a landmark in the science of disease
SYDENHAM, Thomas.
Observationes Medicae circa Morborum Acutorum Historiam et Curationem.
London, Walter Kettilby, 1676.
'Observationes medicae drew on the extensive observations Sydenham was able to make during and subsequent to the Great Plague of 1666' and 'represents the first major effort to create a nosology of disease. Sydenham's insight was that diseases could be understood and organized like plants; that is, they could be individually identified and classified, with each species of disease having its own natural history. In this, Sydenham shared the broader taxonomic interest of seventeenth-century science and medicine, imposing on diseases the same rigorous, methodical analysis and description that others were applying to the natural world in general. He took disease seriously as a natural phenomenon, an event in nature, and described it accordingly' (Grolier, One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine 35).
First edition; 8vo (17 x 11.5 cm); engraved portrait frontispiece by Blooteling after Mary Beale, woodcut initials, contemporary inked title to the lower edge of the text block, remains of old adhesive and paper on the recto of the frontispiece, short closed tear in the gutter of the title not affecting the image, tears at the edges of Z7 and Z8, uneven spotting and toning throughout the text; 19th-century quarter roan, spine gilt in compartments, red morocco label, marbled boards, binding rubbed with a little wear at the extremities, very good condition.
Morton (A Medical Bibliography), 2198; Hook & Norman (The Norman Library of Science & Medicine), 2038; Grolier Club (One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine), 35; Wing S6314.
Stock code 113900
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Observationes Medicae circa Morborum Acutorum Historiam et Curationem.
[Manhattan Project]. Manhattan Engineer District.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [and] Photographs of the Atomic Bombings
[June 29, 1946].
First edition, the complete set with both text and photo volumes, of this important, early scientific report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by representatives f the Manhattan Project.
£5,700.00
BELL, Charles.
A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves.
1803.
First edition of this early work by the prominent surgeon and anatomical illustrator Charles Bell, A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves, published in 1803.
£1,250.00
SNAPE, Andrew.
The Anatomy of an Horse.
1683.
The first edition of one of the earliest works on horse anatomy in the English language, The Anatomy of an Horse by Andrew Snape, published in 1683
£7,500.00
