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JUKES (Alfred)
A Case of Carcinomatous Stricture of the Rectum, in which the Descending Colon was Opened in the Loin.
First edition, 4to, [4], ii, 24pp., with errata slip, 4 lithographed plates, small unobtrusive neat stamp to title a blank margin of each plate, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, joints frayed. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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LIDDON (H. P.)
Teaching and Healing. A sermon preached before the International Medical Congress at St. Paul's Cathedral, on the eighth Sunday after Trinity, August 7th, 1881.
22pp., a couple of small tears to margins, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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ACLAND (Henry W.)
The Influence of Social and Sanitary Conditions of Religion: A paper read by desire at the church congress at Brighton, Oct. 9, 1874.
22pp., disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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RECTAL DISEASE.
Considerations sur les Polypes du Rectum chez les Enfants et chez les Adultes. [Reprinted from 'Journal de m?decine et de chirurgie pratiques', 1869.]
7, [1]pp., caption-title, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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ACLAND (Sir Henry Wentworth)
Faith and Knowledge.
11, [1]pp., caption-title, orig. printed wrappers, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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MICKLE (William Julius)
Rectal Feeding and Medication. (Reprinted from 'The Journal of Mental Science,' April, 1884.)
10pp., caption-title, disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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TRYE (Charles Brandon)
Essay of some of the Stages of the Operation of Cutting for the Stone.
First edition, [2], 49, [1]pp., with errata slip, large engraved folding plate (foxed), disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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WEBER (Friedrich August)
Opuscula Semiologica 1. De Signis ex Sputo scripsit F. A. Weber, M.D. Heilbronna - Sueuus p.t. Poliater Bernensis.
First Edition, vignette on title, some browning of the text, [6], 163pp., modern paper wrappers. Blake, p.483.
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PLANCK (Henry)
A Few Words of Advice of the Care of Teeth.
First edition, 40pp., 12mo (135 x 95 mm), original embossed cloth, gilt lettering on upper cover, spine slightly faded, a very nice copy. BL copy only on Copac.
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DEUTSCH (Solomon)
Medical German. A Manual designed to aid Physicians in their intercourse with German Patients and in reading Medical Works and Publications in the German Language.
Fifth Edition, advertisement leaf before title, text in English and German in parallel columns, ix, [1], 336 pp., original limp cloth gilt, a nice copy.
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FREEMAN (S[tephen]) Physician.
The Ladies' Friend; and Family Physical Library. The midwifery in this edition is by question and answer. With thirteen curious engravings of the natural and unnatural position of the infant as it lies in the Womb. With a true Description and Cure of every Disease incident to married and single Women, as well as those of young Children. Though this Book is wrote in so familiar and plain a Manner to every one's Understanding, yet the young Physician, Surgeon, Apothecary, Anatomist, Midwife, and Chemist, by paying Attention may at least refresh their Memories, if not gain Instruction. This Work contains at least three Times more than any former Edition. The additions are, A Compendium of Anatomy, by Question and Answer. A Formulae for the Diseases incident to the white and black Inhabitants of the Indies, together with the medical Remedies that Country produces for each Disease. A Treatise of Cancers, with the Case of Mrs. Phillips, of Birmingham, describing the Remedy that the Author made Use of to extirpate a Cancer from her Breast, which weighed about seven ounces: She was upwards of fifty Years of Age. A Bilious Case and Cure of Miss A-, Daughter of an eminent Surgeon of Wolverhampton. A Philosophical Account of the Voice, Speech, Singing, Laughing, Coughing, and Sounds, &c. Of the Structure and Motion of the Muscles, according to the Doctrine of Sir Isaac Newton. Philosophical Doctrine of Pulses. The Medical Qualities of Milk, and of Whey, for Diseases in general. Of... or, Pathological Aitiology, &c. The Method to recover Persons supposed to be drowned. The Dispensary of the Royal Hospital of Edinburgh, for the afflicted Poor.
