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Item #1068 [Orthopaedics IN RUSSIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENT.] Ortopedicheskaia klinika...

[Orthopaedics IN RUSSIA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENT.] Ortopedicheskaia klinika Imperatorskoi voenno-meditsinskoi akademii: 1900/1901 - 1912/1913 [i.e. Orthopedic Clinic of the Imperial Military and Medical Academy. 1900/1901 - 1912/1913]

St. Petersburg, 1913. 58 pp.: ill., 9 ills. 21x15,5 cm. In original illustrated covers. Some stains on covers, otherwise very good and clean internally. First and only edition. Extremely rare with no copies in Worldcat. Interesting evidence of the early period of orthopedic surgery in Russia. In contrast to..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #795 [STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo:...

[STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION] Mediko-sanitarnoie stroitel’stvo: Rukovodstvo dlia vrachei i arkhitektorov [i.e. Health Facility Construction: A Manual for Physiсians and Architects]

Kiev: UISOZ, 1936. 344 pp.: ill. 26x20 cm. In original illustrated cardboards. In good condition, bumped, some foxing on the t.p., water stains, p.15 party detached. One of 1500 copies. An excellent guide dedicated to the health facilities, what they consisted of and how to build them. The book..... More

Price: $1,100.00

Item #1813 [SEX AND STD IN THE EARLY USSR] Za zakrytoi dver’iu. Zapiski vracha-venerologa [i.e....

[SEX AND STD IN THE EARLY USSR] Za zakrytoi dver’iu. Zapiski vracha-venerologa [i.e. Behind a Closed Door. Notes by a Venereologist]

Fridland, L.

Leningrad: Izd. avtora, 1927. 204 pp. 20x14 cm. In original wrappers with letterpress design. Fragments of spine lost, covers rubbed, otherwise very good and clean internally. Second enlarged edition published the same year as the first one. After five editions were printed, the book was banned in 1930. It..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #1610 [RADIATION] Publisher’s set of a book and a series of 12 visual aid tables. Mery...

[RADIATION] Publisher’s set of a book and a series of 12 visual aid tables. Mery individual’noi zashchity pri rabote s radioaktivnymi veshchestvami [i.e. Personal Protective Measures When Working with Radioactive Substances].

Gorodinskii, S.

Moscow: Institut sanitarnogo prosveshcheniia, 1958. Book: 40 pp.: ill. 22x14,5 cm. In original printed wrappers. Tables: 4 single two-side cards and 3 double cards. 57x38 cm. In general: 58x39 cm. In original folder with typewritten title mounted. Small tears of folder, some creases, slightly faded. Tables are near fine. Book..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #359 [FEMALE DOCTOR] Uchebnik gigieny, anatomii, fiziologii [i.e. The Textbook on Hygiene,...

[FEMALE DOCTOR] Uchebnik gigieny, anatomii, fiziologii [i.e. The Textbook on Hygiene, Anatomy and Physiology]

Izmailova, L.I.

[4], IV, 134 pp., 2 pl. including 29 ill. 22,5x15 cm. Contemporary quarter-leather. Binding is rubbed. Extremely rare textbook, one of the first examples of the medical book written by a female doctor Lyubov Izmailova from Kutaisi (Georgia). The textbook was created for the female schools. The book has..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #1774 [TEETH] Beregite zuby [i.e. Take Care of Teeth]. N. Makarova

[TEETH] Beregite zuby [i.e. Take Care of Teeth]

Makarova, N.

Leningrad; Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe meditsinskoe izdatel’stvo, 1930. 27 pp.: ill. + 5 pp. of ads. 14,5x10,5 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Previous owner’s extensive notes related to the text, otherwise very good. Very rare. This brochure promoted dental hygiene in the early Soviet Union. Illustrated throughout with drawings reprinted from..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #3 [MECHNIKOV ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM] Nevospriimchivost’ k infekcionnim boleznyam [i.e....

[MECHNIKOV ON THE IMMUNE SYSTEM] Nevospriimchivost’ k infekcionnim boleznyam [i.e. Immunity in Infectious Diseases].

