Publisher:
Paris:, J.-B. Bailliere et fils, 1875. : 1875
Seller ID: M10674
Series: Cours de Medecine du College de France. 8vo. vii, 536 pp. 7 text figs. Modern quarter black morocco over marbled boards, raised bands gilt-stamped spine title, original paper wrappers bound in. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon. Fine. FIRST EDITION. "This monograph is a landmark in the history of the development of anesthesia, for Bernard did some basic work on the physiological effects of anesthetic drugs, pointed out the dangers of such drugs, and advocated the use of pre-anesthetic depressants such as morphine." [Heirs of Hippocrates]. "As early as 1864 Bernard discovered that chloroform ... View More...
8vo. vii, 536 pp. Illustrations. Quarter brown morocco with marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine title with raised bands, original printed wrappers bound in. Fine. FIRST EDITION. A very nice copy. "It was Magendie's illustrious pupil, Claude Bernard, however, to whom we are indebted for basic work in this field. Bernard, realizing that the successful practice of medicine must be based on sound physiological principles, carried his research into all possible lines. It was his good fortune to be working at the time that anesthesia had become accepted as a necessary and a desirable part of the pra... View More...
Publisher:
[Philadelphia]:, American Medical Association, [1847/8]. : 1847
Seller ID: M12984
Offprint. Series: Transactions of the American Medical Association. Sm. 8vo. 18 pp. Contemporary plain brown wrappers, probably as issued; extracted from a bound volume, thus a remnant residue affecting spine. Front cover library withdrawal rubber stamp [possibly: "Concord Free Public Library"]. Very good. First SEPARATE OF BIGELOW ON ANESTHESIA, the journal form has an entirely different pagination, being pages 197-214 in the 1847 issue. We believe this is the original offprint form of this paper by Bigelow. There are several clear differences between this offprint form and the journal issue... View More...
8vo. 36 pp. Original printed wrappers; creased, top right corner chipped, spine wear. Very good. FIRST EDITION. "When, some time since, we had occasion to allude to the fact that ether had proved fatal in a number of instances, the announcement was received with much surprise, and more than one incredulous correspondent was moved to inquire on what authority the statement was made. The authority was given, and reference was made to twenty-five cases that up to that time had been reported. The Boston Society for Medical Improvement soon after appointed a committee to report 'on the alleged dan... View More...
8vo. (225 x 165 mm). v, 592 pp. 5 plates (some with color, one a fold- out), 58 illustrations; fold-out plate has a small tear, image unaffected. Modern half brown cloth with decorative boards, gilt-stamped spine title. Penciled Garrison and Morton citation on front free endpaper. Near fine. FIRST EDITION. "Kuhn introduced the intratracheal insufflation method of anaesthetization about 1900; he used a flexible metal tube and a curved introducer. He also experimented with positive and negative pressure insufflation." [Garrison & Morton]. "[Kuhn] deserves a good deal of credit, for by 1912 his ... View More...
8vo. 224 pp. Bibliog. Boards, dust jacket; jacket extremities slightly worn, else fine. FIRST EDITION. Study of the central figures involved in the discovery of anesthesia by ether inhalation. Dust jacket present. First Edition. View More...
8vo. 208 pp. Frontis., bibliog., index; remainder mark on lower edge. White cloth, black-stamped spine title, dust jacket. Very good. Dust jacket present. View More...
Publisher:
London, etc.:, W. B. Saunders, 1973. : 1973
Seller ID: M8544
Series: Major Problems in Anaesthesia. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xiv, 287 pp. Figs., tables, bibliog., index. Gilt-stamped gray cloth. Very good. First Edition. View More...
410 x 288 mm. Folio. 7602-7605 pp. [Entire issue: (7591)-7606 pp.] Illus. Self wraps; paper lightly browned, small stain on top page. Very good. This article contains the text of a lecture given to the Society of Arts, London, December 18, 1884. It provides a short history of the subject "the lethal process", a table of anesthetic gases and vapors showing their chemical properties, and 5 figures illustrating lethal chamber used in the euthanasia of animals. Richardson "spent many years in attempts to relieve pain among men by discovering and adapting substances capable of producing general or... View More...
Publisher:
Vienna:, Carl Gerold & Sohn, 1850. : 1850
Seller ID: S9556
8vo. (223 x 143 mm) [8], 136 pp. Original printed wrappers; small piece at top of spine missing. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon. Fine. FIRST EDITION. Weiger gives his reasons for recommending and using ether rather than chloroform for anesthesia and refers to some of the 21,000 dental operations he had completed using anesthetics between 1847 (when he began using it and was an early proponent of its efficacy) until the publication of this monograph. [Crowley]. The work is dedicated to W.T.G. Morton of Boston, a fellow dentist. "The first administration of ether in Vienna was performed by Schuh in... View More...
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. xii, 240, indexes vii pp. 8 plates, 8 figs., indexes. Blue cloth, silver stamped spine title, dust-jacket; jacket with a few chips, but very good. First Edition. View More...
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