Fifth edition, viii, 480, [4]pp., one folding plate of thirteen curious engravings of the natural and unnatural posture of the infant as it lies in the womb, bookplate to front paste-down, cont. marbled boards, calf reback, gilt. Wellcome III, p. 65; no copies of the first and second edition are recorded by ESTC; all editions are rare.
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HELV?TIUS [Jean Claude Adrien]
Eclaircissemens concernant la Maniere dont l'Air agit sur le Sang dans les Poulmons, pour servir de Reponse aux Objections contenues dans une Lettre de Michelotti a Fontenelle.
4to, [2], 69, [3]pp., recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, red morocco title label on upper cover. Jean Claude Adrien Helv?tius (1685-1755) was a celebrated physician in Paris, and father of the philosopher, Claude Adrien Velv?tius (1715-1771). Wellcome III, p. 243.
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[LASSONE (Joseph-Marie-Fran?ois de)]
An Account of the Tenia [or Long Tape Worm], and Method of Treating it.
Second edition, corrected and considerably enlarged, xxi, [1], 77, [1]pp., with half-title, 3 folding Copper-engraved plates, faint library stamp on title and margin of third plate, disbound. Translation by Samuel Foart Simmons from the earlier Paris edition. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
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[LETTSOM (John Coakley)]
Observations on the Plan Proposed for Establishing "A Dispensary & Medical Society For the private and only immediate Use of the Subscribers, their Families, and Friends."
First edition, 15, [1]pp., 1 large folding table, presentation inscription "To Dr. [Thomas] Percival" at head of title, disbound. The scheme is here attacked by Lettsom and was never put into effect. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute. Wellcome III, p. 504.
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FEVER. RUSTON (Thomas)
Dissertatio medica, de febribus biliosis putridis. Quam,... pro gradu doctoratus,... eruditorum examini subjicit, Thomas Ruston,...
First edition, viii, 64pp., with half-title, disbound.
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PUBERTY. MILLER (Thomas)
Dissertatio physica, inauguralis, de pubertate. Quam, annuente summo numine, Ex Auctoritate Reverendi admodum Viri, D. Gulielmi Robertson, S. S. T. P. academiae Edinburgenae praefecti: nec non Amplissimi senatus academici consensu, Et nobilissimae Facultatis Medicae decreto; pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus et privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis; eruditorum examini subjicit Thomas Miller, Scoto-Britannus, Societatis Physicae Socius Honorarius et Praeses Annuus; nec non Societatis Regiae Medicae Edinensis Socius Extraordinarius. Ad diem 25. Junii, hora locoque solitis.
First edition, [6], 35, [1]pp., disbound.
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FEVER. FLEURY (Joannes Carlus)
Tentamen medicum inaugurale de natura febris intermittentis in genere : quam annuente summo numine : ex auctoritate reverendi admodum viri D. Joannis Gowdie, Academici Edinburgenae Praefecti : nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto : pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus et privilegiis rite et legitime consequendis
First edition, iv, 49, [3]pp., without half-title but with the final errata leaf, disbound.
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DOBSON (Matthew)
A Medical Commentary on Fixed Air: Particularly, I. On the different methods of procuring and administring fixed air. II. On its sensible effects in health, taken internally. III. On its effects in diseases of the putrid class. IV. On putresaction, the putrid effluvium, and the means of correcting the putrid effluvium. V. On the effects of fixed air, on the putrefactive process, and on the putrid effluvium. VI. On the use of fixed air in cachexies and phagedenic ulcers. VII. In some diseases of the stomach. VIII. In the stone and gravel. IX. On the disposition to the stone in the cyder counties, compared with some other parts of England. X. On the noxious effects of fixed air.
