Heberden M D William (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Special Edition. The Classics of Medicine Library, Birmingham, AL. 1982. Hardcover. Special Edition this being #2471. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. This is a facsimile copy of the 1802 original. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight scuff to textblock top and bottom. No DJ. Green leather boards and spine with gilt decoration on the spine and boards; gilt lettering on the spine; marbled green enedpapers; sewn in green ribbon marker; gilt edged textblock; 4 raised bands on spine; bookplate with name of previous owner is laid in (not pasted). 483 pp 8vo. Heberden's Commentaries, originally published in Latin in the same year as the English translation, contains all of his important medical papers. These include an expanded version of his classic paper on angina pectoris, whose careful analysis of the various clinical symptoms placed knowledge on the disease on a scientific basis; Heberden was the first to describe its most striking symptom of oppression or pain in the chest. Also included is his account of the nodules in the terminal finger-joints ('Heberden's nodes') that occur in arthritis deformans; his paper on varicella (chicken pox), in which he clearly distinguished this disease from smallpox; and his account of night-blindness ('nyctalopia'). A clean near pristine copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Edgewear to dust jacket. Imprint of a paperclip on same fmc2%262D.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Special Edition. A facsimile reprint of a book published by T. Payne in 1802 in London; bound in dark green leather with gold decoration on the front and back covers and on the spine; gold lettering and four raised bands on the spine; gilt edges; marbled end papers; minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; previous owner's unattached book plate loosely inserted. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Blue leather w/gilt lettering and design. Previous owner's bookplate on fep.

Fine binding. Owner embossed stamp. Near Fine condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Like New. First of this edition. Lederle Laboratories, 1988. This special limited edition contains excerpts from the work by Heberden, first published in 1802, from the collection of the Yale University Medical Historical Library. As new in as new dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. No Jacket. Reprint. A special edition reprint from the first English edition of 1802. Forest green leather hardcopy, gold stamped cover designs, gilt title on hubbed spine. Gilded page edges, green satin book marker. Green and cream marbled endpapers. Like new. Dr. Heberden discusses the diet, scarlet fever, diabetes, morbilli, nausea totaling 102 diseases and cures. "Notes From The Editors" notebook laid in. Full refund if not satisfied. …

Leather bound. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Special Edition. Previous owner's name blacked out on bookplate.; Special edition #12635. Black leather with gilt titles and ornaments. Raised spine bands. Silk bookmark ribbon. Marbled endpapers. This is a facsimile copy of the 1802 original. Near Fine No dust jacket as issued.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket As Issued. Facsimile Edition. Facsimile of 1802 edition. Bound in green leather, with gilt decorated spine & covers, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, 483pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Limited facsimile edition. c.1802 London. full 22k gilt decorated green calf, satin marking ribbon, Richard J. Wolfe marbled eps, aeg. 8vo. pp. v, [3], 483, [1] , [1] colophon. Fine/No jacket, as issued. Unread copy of Paul Michael Steen M.D. bookplate front pastedown. Prospectus pamphlet NOT included.…