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International Histological Classification V

This fascicle has detailed, thorough descriptions and explanatory notes of the various nervous system tumors, cross-referenced to high-quality photomicrographs of each (some slides in color, some black-and-white). It is highly referenced to related publications. This is one of a valuable, and very well-used, series on tumor classification of the different organ systems.

International Histological Classification VI

This fascicle has detailed, thorough descriptions and explanatory notes of the various respiratory system tumors, cross-referenced to high-quality photomicrographs of each (some slides in color, some black-and-white).  It is highly referenced to related publications. This is one of a valuable, and very well-used, series on tumor classification of the different organ systems.

International Histological Classification, Volume XII

This fascicle has detailed descriptions and explanatory notes of various endocrine system tumors, cross-referenced to corresponding high-quality color photomicrographs. It is highly referenced to related publications, very well laid-out, and systematic.  The material is exhaustive, thoroughly covering all of the major tumors, by system, and detailing how to distinguish between them for diagnosis.  This is one of a valuable, and very well-used, series on tumor classification of the different organ systems.  

Guilielmi Harvei Doct. & Profess. Regii Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis & Sanguinis

This little volume would fit in one’s palm, and yet it is one of the most significant medical rare books ever. It contains the first scientific description of the cardiovascular system, provides proof for the circulation of the blood, and has fundamentally changed all conceptions about the functions of the heart and the blood vessels. The author of the book is William Harvey, who published his findings first in 1628 in a quarto-size edition; our copy is the 1648 first Rotterdam edition.

Afro-Americans in Dentistry

African American dental practices were first documented in 18th century when dentistry was a crude trade learned by apprenticeship to perform necessary extractions. Extramural dentistry is the practice of exercising dental expertise outside of the institution and bringing dental care and education into the community. In this book, Clifton Orrin Dummett, D.D.S. and Lois Doyle Dummett, B.A. thread together the dental milestones and contributions in African American history.

Piper Nigrum, Dissertatio Medica

In 18th- and 19th-century Europe, it was standard practice for university professors to write their students' dissertations; the student's job was to explicate and defend the thesis.  At the University of Uppsala (Sweden), first Linnaeus and then Thunberg wrote hundreds of these short botanical papers.  

De Myristica [Nutmeg]

The spices nutmeg and mace (from the seed and its lacy covering, respectively) come from several species of trees in the genus Myristica indigenous to the Banda Islands in Indonesia – the famous Spice Islands of history and lore. They are the focus of this university dissertation written by Professor Carl Peter Thunberg. In 18th- and 19th-century Europe, professors wrote the dissertations; the student’s job was to explicate and defend it and pay for its publication.

A History of Medicine

This work gives a comprehensive overview and underlines analogies, correlations, and differences among social conditions, intellectual movements, political events, paradigms and beliefs in an effort to identify logical threads to navigate among the immense number of facts and data of the history of medicine. The complete work will consist of eight volumes describing primitive and Ancient Medicine as well as Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Persian, biblical, and American pre-Columbian practices.