Medicina e salute

The Harveian Oration: Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease

John Parkinson · 1945 · Rooke Books

£27.99 (€33.55 | $36.98 | ¥5,905)

London, The Lancet, 1945. Cloth. A cloth bound copy of John Parkinson's speech delivered at the annual Harveian Oration of 1945, on the subject of 'Rheumatic Fever and Heart Disease&apos. Reprinted from the weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal, 'The Lanc...

A Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Including Intermitting, Remitting and Continued Fevers

Alexander Phillips Wilson · 1809 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

Hartford, Oliver D. Cooke, c1809. Cloth. A rare medical text from prolific medical writer, Alexander Philip Wilson. Volume one of the original two. Although title page is absent, believed to be the 1809 Oliver D. Cooke publication. From the writer of "An experimental inquiry i...

Observations on the General Principles and on the Particular Nature and Treatment of Various Species of Inflammation Being, with Additions, the Substance of an Essay to Which the Jacksonian Prize, from the Year 1818, Was Adjudged by the Royal College of Surgeons

J. H. James · 1821 · Rooke Books

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.48 | ¥54,849)

London , Thomas and George Underwood, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce early edition of Observations on the General Principles and on the Particular Nature and Treatment of Various Species of Inflammation by J. H. James who was surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital...

Handbook for the Physiological Laboratory

E. Klein · 1873 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London , J. & A. Churchill, 1873. Cloth. A fascinating guide to the classical experiments that embody the vivisectional methodology of what was to Britain a new physiology. The work is intended for beginners to the science. Split into Histology, the study of the microscopic an...

Gynaecology for Students and Practitioners

Thomas Watts Eden; Cuthbert Lockyer · 1916 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, J and A Churchill, 1916. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated practical instructional medical text. This work is on early twentieth century gynaecology. The first edition. Illustrated throughout, with numerous vignette diagrams and twenty coloure...

A Systematic Treatise on Comparative Physiology Introductory to the Physiology of Man, Translated, with Notes, from the German of Frederick Tiedemann

Frederick Tiedemann; James Manby Gully; J. Hunter Lane · 1834 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, John Churchill, 1834. Cloth. A scarce edition of this work on physiology. Dr James Manby Gully (14 March 1808 – 1883), was a Victorian medical doctor, well known for practising hydrotherapy, or the "water cure". Along with his partner James Wilson, he founded a very s...

The Conduct of Medical Practice

The Editor of 'The Lancet' and Expert Collaborators · 1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, 'The Lancet' , 1928. Cloth. A interesting medical work from the early twentieth century, discussing medical conduct and professionalism Second Edition. A handbook to proper medical conduct incorporating articles which formally appeared in The Lancet medical j...

Etudes de Medecine Homoeopathique

Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann · 1855 · Rooke Books

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

Paris, Chez J B Bailliere, 1855. Paperback. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. A collection of medical works by Samuel Hahnemann. Complete in two volumes. Scarce in two volumes in original printed wrappers. Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a German phys...

La Gerocomie, Ou Code Physiologique Et Philosophique

Jacques Andre Millot · 1807 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.82 | $171.74 | ¥27,424)

Paris, F. Buisson, 1807. Leather. A scarce French medical work, a useful manual of the psychological and philosophical. A scarce work.In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A psychological and philosophical manual for both sexes guiding them with advice to life...

Ophthalmiatrik Nach Den Neuesten Forschungen Fur Das Studium Und Die Praxis

Carl Hermann Schauenburg · 1874 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Braunschweig, Druck und Verlag von Frederich View, 1874. Leather. An uncommon edition of Schauenberg's 'Ophthalmiatrik&apos. In the original German. Carl Hermann Schauenburg, 1819 - 1876, was a German practitioner of medicine and ophthalmology who was also a poet and...

Markham&Apos;S Maister-Peece Containing All Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, or Horse-Leech, Touching the Curing of All Diseases in Horses

Gervase Markham · 1651 · Rooke Books

£2,100.00 (€2,517.15 | $2,774.23 | ¥443,009)

London, William Wilson, 1651. Leather. A very scarce seventeenth-century copy of this work on equestrian care from Gervase Markham. Illustrated with two full-page illustrations, decorative head-and-tail pieces, and two marginal diagrams. Seventh edition, according to Copac. Un...

A Treatise on Veterinary Medicine in Two Volumes

James White · 1807 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London, J. Johnson; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807-1826. Leather. A very scarce two volume set of this hand colour illustrated work, volume 1 of which is bound in smart half morocco. A scarce 2 volume set of this informative and instructional publication, published acros...

An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Veterinary Medical Association During Its Fourth Session, 1839-1840

By Order of the Council · 1840 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, c.1840 (Undated, this is the fin. Hardback. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, c.1840 (Undated, this is the final year of the session recorded within). Hardback. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". Not Stated. An inc...

Family Medical Adviser

John Skelton · 1848 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, Moxon and Walker. Cloth. The second edition of only two thousand of this uncommon mid-19th-century lifestyle and medical work by John Skelton, for families. The second edition of only two thousand, in the publisher's original cloth.A scarce and uncommon mid-ninete...

The Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology

George Fleming [ed.] · 1876 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1876 . First edition. Leather. Two very scarce early volumes of George Fleming's periodical of veterinary sciences and comparative pathology, with articles on a wide range of animal ailments. Two very scarce first edition volumes of &apos...

The Veterinary Vade Mecum: A Manual on the Horse, Cow, Dog & Sheep

[ed. by R.P.G. Lord, J. Rush, W. Rush] · 1875 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, The Homeopathic Publishing Company, 1875. Cloth. A very scarce veterinary manual for horses, cows, dogs and sheep, with a clear focus on observation and providing proper care with the latest scientific methods. Veterinary Vade Mecum: A Manual on the Horse, Cow, Dog & S...

Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms

M.C. Cooke [Mordecai Cubitt Cooke] · 1894 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1894. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of an intriguing and enjoyable record of different types of mushrooms and whether they are edible or poisonous, including preparation tips, by eminent mycologist Mordecai Cubitt Co...

Letters Relating to the Love Episode of William Pitt

William Pitt; Lord Rosebery [intro.]; Sir Walter Farquhar · 1900 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Not Stated, Printed for Private Circulation, 1900 . First edition. Cloth. An exceptional example of the scarce first edition of the letters written by William Pitt to his intended, Eleanor Eden. With an account of Pitt's health from his physician. The scarce first edition...

An Inquiry Concerning That Disturbed State of the Vital Functions Usually Denominated Constitutional Irritation

Benjamin Travers · 1826 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 . First edition. Leather. An exceptionally bright example the first edition of Benjamin Travers's study of the irritated responses of the nervous and vascular systems to disease and injury. The uncommon first edition of ...

Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and Commonly Presumed Truths

Thomas Brown Dr. of Physick [Thomas Browne] · 1658 · Rooke Books

£490.00 (€587.33 | $647.32 | ¥103,369)

London, Printed by R. W. for Nath. Ekins , 1658. Leather. A scarce early edition of this popular work from polymath Thomas Browne, challenging common errors and superstitions of his time. The third edition, corrected and enlarged.Bound in full calf, with raised bands.An intrig...