Softcover. Philadelphia, Printer: Jane Aitken, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound 36 page pamphlet. Cocke (1783-1856) received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania (by way of this thesis). He served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1767 to 1768 and again from 1772 to 1773. Mild foxing.
Softcover. Philadelphia, Printed for the Author by Hugh Maxwell, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound booklet, 26 pages plus wrappers. This was Griffiths' inaugural dissertation for his degree of doctor of medicine. The title identifies him as "one of the physicians of the Philadelphia Alms-House, and honorary member of the Philadelphia Medical Society." Dr. G. offers "a few observations on the laws of animal life; then the disease is described; afterwards the causes, both general and local, are considered: and the method of treating it concludes the essay." Mild foxing.
Softcover. Philadelphia, Self-published/printed by Hugh Maxwell, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disboud 38 page pamphlet, mild foxing. Miller was an established surgeon in Philadelphia during this period.
Softcover. Philadelphia, Printed for the author by Hugh Maxwell, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound 26 page pamphlet submitted for a Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Minor tanning.
Softcover. Philadelphia, self-published, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound pamphlet, 26 pages. Dedicated to Dr. William Punell of Belfield, Virginia, and Benjamin Smith Barton. Very mild foxing.
Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 327 pages, clean copy. Few diseases have exercised the Western imagination as chronically as hysteria--from the wandering womb of ancient Greek medicine, to the demonically possessed witch of the Renaissance; from the "vaporous" salon women of Enlightenment Paris, through to the celebrated patients of Sigmund Freud, with their extravagant, erotically charged symptoms. In this fascinating and authoritative book, Mark Micale surveys the range of past and present readings of hysteria by intellectual historians; historians of science and medicine; scholars in gender studies, art history, and literature; and psychoanalysts, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and neurologists. In so doing, he explores numerous questions raised by this ever-growing body of literature: Why, in recent years, has the history of hysterical disorders carried such resonance for commentators in the sciences and humanities? What can we learn from the textual traditions of hysteria about writing the history of disease in general? What is the broader cultural meaning of the new hysteria studies? In the second half of the book, Micale discusses the many historical "cultures of hysteria." He reconstructs in detail the past usages of the hysteria concept as a powerful, descriptive trope in various nonmedical domains, including poetry, fiction, theater, social thought, political criticism, and the arts. His book is a pioneering attempt to write the historical phenomenology of disease in an age preoccupied with health, and a prescriptive remedy for writing histories of disease in the future.
Hardcover. Burlington VT, University of Vermont, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY PILCHER on title page. The history of surgical education at the University of Vermont, from 1804 to 2008. Large format. Handsomely produced and illustrated. 444 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Clean copy.
Hardcover. London, Routledge, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two hardcover volumes, 1806 pages. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise a tight, clean set.
Hardcover. Boston, Phelps and Farnham, Revised Ed., 1825, Book: Good, Hardcover, worn leather covers, hinges cracked but holding. 652 pages including index plus publisher's ads. The American Edition printed from the English 21st Edition, While the covers are worn the interior pages are bright and free of foxing. An important and popular medical guide for the home in the early 19th century. The black spine label is mostly gone. Binding solid, no markings.
Hardcover. ASEP, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 260 pages, b&w photos. Blue cloth, silver titles to front and spine. Light wear and rubbbing to edges, slight scratch down center of rear board. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Philadelphia, self-published, 1st, 1804, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Disbound 40 page pamphlet. A dissertation by the author for a degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Mild foxing.
Hardcover. New York, Burns Archive Press, 1st Edition, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volumes: (SIGNED). In slipcase. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Slipcase still has original mylar wrap (See image). 1916-1945 The Radium Era. 1845-1875 The Anesthesia Era. 1876-1900 The Antiseptic Era. 1901-1915 The X-Ray Era. Limited to 6,500 copies including a special edition of 500 copies. Color, b/w and sepia illustrations throughout. Black, decorated cover boards in like new condition. Pages clean, binding tight, spines straight. Slipcase fine.
