The Dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians

John Quincy · 1721 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, W. Bowyer for R. Knaplock, B. Took et al, 1721 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of John Quincy's revision of 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis', an important medical reference work. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with a frontispi...

Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest; Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports

[John Ayrton Paris] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.98 | ¥34,808)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. Leather. A complete three volume set of this illustrated philosophical study of sport bound into one volume, the first edition. Complete in three volumes, bound in one. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A scientific pub...

The Return to Nature; or, a Defence of the Vegetable Regimen

John Frank Newton · 1822 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, The Pamphleteer, 1822. Disbound. The final part of John Frank Newton's highly influential early nineteenth century argument in favour of vegetarianism, published in parts in 'The Pamphleteer&apos. The final part of a three part series, published in 'The ...

Des Empoisonnements Par L&Apos;Arsenic

J. B. F. Travail · 1839 · Rooke Books

£380.00 (€455.48 | $502.00 | ¥80,164)

Paris, L'Ecole de Pharmacie, 1839. First edition. Vellum. The first edition of this very scarce French treatise on arsenic, signed by the author. The first edition.A very scarce work.Signed by the author to a note tipped-in to the dedication leaf. In the original French....

Prevention of Venereal Disease

Sir G. Archdall Reid; Sir H. Brian Donkin [intro.] · 1920 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London, William Heinemann, 1920 . First edition. Cloth. A fascinating 1920s work on venereal diseases by a respected Scottish physician. A very scarce first edition. The very scarce first edition of this work from Scottish physician and writer on public health Sir George Archd...

Miners&Apos; Nystagmus: Its Causes and Prevention

T. Lister Llewellyn · 1912 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, The Colliery Guardian Company Limited , 1912. First edition. Cloth. A scarce treatise on Miners' Nystagmus by T. Lister Llewellyn, with many plates and figures. First edition. A scarce volume on Miners' Nystagmus, including its causes, symptoms, frequency of...

The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Pare

Ambroise Pare; Geoffrey Keynes [editor] · 1951 · Rooke Books

£59.00 (€70.72 | $77.94 | ¥12,446)

London, Falcon Educational Books, 1951. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this treatise from Ambroise Pare, edited by British surgeon and author Geoffrey Keynes. First Keynes edition. The whole of Apologie and Treatise, covering many voyages he made in the sixteen...