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Emphasizing the MEDICAL HUMANITIES, i.e., Medicine esp. as drawing on, related to, & reflected in Literature, Philosophy, History, Law, Religion, Ethics &/or Psychology, Ethnography, Natural History, Cultural Studies, Gender, Commerce, & Cookery . . .
PRB&M is presently cataloguing and offering for sale an array of extremely interesting and various books and pamphlets from the historical collection of the late Robert Sadoff, MD, one of the nation's leading forensic psychiatrists and indeed a founder of that discipline; a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, he was also director of its Center for Studies in Social-Legal Psychiatry. If you collect such things as that promises, please look for his name below, use SADOFF as a keyword here, and contact us for individual early updates on Sadoff material.
We have also lately acquired the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928, specializing in Science & Medicine). This material is not so reliably searchable, but those interested may write to inquire.
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Surgeon General of the Continental Army &
Philadelphia Observer of "Summer & Autumnal Disease" (AMERICAN MEDICINE). Rush, Benjamin. An inquiry into the various sources of the usual forms of summer & autumnal disease in the United States, and the means of preventing them. To which are added, facts intended to prove the yellow fever not to be contagious. Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co. and M. & J. Conrad & Co.; Baltimore: Rapin, Conrad, & Co.; Petersburg: Somervell & Conrad; Norfolk: Bonsal, Conrad, & Co. (printed by T. & G. Palmer), 1805. 8vo (22 cm, 8.5"). 113, [1] pp.
• The Sotheby's cataloguer of the copy in the Laird Park sale neatly summarized the importance of this title as: "The present work derives from the second edition of Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations to which is joined a history of yellow fever as it periodically occurred in Philadelphia from 1793 on. Rush concluded that yellow fever was not a contagion but rather was an epidemic that surfaced under miasmatic conditions. Although Rush observed that human epidemics were frequently preceded by the presence of still-standing and stagnant sources of water, large numbers of mosquitoes, and high mortality rates among smaller animals, he never made the connection between the breeding grounds of mosquitoes, the mosquitoes themselves, and their decisive role in spreading disease. It was only discovered a century later that yellow fever was a viral disease transmitted between humans by mosquitoes. . . . "
Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Surgeon General of the Continental Army, and a leading doctor and teacher of medicine during the late colonial and early republic years of the nation.
Provenance: From the library of Robert Sadoff, M.D., sans indicia.
• Austin, Early American Medical Imprints, 1658; Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 922; Shaw & Shoemaker 9289. 20th-century quarter red calf with stone pattern marbled paper sides, round spine, no raised bands; gilt double-rules used to form six spine compartments, five of which have a gilt center device, the sixth containing the author/title label, with the date of publication at base of spine. Plain endpapers. Internally very good. Fascinating not only as to theory, but also for its detailed and very readable notes on symptoms, treatments, and specific epidemic "outbreaks." (39068)
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Medical Climatology Arbuthnot, John; Pierre Boyer de Prébandier, trans. Essai des effets de l'air, sur le corps-humain. Paris: Jacques Barois, fils, 1742. 8vo (horizontal chain lines; 17 cm, 6.75"). xxiv, 320 pp.
• Medical climatology and the causes of diseases are at the heart of Arbuthnot's work offered here in the second printing of Pierre Boyer de Prébandier's French translation. Arbuthnot (1667–1735), a Scottish medical doctor, political satirist, and friend and collaborator with Swift on several publications, was rather successful in all he turned his hand to.
Boyer de Prébandier's translation is of An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies, first published in London in 1733.
Provenance: From the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
Of special note, at least as far as this cataloguer (DMS) is concerned, are the references on pp. 108–12 to chocolate, coffee, and tea.
• Wellcome Catalogue, II, 52. Contemporary polished tan calf, round spine, raised bands, gilt spine extra; plain sides, marbled endpapers, all edges red, blue silk ribbon placemarker. Both joints (outside) open along top compartment; binding solid, however, with volume internally clean. A nice copy. (39841)
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Profusely Illustrated Alternative Medicine — With Fold-Outs Bilz, Friedrich Eduard. The natural method of healing. A new and complete guide to health. Leipzig: F.E. Bilz, (1898). 8vo (24 cm, 9.375"). 2 vols. I: Fold. col. frontis., iv, [2], 1056, [2] pp.; 20 col. plts., illus., fold. chart. II: [2], 1057–2046, [16 (adv.)] pp.; 1 col. plt., illus., fold. chart., 2 col. fold. anatomical models (front and rear).
