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Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine

The History of Medicine Collections in Duke University’s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library contains over 20,000 rare books and 4,000 manuscript items, along with numerous prints, photos, and other types of ephemera. The collection strengths are in the following areas: anesthesiology, human sexuality, materia medica, pediatrics, psychiatry, vivisection, and yellow fever.



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Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Charcot, J. M. (Jean Martin), 1825-1893; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vol. 1 is a photographic reproduction of the typescript
Topic: Nervous System Diseases
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Canani, Giovanni Battista, 1515-1579; Carpi, Girolamo da, 1501-1556; Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939; Streeter, Edward Clark, -1947; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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At head of title: Ioannes Baptista Canano, 1515-1578. Girolamo da Carpi, 1501-1556
Topics: Muscles, Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Lombroso
Topics: Criminology, Criminal Psychology, Tattooing
64 p., 8 plates (some fold.) : 17 cm
Topics: Contraception, Sex Manuals
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294; Arrais, Duarte Madeira, d. 1652; Browne, Richard, fl. 1674-1694; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Each volume has also special t.-p.: [v. 1] The cure of old age and preservation of youth. Shewing how to cure and keep off the accidents of old age; and how to preserve the youth, strength and beauty of body and the senses and all the faculties of both body and mind; [v. 2] Arbor vitae; or, A physical account of the Tree of life in the garden of Eden
Topics: Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294, Old age, Youth, Tree of life, Geriatrics
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Le Boursier du Coudray, Angelique Marguerite, 1714 or 1715-1794; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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xvi, 208 p., 25 [i.e. 26] p. of plates : 20 cm
Topic: Obstetrics
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Delabarre, C. Fr. (Christophe François), 1787-1862; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Delabarre
Topics: Dentition, Tooth
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Descartes, René, 1596-1650; La Forge, Louis de, 1632-1665 or 1666; Clerselier, Claude, 1614-1684; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Preface by Claude Clerselier
Topics: Physiology, Fetus
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bartholin, Thomas, 1616-1680; Walaeus, Johannes, 1604-1649. Epistolae duae de motu chyli et sanguinis ad Thomam Bartholinum; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Added title page, engr.: Thomae Bartholin Casp. fil. Anatomia reformata
Topics: Anatomy, Blood Circulation, Lymphatic System
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Willis, Robert, 1799-1878; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Willis
Topics: Harvey, William, 1578-1657, Blood Circulation
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Salgado, Marcos José, 1671-1740; Universidad de México
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Medina 2965; León, t. 3, no. 382
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Azara, Félix de, 1746-1821; Moureau-Saint-Méry, M. L. E
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former call number: A-35 A992E
Topic: Mammals
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Medical College of Georgia; Medical College of Georgia. Annual announcement; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vols. for 18 - include the Annual announcement of the Medical College of Georgia
Topics: Medicine, General Surgery
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bell, John, 1763-1820; Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Austin
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Rouy, Hersilie, 1814-1881; Le Normant des Varannes, E; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Rouy
Topics: Rouy, Hersilie, 1814-1881, Mental Disorders
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Sabouraud, Raymond Jacques Adrien, 1864-1938; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Bibliography: p. [813]-846
Topics: Tinea, Microsporum, Trichophyton, Arthrodermataceae, Parasitic Diseases
xvi, 311, [21] p. : 20 cm
Topics: Microscopes, Microscopy
On cover and spine: Blue and sunlights
Topics: Light, Sunlight
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vol. 5-7 have imprint: Apud viduam Abram Vandenhoeck
Topic: Dissertations, Academic as Topic
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Johnson, James Rawlins; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Johnson
Topic: Leeches
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Descartes, René, 1596-1650; Schuyl, Florentius, 1619-1669; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Second Latin edition; first edition of original French text also appeared in 1664
Topics: Anatomy, Physiology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by International Physiological Congress (16th : 1938 : Zurich, Switzerland); Freie Vereinigung Schweizerischer Physiologen; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Cover title: Kongressbericht II des XVI. Internationalen Physiologenkongresses
Topic: Physiology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; Arnay, Jean Rodolphe d'; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Translated by J.R. d'Arnay. --cf. Bibl. nat. cat
Topics: Embryology, Heart, Respiration, Developmental Biology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Walker, Mary Edwards, 1832-1919; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Each plate preceded by leaf with descriptive letterpress
Topics: Sexual ethics, Sexual health, Ethics, Sex Manuals
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774; Baker, Samuel, ca. 1711-1778; Leigh, George, d. 1815; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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3,570 lots, sold for £3,993
Topics: Literature, Bookselling, Medicine
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1801-1885; Victoria Street Society for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection; International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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The stealthy advance of vivisection -- Record -- The late Lord Shaftesbury's views on vivisection -- [Officers of the] Victoria Street Society
Topics: Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1801-1885, Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Vallisnieri, Antonio, 1661-1730; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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With his Nouve osservazioni
Topics: Insects, Anatomy, Comparative
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Henle, Jacob, 1809-1885; Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas von, 1755-1830; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Added t.-p.: Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring Vom Baue des menschilchen Köpers, neue umgearb. ... 6. Bd
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bartholin, Thomas, 1616-1680; Bartholin, Caspar, 1585-1629. Anatomicae institutiones (Adaptations, etc.) 1666; Walaeus, Johannes, 1604-1649. Epistolae duae de motu chyli et sanguinis ad Thomam Bartholinum; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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At head of title: "Thomae Bartholini, Casp. Fil."
