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Dictionnaire Universel de Matiere Medicale et de Therapeutique Generale; contenant l'indication, la description et l'emploi de tous les medicamens connus dans les diverses parties du globe

Dictionnaire Universel de Matiere Medicale et de Therapeutique Generale; contenant l'indication, la description et l'emploi de tous les medicamens connus dans les diverses parties du globe by Merat, Francois Victor and de Lens, Adrien Jacques

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Title
Dictionnaire Universel de Matiere Medicale et de Therapeutique Generale; contenant l'indication, la description et l'emploi de tous les medicamens connus dans les diverses parties du globe
Author
Merat, Francois Victor and de Lens, Adrien Jacques
Seller
Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
Paris: J.-B. Bailliere, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834. First edition. SCARCE COMPREHENSIVE COMPENDIUM OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY MEDICINE AND THERAPEUTICS. Six hardcover volumes, 12.5x21 cm 3/4 leather binding, spine with raised bands and gilt black leather labels, marbled paper covered boards, front free endpaper of each volume inscribed, "Presented by S. L. Jepson MD, Oct 29, '85." Vol. I, i-xii, 706 pp; Vol. lI, 704 pp; Vol. III, [2], 742 pp; Vol. IV, [2], 746 pp; Vol. V, [2], 658 pp; 'vol. VI, [4], 1027 pp. Covers and cover edges rubbed, corners worn, light foxing/browning to first and last pages. Bindings tight, pages unmarked, very good minus in custom archival mylar covers. FRANCOIS VICTOR MERAT DE VAUMARTOISE (1780-1851) was a French physician, botanist and mycologist. In 1803 he obtained his medical doctorate, afterwards serving as chef de clinique at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris. He was a member of the Académie nationale de médecine and a correspondent member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon (1824–1851). ADRIEN JACQUES DE LENS (1786 – 1846) was a member of the Academy of Medicine from its founding, was appointed in 1823 as an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, and soon after became Inspector General of the University. He is best known for the Dictionary of Materia Medica and Therapeutics , which he published with François-Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise, a work to which the Academy of Sciences awarded one of the Montyon Prizes. DICTIONNAIRE: The work offers a comprehensive description of medicinal agents, both physical and chemical, from natural and artificial mineral waters to poisons, venoms, and infectious agents; as well as foods and natural products. Intended for physicians, pharmacists, and "other enlightened classes of society," it contains some 3,500 entries, most of which include multiple cross-references and bibliographic citations. The 6 volumes offered here, published 1829-1834, are complete (topics A-Z, list of subscribers. A supplement (not included) was published in 1846. PROVENANCE: SAMUEL L. JEPSON (1842-1922) in 1868 was awarded the degree of M.D. by the Medical College of Ohio. He served as resident physician and surgeon in the Cincinnati Hospital, after which he was elected as City Health Officer of Wheeling. Always active in medical societies, Dr. Jepson served as secretary and twice as President of the Ohio County Medical Society, for three years as Secretary and in 1887 as President of the State Medical Association, and for three years as a member of the Judicial Council of the American Medical Association. He wrote many medical papers for the journals and societies. From 1884 to 1889 he served in Wheeling as Acting Assistant Surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital Service; from 1889 to 1893 and from 1907 to 1915 as United States examining surgeon for pensions. In 1913, Dr. Jepson was made a member and Secretary of the State Board of Health, and in 1914, Governor Hatfield appointed him as the first Commissioner of Health.
Autumn Sports

Autumn Sports by New York. McLoughlin Bros

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Title
Autumn Sports
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New York. McLoughlin Bros
Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Orig. thick illustrated boards in a variety of colors. Very good
Description
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. thick illustrated boards in a variety of colors. Very good. Leporello style with text in verse. Each sheet of 10 panels, glazed paper over boards, each connected at the side by tape; Total is 20 x 620 cm, folded to 20 x 31 cm. Sheet folded to make [10] leaves, the first of which has a recto title page and the last of which has a verso title page. Eight leaves are blank on versos. Text begins on verso of first t.p. and ends on recto of final t.p. A continuous illustration depicting games and tasks done by children in autumn; verses printed below the illustration. Illustration signed "C.J.H." [Charles J. Howard?]. OCLC: 227766729. Some scuffing and wear to corners.
A Naked Singularity

A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava

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Title
A Naked Singularity
Author
Sergio De La Pava
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Grayshelf Books, ABAA, IOBA (United States)
ISBN
9780857052803
Condition
Fine
Description
First UK Edition/First Printing with the complete number line: A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws. SIGNED and numbered by the author on a special publisher's bookplate, this being #59 0f 500. Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

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