• A truly comprehensive offering from a leading German naturopath of the late 19th and early 20th century, one translated into at least twelve languages. In addition to a fold-out, color frontispiece in vol. I that gives a panoramic view of the Bilz Sanatorium campus, vol. II contains two fold-out, manipulatable models of the human body, male and female, with many layered folding elements, all in color. The first volume also offers many color plates featuring edible and poisonous plants, exercises, diseases, and other aspects of Bilz's natural medicine; both volumes offer in-text diagrams, illustrations, and half-tone photographs throughout.
Friedrich Eduard Bilz (1842–1922) opened a "health spa" in 1895, which eventually expanded into Bilz Sanatorium. The campus consisted of multiple buildings dedicated to the naturopathic treatment of patients, and Bilz was not shy in his judgments of what was right and wrong not just with the practice of mainstream medicine but with its wisdom and morality. Notably, vivisection is here defined as "the scientific torture of animals," and the author condemns it in appalling detail passionately rendered.
Binding: Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and black-stamped tree within a frame to spines. Front boards decorated with gilt lettering and a black-stamped landscape of Bilz Sanatorium behind a black-stamped apple tree in the foreground and portrait of F.E. Bilz in the top left corner, all within a weaving frame.
• Bound as above, with minor rubbing to extremities and rear covers with cloth faintly creased; interiors a bit browned. Bottom panel of female fold-out, the legs and feet, and one "layer" of one heart (?), lacking; fold-outs are otherwise (like all else about these volumes) in very nice condition. A popular medical guide often apparently used quite to death, with highly vulnerable movable parts, here actually in surprisingly good shape. Riveting. (40678)
The State of Early 19th-Century Austrian Medical Knowledge Bischoff, Ignaz Rudolph Edler von Altenstern. Grundzüge der allgemeinen Naturlehre des Menschen ... Mit vorzüglicher Hinsicht auf die praktische Medicin. Wien: A. Strauss's sel. Witwe, 1838–39. 8vo (21 cm, 8.3"). 2 vols. I: Frontis., [22], 352, [2] pp. II: xvi, 492 pp.
• Bischoff's comprehensive overview of human physiology and medical practice, in somewhat surprisingly festive — considering the topic — signed contemporary bindings. This is the first edition to encompass all four parts: Grundzüge der allgemeinen Naturlehre des Menschen (books one through three) and Grundzüge der speciellen Naturlehre des Menschen (book four), here in two volumes. The author (1784–1850) was a professor at the Josephinum Academy of Vienna, a charter member of the Gesellschaft der Ärzte (the medical society of Vienna), and chief physician to the Austrian Army. His portrait, engraved by Andreas Staub after Friedrich von Amerling (of whom he was an early patron) and printed by Johann Höfelich, opens vol. I, and a bibliography of his works, including foreign-language editions, with documentation of their appearances in various journals and other publications, closes vol. II.
Bindings: 19th-century bright red embossed cloth sides with gilt frame and panel rolls stamped over embossing; darker red leather shelfbacks, spines with gilt-stamped decorations and titles. All edges gilt. Bindings done by Anton Lehenbauer, with his bookbinder's ticket on each back pastedown.
Searches of NUC and WorldCat find no U.S. library reporting ownership and precious few in Europe.
• Bindings as above, joints and edges rubbed, gilt dimmed or darkened in spots. Occasional light to mild foxing, pages otherwise clean. An attractive and interesting production. (39910)
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Boerhaave, Herman. Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis, in usum doctrinae domesticae digesti ... editio sexta. Edinburgi: R. Drummond & Soc. for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1744. 12mo (15.5 cm, 6.1"). [8], 330, [24 (index)] pp.
• First Scottish printing of an important work by the celebrated Dutch physician and humanist whose teachings drew students from all over Europe to the University of Leiden. Originally printed in 1709, the volume was translated into English in 1715 as Aphorisms Concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases; Garrison-Morton lauds the volume as "one of Boerhaave's best works."