First edition, [6], 198pp., with half-title, faint stamp to title-page, recent half-calf, marbled boards, spine decorated in blind with red morocco title label lettered in gilt. "As indicated by the title, the first section deals with the preparation of fixed air and the methods used to impregnate water with it. The properties of fixed air are found in references scattered throughout the text. The works of Black, Priestly, Cavendish, Brownrigg and others are cited."?Cole. Cole, Chemical Literature 1700-1860, 374; Partington, History of Chemistry, Vol. III, p. 689; Duveen, pp. 175-76.
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MUSGRAVE (Samuel)
An Essay on the Nature and Cure of the (so called) Worm-Fever.
First edition, 32pp., recent calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover.
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JOHNSTONE (J[ames])
A Treatise on the Malignant Angina: or, putrid and ulcerous sore-throat. To which are added, some remarks on the angina trachealis.
First edition, [4], 150pp., recent calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. "This is the younger James Johnston (1754-83), physician at Worcester. When visiting prisoners suffering from gaol fever he caught the disease and died at an early age. The present book, one of the early monographs on the subject, is an augmented edition of his graduation thesis."?Wm. Dawson, Medicine and Science. 3755.
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FALCONER (William)
A Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters.
First edition, xxx [i.e.xl],188pp., ( p. xl misnumbered xxx), with half-title, insignificant tape mark to fore-margin of title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt. William Falconer (1744-1824), physician to the Bath hospital, "Despite this abrasive personality Falconer ran a successful spa practice, counting among his patients the duke of Portland, Lord Chancellor Thurlowe, William Pitt, and Horatio Nelson. A cultivated man, Falconer engaged in the activities of the Bath and West of England Society and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society."?Oxford DNB.
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BEIGEL (Hermann)
The Human Hair: Its Structure, Growth, Diseases, and their Treatment. Illustrated with Wood Engravings.
First edition, small 8vo, viii, 152pp., 22 wood engravings within the text, orig. printed yellow cloth, soiled. Hermann Beigel (1830-1879) was physician to the Metropolitan Free Hospital.
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DOUGLAS (Andrew)
Observations on an Extraordinary Case of Ruptured Uterus.
First edition, 74pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco title label lettered in gilt to spine. Andrew Douglas (1735/6?1806), physician and man-midwife, was born in Teviotdale, Roxburghshire, and educated at the University of Edinburgh. He began work as a surgeon in the navy in 1756, and later practised at Deal before returning to Edinburgh in 1775 where he graduated MD. He settled in London with the intention of practising midwifery, and was for several years physician to the Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their Own Houses.?(ODNB). This pamphlet deals with a case where "he succeeded in the delivery of a child from the cavity of the abdomen, and the woman recovered; from whence he infers, that those accidents, which admit the child to escape through a rupture of the uterus, are not necessarily fatal, and that the delivery is to be effected, without having recourse to the caesarean operation, with more ease than has been imagined."?Goldson, An Extraordinary Case. Wellcome II, p. 481.
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CLUBBE (John)
A Treatise upon the Inflammation in the Breasts, Peculiar to lying-in women; and also upon some diseases attending them, which are the consequences of neglect or maltreatment. By J. Clubbe, surgeon, of Ipswich.
First edition, [2], xii, 66pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco title label lettered in gilt to spine. Wellcome II, p. 361.
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WATHEN (Jonathan)
The Conductor and Containing Splints; or, A Description of Two Instruments, for the safer conveyance and more perfect cure of Fractured Legs: To which is now added, An Account of Two Tourniquets upon a new Construction. The whole illustrated with Copper-Plates; representing the several Instruments treated of.
Third Edition, with considerable improvements, half-title (with short tear on upper blank margin), 5 engraved plates with some browning (2 folding), [4], 28, [4] pp., disbound. An enlarged edition of the first and second of 1767, with the addition of two folding engraved plates. The edition statement is taken from the half-title. Blake, p.482.
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CUGNONI (Jacobus)
Tentamen Medicum inaugurale, pauca de Typho complectens; quod.... pro Gradu Doctoris.... Eruditorum examini subjicit Jacobus Cugnoni,...
