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1562Prologomena in Galenum, in tres partes divisa IN: volume one of Cl [audius]Galen Pergameni [Opera] Omnia quae extant, in Latinum sermonem convers.
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216)
GALEN, [Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; Galen of Pergamon] (129 – 216) GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565)
1691Le vie de monsieur Descartes. [par Adrien Baillet].
DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650)
DESCARTES, René (1596 – 1650)
BAILLET, Adrien (1649 – 1706)
BAILLET, Adrien (1649 – 1706)
1724An impartial history of Michael Servetus, burnt alive at Geneva for heresie.
SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553) ANONYMOUS
1727Historia Michaelis Serveti Quam praeside Io. Laur. Mosheimio...auctor Henricus ab Allwoerden.
SERVETUS, Michael [Miguel Serveto Conesa; also known as Miguel Servet, Miguel Serveto, Revés, or Michel de Villeneuve] (1511 – 1553)
MOSHEIM, Johann Lorenz von (1693 – 1755)
MOSHEIM, Johann Lorenz von (1693 – 1755) ALLWOERDEN, Heinrich von (1703 – )
1737​–1738Bybel der Natuure door Jan Swammerdam, Amsteldammer...Biblia naturae; sive historia insectorum, in classes certas redacta, nec non exemplis, et anatomico variorum animalculorum examine, aeneisque tabulis illustrata. Insertis numerosis rariorum naturae observationibus. Omnia lingua Batava, auctori vernacula, conscripta. Accedit praefatio, in qu vitam auctoris descripsit Hermannus Boerhaave... Latinam versionem adscriptsit Hieronimus David Gaubius. 2 vols.
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637 – 1680)
SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637 – 1680)
GAUBIUS, Hieronymus David (1705 – 1780)
GAUBIUS, Hieronymus David (1705 – 1780)
1747Essai sur la caractére du grand medecin ou eloge critique de Mr. Herman Boerhaave [By Michael Maty].
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738)
BOERHAAVE, Herman (1668 – 1738) MATY, Michel
1755Authentic memoirs of the life of Richard Mead. [By Matthew Maty]
MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754)
MEAD, Richard (1673 – 1754)
MATY, Matthew (1718 – 1776)
MATY, Matthew (1718 – 1776)
1760Select remains of the learned John Ray, M.A. and F.R.S. with his life by the late William Derham, D. D. Canon of Windsor, and F.R.S. Published by George Scott, M.A. and F.R.S.
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)
RAY, John (1628 – 1705)
DERHAM, William (1657 – 1735)
DERHAM, William (1657 – 1735)
SCOTT, George Lewis (1708 – 1780)
SCOTT, George Lewis (1708 – 1780)
1781A complete collection of the medical and philosophical works of John Fothergill. With an account of his life; and occasional notes, by John Elliot.
FOTHERGILL, John (1712 – 1780)
FOTHERGILL, John (1712 – 1780) ELLIOT, John (1747 – 1787)
1783Memoirs of Albert de Haller, M.D. Member of the Sovereign Council of Berne; President of the University, and of the Royal Society of Gottingen; Fellow of the Royal Society of London, &c. Compiled, chiefly, from the elogium spoken before the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, and from the tributes paid to his memory by other foreign societies
HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)
HALLER, Albrecht von (1708 – 1777)
HENRY, Thomas (1734 – 1816)
HENRY, Thomas (1734 – 1816)
1794The life of Sir Charles Linnaeus, Knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, &c. &c. To which is added a copious list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son, by D. H. Stoever. Translated from the original German by Joseph Trapp.
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778)
LINNAEUS, Carl (Linné) (1707 – 1778) STOEVER, Dietrich Johan Heinrich (1767 – 1822)
1804Memoirs of the life of Dr. Darwin, chiefly during his residence in Lichfield: With anecdotes of his friends, and criticisms on his writing.