• ESTC N5425; Garrison-Morton 2199 (for first ed.). Contemporary speckled calf, spine with gilt-stamped title and compartment decorations; leather cracked and chipped on spine and joints, with minor rubbing to sides and edges. Front free endpaper with private collector's rubber-stamp and inked name, front pastedown with small inked numeral. One front and one back fly-leaf excised. One leaf with short tear from outer margin just touching one letter; one leaf with paper flaw affecting a few letters without loss of legibility. Pages clean save for some age-toning and scattered iinstances of light staining to outer margins. (19245)
The HUMAN MIND Examined Philosophically, Medically, Psychologically Brown, Thomas. Lectures on the philosophy of the human mind. Edinburgh: William Tait, 1828. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.75"). XXXI, [1], 692 pp.; port.
• Brown (1778–1820) was of the Scottish School of Common Sense but was not as central to it nor as totally committed to its principles as Thomas Reid and Dugald Steward. His career was centered in Edinburgh, and in 1810 he was appointed conjoint professor of moral philosophy with Stewart and took over the teaching duties of the chair. He was a dazzling lecturer and his lectures were published after his death, with several editions in the 1820s and early 30s.
The frontispiece portrait of Brown was engraved by W. Watson after George Watson's 1806 portrait. The volume contains "a memoir of the author, by the Rev. David Welsh, minister of St. David's Glasgow."
Provenance: Bookplate of William S. O'Brien and with his note "This book is to belong to [my son] Edward William after my death [.] William S. O'Brien [,] Christmas, 1859."
Binding: Mid-19th-century polished tan calf, spine gilt extra, single gilt rule on boards; gilt roll on board edges.
• Binding as above, small scuffs and joints (outside) very lightly abraded; paper of the front hinge partially open and with "invisible" cello tape repair (cover firmly attached). Back pastedown and lower outer margins of a few index leaves with spots of worming, not touching text. A nice copy. (39818)
The Author Was a Strange (Mental) Case Browne, Simon. A defence of the religion of nature, and the Christian revelation; against the defective account of the one, and the exceptions against the other, in a book, entitled, Christianity as old as the creation. London: Richard Ford, 1732. 8vo (20.6 cm, 8.1"). vi, [2], 267, 272–512 pp.
• First edition, with errata slip present. Browne was a dissenting minister who, according to Allibone, spent the last ten years of his life under the delusion that God had "annihilated in him the thinking substance, and utterly divested him of consciousness: that though he retained the human shape, and the faculty of speaking, in a manner that appeared to others rational, he had all the while no more notion of what he said than a parrot" — and yet while in that state, he compiled Greek and Latin dictionaries, answered Woolston's Discourse on the Miracles of Our Saviour, and wrote this rebuttal of Tindal's Christianity as Old as the Creation.
• ESTC T86771; Allibone 263. Period-style calf framed and panelled in blind rolls with blind-tooled corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels, gilt-dotted raised bands, and gilt-stamped decorations in compartments (signed in blind on lower rear turn-in by Grace Bindings). Pagination jumps from 267 to 272, text complete. Title-page with early inked annotation on the authorship of Christianity as Old as the Creation, and with institutional rubber-stamp in lower margin; closed lower edges rubber-stamped. First and last few leaves lightly spotted. (23782)
Scarce Medical Dissertation from the University of Jena Buchamer, Jacob; Johann Friedrich Schröter. Orationes et quaestiones habitae, in promotione clarissimi & doctissimi viri, D.M. Jacobi Buchameri Halensis. Cum ipsi summus in arte medica gradus in academia Genensi decerneretur. [Jena]: Typis Donati Richtzenhan, 1584. 4to (18 cm, 7.08"). [24] ff.
• The medical school at the University of Jena, one of the institution's four founding departments, was established in 1558. Roughly 25 years later, Jacob Buchamer of Halle received his degree in medicine with all due pomp and circumstance from Schröter (1513–1593, personal physician to the emperor and first rector of the university) — as documented in this testimony to Buchamer's knowledge and accomplishments. Schröter had previously been the moderator for Buchamer's thesis Agōnisma Iatrikon de calculo renum et vesicae urinariae, printed in 1583. Both that work and this doctoral dissertation presentation are now uncommon; a search of WorldCat finds only two institutional holdings, both in Germany, of the present item.
• VD16 ZV 30477. Later plain paper wrappers; outer edges speckled red, carrying over to outer margin of title-page. Early inked monogram in upper outer corner of title-page; two instances of early inked marginalia. Pages age-toned with occasional small spots. A nice copy. (40416)
Laugh a Little — Cringe a Little — Carrington Curiosa Cabanès, Augustin. The secret cabinet of history peeped into by a doctor. Paris: Charles Carrington, 1897. 8vo. x pp., [2[ ff., 3–239, vii, [1 (blank) pp., [4 (ads)] ff.