Topics: Blood Circulation, Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Hooper, Robert, 1773-1835; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Austin
Topics: Anatomy, Physiology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Douglas, James, 1675-1742; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Douglas
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828; Beilby, Ralph, 1743 or 1744-1817
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Title vignette
Topic: Mammals
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vol. 5-7 have imprint: Apud viduam Abram Vandenhoeck
Topic: Dissertations, Academic as Topic
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Kingsford, Anna Bonus, 1846-1888; Maitland, Edward, 1824-1897; Hart, Samuel Hopgood; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Cover title: Addresses & essays on vegetarianism
Topics: Diet, Vegetarian, Food, Diet
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Klebs, Arnold C. (Arnold Carl), 1870-1943
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"From the John Hopkins Hospital bulletin, vol. XXIV, no. 265, March, 1913."
Topics: Smallpox, Vaccinia, Immunization, History, 16th Century, History, 17th Century, History, 18th...
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Spiegel, Adriaan van de, 1578-1625; Bucretius, Daniel, -1631; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Engraved title page
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Gataker, Thomas, -1769; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Gataker
Topic: Eye
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Godman, John D. (John Davidson), 1794-1830; Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832. Treatise on the minute anatomy of the bones; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Includes A treatise on the minute anatomy of the bones, by Antonio Scarpa; transl. by J.D. Godman
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Quain, Jones, 1796-1865; Quain, Richard, 1800-1887; Sharpey, William, 1802-1880; Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Spine and half-title: Quain's anatomy
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bohn, Johannes, 1640-1718; Malpighi, Marcello, 1628-1694; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Bohn
Topics: Physiology, Anatomy, Comparative
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bassett, David L. (David Lee), 1913-1966; Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) NcD
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Comb-bound explanatory texts with Viewmaster reels in pocket
Topics: Central nervous system, Human anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Walsh, David; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Walsh
Topics: Mortuary Practice, Funeral Rites, Death
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Lang, William; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Lacks title page
Topics: Mesmerism, Hypnosis, genealogy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Henle, Jacob, 1809-1885; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Bd. 3, Abth. 1. Knochenlehre. 3. Aufl. 1871. Abth. 2. Bänderlehre. 2. Aufl. 1872. Abth. 3. Muskellehre. 2. Aufl. 1871 -- Bd. 2. Abth. 1. Nervenlehre. 1871. Abth. 2. Eingeweidelehre. 2. Aufl. 1873. -- Bd. 3. Abth. 1. Gefässlehre. 2. verb. Aufl. 1876. Abth. 2. Nervenlehre. 2. verb. Aufl. 1879
Topics: Anatomy, Anatomy, Regional
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Lancisi, Giovanni Maria, 1654-1720; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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At head of title: Jo. Mariae Lancisii
Topic: Communicable Diseases
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Description based on: 1984; title from cover
Topic: Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Valsalva, Antonio Maria, 1666-1723; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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First published in Bologna, 1704
Topic: Ear
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Green, P. H; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Bibliographical footnotes
Topics: Arteries, Aorta
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Béclard, P. A. (Pierre Auguste), 1785-1825; Bichat, Xavier, 1771-1802. Anatomie générale; Hayward, George, 1791-1863; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Béclard
Topics: Anatomy, Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Keen, William W. (William Williams), b. 1837; Brown, James M; American Humane Association; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Letter from W.W. Keen to James M. Brown: p. 8-18
Topics: Human Experimentation, Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Velez de Arciniega, Francisco, active 1593-1613
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former call number: A-36 V436H
Topics: Zoology, Medical, Zoology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by International Physiological Congress (15th : 1935 : Saint Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia); History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Added title on cover in Russian: Tezisy soobshcheniǐ
Topic: Physiology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Carpenter
Topics: Physiology, Physiology, Comparative
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vols. 2-3 have title: Operum anatomci argumenti minorum
Topics: Anatomy, Pathology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828; Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870; Beilby, Ralph, 1743 or 1744-1817
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Title vignette
Topic: Mammals
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vol. 5-7 have imprint: Apud viduam Abram Vandenhoeck
Topic: Dissertations, Academic as Topic
