Medicina e salute

Universal Magnetism: A Private Training Course in the Magnetic Control of Others

Edmund Shaftesbury · 1942 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Marple, Cheshire, Psychology Publishing Co. Ltd, 1942. Cloth. A remarkable work on mind-control by Edmund Shaftesbury, published for the Psychology Publishing Co. A fascinating work on mind control, detailing realms seven through ten, on control of individuals, the estate of s...

Yorkshire Geological Society Vol. XVI, Part III. The Carboniferous Rocks

T. McKenny Hughes · 1908 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Leeds; London, Chorley & Pickersgill, Ltd.; The Electric Press, 1908. Paperback. A well presented article on Ingleborough's Carboniferous Rocks by T. McKenny Hughes, reprinted from the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society in 1908. A well presented article on In...

On the Nature and Treatment of Tetanus & Hydrophobia, with Some Observations on a Natural Classification of Diseases in General

Robert Reid · 1817 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Dublin, J. J. Nolan, 1817. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition work on the treatment of the diseases tetanus and rabies, an interesting early work on the subjects complete with a hand coloured frontispiece. The first edition of this very scarce work.Reid's t...

Lexicon Phyisco-Medicum: Or, a New Physical Dictionary; Explaining the Difficult Terms Used in the Several Branches of the Profession, and in Such Parts of Philosophy As Are Introductory Thereunto. To Which Is Added Some Account of the Things Signified by Such Terms: Collected from the Most Eminent Authors; and Particularly Those Who Have Wrote Upon Mechanical Principles

John Quincy · 1722 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, E. Bell, 1722. Leather. A scarce second edition of John Quincy's important and popular medical dictionary, a wonderful example of medicine on the early eighteenth century. A second edition of this scarce work, last seen at auction in 2003. This second edition was ...

The Study of Medicine

John Mason Good · 1825 · Rooke Books

£390.00 (€467.47 | $515.21 | ¥82,273)

London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. Cloth. The very scarce complete second edition of this detailed study of 'the Healing Art as a science&apos. The complete and very scarce five volume second edition of English writer and physician John Mason Good's 'The S...

Notes on Cholera Its Nature and Treatment

George Johnson · 1866 · Rooke Books

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.29 | ¥58,013)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1866. Cloth. A With information on symptoms, treatment and pathology of cholera, a disease which plagued Victorian Britain.Written by Sir George Johnson, an English physician best known for his contributions in the fields of cholera and kidney ...

Practical Astrology

John Middleton · 1679 · Rooke Books

£7,500.00 (€8,989.81 | $9,907.96 | ¥1,582,177)

London, J C for Richard Preston , 1679. First edition. Leather. An extremely scarce first edition of John Middleton's treatise on practical astrology. ESTC reference no R844.This copy with the signatures: [2], A-S8, T4. Collated, lacking original blanks, all text leaves ...

Observations on the Fauna of Norfolk, and More Particularly on the District of the Broads

Richard Lubbock · 1879 · Rooke Books

£89.00 (€106.68 | $117.57 | ¥18,775)

Norwich, Jarrold & Sons, 1879. Cloth. An expanded edition of this noted work on the natural fauna of Norfolk, illustrated with a detailed folding map. Richard Lubbock's immense study of the natural fauna found in Norfolk, particularly in the district of the Broads.Illustr...

A Letter on the Origin Nature and Dignity of the Degrees of Doctor More Particularly in Physick

Dennis De Coetlogon · 1736 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.74 | $251.00 | ¥40,082)

London, J Roberts, 1736. First edition. Disbound. A scarce pamphlet on the study of Physick in Universities. Written by the French doctor Dennis de Coetlogon. Published anonymously, but this work was later attributed by Dennis de Coetlogon. ESTC reference no: T56020. From t...

An Account of Some of the Most Important Diseases Peculiar to Women

Robert Gooch · 1832 · Rooke Books

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.40 | ¥79,109)

Philadelphia, E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832. First edition. Leather. The first edition thus of Robert Gooch's fascinating and instructional work on diseases of women, illustrated throughout. The first edition thus of this work, being the first U.S. edition. With a half-titl...

Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind

John Caspar Lavater; Henry Hunter · 1810 · Rooke Books

£1,900.00 (€2,277.42 | $2,510.02 | ¥400,818)

London, T. Bensley, 1810. Leather. A nicely illustrated set of Johann Kaspar Lavater's fascinating work looking into the pseudoscience physiognomy. Complete in five volumes, being three volumes bound in five. Collated, complete. A fascinating work on the science of physio...

A Universal Formulary: Containing the Methods of Preparing and Administering Officinal and Other Medicines. The Whole Adapted to Physicians and Pharmaceutists

R. Eglesfeld Griffith · 1851 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Thomas Delf, 1851. Cloth. A very scarce work of medical history from the mid-nineteenth century, written by R. Eglesfeld Griffith. Second edition. This particular copy has been rebacked with the original backstrip preserved and new endpapers. With the previous owners i...

Diseases of the Tongue by Henry T. Butlin Surgical Diseases of the Kidney by Henry Morris the Diseases of the Breast by Thomas Bryant

Henry T. Butlin; Henry Morris; Thomas Bryant · 1885 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, Cassell and Company, 1885-1887. First edition. Leather. A highly illustrated collection of detailed medical works written by three renowned doctors in their specified fields. First editions. Part of the Clinical Manuals For Practitioners And Students Of Medicine series...

The Spoils of Victory and the Dean&Apos;S Dilemma

Ray Ebridge; H. O. Brookhouse; G. W. Dryland · 1909 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

London, Ash & Compy. Ltd; Published by Subscription Only, 1909. Cloth. A very scarce binding of two Edwardian playscripts performed by Guy's Hospital Residents' Theatricals, and illustrated throughout. A very scarce binding of two independently very scarce play scrip...

Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference

[eds. by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder] · 1993 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. Cloth. The second edition of an extensive record listing the thousands of different mammal species discovered up to 1993, with details of distribution and locality interspersed. The second edition of Mammal Species of the World:...

L&Apos;Art Francais Dans le Livre D&Apos;Oiseaux (Elements D&Apos;Une Iconographie Ornithologique Francaise)

René Ronsil · 1957 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Paris, Société Ornithologique de France et de L'Union Française, 1957. First edition. Leather. The first edition of a celebration of bird painting and ornithological artists over French history, with beautiful plates throughout. The first edition of L'art Francais...

The Races of Man; and Their Geographical Distribution to Which Is Affixed an Analytical Synopsis of the Natural History of Man.

Charles Pickering; John Charles Hall · 1850 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, H. G. Bohn, 1850. Cloth. The second edition of Charles Pickering's anthropological study into human genetics, illustrated with coloured plates. The second, new edition of this work by American naturalist and physician Charles Pickering. first published in 1848. Bo...

The Modern Practice of Physic Exhibiting the Character, Causes, Symptoms, Prognostis, Morbid Appearances and Improved Method of Treating the Diseases of All Climates

Robert Thomas · 1828 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green et al. 1828. Leather. A nineteenth century medical guide to several different diseases and ailments The ninth edition of this text. In a Robert Seton of Head of the Mound, Edinburgh, binding. Written by Robert Thomas, an honorary me...

Medical Notes and Reflections

Henry Holland, M.D F.R.S. &c. · 1839 · Rooke Books

£58.99 (€70.71 | $77.93 | ¥12,444)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, et al. 1839. First edition. Leather. A collection of medical notes and reflections. Sir Henry Holland, 1st Baronet (27 October 1788 – 27 October 1873) was a British physician and travel writer. Born in Knutsford, Cheshire, Holland was the son of ...

Interest at One View, Calculated to a Farthing

Richard Hayes · 1789 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, J. Johnson G. G. J. et al. 1789. Leather. An early book of interest tables. Bound in morocco leather with gilt bands. Uncommon. Richard Hayes was an accountant. In a full morocco binding. The binding is tight and firm. The boards are attached by the cords only. There i...