• W.C. Costello's translation of Cabanès' Cabinet secret de l'histoire (première série), the sole edition in English and an interesting, if at times gruesome, complication of medical anecdotes, medical humor, celebrity lore, and titillation.
Cabanès (1862–1928) was a medical doctor, historian, and successful writer of a goodly number of works of fiction and history, with a subspecialty of historical medical mysteries. Carrington was a leading British publisher ("abroad") of late-Victorian and Edwardian pornography/erotica for "bibliophiles," much of it flagellatory; there have been significant essays on him and his works, but Wikipedia provides one irresistible sentence: "Carrington went blind as a result of syphilis and the last few years of his life were spent in poverty as his mistress stole his valuable collection of rare books."
The chapters in this publication are: A youthful indiscretion of Louis XIV, The fistula of a great king, The maladies of Louis XV, The semi-impotency of Louis XVI, The first pregnancy of Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI in private life, One of the judges of Marie-Antoinette: the surgeon Souberbielle, What was Marat's disease, Talleyrand and the doctors, The accouchement of the empress Marie-Louise, The ancestors of Marshal Mac-Mahon, and Gambetta's eye.
Nicely printed, with title-page in black and red and text block issued untrimmed, this is a copy of the trade edition: There was a deluxe issue on Japan vellum limited to 30 copies.
Provenance: "Virginia Pritchard Hilton-Green, my father's book."
• Publisher's blue cloth stamped in blind. Minor rubbing; small tear at base of front joint (outside). Inside clean. (35372)
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Beating the Black Death Chenot, Ádám. Tractatus de peste. Vindobonae: Jo. Thom. Nob. de Trattnern, 1766. 8vo (20.3 cm, 8"). [24], 246, [2] pp.
• Uncommon first edition The Belgian-born physician Chenot (1721–1789), who studied medicine at the University of Vienna before being sent by imperial command to Transylvania to assist in fighting outbreaks of the plague, was a prominent voice in the debate over how to conduct quarantines, hygiene and sanitary treatments, and other protective measures; he was a staunch opponent of the theory that air itself could carry the disease. Here, he offers his firsthand perspective on the plague — having contracted it himself and survived!
WorldCat finds only six U.S. institutions (Harvard, National Library of Medicine, New York Academy of Medicine, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin) reporting holding a hard copy. In the present example as in others reported, the last leaf of the preface appears at the back of the volume — where it was originally printed, being leaf Q4.
• Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 86; Wellcome, II, 334. Not in Garrison & Morton. Early plain paper–covered boards, spine with hand-inked paper shelving label; binding much worn overall with joints cracked, loss of paper at corners and spine head. Pages waterstained. Early underlining and occasional marks of emphasis in red pencil to roughly first half of volume. Another sort of survivor? (40581)
Advice from a Man with More than a Few Afflictions Cheyne, George. An essay of health and long life. London: Printed for George Strahan ... and J. Leake, 1724. 8vo (20 cm, 7.75"). xx, 232 pp.
• Cheyne (1673–1743), a native of Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a disciple of Dr. Archibald Pitcairn, was professor of medicine at Edinburgh and a follower of Pitcairn's iatromathematical school of medical science. Cheyne's several medical works "were popular largely because Cheyne possessed a superior literary style. . . . [They] appear to have been prepared primarily for the lay reader. Much of the commonplace advice he gives in these works was based upon his own hypochondria, gouty arthritis, and continual struggle with obesity. . . . In this book, he sets forth his philosophy and rules for those who desire to live a long and healthy life" (Heirs of Hippocrates).
The chapters are: Of art, Of meat and drink, Of sleeping and watching, Of exercise and quiet, Of our evacuations and their obstructions, Of the passions, and Miscellany observations [sic].
Provenance: With the large black and white bookplate of Detroit-based collector Dr. O.O. Fisher. Most recently in the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
• Blake p. 86; Heirs of Hippocrates 481; Osler 2303 (2nd edition); Cushing C211; ESTC T58019. Contemporary plain brown calf, new spine labels; front joint (outside) partially open, rear one abraded, rear free endpaper lacking. Only a minimal amount of spotting in the text. Live long and prosper, if you follow his advice. (39820)
Makes the Weak Strong — Peculiar to Itself C.I. Hood & Co. Hood's pansy. Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood & Co., [ca. 1890]. 16mo (10.5 cm, 4.2"). [16] pp.; illus.
