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Crash Injuries: The Integrated Medical Aspects of Automobile Injuries and Death
Jacob Kulowski
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1960.The leading 20th century monograph on human injury as a result motor vehicle accidents written by an orthopaedic surgeon for a medical audience. Crash Injuries was a source of inspiration for J. G. Ballard’s 1973 novel Crash.
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E’tude Medico-Legale et Clinique sur L’Empoisonnement
Ambroise Tardieu; Z. Roussin
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1875.Medico-Legal and Clinical Study on Poisoning.
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Bush Medicine: A Practical Handbook for Managing Serious Illnesses and Accidents in the Outback
Victor H. Webster
Tennant Creek: Jackhammer Press, No date.Victor H. Webster (1905-1980) was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council for Tennant Creek from 1947 to 1950. During this time he published Bush Medicine, an early Northern Territory medical handbook for surviving medical emergencies in the remote outback. Includes a chapter ‘Some Remarks on Sickness in Natives’.
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De la Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Etude Physiologique et Therapeutique
Leon-Ernest Monnet
Paris: Lille (Camille Robbe Printing), 1884.Kola (Sterculia Acuminata): Physiological and Therapeutic Study. A detailed study of the physiological and therapeutic uses of the African stimulant Gotu Kola. In the original Doctor of Medicine Thesis wrappers, reissued as a monograph in the same year. An advertisement for Fisher & Co’s Mighty Alok Kola Nut tonic in The Brisbane Courier, 1898 quotes Monnet’s report: “I gave a strong infusion of Kola Nut to a railroad track layer, who was suffering from ‘blue devil’s’ (hypochondria) extremely, and within two hours he felt like going to his hard duties, and laughed and talked.”
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Der Kokainismus: Geschichte / Pathologie Medizinische und behordliche Bekampfung
Hans W. Maier
Leipzig: George Thieme, 1926.A professor at the University of Zurich, Maier conducted investigations into the clinical and therapeutic effects of cocaine on users, which included pioneering work on hallucinations and paranoia during his time working at the clinic of Dr. Bleuler. Includes geographical, physiological, and historical background of coca and cocaine along with a comprehensive bibliography. A major work on the subject especially with regard to the history and development of cocaine dependence.
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Histoire d’une Luxation de la Tete du Femur sur la Branche Ascendante de l’Ischion, vers son Union avec la Portion Descendante du Pubis,
J. D’Amblard
Paris and Bourges: Gaon and Bouguet, 1821.History of a Dislocation of the Head of the Femur on the Ascending Branch of the Ischium, towards its Union with the Descending Portion of the Pubis, and Description of a New Method for Proceeding to the Reduction of this Kind of Displacement, followed by a slight overview of the state of Churugia among the ancients and up to the present day. Scarce French medical pamphlet with a folding plate illustrating repositioning of the femur.
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Midwives, Society and Childbirth: Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period
Hilary Marland; Anne Marie Rafferty
London: Routledge, 1997. -
Hypnosis 1979
Graham D. Burrows; David R. Collison; Lorraine Dennerstein
Amsterdam: Elsevier / North-Holland Biomedical Press, 1979.Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine, Melbourne, Australia, 1979.
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African Birth: Childbirth in Cultural Transition
Beverley Chalmers
Johannesburg: Beverley Chalmers, 1990.Illustrations by Roger Titley.
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Patterns of Amphetamine Use: Initial Findings from the Amphetamines in Queensland Research Project
Mark Lynch; Robert Kemp; Leigh Krenske; Andrew Conroy; Julianne Webster
Brisbane: Crime and Misconduct Commission, 2003.Preliminary findings of a research project aimed at gathering comprehensive data about the attitudes and behaviours of amphetamine users in Queensland.
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The Gay Health Guide: A Modern Medicine Book
Robert L. Rowan; Paul J.Gillette
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1978.A Complete Medical Reference for Homosexually Active Men and Women.
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If a Partner Has AIDS: Guide to Clinical Intervention for Relationships in Crisis
R. Dennis Shelby
New York: Harrington Park Press, 1992. -
Biographisches Lexikon Hervorragender Artze des Neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Mit einer Historischen Einleitung
J. Pagel
Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, No date.Biographical Encyclopaedia of Eminent Physicians of the Nineteenth Century: With a Historical Introduction. Originally published in 1901
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A Translation of the Corrected Edition of the Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, Published in July 1815. with Notes
A London Physician
London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, and S. Highley and Son, 1815.Translation from Latin into English of the Royal College of Physicians’ Pharmacopoeia, providing a list of plants and their parts for use in medicines and other preparations, and recipes for mixing and compounding. The unnamed translator makes an appeal to Lord Stanhope to look into the Royal College of Physicians, which he accuses of quackery, and bring it before the Legislature for ‘reformation and redress’.
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Female Genital Mutilation
Comfort Momoh
Oxford and Seattle: Radcliffe Publishing, 2009. -
Dental Ceramic Technique
L. F. Megaw
Chicago: The Barkmeyer Electrical Laboratory, 1936.A Complete Treatise Illustrating Each Step on Making Porcelain Inlays, Jacket Crowns and Bridges by Modern, Simplified Methods Developed for the Dental Profession.
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Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors
Universal Dental Company
Philadelphia: Universal Dental Company, 1937.The reasons why intercusping teeth must be modified. How denture problems are solved with Dr. French’s Modified Posteriors. A simple technique for setting them up.
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America’s Most Famous Teeth
Reidar F. Sognnaes
Washington, DC: Vick Clark Cleveland, 1974.Reprinted from the Smithsonian Magazine, February 1973. “What kind of dentures did Washington wear? Wood, elephant tusks, elk’s teeth, gold?” (from p.1). Published by a denture company.
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Felton, Grimwade and Duerdins Pty Ltd.: Wholesale Druggists and Manufacturing Chemists: Prices Current
Felton, Grimwade and Duerdins Pty Ltd
Melbourne: Felton, Grimwade and Duerdins Pty Ltd, 1942.Late 1942 price list book for Melbourne pharmacist Felton, Grimwade and Duerdins. Index tabs along fore-edge for Drugs and Chemicals; Patent Medicines and Proprietaries; Perfumery and Toilet Articles; Soaps; Proprietaries, Manufactures and Packed Goods; Druggists and Surgical Sundries; Commonwealth Serum Laboratories.
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Quinine Formulary
Bureau for Increasing the Use of Quinine
Amsterdam: Bureau for Increasing the Use of Quinine, 1933.Promotional formulary for the malaria medication quinine, demonstrating its wide range of uses treating conditions other than malaria.