"H. L. OPERATION" [Rear Cover Title]
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Stirring series of photographs captured by a skilled photographer documenting the many diverse aspects of an operation involving a probable heart-lung ("H.L.") bypass.
Scarce early monograph on human subject research by the pioneering medical ethicist, whose work was foundational to the current understanding of informed consent.
First edition of this deservedly controversial work on surgical, chemical, and electrical means of altering the brain, by a noted medical doctor, onetime Yale professor, and proud pioneer of spectacularly cruel animal research experiments.
First Paris edition of this pocket-sized medical book, offering advice on exercise, bathing, sleep, a healthy diet, and sex, with several rather telling sections underlined by an early owner.
Quintessentially 1950s booklet accompanying Monty MacLevy's Figurama, a "slenderizing table" marketed to women and intended for home use.
A typescript on the medical and surgical treatment of burns, written by Army Nurse Corps Major Martha C. Peake.
First edition of this dissertation on the use of ice packs to treat various mental illnesses, defended at the University of Leipzig.
A complete, two volume patient ledger covering the entirety of the year 1957 from the office of Dr. John Melvin Thomason, a general practitioner operating out of Bruce Hospital in Florence, SC.
Uncommon first edition of these collected papers and discussions on the state of psychical research and the evidence for ESP in laboratory experiments, among the European peasantry, and in homing pigeons.