Anesthesia

ref. 20009 — HAYDEN Dr. Anaesthesia by etherization and the Viburnum compound. Bedford Mineral Springs Mass.: New York Pharmaceutical Company 1892. 8vo. 29 1 pp. plus an additional 60 pages of text and testimonials about Dr. Hayden’s Viburnum. With frontispiece illustration of the New York Pharmaceutical Copmpany “Completed March 1 1892. One of the most perfect laboratories in this country” and 3 full-page plates. Original printed wrappers top wrapper and frontispiece separating from the stapled remainder of the pamphlet. First and only edition. One fascinating publication. KOPEZKY Benedict Warnung vor den schädlichen Wirkungen der Aether-Einathmung nebst einer Vergleichung der Aetherbetäubung mit den Narkosen durch Weingeist Opium Tabak und Coca. Vienna: Karl Haas 1847. 8vo. iv 43 pp. Unbound; very clean. First and only edition rare with no copies located in America. This early pamphlet acts as a warning about the harmful effects of ether inhalation along with a comparison of other methods of anesthesia including ether spirits opium tobacco and cocaine. SCHLESIGNER J. Die Einathmung des schwefel-aethers in ihren wirkungen auf menschen und thiere. Leipzig: Wolfgang Gerhard 1847. 8vo. ii 47 pp. With 6 text illustrations of apparatus. Unbound. First and only edition of this work on inhalation of sulphur ether and its effects on humans and animals. Again no copies are located in America. BIGELOW Henry J. “Ether and chloroform; their discovery and physiological effects.” Offprint from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; and the Transactions of the American Medical Association Vol. 1. Boston: David Clapp 1848. 8vo. ii 27; 18 pp. General title reading “Ether and chloroform: a compendium of their history surgical use dangers and discovery; the second article from the Transactions of the AMA is entitled “Anaesthetic agents their mode of exhibition and physiological effects.” Original printed wrappers; an excellent copy. SIMS J. Marion “History of the discovery of anaesthesia.” Offprint from the Virginia Medical Monthly May 1877. Richmond: 1877 New York: 1879. 8vo. 14 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Crawford W. Long “Discoverer of anaesthesia”. Original printed wrappers. MORTON William J. “The invention of anaesthetic inhalation; or ‘discovery of anaesthesia.’” Offprint from The Virginia Medical Monthly March 1880. 8vo. 48 pp. Without wrappers but with general title page in tact; stapled as issued. SIMPSON Sir J. Y. “Historical letter on the introduction of anaesthetics in dentistry and surgery in America and on their first employment in midwifery in Great Britain.” Offprint from Medical Times and Gazette Jan. 22 1870. 8vo. 4 pp. 2 separated leaves. SIMPSON J.Y. “On anaesthetics in instrumental and natural parturition: in a letter to Professor Meigs of Philadelphia.” Offprint from the Association Medical Journal. London: T. Richards 1853. 8vo. 24 pp. Unbound sewn as issued. ARNOTT James “On the invention of local anaesthesia by refrigeration.” Offprint from the Medical Times and Gazette for March 30 1867. 8vo. 7 pp. Stapled as issued. Signed by the author on top of the drop title and with 1 manuscript correction in the text. CUBITT George Robert “Fatal case of inhalation of chloroform.” Extracted from Dr. Beale’s Archives of Medicine No. XIII 1863. 8vo. 3-16 pp. Stapled at the top left corner. HAIG Alexander “A contribution to the pathology of chloroform syncope.” From The Lancet of 23rd February 1895. 8vo. 4 pp. Signed by the author. BRUNTON T. Lauder “On one of the causes of death during the extraction of teeth under chloroform.” From the British Medical Journal December 4 1875. 8vo. 12 Unbound. unknown books