First Edition, half-title, corrigenda slip pasted on blank verso of dedication leaf, [6], 20 pp., disbound.
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COX (John)
Dissertatio Medica inauguralis, de ictero. Quam, annuente summo numine,.... Pro Gradu Doctoris,..... Eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Cox, Anglus, Societatis Regiae Physicae Edinensis Socius Honorarius.
First Edition, half title, [8], 21, [1] pp., uncut, disbound.
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TURNBULL (Alexander)
An Investigation into the Remarkable Medicinal Effects resulting from the External Application of Veratria.
First edition, 8vo (230 x 145), [8], 96pp., half-title, original boards, uncut, printed paper label, spine chipped. Veratria is a poisonous vegetable alkaloid or mixture of alkaloids, obtained especially from various species of veratrum, particularly the white hellebore. It was used as an ointment for the relief of neuralgia, rheumatism, as discussed in this work. Turnbull also investigates its effects on "Affection of the Heart", paralysis, dropsy and gout. Provenance: Bristol Infirmary stamp on blank margin of title and half-title.
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ESKELL (Frederick A.)
A New System of Treating & Fixing Artificial Teeth. The Art to prevent the loss of the Teeth, with Instructions calculated to enable Heads of Families to adopt the Author's Practice of Treating and Preserving the Teeth. By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the vulcanite coral suction palates, as a base for Artificial Teeth and Gums, the greatest invention in Dentistry for aiding the powers of Mastication and Articulation.
Sixth edition, 8vo (182 x 125mm), 47, [1]pp., inner hinges broken,orig. cloth, gilt, spine torn. Weinberger, p.46.
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WADE (Willoughby Francis)
Report on a Case of Railway Injury. [Reprinted from the British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review, April, 1870].
First separate edition, [2], 10pp., disbound. Copac reports a single copy at Royal College of Surgeons of England Library.
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MONAHAN (Charles Dermott)
The Lepers of Dichpali.
First edition, small 8vo, (183 x 118 mm), 104pp., 8 plates, orig. pictorial boards, trifle worn. The Mission to Lepers was founded in 1874, an Interdenominational and International Society engaged solely in work among lepers and their children.
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KEIR (Patrick)
An Enquiry into the Nature and Virtues of the Medicinal Waters of Bristol, and their Use in the Cure of Chronical Distempers.
First edition, 8vo (205 x 126 mm), iv, 167, [1]pp., contemporary calf, worn, upper board detached, lacks label.
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BAYNTON (Thomas)
Descriptive Account of a New Method of treating Old Ulcers of the Legs.
First edition, 8vo (215 x 126 mm), [4], 115, [1]pp., modern boards, printed paper label, a nice copy. Wellcome, 11, p.122.
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PENISSAT (T.)
Dissertation sur le Cancer des L?vres, Th?ses Pr?sent?e et soutenue ? la Facult? de M?decine de Paris, le 23 juin 1830
First edition, 4to (250 x 200 mm), 25, [2] pp., paper wrappers, a nice copy. Crowley, 944; Wellcome Record No. 26440458.
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DUCKWORTH (Dyce) & DAVY (Richard)
Observations on some Local Anaesthetics.
First edition, 8vo (208 x 134 mm), 8pp., disbound. Not in the British Library.
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STORER (John)
Hints on the Constitution of Dispensaries, with the view of their being rendered of more extensive benefit to the Labouring Population, and equally applicable and advantageous to Towns of considerable Population; to Market Towns of all denominations, and even to Rural Districts consisting of contiguous Parishes. [with an appendix].
First edition, 12mo, [4], 92pp., presentation inscription on blank verso of half-title "To Mr. Jowett - Surgeon with Doctr. Storer's compliments.", library stamp on lower outer corner on blank margin, no other library markings, original printed boards, spine partly defective, uncut, a nice copy. Dr John Storer M.D. F.R.S was the first Consulting Physician to the Nottingham General Hospital. He came to Nottingham in 1781 after serving in the Army Medical Service. He took an active part in the foundation of the hospital and later founded and helped to operate the Sneinton Lunatic Asylum. He was also the first president of the Bromley House Subscription Library. Dr Storer lived at Thurland Hall from where he carried on his practice. He retired to Lenton Firs in Wollaton Park.
