Medicina e salute

Hearing, and How to Keep It. 'Ward and Lock's "Long-Life" Series. No. 10.'

[BURNETT, Charles Henry.] · 1881 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Ward, Lock, & Co, N.D. [1881]. Small 8vo. 152pp, [8]pp publisher's catalogue, text illustrations, head and tail-pieces. Original brown cloth decorated and lettered in black, ep adverts. Cloth soiled and lightly rubbed.

On the Food of Man in relation to His Useful Work. Lecture delivered at the Royal Society, Edinburgh, 3rd April 1865, and Royal Institution, London, 28th April 1865.

PLAYFAIR, Lyon. · 1865 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1865. 8vo. 54pp, text tables. Contemporary linen-backed card wraps with MS title to front wrap, uncut. Wraps soiled and stained; title-page soiled; occasional soiling to text.

Chemistry and Physics in relation to Physiology and Pathology.

LIEBIG, Justus, Baron. · 1847 · John Turton

£48.72 (€58.41 | $64.38 | ¥10,281)

London: H Bailliere, 1847 2nd edition. 8vo. [iv], 116pp, publisher's list before and after text, fine smaller format catalogue for Gilbert's Atlases bound-in at rear. Original limp purple cloth gilt, ep adverts. Cloth browned and slightly stained; prelims lightly spotted.

Digging Up Bones: the excavation, treatment and study of human skeletal remains. British Museum (Natural History.)

BROTHWELL, Don R. · 1963 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, 1963. 4to. xiii[i], 194pp, frontis, 64 text figures, 8 double-sided plates at rear. Original pictorial printed glazed card wraps. Wraps slightly rubbed; faint MS. title to blank spine.

The Gold-Headed Cane. A new edition with a foreword by James R. Waring, M.D. and a preface by William J. Kerr, M.D. containing the text and illustrations of the fifth edition, including the introduction by George C. Peachey and his annotations.

MACKMICHAEL, William. · 1953 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1953. 4to. xxxii[iv], 185[4]pp, frontis, text illustrations. Original grey cloth gilt, uncut/partly unopened. A couple of small light isolated stains to cloth.

Observations on a New Remedy for Consumption; suggested by Dr. Ulric Palmedo of Berlin.

HANCORN, J. R. · 1842 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

London: Smith Elder and Co and J Gladding, 1842. Small 8vo. iv pp, pp [177]-215[1], 4pp 'opinions of the press.' Original printed grey card wraps. Wraps rubbed with loss to spine; a few corners turned

The Common Cold and Influenza, and their relationship to other infections in man and animals. The nature of disease annual reports for the years 1934 & 1935.

McDONAGH, J. E. R. · 1936 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

London: William Heinemann (Medical Books), 1936. Large 8vo. vi, 152pp, folding frontis chart, plate, text figures. Original navy cloth gilt, chipped and browned d/w. Spotting to leaf-edges.

The Illustrations from the Works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels. With annotations and translations, a discussion of the plates and their background, authorship and influence, and a biographical sketch of Vesalius by J. B. deC M. Saunders ... and Charles D. O'Malley.

VESALIUS, Andreas. · 1950 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co, 1950 2nd printing. 4to. 248pp, 92 full-page text illustrations, 2 double-sided plates at rear. Original red buckram gilt, rubbed and soiled d/w. Light soiling to leaf-edges.

The Action of Muscles, including muscle rest and muscle re-education.

MACKENZIE, William Colin. · 1918 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: H K Lewis & Co, 1918. 8vo. xvi, 267pp, 99 plates and text illustrations. Original maroon cloth gilt. Hingepapers cracked but binding firm; 'Review Copy' ink-stamp to head of title-page.

Surgical Instruments and Appliances Used in Operations. An illustrated and classified list, with explanatory notes.

BURROWS, Harold. · 1933 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Faber & Faber, The Scientific Press, 1933 enlarged and amended 7th edition. Small 8vo. 138pp, text illustrations (some full-page.) Original limp blue cloth wraps lettered in black. Cloth unevenly sun-faded; extremes lightly rubbed with very slight fraying; feps soiled.

The Discovery of the Nature of the Spleen, from an investigation of the lateral homologies of the liver, stomach, and intestinal canal.

SILVESTER, Henry R. · 1870 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

London: John Churchill & Sons, 1870. 8vo. 64pp. Original limp maroon cloth gilt wraps, sprinkled leaf-edges. Spine and part of wraps sun-faded; a couple of small isolated stains to rear wrap; adhesion and stain to title-page gutter-margin; first page of text lightly soiled.

Etude Clinique sur Divers Symptomes Spinaux Observes dans la Fievre Typhoide.

FRITZ, E., Dr. · 1864 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1864. 8vo. 186[2]pp. Modern brown cloth, typescript paper spine label. Very light general age-browning; ht and title-page loosening. * Author's signed presentation inscription to front blank.

Sick, Sick, Sick. Introduction by Kenneth Tynan.

FEIFFER, Jules. · 1959 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Collins, 1959. 8vo. [64]pp. Original pictorial red cloth. Binding very lightly soiled; feps very lightly browned.

The Physiological Action and Therapeutical Value of Apocynum Cannabinum: being a thesis read for the degree of M.B. in the University of Cambridge. Reprinted from the Therapeutic Gazette.

MURRAY, George R. · 1890 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

Newcastle: printed by J M Carr, 1890. 8vo. 15pp, text table. Modern brown cloth gilt, original printed wraps bound in. Top of original front wrap shaved; light vertical crease to contents.

An Autobiography.

TRUDEAU, Edward Livingston, M.D. · 1916 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1916. 8vo. 322pp, portrait frontis, 12 plates. Original green cloth gilt, teg. Extremes rubbed; gilt to spine faded; occasional very light browning; a few light pencil marks to margins.

Ditchcraft and Other Essays.

JELLY, Oliver. · 1965 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

London: Johnson Publications Ltd, 1965. 8vo. 212pp. Original green cloth gilt, glassine protected d/w.

Einfuhrung in die Parmaziegeschichte.

DANN, Georg Edmund. · 1975 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1975. 8vo. x, 127pp, 8 double-sided plates, text tables and figures. Original pictorial printed glazed-paper-covered boards. Binding very lightly soiled.

The Periodicity and Cause of Cancer, Leukaemia and Allied Tumours, with chapters on their treatment.

WEBSTER, J. H. Douglas. · 1940 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1940. Large 8vo. xv[i], 178pp, frontis, 4 plates, 8 text charts, 7 text tables, folding card table in purpose-made envelope laid down to rpdep. Original blue cloth gilt. Gilt to spine faded. * Author's presentation copy with inscription to f...

Sixty Centuries of Health and Physick: the progress of ideas from primitive magic to modern medicine.

STUBBS, S. G. Blaxland; E. W. BLIGH. · 1931 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, [1931.] 8vo. xvi, 253pp, colour frontis with printed tissue-guard, 32 double-sided plates with printed guards, errata slip tipped in. Original black cloth gilt. Spine head lightly rubbed with very slight wear; very light spotting to leaf-edges.

Plough Court: the story of a notable pharmacy, 1715-1927.

CRIPPS, Ernest C. · 1927 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Allen & Hanburys, 1927. 8vo. xviii, 227pp, frontis, 42 plates. Original green cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed with very slight wear.