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2022 CE

#13904

Women healers: Gender, authority, and medicine in early Philadelphia.

2022 CE

#13903

The transformation of American sex education: Mary Calderone and the fight for sexual health.

1981 CE

#13902

The family book about sexuality.

1872 CE

#13901

Notice sur le musée d'histoire naturelle de Colmar et aperçu historique sur le musée des Unterlinden en général.

1707 CE

#13900

Myographiae comparatae specimen: or, a comparative description of all the muscles in a man and in a quadruped. Shewing their discoverer, origin, progress, insertion, use, and difference. To which is added, an account of the muscles peculiar to a woman. With an etymological table, and several useful index's.

"As for the comparative part of this treatise, or the interlacing the descriptions of the human muscles with these of the canine, that needs no apology. The many useful discoveries known from the dissection of quadrup…

1666 CE

#13899

Modo practico de embalsamar cuerpos defunctos, para preservarlos incorruptos....

On embalming corpses, and on human cadavers. This work includes (pp. 98-127) instructions for the embalming process in Spain, with woodcut illustrations of the tools used and recipes for the ointments. The author also…

1802 CE

#13898

Relazione, riflessioni e giudizio sul sesso di un individuo umano vivente chiamato e conosciuto sotto il nome di Giacoma Foroni. Prefazione di Giorgio Celli.

The text and accompanying plates reported the observations and conclusions of a deputation of the medico-surgical class of the Accademia Virgiliana, sent to determine on anatomical grounds the sex of twenty-two-year-o…

1793 CE

#13897

The family adviser, or, a plain and modern practice of physic; calculated for the use of private families, and accommodated to the diseases of America

Wilkins' book intended for Methodists was issued with the 23rd edition of Wesley's work. Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1839 CE

#13896

An account of the yellow fever which appeared in the city of Galveston, Republic of Texas, in the autumn of 1839, with cases and dissections,

In 1839 Smith treated the victims of a yellow fever epidemic in Galveston while writing reports about the treatment of the disease in the Galveston News. As a result of this experience, he wrote the first treatise on …

2003 CE

#13895

Saving lives, training caregivers, making discoveries: A centennial history of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

2011 CE

#13894

A first rate madness: Uncovering the links between leadership and mental illness.

1992 CE

#13893

Transluminal implantation of artificial heart valves. Description of a new expandable aortic valve and initial results with implantation by catheter technique in closed chest pigs.

Andersen and colleagues invented percutaneous aortic valve replacement (PAVR), also known as percutaneous aortic valve implantation (PAVI), transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) or transcatheter aortic valve …

1994 CE

#13892

The medical library of Warren G. Smirl, M.D.,S.C.

2015 CE

#13891

The end of a global pox: America and the eradication of smallpox in the cold war era.

2006 CE

#13890

Expunging variola: The control and eradication of smallpox in India 1947-1977.

1941 CE

#13889

Library of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell author of Hugh Wynne. Books autographs, prints, and historical relics. To be sold at unrestricted public sale on Monday, May 19th, 1941.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1481 CE

#13888

De regimine sanitatis ad Soldanum Babyloniae.

Maimonides wrote De regimine sanitatis in the 1190s in Arabic as a private manual of health for the Sultan Al-Afdal, son of Saladin. It was translated from Arabic into Hebrew in 1244 by Moses ibn Tibbon, and the Hebre…

2014 CE

#13887

Doctor Hieronymus Münzer's itinerary (1494 and 1495) and the discovery of Guinea. Edited and translated by James Firth.

1938 CE

#13886

Hieronymus Münzer und seine Bibliothek

1810 CE

#13885

Pyrotechnie chirurgicale-pratique, ou l'art d'appliquer le feu en chirurgie.

1922 CE

#13884

Die Theologie und der ärztliche Stand.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

2000 CE

#13883

NDA II. The story of America's second National Dental Association.

1896 CE

#13882

The surgical peculiarities of the American negro. A statistical inquiry based upon the records of the Charity Hospital of New Orleans, LA., Decennium 1884-'94.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1941 CE

#13881

Focus on Africa.

Includes the first aerial photographs of Africa taken by Mary Light. This was the second book to reproduce aerial photographs. Richard Light was an American neurosurgeon, a noted aviator, and a photographer and cinema…

1937 CE

#13880

Journal of a seaplane cruise around the world August 20, 1934 to January 24, 1935.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1721 CE

#13879

The virtue and use of coffee, with regard to the plague, and other infectious distempers: containing the most remarkable observations of the greatest men in Europe concerning it ... To which is prefix'd an exact figure of the tree, flower, and fruit taken from the life.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1672 CE

#13878

New-Englands rarities discovered: In birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country. Together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores; also A perfect description of an Indian squa, in all her bravery, with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her; lastly, a chronological table of the most remarkable passage in that country amongst the English.