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WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY.
A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Volume III. Books Printed from 1641 to 1850 F-L. Compiled by H.R. Denham.
4to, xvi,565pp., orig. cloth.
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FORDYCE (John)
Historia febris miliaris, et de hemicrania dissertatio. Auctore Joanne Fordyce, M.D. Accedit de morbo miliari epistola Caroli Balguy, M.D.
First edition, 8vo (200 x 125mm), [2], 106pp., neat faint stamp to title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco title label to spine.
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PORZIO (Luca Antonio)
The Soldier's Vade Mecum: or, the Method of Curing the Diseases and Preserving the Health of Soldiers, I. In Camps. II. In Garrisons. III. During Marches. IV. In all the different Countries of Europe. Translated from the Latin of L. A. Portius. Illustrated with Cuts. To which is added, a treatise on the same subject, translated from Frederic Hoffman, Professor of Physic at Hall in Saxony. Also An Essay on the Diseases of Sailors.
First and only English edition, 12mo (170 x 115 mm), [2], x, 264pp., with half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, a clean copy with minimal browning, new endpapers, later full calf, retaining the original morocco label to spine. Luca Antonio Porzio (1639-1724), chief professor of medicine and anatomy in the Royal University of Naples. The English translation of Porzio's De Militis in castris sanitate tuenda, first published in Vienna in 1685 in Latin. It was published as a direct result of Porzio's presence in Venice in 1683 when the forces of the Ottoman Empire were laying siege to Vienna. The health of sailors is a short section, but on page 236 the author recommends keeping root vegetables in sand and fruit as juice "I am very certain, that the juices of fruits, as Oranges, Lemons, and Apples, might be boil'd to the consistence of a thick syrup or Rob, and preserved in proper vessels for any given times, so that a spoonful or more of it might occasionally be taken, dissolved in water, with very good effect, as a preservative against the bad consequences of such an animal diet as I have above taken notice of." Rare; ESTC locates 3 copies in the UK (BL; Durham; Wellcome) and 3 further copies in North America (Society of Cincinnati; National Library of Medicine; University of Illinois).
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SCOTT (James)
Commentaries on the Use and Necessity of Lavements in the Correction of Habitual Constipation, and in the Treatment of those Diseases which are occasioned or aggravated by Intestinal Accumulation and Irritation, or which are Susceptible of Modification through the Sympathetic Relations of the Lower Bowels; Including also a Copious Formulary of Intestinal Injections, with Directions for their Application.
First edition, 8vo (215 x 135 mm), [4], 185, [1] + 6pp., of publisher's adverts, one engraved diagram, recent quarter-calf, patterned paper boards, spine green morocco title label lettered in gilt.
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BOW (William Forrester)
Notions of the Nature of Fever, and of Nervous Action.
First edition, 8vo (215 x 135 mm), iv, 100pp., recent calf-backed patterned paper boards, spine green morocco title label lettered in gilt. Bow was senior Physician to the Alnwick Dispensary, and formerly Assistant Surgeon of His Majesty's 27th and 77th Regiments.
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JENNINGS (James)
A Practical Treatise on the History, Medical Properties, and Cultivation of Tobacco.
First edition, 8vo (180 x 110 mm), vi, [2], 159 + 13pp., of publisher's adverts,2 folding lithographed plates showing the Havanna, Virginian, Missouri and Langsdorff Tobacco plants, some light foxing, orig. cloth backed boards, printed paper label to spine. James Jennings (1772-1833) was the son of a substantial grocer of Huntspill in Somerset; he was apprenticed to a chemist in Bristol, where he was an early acquaintance of Robert Southey. He carried on the family business before migrating to London in 1817, where he edited journals and was secretary to the Metropolitan Literary Institution.
