New Rare Books Cataloged in the Center for the History of Medicine!

Amber LaFountain Center for the History of Medicine

Over the past several months, the Center for the History of Medicine has added a number of rare books to the catalog. Some recent highlights include:

  • Albers-Schönberg, Heinrich Ernst, 1865-1921. Das Röntgenhaus des Allgemeinen Krankenhauses St. Georg, Hamburg, errichtet 1914/1915. Von Prof. Albers-Schönberg, Regierungsbaumeister a.D. Seeger, Ingenieur Lasser. Leipzig, Verlag von F. Leineweber, 1915 (f RA975.5.X7 A14 1915 c.2).

  • Arnott, Archibald, 1771-1855. An account of the last illness, decease, and post mortem appearances, of Napoleon Bonaparte, by Archibald Arnott, M.D. ... ; to which is added a letter from Dr. Arnott to Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, giving a succinct statement of Napoleon Bonaparte's disease and demise. London : John Murray ..., 1822 (DC212 .A76 1822).

  • Barlow, Edward, 1799-1844. An essay on the medicinal efficacy and employment of the Bath waters; illustrated by remarks on the physiology and pathology of the animal frame .. Bath, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1822 (RA850.B3 B27 1822).

  • Fedro von Rodach, George, active 1566 [author]. Physicall and chymicall vvorks : being the chymicall way and manner of cure of the most difficile and incurable diseases, as also the preparing those secrets : with the elucidation of the characteristicall coelestiall physick. London : Printed for William Sheeres, at the Bible in St Pauls Churchyard, near the little north doore, 1654 (RS79 .F54 1654).

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Vaccination Act (1867). Report from the Select Committee on the Vaccination Act (1867) : together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index. [S.l. : s.n., 1871?] (f RA638 .G74 1871).

  • Home, Everard : An Account of the Dissection of an Hermaphrodite Dog. To which are prefixed, Some Observations on Hermaphrodites in General. [London: s.n., 1799] (QP267 .H66 1799).

  • Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850. The guilt, folly, and sources of suicide : two discourses, preached in the city of New York, February 1805. New York : Printed by T. and J. Swords , 1805 (HV6545 .M55 1805).

  • Mitzmain, M. Bruin. Is mosquito or man the winter carrier of malaria organisms? Washington: Govt. print. Off., 1916 (RC161.A2 M58 1916).

  • Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835. Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein, with a few useful hints to new settlers, for the preservation of health and the prevention of sickness. London: J. Johnson [etc.], 1790 (RC81 .T51 1790).

These are all available for use in the Center’s reading room. Come on in and take a look! Contact the Center for the History of Medicine for more information and to set up an appointment. Happy reading!