Cullen William Md (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Tan leather w/gilt lettering and design.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid antique engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive and decorative.

Quarter leather and paper. Condition: As Described. No Jacket. First Edition. A Treatise of the Materia Medica, by William Cullen, M.D., Volume I. William Cullen FRS FRSE FRCPE (15 April 1710 - 5 February 1790) was a British physician, chemist and agriculturalist from Hamilton, Scotland, who also served as a professor at the Edinburgh Medical School. Cullen was a central figure in the Scottish Enlightenment: He was David Hume's physician, and was friends with Joseph Black, Henry Home, Adam Ferguson, John Millar, and Adam Smith, among others.He was president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1746-47), president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1773-1775) and first physician to the king in Scotland (1773-1790). He also assisted in obtaining a royal charter for the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, resulting in the formation of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783. Cullen's final publication, Materia Medica, in two volumes, was highly valued by other medical practitioners throughout Europe. [Source: Wiki] Hardback, first edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot and for C. Elliot & T. Kay, opposite Somerset Place, Strand, London, 1789, xxiii + 432 pp. Quarto/4yo, measures around 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" x 1 5/8". Quarter calf and brown paper, red label with gilt title and bands to spine.Boards and endpapers detached, with some tearing to front free endpaper. Some splitting to top of front board where the two layers of card are starting to separate, but only at the top. Considerable wear, rubbing and scuffing with some tearing and chipping at edges, and top section missing from spine. Marking and staining. Bumped and torn corners. Textblock reasonably firm. Page edges which are browned, scuffed and otherwise marked. A little scattered light foxing, thumbing and occasional other marking but page surfaces reasonably clean, maybe the occasional pencil mark but there does not appear to be any extensive underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information. xxiii, 432 pp. n.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. First Thus. Matching 2 Vol. Set in full leather with raised bands, gilt design and leather labels. Strong bindings. Light leather splitting along the front hinges. Spines rubbed with some cracking.

1/4 Calf Over Boards. Condition: Rebound. No Jacket. New Edition. Recently rebound in quarter brown calf over marbled boards.New endpapers. This is the third volume only of a three43-volume set with an index at the end. A new edition from the last British edition. Chapters on breathing difficulties, whooping cough, venereal diseases, afflictions of the skin, ascites, among many other medical conditions. Random light foxing, never heavy. A good representation of an Isaiah imprint. Thomas Cullen (1710-1790) was a greatly respected Scottish physician and chemist. The first edition of this, his most famous work, was published in 1777. 406pp. Size: Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rare original 2 volume set of Cullen's "Elémens de Médecine-Pratique de M. Cullen." The books are overall in good antiquarian condition with some typical signs of wear and age. The covers have some moderate wear. There is cracking to the outer leather joints; however, the bindings of the books are still sound. The interiors are toned from age with some occasional foxing. The title pages have a small handwritten period name inscription. A couple of pages or so have a minor marginal chip or tear which does not affect the text. Along with that there may be the occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a creased corner, minor stain or marking, etc. The books measure approximately 8 inches by 5 inches. Volume 1 is 467 pages long and Volume 2 is 784. The text is in French. Please look at all of the photos to further note the condition. *******This set will require additional shipping charges if being sent outside of the United States*********.

2 vols. in 1. 8vo, publisher's sheep, rebacked with a new spine, retaining the original gilt-lettered spine label. Second American edition. Austin 589; S & S 2103. Institutional bookplate; light use; tight and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 448 pages. 8vo. Volume 1. Leather bound with gilt title and red and green colours on spine. This is a clean copy with a used patina to the covers, bumped corners and shelf wear on the edges. The rear end paper is torn and missing a section. The bottom of the first page of the Preface and page 17 have a small section of the page missing but this does not include any text. The front flyleaf is inscribed "E White Jones, Glasgow University, 1875" At the bottom of pages 385 and 399 there are hand written notes. There is no foxing but the pages do show signs of use.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2 volumes in 1. 674 pages. Contemporary full leather. Spine hinges cracked. Chipping with loss to spine leather. Contemporary signature of fep. Light, scattered toning.

gr. in-8vo, 2 ff. + LXXI (+ 1 blanche) + 467 p. / 784 p., reliure en pleine basane, dos orné, pièce de titre et de tomaison en cuir noir, tranches rouges, très bel exemplaire. (En bas du dos: Gaudreau Relieur). Édition originale de la traduction française. Cullen à introduit dans son ouvrage élémens de médecine-pratique le mot ?Neuroses? (éd. originale: ?first lines on the practice of physic? 4è éd. (1784). cf. Garrison/morton.?Cullen was an inspiring teacher, his clinical lectures were notable as being the first given in the vernacular instead of in latin? (Garrison/Morton).Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Reliure signée de François Gaudreau, reçut maître relieur en 1756 et relieur de la reine en 1773. (cf. E. Roquet: Les relieurs Français 1500-1800) p. 298).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. - Third Edition, Corrected.- 1781- Printed for William Creech, Edinburgh- Full LEATHER HARDCOVERS, GOOD-; age toning, light staining, corner bumping, light crease to spine, hint of chipping to head of spine. Hinge of Volume II starting. Previous owner name and inscription on front end page of Volume I: 'Thomas Magill, Baltimore, Maryland, 1847,' and 'Mareen D. Humes, M.D., 1877,' also neatly scripted on title page of Volume I. Volume I missing half title page. 'Mareen D. Humes, M.D., 1877,' neatly scripted on front pastedown of Volume II. Appears to be SIGNED by Doctor William Cullen on rear pastedown of Volume I. Five raised bands with gold decoration; faint fading to gold. Gold titles and decoration on leather spine label. Volume I: Books I and II; Book I: 'FEVERS,' Book II: 'Of INFLAMMATION or PHLEGMASIAE,' 424 pp. Volume II: Books III, IV, and V; Book III: 'Of EXANTHEMATA, or ERUPTIVE FEVERS,' Book IV: 'Of HEMORRHAGIES,' Book V: 'Of PROFLUVIA, or FLUXES with PYREXIA,' 406 pp. with Index. MEDICAL, DOCTOR, DOCTORS, MEDICINE, TREATMENT, HOSPITAL, LABORATORY, FORENSICS, SCIENCE, INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION, HEALTH, ANATOMY, AUTOPSY, HUMAN HEALTH, PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIANS Reference. William Cullen, M.D., Professor of Physic in the University of Edinburgh; First Physician to his Majesty for Scotland; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, of the Royal Society of London, &c. &c., DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR of EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND) MEDICAL SCHOOL; Central Figure in the SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT; David Hume's PHYSICIAN; inventor of basic, modern REFRIGERATION; 'FIRST LINES of the PRACTICE of PHYSIC,' is Cullen's BEST KNOWN WORK.