• Shape book in the form of pansies gold and purple: A promotion of Hood's Sarsaparilla, following one page dedicated to tips on growing pansies. The sales spiel is illustrated with steel-engraved views and vignettes printed in dark blue and dark green. A tipped-in slip advertises B.F. Taylor's general merchandise store in Wheelock, VT.
• Publisher's half-tone color-printed paper wrappers as above, with a river scene glowing in the "eye" of one of the pansies; spine rubbed, one tiny spot of staining or fading near front upper edge. Pages gently age-toned. A patent medicine give-away not, originally, meant to be much less ephemeral than the little flower it celebrates. (36568)
Capturing an Age One Biography at a Time [Clarke]. The Georgian era: Memoirs of the most eminent persons, who have flourished in Great Britain, from the accession of George the First to the demise of George the Fourth. London: Vizetelly, Branston, & Co., 1832–34. 8vo (19.5 cm, 7.65"). 4 vols. I: Frontis., 582 pp.; 12 plts. II: Frontis., [2], 588 pp. III: Frontis., [2], 588 pp. IV: Frontis., 588 pp.
• First edition: Concise yet entertainingly anecdote-laden biographies recounting the accomplishments and characters (foibles and all) of the most prominent figures of the age: nobles, churchmen, politicians, dissenters, military and naval officers, jurists, physicians, voyagers and travelers, scientists, writers, economists, architects, artists and musicians, etc. All the expectable princesses, duchesses, and countesses are present, along with a handful of women represented in other categories — the preponderance falling under the "Vocal Performers" and "Actors" headings.
The first volume is illustrated with 12 plates each offering four rows of small portraits, some intriguingly expressive; each volume opens with an engraved frontispiece portrait of a royal George.
• NSTC 2C23867. Recent textured maroon cloth, spines with gilt-stamped black leather title and volume labels; title-pages institutionally pressure- (not rubber-) stamped. Scattered light spots of staining, pages generally clean; first few leaves of voI. \ II with outer margins chipped. A hefty, substantive evocation of Georgian life and times. (30012)
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How to Treat & CURE TERTIAN FEVERS Cleghorn, George. Observations on the epidemical diseases in Minorca. From the year 1744, to 1749. To which is prefixed, a short account of the climate, productions, inhabitants, and endemial distempers, of that island. London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand; and G. Robinson, in Pater-Noster Row, 1779. 8vo (20.5 cm; 8.125"). [iii]–xxiv, 311 pp. Lacks half-title.
• A descriptive, epidemiological account of Minorca based on letters exchanged between Cleghorn (1716–89) and physician John Fothergill (1712–80) while Cleghorn was stationed on Minorca as surgeon to the 22nd Regiment of Foot from 1736 to 1749, here in the fourth edition. Cleghorn, a Scotsman educated at the University of Edinburgh, went on to become the first Lecturer of Anatomy at the University of Dublin.
First printed in 1751, this landmark work on epidemiology contains previously unpublished descriptions of several diseases, such as epidemic jaundice, and was reprinted in 1767, 1768, 1779, and 1815. The DNB (online) notes "his extensive observations rendered the book essential reading for those going to practice in Minorca"; and, cast in the vivid first person as it is and as full of opinions on Minorca's "inhabitants" as it is, it must have been riveting reading as well for even non-medical stay-at-homes.
Provenance: W.G. Ramsay SO.CA. stamped at head of title-page; the "SO.CA." may indicate "South Carolina" and associate this book with the physician son of David Ramsay — public official, historian of the American Revolution, and physician who introduced the smallpox vaccine in his region. (The younger Ramsay was particularly interested in racial differences, and not in what the 21st century would consider to be a good way.)
Evidence of readership: Three neatly pencilled short notes to the Introduction.
• ESTC N10137; Garrison & Morton 1674; On Cleghorn, see: DNB (online). Recent half navy blue buckram and blue marbled paper–covered boards, new endpapers; binding irregularly sized and half-title lacking. Title-page heavily repaired with former owner's signature excised from top right corner. Light to moderate age-toning and waterstaining with the occasional spot; first gathering darkened and partially detached. Medical practice here is an adventure. (36126)
Sheriffs & Coroners The compleat sheriff in theory and practice; shewing the importance, nature, and duty, of that high office ... to which is added, the office and duty of a coroner. London: Pr. by W. Strahan & M. Woodfall for G. Kearsly, 1778. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.6"). [4], 468 pp.
