(Al-Rahman Isma’il). Walker, John. FOLK MEDICINE IN MODERN EGYPT. Being the Relevant Parts of the Tibb Al-Rukka or Old Wives’ Medicine of ‘Abd Al-Rahman Isma’il. Luzac & Co. 1934.
1st Ed. 128pp. 4 plates. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, signed ‘Ex.-libris Philip Pearce’, inscription clumsily removed from front f.e.p., age toning, edges sl. spotted, original gilt lettered brown cloth, sl. bubbled.
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(Flemyng, Malcolm). ADHESIONS, OR ACCRETIONS OF THE LUNGS TO THE PLEURA and their effects on respiration considered, both with respect to theory and practice, in a letter to Dr. George Baker, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London, and F. R. S. London : printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, in the Strand 1762.
1st Ed. Thin 8vo. [iv] + 36pp. Some foxing, modern rebind in full calf, some scratches to boards, gilt motifs and gilt lettered label reading ‘Baker on Lungs’.
ESTC T20520 ‘[Print] Signed: Malcolm Flemyng. With a half-title.’ Discussing the divergent views of Boerhaave and Haller as to the effects on the breathing. A disparaging criticism of this unimportant piece by a London reviewer caused him to issue the remainder of the impression with a 'Vindication' in 1763.
£200.00 [ref: 278398]

(Floyer, Sir John). A TREATISE OF THE ASTHMA. . In the first is given a history of the fits, and the symptoms preceding them. In the second, the cacochymia which disposes to the fit, and the rarefaction of the spirits which produces it, are described. In the third, the accidental causes of the fit, and the symptomatic asthmas are observed. In the fourth, the cure of the asthma fit, and the method of preventing it is proposed. To which is annext a digression about the several species of acids distinguish'd by their tastes. And 'tis observ'd how far they were thought convenient or injurious in general practice by the old writers, and most particularly in relation to the cure of the asthma. London : printed for R. Wilkin, and W. Innys 1717.
2nd Ed. Corrected. [2],xxix,[1],208p. Signature L5 with minor marginal loss, browned, contemporary panelled calf, restoration work to corners, rebacked in modern plain calf with original gilt lettered label to spine.
G & M 3166 (First Edition). ‘Floyer himself suffered from asthma for over 30 years. He recognized the influence of heredity in asthma. The above includes p.239 (201 in our edition) an important early account of emphysema.’ ESTC No T149465 ‘Dedication signed: John Floyer.’
£650.00 [ref: 292612]

(Giles of Rome). Hewson, M. Anthony. GILES OF ROME AND THE MEDIEVAL THEORY OF CONCEPTION. A Study of the De formatione corporis humani in utero. Athlone Press 1975.
1st Ed. x + 268pp. Port. frontis., 2 plates, ill. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, sl. rubbed d/w.
£35.00 [ref: 287471]

(Medicine). [MEDICAL RECEIPTS in Manuscript]. c.[1880’s].
21pp. only many blank leaves. Bound in fawn cloth, some browning, lower board lightly creased, crude title labels to upper board, secured with working clasp.
Recipes include ‘For Burns’, Tooth Ache, Croup mixture, for Sciatica, etc.
£75.00 [ref: 293450]

(Osler). Abbott, Maude E. (Editor). CLASSIFIED AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR WILLIAM OSLER’S PUBLICATIONS. (Based on the Chronological Bibliography by Minnie Wright Blogg). Montreal Canada Medical Museum McGill Univ. 1939.
2nd Ed Revised and Indexed. xiii + [ii] + 163pp. Port. frontis. Marbled e.ps., rebound by Bayntun-Riviere in gilt lettered crushed black morocco, a.e.g.
£75.00 [ref: 276228]

(Wright). Dunnill, Michael. THE PLATO OF PRAED STREET. The Life and Times of Almroth Wright. Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd. 2000.
1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xiv] + 269pp. + [i]. 31 figures. Very good in d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 286006]

Abernethy, John. MEMOIRS of ... With a View of His Lectures, Writings and Character by George Macilwain. Hurst and Blackett ... 1854.
2nd Ed. 2 vols. xvi + 346pp. + [i] + 378pp. Light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary half calf with cloth boards, corners sl. rubbed, dec. gilt raised bands with gilt lettered labels to spines.
£50.00 [ref: 275894]

Addison, Thomas. A COLLECTION OF THE PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF. Edited, With Introductory Prefaces to Several of the papers by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy. New Sydenham Society 1868.
xxxii + 242pp. Port. frontis., 3 chromolithos., 4 lithos. Some light marginal age toning, mark to front pastedown due to removal of label, ownership inscription, hinges neatly repaired, original gilt lettered blind embossed brown cloth with gilt silhouette to upper board, corners worn, rebacked in modern brown cloth with remains of original spine laid down.
The New Sydenham Society, Volume XXXVI.
£40.00 [ref: 291311]

Albucasis. ON SURGERY AND INSTRUMENTS. A Definitive Edition of the Arabic Text With English Translation and Commentary by M.S. Spink and G.L. Lewis. Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine 1973.
1st Ed. 4to. [xvi] + 850pp. 196 figures. Good in lightly soiled and sl. chipped d/w. lightly browned to spine.
£110.00 [ref: 291339]