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
SEWARD, Anna
SEWARD, Anna
1817Memoirs of the life and writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom..., with a selection from his correspondence
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
PETTIGREW, Thomas Joseph (1791 – 1865)
1825The last days of the Emperor Napoleon by Doctor F. Antommarchi, his physician. 2 vols.
ANTOMMARCHI, Francesco (1789 – 1838)
1835Memoir of James Jackson, Jr., M. D. with extracts from his letters to his father: and medical cases, collected by him.
JACKSON, James (1777 – 1867)
JACKSON, James (1777 – 1867)
1840​–1841Oeuvres complètes d’Ambroise Paré revues et collationnées sur toutes les éditions, avec les variantes; ornées de 217 planches et du portrait de l'auteur; accompagnées de notes historiques et critiques et précédées d'une introduction sur l'origine et les progrès de la chirurgie en occident du sixième au seizième siècle, et sur la vie et les ouvrages d'Ambroise Paré. Par J.-F. Malgaigne. 3 vols.
PARÉ, Ambroise (1510 – 1590)
MALGAIGNE, Joseph François (1806 – 1865)
MALGAIGNE, Joseph François (1806 – 1865)
1841Études sur André Vésale: Précédées d'une notice historique sur sa vie et ses écrits.
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564)
VESALIUS, Andreas (1514 – 1564) BURGGRAEVE, Adolphe (1806 – 1902)
1846The works. Edited with an introduction and notes by George Gulliver.
HEWSON, William (1739 – 1774)
HEWSON, William (1739 – 1774)
GULLIVER, George (1804 – 1882)
GULLIVER, George (1804 – 1882)
1857Noticia da vida e trabalhos scientificos do medico Bernardino Antonio Gomés.
GOMES, Bernardino António (1769 – 1823)
GOMES, Bernardino António the younger (1806 – 1877)
GOMES, Bernardino António the younger (1806 – 1877)
1868Memoir of Valentine Mott, M.D., LL.D., Professor of surgery in the University of the City of New York; member of the Institute of France.
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865)
MOTT, Valentine (1785 – 1865)
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
GROSS, Samuel David (1805 – 1884)
1868The anatomical memoirs of John Goodsir F.R.S. Edited by William Turner. With a biographical memoir by Henry Lonsdale. 2 vols.
GOODSIR, John (1814 – 1867)
GOODSIR, John (1814 – 1867)
TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916)
TURNER, Sir William (1832 – 1916)
LONSDALE, Henry (1816 – 1876)
LONSDALE, Henry (1816 – 1876)
1874The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa. From eighteen hundred and sixty-five to his death. Continued by a narrative of his last Moments and sufferings, obtained from his faithful servants, Chuma and Susi, by Horace Waller, F.R.G.S.
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873)
LIVINGSTONE, David (1813 – 1873)
WALLER, Horace (1833 – 1896)
WALLER, Horace (1833 – 1896)
1878The life and education of Laura Dewey Bridgman, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl.
LAMSON, Mary Swift (1822 – 1909)
1879Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin.
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731 – 1802)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809 – 1882)
KRAUSE, Ernst (1839 – 1903)
KRAUSE, Ernst (1839 – 1903) DALLAS, William Sweetland (1824 – 1890)
1887The health of nations: A review of the works of Edwin Chadwick, with a biographical dissertation by Benjamin Ward Richardson. 2 vols.
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)
CHADWICK, Sir Edwin (1800 – 1890)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
1897Audubon and his journals by Maria R. Audubon. With zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues. 2 vols.
AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)
AUDUBON, John James Laforest (1785 – 1851)
COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899)
COUES, Elliott Ladd (1842 – 1899) AUDUBON, Maria Rebecca (1843 – 1925)
1899Une chaire de médecine au XVe siècle. Un professeur à l'Université de Pavie de 1432 à 1472 avec un fac-simile d'autographe et cinq gravures
FERRARI DA GRADI, Giovanni Matteo [Ferrarius, Johannes Matthaeus, de Gradibus, de Grado] (1392 – 1472) FERRARI, Henri-Maxime (1873 – 1901)
1900Disciples of Aesculapius, with a life of the author by his daughter, Mrs. George Martin. 2 vols.