Hardcover. New York, Burns Archive Press, 1st Edition, 2006, Book: Fine, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcopies. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. 4 Volumes: (SIGNED) In slipcase. Slipcase still has original mylar wrap (See image). The Biological Era, 58 pages Hospital Care, 58 pages Seeing Insanity, 47 pages Modern Therapies, 60 pages Limited to 10000 copies with a special edition of 300. Color, b/w and sepia illustrations throughout. White, decorated cover boards in like new condition. Pages clean, binding tight, spines straight. Slipcase fine.
Hardcover. New York, Burns Archive Press, 1st Edition, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcopies. (SIGNED) Domestic shipping only. Slipcase still has original mylar wrap (See image). 4 Volumes: Nonpagenated (SIGNED) In slipcase. The Face, 56 pages The Torso, 55 pages The Extremities, 57 pages The Back, 56 pages Limited to 5000 copies. Color, b/w and sepia illustrations throughout. Black, decorated cover boards in like new condition. Pages clean, binding tight, spines straight. Slipcase fine.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Johnson and Warner etc., reprint, 1818, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 344 pages, full leather binding with spine label. With improvements and notes by Thomas C. James. A nice copy with only faint foxing. Volume two only of a two volume set.
Hardcover. New York, Burns Archive Press, 1st Edition, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 4 Volumes: (SIGNED) In slipcase. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Slipcase still has original mylar wrap (See image). 1845-1870 The Pioneer Era 1871-1895 The Antiseptic Era 1896-1920 The X-Ray Era 1921-1945 The Serology Era Limited to 2,150 copies including a special cased edition of 1000 copies. Color, b/w and sepia illustrations throughout. Black, decorated cover boards in like new condition. Pages clean, binding tight, spines straight. Slipcase fine.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lindsay & Blakiston, 2nd, 1868, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol I 927 pages plus publishers ads. Vol II 1079 pages. Full leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Edge wear, rubbing and scuffs to covers. Both volumes rear hinge cracked, but bindings still tight and strong. Pages clean and bright. previous owner's embossed stamp to front and rear end papers. Musty odor.
Hardcover. London, E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd., 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 153 pages. Light brown faux leather covers with gilt titles to front and spine. Slight sunning to spine, previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Rochester VT, Park Street Press, 1st thus, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 288 pages. This groundbreaking survey, originally published in London in 1860, is a radically open-minded look at the use of drugs across the world and throughout the ages. Early users of tobacco in Russia would have their noses cut off and repeat offenders their heads. Pope Innocent XII excommunicated any who used it in St. Peters. Marijuana users in 14th century Egypt would have their teeth extracted for the crime. Yet use of these and other forbidden substances continued to grow. If only as a record of the perennial failure of harsh punishments to deter drug use Victorian naturalist Mordecai Cooke's work The Seven Sisters of Sleep would remain significant. But Cooke's natural humor and keen insights have ensured this work's reputation as possibly the best early book from what has grown into an enormous body of literature on mind- and mood-altering substances. Written at a time, similar to our own, when drug use was being reconsidered, The Seven Sisters of Sleep is a thought-provoking and open-minded look at the use of drugs across the world and throughout the ages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, David McKay, reprint, 1889, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra cotta cloth stamped in black and gilt, 362 pages including index. Originally published in 1878, this is the 1889 New Edition with final corrections and additions. A Victorian era study of male sexuality. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Routledge, 1st US, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 289 pages, b&w illustrations. In the nineteenth century, major developments in internal surgery were due to operations on ovaries. Women bore the brunt of surgical experimentation and also reaped its rewards. Their need was great, but so was their compliance. From the first operation in America in 1809, much suffering was relieved at the expense of prolonged surgery endured by both black slaves and prosperous whites. Later, in the Victorian era, many surgeons looked at certain types of behavior as reasons for mutilating operations. Such procedures as "spaying" and clitoridectomies were performed to "cure" hysteria and masturbation, as well as questionable interventionalist surgery in pregnancy and childbirth which still continue today. Women Under the Knife is an extraordinary history, giving a vivid picture--medical, literary, and sociological--of Victorian society in America and Europe. Clean copy.
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 "An Essay on the Means of Lessening the Pains of Parturition by: Peter Miller")
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