Mechnikov, Ilya

St. Petersburg: K.L. Rikker, 1903. [4], II, 604, VII pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Good condition. The spine is carefully restored. Owner’s pre-revolutionary stamp on the title. The first Russian edition. Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (1845-1916), the celebrated Russian biologist, was the second Russian Nobel Laureate. He was awarded the prize..... More

Price: $1,700.00

Item #362 [MARIE CURIE’S FOLLOWER] Radiy i ego primenenie v terapevticheskoy klinike [i.e....

[MARIE CURIE’S FOLLOWER] Radiy i ego primenenie v terapevticheskoy klinike [i.e. Radium and Its Use in the Clinical Therapy]

Mezernitskiy, P.G.

St. Petersburg: Prakticheskaya meditsina, 1912. With 49 ills. 126 pp. 23,3x17 cm. In contemporary binding. Bound together with 6 other Russian medical papers of the time. The first edition of this book by the founder of Russian radiation therapy Polien Grigorievich Mezernitskiy (1878-1943). In 1909 he was working alongside..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #1772 [WOMEN’S HEALTH] Chto takoe zhenskie bolezni [i.e. What Women Disease Is]. D. Mikhailov

[WOMEN’S HEALTH] Chto takoe zhenskie bolezni [i.e. What Women Disease Is]

Mikhailov, D.

[Moscow]: Izd. Otdelom Okhrany Materinstva i mladenchestva N.K.Z.: Sovremennye problemy, [1924]. 32 pp.: ill. 17,5x11,5 cm. In original printed wrappers with publisher logo on front cover. Some soiling, otherwise very good. First edition. Scarce. One of the initiatives of the Soviet 1920s was establishment of sex education across the..... More

Item #69 [BASICS OF FIELD SURGERY] Grundzüge der allgemeinen Kriegschirurgie [i.e. Basics of...

[BASICS OF FIELD SURGERY] Grundzüge der allgemeinen Kriegschirurgie [i.e. Basics of General Military Field Surgery]

Pirogov, N.I.

Leipzig: F.C.W. Vogel, 1864. [4], 1168, [1] pp. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding with a blind-stamped title on the spine and sprinkled edges. Covers rubbed, pre-revolutionary library label on front endpapers. Otherwise fine. The first edition of the major work on field surgery by one of the greatest military surgeons..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #1814 [MOTHERHOOD AND INFANTRY IN THE USSR] Nuzhny li kolkhoznitse letnie iasli [i.e. If a...

[MOTHERHOOD AND INFANTRY IN THE USSR] Nuzhny li kolkhoznitse letnie iasli [i.e. If a Female Farmer Needs Summer Nurseries]

Protoklitov, S.

Moscow; Leningrad: Gos. meditsinskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 16 pp. 17x12,5 cm. In original photomontage wrappers. Pale water stains on covers, rusty spot around staple, some small bookworm holes throughout copy, otherwise very good. Fifth edition. Rare and remarkable propaganda book of the collectivization period. The cover design features a peasant..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #1663 [HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental...

[HOW TO INCREASE MENTAL ACTIVITY?] Azbuka umstvennogo truda [i.e. Alphabet of Mental Work]

Rebelsky, I.

Moscow: Trud i kniga, 1929. 127, [1] pp. 22x15 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine and extremities, otherwise in good condition. Scarce. 1 of 5,000 copies. AN INTERESTING SOVIET MANUAL ON THE WAYS OF INCREASING MENTAL ACTIVITY WRITTEN BY THE VICTIM OF SOVIET REPRESSIONS JOSEPH REBELSKY..... More

Price: $1,200.00

Item #2 [THE FATHER OF RUSSIAN PHYSIOLOGY] Refleksy golovnogo mozga [i.e. Reflexes of the Brain]....

[THE FATHER OF RUSSIAN PHYSIOLOGY] Refleksy golovnogo mozga [i.e. Reflexes of the Brain].

Sechenov, I.

