Erna Lesky (129 results)

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Owner's name on endpage. German edition.

78 S. m. 18 Abbildungen im Text + 4 Tafeln. Groß-Oktav. Kart. - Signaturetikett mit Klebefilm auf Umschlag montiert. Krain (Slowenien) = De morbis artificum scripta, SchrR für sichere und gesunde Arbeit.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First English-language edition of Erna Lesky's authoritative history of the Vienna Medical School and its extraordinary influence on nineteenth-century medicine. Translated from the German by L. Williams and I. S. Levij. The work examines the physicians, institutions, clinical methods, and intellectual developments that established Vienna as one of the world's foremost centers of medical teaching and research. Among the major figures associated with the school were Karl von Rokitansky, Josef Škoda, Ferdinand von Hebra, and Ignaz Semmelweis. Large octavo. xv, 604 pages, with 100 illustrations, bibliography, and indexes. The bibliographic record also notes 29 leaves of plates. A substantial reference work in the history of medicine, translated from Lesky's Die Wiener medizinische Schule im 19. Jahrhundert. National Library of Australia catalog record Detailed Condition Good condition, without dust jacket. Original dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Cloth shows rubbing, shelfwear, scattered discoloration, and light wear at corners and spine ends. Spine has several small areas of surface loss and apparent residue or abrasion from a removed label. Former institutional copy, with ink stamps and other library markings on the copyright page; additional library evidence may be present. Page edges are age-toned, with some separation visible between gatherings along the top edge. Interior otherwise appears generally clean and readable. Binding remains intact. Please review photographs carefully for condition and institutional markings. Significance and Collector Appeal Lesky's work remains an important scholarly account of the Second Vienna Medical School and the development of modern clinical medicine, medical specialization, pathological anatomy, dermatology, ophthalmology, and obstetrics. The original German edition is cited in Garrison-Morton 6529.2, adding interest for collectors and institutional libraries specializing in medical history. This is a useful working or reference copy of the first English edition. The institutional markings and absence of the dust jacket limit its collector value but make it an affordable copy of a respected and increasingly uncommon medical-history title. Shipping and Returns Carefully packed for shipment. Due to the book's size and weight, additional postage may be required for international orders. International buyers are welcome to request an exact shipping quote before ordering. Returns accepted in accordance with AbeBooks policies. SCI 4a. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Koln/Wien -Bohlau- 1972/, pp. 240. Essays: Theodor Jankovic and school reform in Russia; Christian Schmidt and Russian enlightenment etc. ISBN 3412928720 [No library stamps/markings].

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . No date stated. Inscribed by author on title page. German and English. (medical institute museum).

Hb. Condition: G+. 239pp. Soiling edges, wear boards, owner's name FEP, a few marks in margins of first few pages, otherwise clean interior.

Softcover. Octavo, 61 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine is orange with black print. Cover is orange with illustration and black print; light edge wear, slight smudging to front panel. At head of title: The Historical Medical Institute of the University of Vienna. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column DD. 1415253. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket. Cover edges and corners in good shape. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, no markings, notes or stains. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, paginé de 526 à 530 Reprinted from Dermatology, Vol. 16, N° 6.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. This book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 604 pages including many photos and illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page shows 1976 as the published date. This is definitely Not a former library book. The DJ is white with blue lettering. The dust jacket shows some light edgewear and light soiling (No Chips). This book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box. …

93 (1) p. (+ 7 plates) Bound in the publisher's paperback with dustjacket (In good condition.).

Small 8vo. 26, [ads 2] pp. Original printed wrappers; cover foxed. Very good.

gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. XII, 501 S. : 1 graph. Darst. ; Der Erhaltungszustand des hier angebotenen Werks ist trotz seiner Bibliotheksnutzung sehr sauber. Es befindet sich neben dem Rückenschild lediglich ein Bibliotheksstempel im Buch; ordnungsgemäß entwidmet. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 480.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Spanish text. Good binding and cover. Edge wear. Clean, unmarked pages. 338 pages ; 23 cm. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).…

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. In-8° broché, paginé de 100 à 111 - envoi autographe de l'auteur COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Premier Plat Reprinted from Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Second Series, Vol. 49, N° 2. inscribed by author.