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Faber, Friedrich; Bock, Johann Carl, 1757-1843; Gabler, Ambrosius, 1762-1834; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Illustrated survey of the human body
Topic: Human anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Longet, F.-A. (François-Achille), 1811-1871; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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On spine: Système nerveux
Topic: Nervous System
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Cobbe, Frances Power, 1822-1904; Bernard, Claude, 1813-1878; Bert, Paul, 1833-1886; Leffingwell, Albert, 1845-1916; American Anti-Vivisection Society; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Leçons de physiologie operatoire. Leçons sur la chaleur animale / Claude Bernard. L pression barométrique / by Paul Bert as reproduced by "Bernard's Martyrs" and "Light in the dark places" -- Does vivisection pay? / extract by Albert Leffingwell
Topic: Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Keen, William W. (William Williams), b. 1837; American Medical Association; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Cover title
Topic: Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Paaw, Pieter, 1564-1617; Hippocrates. De capitis vulneribus; Celsus, Aulus Cornelius. De re medica liber octatus; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Paaw
Topics: Celsus, Aulus Cornelius, Skull, Bone and Bones
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Bell, John, 1763-1820; Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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v. 1. Bones, muscles and joints. 4th ed. 1808 -- v. 2. Heart and arteries. 3rd ed. corr. 1808 -- v. 3. Nervous system, with plates / by Charles Bell. 1803 -- v. 4. Viscera of the abdomen, the parts in the male and female pelvis, and the lymphatic system / by Charles Bell. 1804
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Béclard, P. A. (Pierre Auguste), 1785-1825; Bichat, Xavier, 1771-1802. Anatomie générale; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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"Notice historique sur Xav. Bichat": p. [ix]-xvi
Topics: Bichat, Xavier, 1771-1802, Anatomy, Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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First-5th eds. have title: A treatise on special and general anatomy
Topics: Anatomy, Histology, Catalogs, Publishers'
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Richerand, A. (Anthelme), 1779-1840; Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853; De Lys, G. J. M. (Gabriel Jean Marie), 1783?-1831; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Translation of Nouveaux élémens de physiologie from the 5th edition (Paris, 1810) The London edition of De Lys' translation appeared in 1812. Chapman prepared the Philadelphia edition as a textbook for his projected lectures on physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. An earlier translation by Robert Kerrison was published in London, 1803, and Philadelphia, 1808
Topic: Physiology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Meckel, J. F. (Johann Friedrich), 1781-1833; Jourdan, A. J. L. (Antoine Jacques Louis), 1788-1848; Breschet, G. (Gilbert), 1784-1845; Doane, A. Sidney (Augustus Sidney), 1808-1852; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Imprint varies: v. 2-3, Philadelphia, Carey & Lea
Topic: Anatomy
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by Henle, Jacob, 1809-1885; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Bd. 3, Abth. 1. Knochenlehre. 3. Aufl. 1871. Abth. 2. Bänderlehre. 2. Aufl. 1872. Abth. 3. Muskellehre. 2. Aufl. 1871 -- Bd. 2. Abth. 1. Nervenlehre. 1871. Abth. 2. Eingeweidelehre. 2. Aufl. 1873. -- Bd. 3. Abth. 1. Gefässlehre. 2. verb. Aufl. 1876. Abth. 2. Nervenlehre. 2. verb. Aufl. 1879
Topics: Anatomy, Anatomy, Regional
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311; Scuola medica salernitana; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Goff
Topics: Hygiene, Materia Medica, Incunabula
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Haller, Albrecht von, 1708-1777; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Vols. 2-3 have title: Operum anatomci argumenti minorum
Topics: Anatomy, Pathology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Oribasius; Galen; Rasario, Giovanni Battista, 1517-1578; Dundas, William; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Latin and Greek on opposite pages
Topic: Anatomy
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Cober, Tobias, approximately 1574-1625; Meibom, Heinrich, 1638-1700; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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former call number: Cober
Topics: Parasites, Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Wolff, Christian, Freiherr von, 1679-1754; Harold Jantz Collection (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library) NcD
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In the preface, Wolff designates this as the last part of his German philosophical works
Topics: Physiology, Plant physiology, Science
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Tait, Lawson, 1845-1899; London Anti-Vivisection Society; History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) NcD
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Cover title
Topic: Vivisection
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Artedi, Peter, 1705-1735; Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
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Each part has special t.-p
Topic: Ichthyology
Duke University Libraries, History of Medicine
by Denton, Sherman F. (Sherman Foote), 1856-1937
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Originally issued in 8 sections, and published 1897-1900. Pt. I: The moths; pt. II: The butterflies
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Topics: Lepidoptera, Nature prints, Moths, Butterflies