St. Petersburg: A. Golovachov, 1866. [4], II, 186 pp. 8vo. Contemporary quarter-leather binding. The name of the author and the book title as well as owner’s initials in gilt on the spine. Owner’s private stamp on the title. Some side foxing on the first seven pages of the text and..... More

Price: $3,600.00

Item #1585 [WOMEN’S HEALTH] Problema besplodiia zhenshchiny [i.e. A Problem of Female...

[WOMEN’S HEALTH] Problema besplodiia zhenshchiny [i.e. A Problem of Female Infertility]

Topuze, S.

Kharkiv: Medizdat, 1934. 162 pp. : ill. 22x15,5 cm. In original printed wrappers and original printed dust-wrappers. Dust-wrappers chipped, with minor tears of edges, creases and small tears of covers, otherwise very good and clean. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare. Monograph on female infertility..... More

Price: $550.00
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Item #1607 [CONTRACEPTION] Novye dannye v oblasti protivozachatochnykh sredstv. Vyp. 11:...

[CONTRACEPTION] Novye dannye v oblasti protivozachatochnykh sredstv. Vyp. 11: Vnutrimatochnye vspryskivaniia [i.e. New Data on Contraceptive Methods. Issue 11: Vaginal Douching]

Moscow: Gos. meditsinskoe izdatel’stvo, 1931. 111 pp., 4 ills. 21x15 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, otherwise very good and clean. One of 3050 copies. An early Soviet periodical ‘New Data on Contraceptive Methods’ came out in 1927-1931, covering every time one another method that..... More

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Item #769 [THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET DEFECTOLOGY] K detskoi psikhologii i psikhopatologii : Sbornik...

[THE ORIGINS OF SOVIET DEFECTOLOGY] K detskoi psikhologii i psikhopatologii : Sbornik statei sotrudnikov Gosud. Mediko-pedogogichesk. Inst. NKZ [i.e. To Children’s Psychology and Psychopathology : Collection of Articles by Scholars of State Medical and Pedagogical Institute of People's Commissariat for Health]

Orel: Orlovskoe otdelenie Gosudarstvennogo izdatel’stva, 1922. 202, [2], II pp. 25,5x17 cm. In original printed wrappers. Small fragments of spine lost, pocket on the inner side of front cover, pencil mark on t.p., otherwise very good and clean copy. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies... More

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Item #1298 [WARTIME: RED CROSS] Pervaia meditsinskaia pomoshch’: Al’bom iz 40 tablits [i.e....

[WARTIME: RED CROSS] Pervaia meditsinskaia pomoshch’: Al’bom iz 40 tablits [i.e. First Medical Aid: Album of 40 Tables] / compiled by V. Oznobishchev, S. Speranskaia

Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1941. 42 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. In the original illustrated folder. Folder slightly rubbed, edges of t.p. bumped, otherwise near fine. Extremely rare as a well-printed wartime edition in this condition. The album was signed for printing on August 13, 1941. It had come out just before..... More

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Item #327 [SIBERIAN PLAGUE] Kratkoye opisaniye Sibirskoy Yazvy, soderzhashcheye predokhranitelnye...

[SIBERIAN PLAGUE] Kratkoye opisaniye Sibirskoy Yazvy, soderzhashcheye predokhranitelnye i vrachevatelnye sredstva, v polzy prostogo naroda, vybrannoye iz osnovatelnykh primechaniy i opytov v meditsinskuyu kollegiyu prislannykh [i.e. Concise Description of the Siberian Plague, Containing Prevention and Treatment Means, for the Benefit of the Common People, Extracted from the Comprehensive Notes and Experiments Sent to the Medical Collegium]

Andreyevsky, S.S.

St. Petersburg: Typ. of the State Medical Collegium, 1796. [4], 104 pp. Small Octavo. Contemporary pinkish stiff card covers with an ink written title on the spine. 19th century ink library number on the title page, cover rubbed and soiled, spine with some chipping on top and bottom, overall a...... More

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Item #994 [HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After...

[HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS] Kak ukhazhivat’ za bol’nym doma [i.e. How to Look After the Patient at Home] / edited by professor Nikolay Burdenko

Berlin, A.S. Lapin, K.V.

