Gynecology

Paris: Dionysium Duvallium, 1585. hardcover. very good. Large printer's device engraved on title page, and a few other engraved headpieces and initials throughout. The text consists of sections of Hippocrate's writings in Greek and Latin, interspersed with Cordaeus's commentary in Latin only. [20], 361, [1] blank, [12] index pp. Tall 4to, contemporary vellum. Parisiis: Apud Dionysium Duvallium, sub Bucephalo, in vico Bellouaco, 1585.<br/><br/> Very scarce. An unusually tight... Read more about this item

San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1994. Second revised. New. Special quarter leather binding. The revised and corrected edition of Speert's classic pictorial history, originally issued in 1973. Drawing upon masterpieces of art, archeology and medicine throughout the ages, this work is the most complete pictorial record of the art and science of obstetrics and gynecology.

Geneve: Librairie De L'Universite. 1954. Hardcover. Very good; In five languages, with all titles and summaries in both English and French. Geneva, July 26 to 31, 1954. .

Montreal: Blood Sisters Production, nd. Pamphlet. 53p., 4.5x11 inch wraps, not bound; wraps slightly handled, else very good. Feminist zine focused on sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and more specific gynecological problems.

Many woodcut illus. in the text. In Chinese with Japanese reading marks. 47; 27 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (Vol. II with some minor marginal worming), new stitching. Kyoto: 1859. First edition to be published in Japan of a quite fascinating book. Hobson (1816-73), after studying medicine at University College, London, served with the London Missionary Society in China. Hobson arrived in Macao in 1839 and spent about twenty years in China in hospitals in Macao, Hong Kong,... Read more about this item

11 columns per page, 24 characters per column. One introductory juan (shoujuan 首卷), 24 juan, & one juan of Appendix in 15 vols. 8vo, early wrappers, new stitching. [Jianyang, Fujian Province: Sizhi Guan 四知館], Preface dated 1536; published before 1628. A rare Ming edition, corrected, that expounds on the medical concepts of Zhu Zhenheng 朱震亨 (style name Danxi, 1282-1358). Zhu or "Master Danxi," is today known as the last and greatest of the "Four Master Physicians of the Jin-Yuan"... Read more about this item