Medicin og sundhed

Epitome of Physiology: A Treatise on the Brain and Nervous System

James Lowe · 0 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Not Stated , Not Stated, c1900. Cloth. A vanishingly scarce and privately printed treatise promoting the use of the author's 'Vital Restorative' medicine for an array of physiological benefits. A vanishingly scarce, privately printed handbook containing a physio...

A Treatise on Diseases of the Air Passages: Comprising an Inquiry Into the History, Pathology, Causes, and Treatment, of Those Affections of the Throat Called Bronchitis, Chronic Laryngitis, Clergyman&Apos;S Sore Throat, Etc.

Horace Green · 1853 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.74 | ¥62,216)

New York, Geo. P. Putnam, 1853. Cloth. A now uncommon copy of Horace Green's notable and much disputed treatise on diseases of the air passages. The third edition, revised and enlarged, of this work, rebacked with the publisher's original cloth binding laid down to t...

Letters to Brother John, on Life, Health, and Disease

Edward Johnson · 1837 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

London, Saunders and Otley, 1837. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of Edward Johnson's series of letters of a variety of medical fields. The first edition of this scarce work.Later editions were simply titled 'Life, Health, and Disease&apos. Before this 1...

The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

John R. Wise · 1863 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.29 | ¥52,726)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated history of the New Forest, England, written by John Richard de Capel Wise. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-three images and two maps, one of which is folding. Collated compl...

The Birds of Wiltshire

Rev. Alfred Charles Smith · 1887 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,453)

London, Printed for the author by R. H. Porter, 1887 . First edition. Leather. The uncommon first edition of Rev. Alfred C. Smith's ornithological study of the birds of Wiltshire, on a lovely signed half morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, which prov...

The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne

Gilbert White · 1813 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,816)

London, White, Cochrane, and Co, 1813. Leather. An early edition of Gilbert White's seminal topographical work on Selborne, illustrated, including with a folding plate, and a hand-coloured plate. An important Mitford edition, with the text corrected and expanded from the ...

City of Liverpool Handbook Compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health

E. W. Hope [editor] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Liverpool, Lee & Nightingale, 1903. Cloth. A very scarce handbook for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health in Liverpool, with illustrations. Very scarce. Illustrated with frontispiece, eighty-two plates, and two folding colour maps. Collated complete. A handboo...

Supplimento Al Manuale Di Medicina E Chirurgia Legale

Felice Pasqualone · 1820 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Napoli, Stamperia Francese, 1820. Leather. A very scarce medical supplement by Felice Pasqualone, in the original Italian. A very scarce Italian supplement to 'Manuale di Medicina e Chirurgia Legale&apos.This supplement offers a brief medical-judicial commentary on the ne...

Materia Medica Vegetabile Ed Animale Ossi Dizionario Compendioso

L. V. Brugnatelli [Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli] · 1816 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Napoli, Da'torchi di Luca Marotta, 1816 . Leather. A smart copy of Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli's work on medicines derived from animals and plants. In the original Italian.First published in 1811, this is a scarce early edition of this work from the Italian chemist a...

Universae Medicinae Theoreticae Liber I. Anatomia Praelectiones

Francisco Bagno · 1786 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

Neapoli, Ex Typographia Amati Cons, 1786 . Vellum. A very scarce late eighteenth century collection of lectures on anatomy. In the original Latin.A very scarce work by Francisco Bagno, the first volume in a three volume medical work, with this volume consisting of lectures on ...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Economie Rurale de L&Apos;Angleterre, de L&Apos;Ecosse Et de L&Apos;Irlande

Leonce de Lavergne · 1882 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Paris, Guillaumin et cie , 1882. Leather. A leather bound copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse et de L'Irlande by Leonce de Lavergne. A fifth edition copy of Essai sur L'Economie Rurale de L'Angleterre, de L'Ecosse...

Des Maladies Contagieuses Des Betes a Laine

Adrien de Gasparin · 1821 · Rooke Books

£400.00 (€479.46 | $528.46 | ¥84,361)

Paris, De l'Imprimerie et dans la Librarie de Madame Huzard, 1821. Hardback. A scarce copy of this detailed study of contagious diseases in animals bred for wool, in the original French language. French language. Scarce work. A detailed study of contagious diseases in ani...

Ayurved-Vigyan-Mimansa Scientific Investigation & Exposition of Ayurved

Dr. Prasadilal Jha · 1932 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Cawnpore, Brahman Press, 1932. First edition. Cloth. An interesting medical account of Ayurved by Dr. Prasadilal Jha in Hindi and English. In Hindi and English. A first edition copy. This volume is a scientific investigation and exposition of Ayurved which is an alternative me...

Colloquia de Morbis, Practica Et Theoretica

Archibaldo Robertson · 1828 · Rooke Books

£220.00 (€263.70 | $290.65 | ¥46,399)

Edinburgh, Veneunt Apud Adumum Black, 1828. Leather. A scarce edition of this educational work on diseases, in the original Latin. Scarce edition. Issued in presentation from a Dr. Nelson of the Birmingham Medical Institute. A guide for students on diseases with practical and ...

Ethnologische Studien Zur Ersten Entwicklung Der Strafe Nebst Einer Psychologiscen Abhandlung

Dr. S. R. Steinmetz · 1894 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,526)

Leiden, S. C. Van Doesburgh, 1894. Leather. A scarce edition of Dr. Steinmetz's ethnological study into cruelty and vengeance, in the original German language. German language. Two volumes. Scarce work. A detailed ethnological study into acts of cruelty and vengeance, wit...

Birds of the Atlantic Islands

David Armitage Bannerman; W. Mary Bannerman · 1963 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.26 | $726.63 | ¥115,997)

Edinburgh and London, Oliver & Boyd, 1963-68. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition set of David Bannerman's colourfully illustrated ornithological guide of the Atlantic Islands, a beautiful set in the original dust wrappers. The first edition.Complete in four volum...

Taunton Cider and Langdons: A West Somerset Story of Industrial Development

R. W. Holder · 2000 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Chichester, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, 2000. First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition of this story of the development of two substantial businesses in West Somerset. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs. The story of the development of the Taunton Cider Compa...

The Capercaillie in Scotland

J. A. Harvie-Brown · 1879 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879 . First edition. Cloth. A smart copy of the very scarce first edition of J. A. Harvie-Brown's illustrated study of the capercaillie, a large woodland grouse. The scarce first edition of this work from Scottish ornithologist and naturalist Jo...

The Domestic Encyclopaedia; or, a Dictionary of Facts, and Useful Knowledge

A. F. M. Willich · 1802 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.85 | ¥83,307)

London, Murray and Highley, 1802 . First edition. Hardback. A very smart example of the uncommon four volume first edition of A.F.M. Willich's study of rural domestic economy. The uncommon first edition of this encyclopaedia by German medical writer Anthony Florian Mading...

The Causes of Self-Discharge from Hospital

John Michael Willcox · 1951 · Rooke Books

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

None, None, 1951. Cloth. A very scarce and unique typed medical thesis written for the University of Cambridge by John Michael Willcox. An otherwise unpublished thesis studying 149 cases of self-discharge of patients from hospital, written by John Michael Willcox.The compiler ...