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Leipzig, Verlag Johann Ambrosius Barth 1912. 44 p. Bound in the publisher's cloth with black lettering (Exteriors of the binding slightly rubbed, otherwise in good condition.)

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1912. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1912. Hardcover, flexible cloth boards; 44pp. Band 15 in publisher's series "Klassiker der Medizin", edited by Karl Sudhoff. From the library of pioneering cardiologist George Fahr, with his ownership signature and scattered pencil and ink marginalia to text. Light external wear; slight tanning to contents, else a solid copy. George Fahr (1882-1962) pioneered the use of the string gavanometer for electrocardiography, co-authoring with Willem Einthoven the classic 1913 paper introducing "Einthoven's Triangle" for determining the electrical axis of the heart. Text in German.

Vienna: J.B. Wallishausser, 1843. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (225 x 145 mm). viii, 72 pp. Latin and German parallel text, printed in two columns. All pages uncut. Original printed wrappers (dust soiled, creased, upper wrapper and spine repaired, corners chipped, front wrapper working loose). Protected in custom-made half-morocco over cloth slip case. Text slightly browned, occasional foxing and dust soiling. Provenance: J. Desmonts J. Mac Donald Co., Norwalk, Conn. (bookbinder's stamp to slip-case). ---- PMM 514, Heirs of Hippocrates 954; Garrison-Morton 2672; Osler 1864; Waller 519; Wellcome II, p. 70 (all for 1st ed.), Norman 86, Waller 522. RARE FIRST GERMAN TRANSLATION of Auenbrugger's Inventum novum with an introduction by Joseph Skoda who was the author of Abhandlungen über Perkussion und Auskultation. A "milestone in the history of medicine" (Heirs 954). Auenbrugger (1722-1809) had already learned from Van Swieten that… Read More