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EDLIN (Abraham)
An Account of Two Cases of Gout, which Terminated in Death, in Consequence of the External use of Ice and Cold Water. Uxbridge: Printed and Sold by Thomas Lake, [1804.] First edition, 12mo (190 x 110 mm), 24pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, uncut, morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover. [Sold with:] KINGLAKE (Dr. Robert) A Reply to Mr. Edlin's Two Cases of Gout, said to have Terminated in Death... to which is added an Instance of the Fatal Effects of Encouraged Gout.
First edition, 8vo (198 x 120 mm), xii, 61, [1]pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, uncut, morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover. Mr. Edlin dispels the practice of using ice and cold water as a remedy for Gout which was recommended by Dr. Kinglake, but ended in fatality for the patient. Dr. Kinglake then replies to every paragraph in Edlin's pamphlet, in a very angry stain. Copac locates Edinburgh University copy only of the Kinglake pamphlet.
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WELLCOME HISTORICAL MEDICAL LIBRARY.
A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library.
First edition, 5 vols., 4to, orig. cloth. Vol. 1. Books printed before 1641. 1962. Vol. 2. Books printed from 1641 to 1850 A-E. 1966. Vol. 3. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, F-L. 1976. Vol. 4. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, M-R. 1995. Vol. 5. Books printed from 1641 to 1850, S-Z. 2006. Catalogue of one of the World's finest collections of medical literature, an indispensable work of reference.
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CHURCHILL (Thomas Furlong)
A Genuine Guide to Health; or, Practical Essays on the most Approved Means of Preserving Health, and Preventing Diseases. To which are added, Cursory Observations on Intemperance and various Excesses, and the extraordinary Influence they have on the human Frame; with Suggestions to counteract their baneful Effects.... Written in a brief, but comprehensive Manner, by T. F. Churchill, M.D.
First edition, 12mo (165 x 100 mm), xxii, [2], 274pp., E5/E6 with burn hole effecting a few words but without loss of sense, cont. calf, joints cracked, rubbed. Provenance: Ownership inscription in ink: 'J. C. Russell's Book, Anno Domini 1812, May 16th, Chiddingly surgeon.'
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OSLER (Sir William)
Bibliotheca Osleriana. A Catalogue of Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected, Arranged, and Annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and Bequeathed to McGill University.
4to, xlii, 792pp., with a new prologue, addenda and corrigenda, orig. cloth. Particularly valuable for its annotations.
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[ANDREE (John)]
An Account of the Tilbury Water. Containing, a narrative of the discovery of the medicinal qualities of this spring, experiments on the water, observations on the experiments, the vertues of the water interspers'd with various cases, the manner of drinking it; and lastly several remarkable cures.
Second edition with additions, 8vo (190 x 115 mm), [4], i [i.e. iii]-iv, [7]-40pp., pp. [5-6] misnumbered i and iv, title page a little dusty, recent quarter red morocco, marbled boards, red morocco label lettered in gilt on upper cover. John Andree, (1697/8?1785), physician, was the co-founder of the London Hospital. "During his life he was best-known as the physician who extolled the medicinal properties of the alterative water derived from a particular well in the village of West Tilbury, Essex. His tract An Account of the Tilbury Water (1737) remained in print for half a century; the water was promoted as a 'true specifick' for diarrhoeas and all kinds of fluxes, and was considered to be 'fitted by nature to absorb and correct the acrimonious contents of the stomach and bowels'."?(ODNB). Wellcome on-line, no. 10628708.
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[BROXHOLME (Noel)]
A Collection of Receipts in Physic, being the Practice of the late Eminent Dr. Bloxam [sic]: containing a complete body of prescriptions answering to every Disease. With some in surgery. To which are added, by the editor, a general account of the operations of all kinds of medicines: also occasional remarks, directions, and cautions, suited to the different stages of distempers, in order to render this work particularly useful in families.
