Medicina e salute

Across England in a Dog-Cart: From London to St. David&Apos;S and Back

James John Hissey · 1891 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,016)

London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated travel guide across England in a Dog-Cart. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifteen plates, and a fold out map to the rear. Collated complete. A chronicle of a...

Formulary of the Adelaide Hospital, 1909

1909 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

Not Stated, Not Stated, 1909. Leather. A very scarce list of prescribable medicines from the Adelaide Hospital in Australia during the year 1909. Very scarce. A pocketbook formulary for the Adelaide Hospital, Australia, during the year of 1909 in order to aid the student. Incl...

De&Apos; Secreti Univerali

Timoteo Rosselli · 1644 · Rooke Books

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

Venetia, Appressio il Barezzi, 1644 . Leather. A very scarce mid seventeenth-century edition of Timoteo Rosselli's 'De' Secreti Universali&apos. In the original Italian.First published in 1561, this work is very scarce in all editions. With parts I and II of th...

Traite Des Retentions D&Apos;Urines; Observations Sur Les Maladies Des Organes Genito-Urinaires

Theodore Ducamp; M. F. Lallemand · 1822 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

Paris, Mequignon-Marvis; Delaunay; Gabon et Compagnie, 1822-1827 . First edition. Leather. Three scarce French medical works bound together. Featuring Theodore Ducamp's study of the treatment of urine retention, and Lallemand's two part work on genitourinary diseases...

Medical Microbiology

C. G. A. Thomas · 1968 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, Bailliere Tindall & Cassell, 1968. Cloth. A smart second edition of this concise medical text on microbiology. Second edition. A concise medical work on the origins of medical microbiology, with chapters on properties on bacteria and viruses, cultivation of organisms, ...

Hypnotism and Suggestion

Louis Satow · 1923 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, George Allen & Unwin, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of Louis Satow's study of hypnotism and suggestion. The scarce first UK edition of this work, translated into English by Bernard Miall.Chapters discuss the history of hypnosis, hypnotic...

Historical and Descriptive Account of George Heriot&Apos;S Hospital, Including a Memoir of the Founder

Anonumous · 1827 · Rooke Books

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

Edinburgh, J. Cunningham and J. & J. Johnstone, 1827. First edition. Leather. An association copy of this very scare, illustrated study of the history of Edinburgh's George Heriot Hospital. An association copy of this work, with two letters tipped in.The first letter, dat...

A Collection of Modern Works on the Theme of Sex and Biology

Various · 1963 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London; New York, Asia Publishing House; Tavistok Publications; Andre Dutsch; Macmillan; Peter H. Wyden; Doubleday; Columbia University Press, 1963-1992. First edition. Cloth. A very smart and diverse collection of scientific works on sexual biology in humans and animals. Seve...

Oeuvres de Medecine-Pratique de Thomas Sydenham, Tome II

Thomas Sydenham; A.-F. Jault [trans.] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

Montpellier, Sevalle; J.G. Tournel, 1816 . Leather. The second volume of this scarce French translation of the medical works of seventeenth century physician Thomas Sydenham. A French translation of this work, translated from the Latin by A.-F. Jault.Signed by the publisher, S...

Formulario Per la Preparazione E L&Apos;Uso Di Molti Medicamenti Nuovi

Francois Magendie · 1828 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

Napoli, Presso Gaetano Nobile E C. Editori, 1828 . Cloth. A smart Italian language translation of Francois Magendie's medical work. Translated into Italian from the original French.A fascinating work discussing the use of various medicines, and the arguments amongst medic...

Nouveaux Elemens de Medecine Operatoire

Philib.-Jos. Roux [Philbert-Joseph Roux] · 1813 · Rooke Books

£280.00 (€335.62 | $369.90 | ¥59,068)

Paris, Mequignon-Marvis, 1813 . First edition. Leather. The very scarce first edition of this medical work from French surgeon Philibert Joseph Roux. In the original French.Consisting of volume I, part I, and volume I, part II. These were the only volumes of this work to be pu...

Metodo Pratico Per la Pulizia Conservazione, E Cura Dei Denti Guasti

Giov. Pompeo Grrifoni · 1819 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

Siena, Porri, 1819. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A scarce first edition copy of this Italian work on dentistry. A scarce first edition copy of this dentistry work.In the original Italian. This volume gives details on the care and cleaning of bad teeth by Giov. Pompeo Grr...

A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides

John Alexander Harvie-Brown; Thomas Edward Buckley · 1892 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.67 | $323.66 | ¥51,684)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides. With 15 illustrations and a colour folding map. A fascinating work about the animals of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides by naturalists John Alexander Har...

On the Management of Landed Estates: A General Work; for the Use of Professional Men: Being an Abstract of the More Enlarged Treatise on Landed Property, Recently Published.

William Marshall · 1806 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this scarce early 19th century work on the management of landed estates. The first edition of this scarce work. Stamp from The Lawes Agricultural Trust to the front paste downs. T...

Of Wounds, of Gun-Shot Wounds, of Fractures and Luxations

Richard Wiseman; John Kirkup · 1977 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

Bath , Kingsmead, 1977. Cloth. A lovely facsimile edition of three treatise on trauma by Richard Wiseman, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. Facsimile of Richard Wiseman's treatises first published in his 'Severall Chirurgicall Treatises' of 1676, concerning ...

Observations on the Diseases of the Army

John Pringle · 1761 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, A. Millar; D. Wilson; T. Durham; T. Payne, 1761. Leather. A fascinating eighteenth-century medical work on the diseases of army personnel, the personal copy of Scottish physician John Lewis Petit. A fascinating and comprehensive work on the diseases and medical needs o...

La Syphilis Hereditaire Tardive Lecons Professees

Alfred Fournier · 1886 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

Paris, G. Masson, 1886. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this French work on hereditary syphilis by Jean Alfred Fournier, an important work by the pioneering dermatologist. The scarce first edition of this work.In the original French.An important work on the pre...

Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Stomach, the Intestinal Canal, the Liver, and Other Viscera of the Abdonmen

John Abercrombie · 1837 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, John Murray, 1837. Hardback. An uncommon study of diseases of the stomach by the Scottish physician John Abercrombie, this being the third edition. The third edition of this uncommon work.A pathological and practical study into the various diseases of the stomach.Looki...

A Familiar Treatise on the Five Senses, Being an Account of the Conformation and Functions of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, and Skin

Charles Bell · 1841 · Rooke Books

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

London, Henry Washbourne, 1841. Cloth. A scarce work by Charles Bell on the five sense, a fascinating medical treatise illustrated with hand-coloured plates. The second edition of this scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and nineteen hand-coloured plates...

Schat Der Ongesontheydt Ofte Genees-Konste Van de Sieckten

Joh Van Beverwyck [Johan van Beverwijck] · 1663 · Rooke Books

£790.00 (€946.93 | $1,043.64 | ¥166,656)

Amsterdam, Jan Jacobsz Schipper, 1663. Vellum. An extremely scarce collection of Jan Van Beverwyck's works. Johan van Beverwijck was a Dutch doctor and author. He contributed much to the development of medical science during the seventeenth century With the signatures: *...