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Arts Center - Rare Medical History Books

Highlights of works after 1800

The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65)


The following are highlights of titles from 1800 - early 1900s ranging from ealy surgical practice techniques, wartime surgeries, new treatments, medicines, early views into concepts including Eugenics, to public health announcements from the U.S. Army.

Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery

  • Original
  • 1866
  • Author: Marion J. Sims
  • Hughes RG104 .S56 1866

 

The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65)

  • Original
  • 1871
  • Authors: Barnes, Joseph K., Woodward, Joseph Janvier, Smart, Charles, Otis, George A. , and Huntington, D. L. . 
  • Published by the Government Printing Office, 1871.
  • Hughes Oversize RD205 .U5

 

The Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine : Comprising Treatises on the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Medical Jurisprudence, Etc., Etc. 

  • Original
  • 1859
  • Authors: Conolly, John, et al.  Blanchard and Lea
  • Hughes R125 .C98 1859

 

The Transmission of Life : Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the Masculine Function

  • Original
  • 1876
  • Author: Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
  • Hughes RC881 .N22 1876

 

Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development

  • Original
  • 1883
  • Author: Francis Galton
  • Hughes BF701 .G2 1883

 

Treatise on the Diseases of Women

  • Original
  • 1895
  • Author: Alexander J.C. Skene
  • RG95 .S58 1895

 

The Technic of Medication: Discussion of the Methods of Prescribing and Preparing, the Indications for, and the Uses of, Various Medicaments

  • Original
  • 1926
  • Author: Bernard Fantus
  • Hughes RM106 .F3

 

This Is Ann: Shes Dying to Meet You

  • Original
  • 1943
  • Author: Theodor Seuss Geisel  (Dr. Seuss worked for the U.S. Army / this pamphlet, written and illustrated by Seuss, was a warning about Malaria
  • Gov Docs Non-Circulating collection W 1.2:M 85

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