Second edition, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), [2], 12, 108, [12]pp., without the half-title but with the two advertisement leaves following p.108, some light browning to prelims, recent calf-backed marbled boards, spine red morocco title label lettered in gilt. Noel Broxholme, M.D. (1686?1748), a native of Stamford, Lincolnshire. "Broxholme was one of the six physicians appointed to St George's Hospital at the first general board held on 19 October 1733, and in the following year was made first physician to the prince of Wales, 'with salary annexed', an office which he resigned in 1739. He resigned from his post at St George's Hospital in 1735. At Lord Hervey's suggestion Broxholme was the first physician summoned to assist George Tessier in Queen Caroline's last illness."?(ODNB). Wellcome on-line, no. N14816.
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GUY (Richard)
Practical Observations on Cancers and Disorders of the Breast, explaining their different appearances and events. To which are added, one hundred cases, successfully treated without cutting. By Richard Guy, Surgeon, And Member of the Corporation of Surgeons in London. Also Some Remarks on the Effects of Hemlock, Shewing The Inefficacy of that Medicine in Cancerous Complaints. The whole serving as a supplement to a former essay on the Subject, by the same Author, August 1762.
First edition, 8vo (190 x 125 mm) xvi, 173, [1]pp., with half-title, recent morocco-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt direct. Dr. Richard Guy was an authority on the treatment of cancer in the mid eighteenth century. He advocated non-surgical approaches, using a series of medicines to attack tumors especially in breast and maxillofacial cancers. Here he discusses the use of medications to combat breast cancer, and claims over one hundred successful cures without surgery. In March 1767, the year of his death, he had published a letter in The London Magazine (p. 116) on the treatment of facial cancer. Wellcome on-line, no. 14314984.
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PECQUET (Jean)
Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, et ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea detenguntur. Dissertatio anatomica de circulatione sanguinis et chyli motu. Huic secunda editioni, quae emendata est, illustrata, aucta, accessit de thoracicis lacteis dissertatio...
4to (190 x 145 mm), [16], 252, [2 errata]pp., with one full-page engraving and five engraved illustrations in the text, unobtrusive light damp stain throughout, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked. Pecquet's famous work recording his discovery of the cisterna chyli. First published at Paris in 1651, this edition has the important De thoracicis lacteis dissertatio added. Written against Jean Riolan, the dissertatio is dedicated to Thomas Bartholin, who, on the basis of Pecquet's discoveries, was able to confirm and extend them to cover the entire lymphatic system. "Pecquet... engaged not in the "mute and frozen science" of cadaver anatomy, but in anatomia animata on dogs, cattle, pigs, and sheep. Using a dog that was digesting, he showed the following: 1. If the heart has been resected, pressure on the mesenteric root causes the chyle to spurt into the superior vena cava. 2. The chyle is directed toward the subclavian veins by two paravertebral canals that swell when their distal extremities are ligatured. 3. The origin of the ascending chyliferous ducts is situated in a prevertebral and subdiaphragmatic ampulla... 4. The posterior part of Aselli's pancreas is composed of lymphatic ganglia. 5. No mesenteric chyliferous vessel goes to the liver... and the interior vena cava, incised above the liver, reveals no trace of chyle. The human thoracic duct was rediscovered by Thomas Bartholin, Rudbeck, and Gayant. With Perrault and Gayant, Pecquet eventually observed the communications of the human thoracic duct with the lumbar veins. Pecquet's discovery was received with great interest and provoked sharp debate, particularly with Riolan" (DSB). Besides the newly added dissertatio, this edition contains further treatises supporting Pecquet's findings and another elaborate refutation of Riolan. Garrison & Morton, 1095 (1651 edition); Grolier One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine, 28A (1651 edition); Norman catalogue 1676 (1651 edition); Wellcome no. 14295764 (imperfect); Heirs of Hippocrates, 349.
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