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A Doctor in the Garden: Nomen Medici in Botanicis: Australian Flora and the World of Medicine
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn Pearn
Brisbane: Amphion Press, 2001. -
Researches, Chemical and Philosophical, Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and Its Respiration
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHumphry Davy
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839.The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy edited by his brother, John Davy, Vol. III: Researches, Chiefly Concerning Nitrous Oxide. First published in 1800, when Davy was only 22, outlining his experiments with nitrous, coining the term laughing gas, and suggesting to its anesthetic qualities, which were not regularly used in medicine for many years to come. An early edition of a landmark work in chemistry and anesthesia.
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The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Johnson
London: T. and G. Underwood, and Highley and Son, 1818.To which is added Tropical Hygiene; or the Preservation of Health in All Hot Climates (Adapted to General Perusal). Includes Medical Topography of New Orleans; with an Account of the Principal Diseases that affected the Fleet and Army of the late unsuccessful expedition against that city by Archibald Robertson.
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Crash Injuries: The Integrated Medical Aspects of Automobile Injuries and Death
AU$2,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJacob Kulowski
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1960.The leading 20th century monograph on human injury as a result motor vehicle accidents written by an orthopaedic surgeon for a medical audience. Crash Injuries was a source of inspiration for J. G. Ballard’s 1973 novel Crash.
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E’tude Medico-Legale et Clinique sur L’Empoisonnement
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAmbroise Tardieu; Z. Roussin
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1875.Medico-Legal and Clinical Study on Poisoning.
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Bush Medicine: A Practical Handbook for Managing Serious Illnesses and Accidents in the Outback
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartVictor H. Webster
Tennant Creek: Jackhammer Press, No date.Victor H. Webster (1905-1980) was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council for Tennant Creek from 1947 to 1950. During this time he published Bush Medicine, an early Northern Territory medical handbook for surviving medical emergencies in the remote outback. Includes a chapter ‘Some Remarks on Sickness in Natives’.
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De la Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Etude Physiologique et Therapeutique
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLeon-Ernest Monnet
Paris: Lille (Camille Robbe Printing), 1884.Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Physiological and Therapeutic Study. A detailed study of the physiological and therapeutic uses of the African stimulant Gotu Kola. In the original Doctor of Medicine Thesis wrappers, reissued as a monograph in the same year. An advertisement for Fisher & Co’s Mighty Alok Kola Nut tonic in The Brisbane Courier, 1898 quotes Monnet’s report: “I gave a strong infusion of Kola Nut to a railroad track layer, who was suffering from ‘blue devil’s’ (hypochondria) extremely, and within two hours he felt like going to his hard duties, and laughed and talked.”
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Der Kokainismus: Geschichte / Pathologie Medizinische und behordliche Bekampfung
AU$350.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHans W. Maier
Leipzig: George Thieme, 1926.A professor at the University of Zurich, Maier conducted investigations into the clinical and therapeutic effects of cocaine on users, which included pioneering work on hallucinations and paranoia during his time working at the clinic of Dr. Bleuler. Includes geographical, physiological, and historical background of coca and cocaine along with a comprehensive bibliography. A major work on the subject especially with regard to the history and development of cocaine dependence.
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Histoire d’une Luxation de la Tete du Femur sur la Branche Ascendante de l’Ischion, vers son Union avec la Portion Descendante du Pubis,
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. D’Amblard
Paris and Bourges: Gaon and Bouguet, 1821.History of a Dislocation of the Head of the Femur on the Ascending Branch of the Ischium, towards its Union with the Descending Portion of the Pubis, and Description of a New Method for Proceeding to the Reduction of this Kind of Displacement, followed by a slight overview of the state of Churugia among the ancients and up to the present day. Scarce French medical pamphlet with a folding plate illustrating repositioning of the femur.
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Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHilary Marland; Anne Marie Rafferty
London: Routledge, 1997. -
Hypnosis 1979
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGraham D. Burrows; David R. Collison; Lorraine Dennerstein
Amsterdam: Elsevier / North-Holland Biomedical Press, 1979.Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, 1979.
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Patterns of Amphetamine Use: Initial Findings from the Amphetamines in Queensland Research Project
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMark Lynch; Robert Kemp; Leigh Krenske; Andrew Conroy; Julianne Webster
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2003.Preliminary findings of a research project aimed at gathering comprehensive data about the attitudes and behaviours of amphetamine users in Queensland.
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The Gay Health Guide: A Modern Medicine Book
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert L. Rowan; Paul J.Gillette
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1978.A Complete Medical Reference for Homosexually Active Men and Women.
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If a Partner Has AIDS: Guide to Clinical Intervention for Relationships in Crisis
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Dennis Shelby
New York: Harrington Park Press, 1992. -
Biographisches Lexikon Hervorragender Artze des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Mit einer Historischen Einleitung
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJ. Pagel
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, No date.Biographical Encyclopaedia of Eminent Physicians of the Nineteenth Century: With a Historical Introduction. Originally published in 1901
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A Translation of the Corrected Edition of the Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, Published in July 1815. with Notes
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartA London Physician
London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, and S. Highley and Son, 1815.Translation from Latin into English of the Royal College of Physicians’ Pharmacopoeia, providing a list of plants and their parts for use in medicines and other preparations, and recipes for mixing and compounding. The unnamed translator makes an appeal to Lord Stanhope to look into the Royal College of Physicians, which he accuses of quackery, and bring it before the Legislature for ‘reformation and redress’.
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Dental Ceramic Technique
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartL. F. Megaw
Chicago: The Barkmeyer Electrical Laboratory, 1936.A Complete Treatise Illustrating Each Step on Making Porcelain Inlays, Jacket Crowns and Bridges by Modern, Simplified Methods Developed for the Dental Profession.
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Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartUniversal Dental Company
Philadelphia: Universal Dental Company, 1937.The reasons why intercusping teeth must be modified. How denture problems are solved with Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors. A simple technique for setting them up.
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America’s Most Famous Teeth
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartReidar F. Sognnaes
Washington, DC: Vick Clark Cleveland, 1974.Reprinted from the Smithsonian Magazine, February 1973. “What kind of dentures did Washington wear? Wood, elephant tusks, elk’s teeth, gold?” (from p.1). Published by a denture company.
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Quinine Formulary
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBureau for Increasing the Use of Quinine
Amsterdam: Bureau for Increasing the Use of Quinine, 1933.Promotional formulary for the malaria medication quinine, demonstrating its wide range of uses treating conditions other than malaria.