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. In-8° broché, 18 pages. - - - Franz Josef Gall (German: [gal]; 9 March 1758 - 22 August 1828) was a German neuroanatomist, physiologist, and pioneer in the study of the localization of mental functions in the brain. Claimed as the founder of the pseudoscience of phrenology, Gall was an early and important researcher in his fields. His contributions to the field of neuropsychology were controversial at the time and are now widely referred to as pseudoscience. However, Gall's study of phrenology helped establish psychology, contributed to the emergence of the naturalistic approach to the study of man, and played an important part in the development of evolutionist theories, anthropology, and sociology. Gall was born in the village of Tiefenbronn to a wealthy Roman Catholic wool merchant. The Galls, originally a noble family from Lombardy, had been the leading family in the area for over a century. His father was the mayor of Tiefenbronn and he was one of 12 children, only 7 of whom lived to adulthood. Gall's scientific inquiry began in his youth. As a boy, he was fascinated by the differences between himself, his siblings, and his classmates. He developed an early interest in the brain after making a connection between one classmate's odd shaped skull and advanced language abilities. He enjoyed collecting and categorizing plants and animals. He also realized the importance of observation as a scientific technique at a young age. As the second eldest son, he was intended for the priesthood but chose instead to study medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In his advanced studies, he again made observations about his classmates. He noticed that many of the particularly bright students had prominent eyeballs and concluded that this could not be purely coincidental. He later completed his degree in Vienna, Austria. While in medical school, he studied under Johann Hermann and Maximilian Stoll who impressed upon him the importance of natural observation. He took his first job at Lunatic Asylum making observations about the insane. He then opened up his own successful private practice and became so popular he even gave well attended lectures to the public. He was offered the position as head Austrian Court physician but decided to remain in private practice and research. Based on his early observations about the skull sizes and facial features of his classmates, Gall developed the theory of Organology and the method of Cranioscopy that would later be known as Phrenology. Gall's version of Organology states that the mind is a collection of independent entities housed within the brain. Cranioscopy is a method to determine the personality and development of mental and moral faculties on the basis of the external shape of the skull. During his lifetime, Gall collected and observed over 120 skulls in order to test his hypotheses. Gall believed that the bumps and uneven geography of the human skull were caused by pressure exerted from the brain underneath. He divided the brain into sections that corresponded to certain behaviors and traits that he called fundamental faculties. This is referred to as localization of function. Gall believed there were 27 fundamental faculties, among them were: recollection of people, mechanical ability, talent for poetry, love of property, and even a murder instinct. Based on the surface of a person's skull, Gall could make assumptions about that person's fundamental faculties and therefore their character. Gall disagreed with Philippe Pinel and Peter Camper that the larger brain the larger one's intellectual power. However, after numerous dissections and observations he was able to assert that a mature skull under 14 inches in circumference was not able to function normally. In 1800, Johann Spurzheim attended one of Gall's public lectures and was hired as an assistant to help with public medical demonstrations.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated first edition of this important history of one of the world's great medical schools, which numbered among its teachers Sigmund Freud and Julius Wagner. Excellent bibliography. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked in an archival Mylar jacket cover.…

Condition: gut. 111 S., Abb., 24 cm, Einband fleckig und mit Bleistiftmarkierungen. Sprache: Deutsch.

Condition: Good. Wien. 1981 first edition. Brueder Hollinek. sm4to wraps. 212p. In German. Good, signed by Saul Jarcho, MD in 1981. A slight bit of rippling around border of frontispiece portrait of Lesky, short ink mss note on front end paper; slight spotting on closed page ends and initial pages; a few light notes in text. …

Gr.-8°. 2 Porträts, 67 (1) S. Original-Kartonband (gering bestoßen). Titel leicht knitterfaltig. Sonst innen sauber und gut erhalten. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Geschichte der Erziehung und des Unterrichts. Heft 12. / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Sitzungsberichte, 265. Band, 5. Abhandlung. Sprache: Deutsch.…

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, paginé de 194 à 197.

soft cover. Condition: fine. first edition. 4 pages.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-4° broché, 1 page.

Condition: Good. Envoi rapide Bon état de conservation intérieur propre. in8. 1964. Broché. 3 volume(s). Good.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, 12 pages.

soft cover. Condition: very good. first edition. In-8° broché, paginé de 23 à 37.

251 p. Bound in the publisher's red imitation leather with pictorial dustjacket (Exteriors of the dustjacket worn at places, otherwise in good condition with clean and unmarked interiors.).

Condition: Akzeptabel. Formateinband: Leinen / gebundene Ausgabe 242 S. (25 cm) Leinenband ohne Schutzumschlag; 1. Aufl.; Außen teilgeblichen und etwas gealtert, Hinterdeckel an einer Ecke äußerlich wasserfleckig; sonst gut und textsauber erhalten. (Texte teils deutsch, teils englisch, teils französisch). Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 700 [Stichwörter: Wiener Medizingeschichte].…