Josselyn's books give some of the earliest and most complete information on New England flora and fauna in colonial times, and his outlook was later praised by Henry Thoreau, among others. Digital facsimile from Biodi…

1914 CE

#13877

Book of monsters.

The first book of macro photographs (extreme close-up photography) of insects.

1699 CE

#13876

Voyages de François Bernier ... contenant la description des états du grand mogol. Où il est traité des richesses, des forces, de la justice, & des causes principales de la decadence des etats de l'Asie, & de plusieurs évenemens considerables. Et où l'on voit comment l'or & l'argent, après avoir circulé dans le monde, passent dans l'Hindoustan, d'où ils ne reviennent plus.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1824 CE

#13875

A voyage to India: Containing reflections on a voyage to Madras and Bengal, in 1821, in the ship Lonach; instructions for the preservation of health in Indian climates; and hints to surgeons and owners of private trading-ships.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1825 CE

#13874

Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Causcasus and Georgia.

1822 CE

#13873

Memoirs of the military and political life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from his origin, to his death on the rock of St. Helena. Comprising a just outline of his splendid and unexampled military career, from his first entering the regiment La Fere as lieutenant, to its tremendous termination at the battle of Waterloo; a detailed view of his extraordinary return to France from Elba, and the events of his ensuing reign of 100 days. Embracing also an authentic narrative of the conduct of Napoleon during his voyage to St. Helena, and while in exile, and of the events attending his confinement, sickness, and death, with numerous private documents, now first published in this country, and collected chiefly from the writings of Dr. B.E. O'Meara, Surgeon to Napoleon at St. Helena.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1793 CE

#13872

A journal during a residence in France, from the beginning of August, to the middle of December, 1792. To which is added, an account of the most remarkable events that happened at Paris from that time to the death of the late king of France.

1840 CE

#13871

Narrative of a voyage to Madeira, Teneriffe, and along the shores of the Mediterranean, including a visit to Algiers, Egypt, Palestine, Tyre, Rhodes, Telmessus, Cyprus, and Greece. With observations on the present state and prospects of Egypt and Palestine, and on the climate, natural history, antiquities, etc. of the countries visited. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1676 CE

#13870

Relations historiques et curieuses de voyages, en Allemagne, Angleterre, Hollande, Boheme, Suisse, &c.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. Translated into English as Travels thro' Germany, Bohemia, Swisserland, Holland, and other parts of Europe : describing the most considerable citys and the pal…

1879 CE

#13869

History of medicine in New Jersey, and of Its medical men, from the settlement of the province to A.D. 1800.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1849 CE

#13868

An atlas of anatomical plates of the human body, with descriptive letter-press in English and Hindustani.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

1783 CE

#13867

A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with some interesting passages relating to the manners, customs, &c. of several nations in Indostan. Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, a description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal virtues. Also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulf of Persia. Illustrated with a chart, maps, and other copper-plates.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1885 CE–1901 CE

#13866

Alphabetical catalogue of the library of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow preceded by an index of subjects. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1854 CE

#13865

Descriptive catalogue of the fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1855 CE

#13864

Descriptive catalogue of the fossil organic remains of plants contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1856 CE

#13863

Descriptive catalogue of the fossil organic remains of invertebrata contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1845 CE

#13862

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil organic remains of mammalia and aves contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

This is the catalogue of John Hunter's collection, with a very few additions from other sources. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1859 CE

#13861

Descriptive catalogue of the specimens of natural history in spirit contained in the museum Vertebrata: Pisces, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia.

Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

1853 CE

#13860

Descriptive catalogue of the osteological series contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1846 CE–1849 CE

#13859

Descriptive catalogue of the pathological specimens contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 5 vols.

Vol.1: General pathology -- Vol.2: Pathology of the blood, and organs of locomotion -- Vol.3 Pathology of the organs of digestion, absorption and circulation -- Vol.4: Pathology of the respiratory and urinary organs, …

1915 CE

#13858

Bibliografía médico-farmacéutica de Filipinas. Con biografías de los profesionales extranjeros de nota que han estado en el país, y con especialidad las de los filipinos.

1898 CE

#13857

Considérations sanitaires sur l'expédition de Madagascar et quelques autres expéditions coloniales, françaises et anglaises.

Digital facsimile from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1803 CE

#13856

Über die Krankheiten der Künstler und Handwerker, nach den Tabellen des Instituts für Kranke Gesellen der Künstler und Handwerker in Würzburg von den Jahren 1786 bis 1802 .

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1879 CE

#13855

Bibliotheca dermatologica. Catalogue of cutaneous literature in the library of Henry G. Piffard.

Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.