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
RICHARDSON, Sir Benjamin Ward (1828 – 1896)
1902Life and correspondence of Henry Ingersoll Bowditch by his son, Vincent Y. Bowditch. 2 vols.
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892)
BOWDITCH, Henry Ingersoll (1808 – 1892) BOWDITCH, Vincent Yardley (1852 – 1929)
1902Dominique Larrey et les compagnes de la révolution et de l'empire 1768-1842. Étude historique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles d'après documents inédits. Journal et agendas de compagnes. Notes manuscrites. Correspondance officielle et privée.
LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766 – 1842)
LARREY, Dominique Jean (1766 – 1842) TRIAIRE, Paul (1842 – 1912)
1904A group of distinguished physicians and surgeons of Chicago. A collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession of Chicago.
SPERRY, F. M.
1906Walter Reed and yellow fever.
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
KELLY, Howard Atwood (1858 – 1943)
REED, Walter (1851 – 1902)
REED, Walter (1851 – 1902)
1907Literatura medicală românească; biografii si bibliografie.
CRAINICIANU, Gheorghe (1853 – )
1907The journal of Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia from the city of Rome to the city of London 1764. Together with a fragment of a journal written at Rome, 1764, and a biographical sketch.
MORGAN, John (1735 – 1789)
MORGAN, John (1735 – 1789)
1915John Shaw Billings: A memoir.
GARRISON, Fielding Hudson (1870 – 1935)
GARRISON, Fielding Hudson (1870 – 1935)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
BILLINGS, John Shaw (1838 – 1913)
1920​–1924McGill Library. William Osler Letter Index.
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919) OSLER LIBRARY OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
1922Samuel Hahnemann, sein Leben und Schaffen. 2 vols.
HAEHL, Richard (1873 – 1932)
1924Pierre Curie par Marie Curie.
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Pierre (1859 – 1906)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
1925Neurological fragments, with ‘Biographical Memoir’ and ‘List of Dr. Hughlings Jackson's Published Writings’ by James Taylor.
JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911)
JACKSON, John Hughlings (1835 – 1911) TAYLOR, James (1859 – 1946)
1925The life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols.
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
OSLER, Sir William (1849 – 1919)
1933Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen and the early history of the Roentgen rays.
GLASSER, Otto (1895 – 1964)
1934The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith
DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
SMITH, Sir James Edward (1759 – 1828)
1937Dr. Bodo Otto and the medical background of the American revolution by James E. Gibson.
GIBSON, James Edgar OTTO, Bodo (1711 – 1787)
1938Madam Curie par Ève Curie.
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934)
CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867 – 1934) CURIE LOUISSE, Ève Denise (1904 – 2007)
1939​–2015The collected letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek / Alle de Brieven van Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek. Edited, illustrated & annotated by a committee of Dutch scientists. 17 vols. through 2015.
LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
LEEUWENHOEK, Antonie van (1632 – 1723)
1946Harvey Cushing: A biography.
FULTON, John Farquhar (1899 – 1960)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
CUSHING, Harvey Williams (1869 – 1939)
1946The Huxley papers: A descriptive catalogue of the correspondence, manuscripts and miscellaneous papers of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley ... preserved in the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895)
HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825 – 1895) DAWSON, Warren Royal (1888 – 1968)
1958Young man Luther: A study in psychoanalysis and history.
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
ERIKSON, Erik Homburger (1902 – 1994)
1958John Wesley among the physicians: A study of eighteenth-century medicine.
HILL, A. Wesley
1959Napoleon immortal: The medical history and private life of Napoleon Bonaparte.
KEMBLE, James