MEN OF STEEL: SURGERY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
Written by Michael Crumplin.
Stock no. 1829813
Published by Quiller Press. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed account of the practice of surgery during the pre-anaesthetic and pre-antiseptic days of the Napoleonic War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 384 pages including index. ISBN: 9781904057949. Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and is scuffed to rear panel.

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JOSEPH LISTER 1827-1912
Written by Richard B. Fisher.
Stock no. 2135951
Published by Macdonald and Jane's. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The great surgeon who pioneered antiseptics and revolutionized 19th-century medicine. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0354041452. Marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with small nick to base of spine; a few marks.

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HISTORY OF THE ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL 1839-1948
Written by Thomas Baker Jones; W.J. Townsend Collins.
Stock no. 2134442
Published by R.H. Johns. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

B/w photos. Front cover is a bit bowed. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some other marks; foxspots etc. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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WESTERN MEDICAL PIONEERS IN FEUDAL JAPAN
Written by John Z. Bowers.
Stock no. 1708074
Published by The John Hopkins Press. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Inscription in ink to half-title page. Wrapper spine faded.

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X-RAYS: THEIR DISCOVERY AND APPLICATIONS (A SCIENCE MUSEUM BOOKLET)
Written by Brian Bowers.
Stock no. 811539
Published by HMSO. 1970. Very good condition.

X-rays are produced whenever fast moving electrons hit a solid object. The Science Museum posssesses an extensive collection of X-ray tubes, including examples of all the types mentioned in this booklet. Staple bound booklet. B/w cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. 35 pages. Identification label to base of spine on front edge. Covers scuffed. Previous owner's embossed circular stamp to contents page. Contents clean.

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ONE FOREIGN DEVIL
Written by Lawrence Earl.
Stock no. 628372
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Mary Ball who spent her entire adult life working as a matron in a hospital in the remote north China town of Tatung. B/w photos. Wrapper edge-browned with a couple of small closed edge-tears. REDUCED FROM £120.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS
Written by K. Bryn Thomas.
Stock no. 807451
Published by Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1980. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history based on the Charles King collection of the Association of Anaesthetists. Large format. Red cloth. B/w photos and illustrations. 268 pages includes index. ISBN: 0632001771. White pictorial dustwrapper is faded at edges and spine, small closed edge-tear at top.

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LETTRES A CAMILLE SUR LA PHYSIOLOGIE DE L'HOMME
Written by Isidore Bourdon.
Stock no. 988419
Published by H. Dumont. 1834. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: viij, 307. Leather spine, marbled boards; gilt decoration and lettering on spine. 6 b/w plates at end of volume showing the head and brain. Text in French. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. A nice copy.

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: A VIEW FROM WITHIN
Written by Stephen Smith.
Stock no. 986896
Published by Elliot Stock. Circa 1902. Almost very good condition.

Third edition - enlarged. A book about Vivisection and experiments on animals. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages: 81-99 are a brochure for the London Anti-Vivisection Society. 8 coloured plates of operations performed by the author on dead animals - repetitions of what he had seen done on living animals. ix and 99 pages. Covers mottled, and browned to spine. Browning to text block and endpaper. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and half-title page. First plate almost detached. Contents clean.

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