Falcon / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1585, this edition 1984. Special Edition. Full Leather. Pare's Apologie presents his autobiographical defence, accounts of campaign voyages, and reflections on the practice of surgery in war and court. He blends case histories, technical instruction, and personal narrative to..... More
Joseph Cushing / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1814, this edition 1987. Special Edition. Full Leather. Larrey's memoirs recount his campaign service as Napoleon's chief surgeon, detailing battlefield wounds, emergency operations, transport of the injured, and the organisation of military hospitals. He blends clinical observation with..... More
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. / Classics of Ophthalmology Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1881, this edition 1986. Special Edition, copy number 23. Full Leather. Williams' manual provides a clear, practical guide to diagnosing and treating ocular disease, outlining the appearances, causes, and management of disorders affecting the cornea, lens..... More
Appleton / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1897, this edition 1980. Special Edition. Full Leather. Holt's textbook offers a comprehensive clinical guide to the disorders of infancy and childhood, outlining symptoms, causes, and management across the major systems. He blends practical bedside instruction with authoritative paediatric..... More
T & G Underwood / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1821, this edition 1979. Special Edition. Full Leather. Laennec's landmark study, translated by Forbes, sets out the principles and practice of mediate auscultation, detailing how stethoscopic examination reveals the nature, progression, and prognosis of diseases of..... More
Samuel Smith / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1684, this edition 1990. Special Edition. Full Leather. Boyle investigates the physical and chemical nature of human blood, analysing its colour, texture, reactions, and the elusive “spirit” thought to animate it. Through experiment and cautious speculation, he seeks..... More
Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, 1983. First Edition. Full Leather. Nuland's Origins of Anesthesia gathers a curated sequence of early texts and historical narratives tracing the long, experimental path toward surgical insensibility. Beginning with ancient and Renaissance anodynes, it moves through vitalism, mesmerism, pneumatic chemistry, nitrous oxide, ether..... More
Yale / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1921, this edition 1983. Special Edition. Full Leather. Osler's lectures trace the long development of Western medical thought, from classical doctrines and medieval scholasticism to the rise of anatomy, pathology, and scientific method. He shows how observation, experiment, and..... More
CUP / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1909, this edition 1990. Special Edition. Full Leather. Bateson's study introduces and defends Mendel's laws of heredity, using plant and animal breeding experiments to show how unit characters are transmitted, combined, and expressed across generations. He establishes the statistical..... More
J & A Churchill / Classics of Ophthalmology Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1879, this edition 1987. Special Edition, copy number 23. Full Leather. Gowers' manual and atlas set out the principles, methods, and diagnostic value of ophthalmoscopic examination, pairing clear clinical instruction with detailed engraved plates. He shows..... More
Guilielmi Fitzeri / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1628, this edition 1978. Special Edition. Full Leather. Harvey's De Motu Cordis, here reproduced in facsimile with Keynes's English translation, sets out his experimental demonstration of the circulation of the blood. Through anatomical observation, quantitative reasoning, and controlled..... More
T. Payne / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1802, this edition 1982. Special Edition. Full Leather. Heberden's Commentaries gather his clinical observations across a lifetime of practice, arranged as plain, exact notes on the nature, course, and treatment of common and uncommon diseases. He favours careful..... More
P. Blakiston's Son & Co. / Classics of Medicine Library / Gryphon Editions, Originally published 1904, this edition 1987. Special Edition. Full Leather. Osler's celebrated volume gathers his addresses on equanimity, duty, and humane conduct in medical life. He urges students, nurses, and practitioners to cultivate steadiness of mind, intellectual..... More