Moscow: Meditsinskoe izdatelstvo, 1929. 80 pp.: ill. 22x30 cm. One of 40000 copies printed. Original illustrated cardboard binding. Covers are slightly rubbed, some minor restoration of the front cover. Part of the spine is missing, the 1920s stamps of the hospital on the title page, pp.13 and 37. Overall a...... More

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Item #829 [RUSSIAN FEMALE DOCTOR IN JAPAN] Ocherki sovremennoy Yaponii [i.e. Accounts of...

[RUSSIAN FEMALE DOCTOR IN JAPAN] Ocherki sovremennoy Yaponii [i.e. Accounts of Contemporary Japan]

Cherevkova, A.

St. Petersburg: tipo-lit. M.F. Paykina, 1898. [4], 219 pp., 12 ill. 22.8x16.6cm. Period half-leather. Pale stamp of the private library “Pkhakadze” on the front endpaper, previous owner’s ink inscription on the front endpaper and title page, stamp of “Stavropol Spiritual School” on the title page. Otherwise good. Scarce first..... More

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Item #1172 [AGAINST ILLEGAL ABORTION IN THE EARLY SOVIET UNION] Abort: (Vykidysh) [i.e....

[AGAINST ILLEGAL ABORTION IN THE EARLY SOVIET UNION] Abort: (Vykidysh) [i.e. Abortion: (Miscarriage)]

Gofmekler, A.

Moscow: izd-vo «Okhrana materinstva i mladenchestva» NKZ, 1928. 30 pp., [2] pp. of ads: ill., diagrams. In original wrappers. Near fine. Second edition. First edition published in 1925. Scarce. Our copy includes two identical front and back wrappers unlike the rest of the print-run. In October 1920, the Bolsheviks..... More

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Item #1069 [TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of...

[TREATING HYSTERIA] Gipnoanaliz infantil'nykh travm u isterikov [i.e. Hypnoanalysis of Infantile Trauma of Hysteria Patients]

Lifshits, S.

Tver: Izdanie avtora, 1927. 79 pp.: charts, tables. 22x16,5 cm. In modern wrappers. Very good, pale water stains on the lower margins, erased signature on t.p., some soiling. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Very rare regional imprint with no copies located in Worldcat. The publication..... More

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Item #360 [AUTOPSY IN SIBERIA] Rukovodstvo k vskrytiyu trupov dlia nachinaushchikh [i.e. The...

[AUTOPSY IN SIBERIA] Rukovodstvo k vskrytiyu trupov dlia nachinaushchikh [i.e. The Guide to Autopsy for the Beginners]

Pokrovsky, M.

Tomsk: 1910. 2nd edition. With 60 ills. 294 pp. 23,5x16 cm. Contemporary quarter leather. Good condition. The first edition came out in 1910 and was called by its author ‘the first attempt to create the guide to autopsy by a Russian’. That statement is correct, prior to that the..... More

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Item #771 [SOVIET CINEMA THERAPY] Patokinografiia v psikhiatrii i nevropatologii [i.e. Cinema...

[SOVIET CINEMA THERAPY] Patokinografiia v psikhiatrii i nevropatologii [i.e. Cinema Pathography in Psychiatry and Neuropathology]

Sukharebskii, L.

Moscow: Biomedgiz, 1936. [2], 244, [6] pp., 20 ills. 21х15,5 cm. In original cloth with silver lettering. Rubbed, water stains on the lower inner corner of p. 222-243 and the last leaf with illustrations. First and only edition. One of 3000 copies. Rare. This is the first..... More

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Item #995 [THE SOVIET APPROACH TO THE MENTAL SUGGESTION] Zhizn’ organizma i vnusheniye [i.e....

[THE SOVIET APPROACH TO THE MENTAL SUGGESTION] Zhizn’ organizma i vnusheniye [i.e. The Life of the Organism and the Method of Suggestion]

Zalkind, A.

Moscow: Gos. izd-vo, 1927. 175 pp. 16,1x23,8 cm. In original publisher’s wrappers. Tears of the spine, minor wear to the extremities, first 16 pages detached, Soviet bookshop’s stamp on the rear wrapper. Otherwise in a good condition. First edition. Scarce. A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE MENTAL SUGGESTION..... More

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