• Scarce edition of a work originally published in 1696, this version containing "not only all that has been hitherto offered on this Subject in various Publications, but a Variety of new matter, particularly the Forms of all such Writs as are now used and brought for prosecuting Suits in the different Courts subordinate to the Sheriffs . . . and apt Instructions to young clerks and practitioners for suing out and executing such Process with Safety and Effect" (p. [iii]).
The detailed descriptions of the coroner's proceedings and "inquisitions" in case of all sorts of specified deaths are among the volume's most striking, although its notes on the specifics of sheriffs' duties are more extended and additionally absorbing.
WorldCat and ESTC locate only two U.S. institutional holdings.
• ESTC N4928; Sweet & Maxwell 221. Contemporary diced black calf, covers framed in blind roll and double fillet, rebacked some time ago with plain black calf, spine with gilt-stamped green leather title-label; minor wear to all original edges, small scuffs to spine. One leaf with chip to outer margin; scattered instances of unobtrusive pencilled marks of emphasis. A clean and dignified copy of an uncommon treatise. (35364)
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"I've Been Singing His L E G" [drop-title] Cork leg songster. Newcastle-on-Tyne: William R. Walker, [ca. 1860?]. 12mo (16.8 cm, 6.6"). 24 pp.
• Uncommon chapbook of popular songs, featuring a curious title-page woodcut illustrating the conclusion of the first piece, "The Cork Leg": a gamboling skeleton roams the countryside on one bony leg and one cork prosthesis. The contents include "A Kiss and Nothing More," "Ellen Aureen," "The Exile of Erin," "Meet Me in the Willow Glen," "Rich and Poor," "The Star of Glengarry," and "The Trial of Willy Reily," among others.
This inexpensively printed pamphlet has two pages of text reversed, with a large portion of "The Exciseman Outwitted" incongruously replacing the second verse of "The Daughter of Israel": "I weep, land of Judah, for thee. [/] Your hogs to a fine market you've brought . . ."
This ephemeral songster is seldom seen outside of the U.K. WorldCat finds no U.S. institutional holdings of any imprint.
• NSTC 2C37950. Removed from a nonce volume; title-page all but separated. First leaf with outer margin creased. Pages slightly age-toned. An interesting and uncommonly encountered item, incidentally presenting a fine example of "things that can go wrong in the printshop." (37242)
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A Really Scarce Book & an Author Who is an Enigma Corke, Miss. 'What shall we do with them?' A history of the London and Brighton convalescent home. London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1882. 12mo (18.5 cm, 7.25"). Frontis., vii, [1 blank], 157, [1] pp.
• This rare history of the still-extant London and Brighton convalescent home was clearly written as a fund raising publication: "It is hoped that the profits of the sale of this volume will considerably augment the Free Fund of the Crescent House" (title-page). The convalescent home was, and still is. for elderly and needy women; a previous fundraising endeavor for the purchase of the "Crescent House" on the Marine Parade, in Brighton, had been heavily subscribed and accumulated over GBP4,500, as attested to by the published list at the rear of this volume.
Miss Corke's identity remains a mystery despite two of her other publications being noted on the title-page; searches for those titles found no copies listed in WorldCat or COPAC.
The present work is also not listed in WorldCat, and via COPAC we find only one copy — at the Bodleian.
• NSTC 0946400. Publisher's dark green cloth stamped on front cover with ferns in black and author and title in gilt; binding darkened and rubbed, slightly cocked. Occasional light foxing; oil-like stain in lower area of the final 20 leaves. An interesting late-Victorian women's social and medical work. (39657)
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The 1886 Winner of the Parkes Memorial Prize Duncan, Andrew. The prevention of disease in tropical and sub-tropical campaigns. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1888. 8vo (22 cm, 8.5"). x, 396 pp.
• Beginning circa 1871 the British War Office awarded the Parkes Memorial Prize, consisting of 75 guineas and a gold medal: It was awarded every third year to the writer of the best essay on a subject connected with hygiene. The competition was open to the medical officers of the Army, Navy, and Indian Services of executive rank on full pay, with the exception of the assistant professors of the Army Medical School during their term of office.
In 1886 Andrew Duncan, a surgeon of the Bengal Army, received the Prize for this extended study of military, preventive, and tropical medicine with a focus on scurvy, typhus, cholera, yellow fever, dengue fever, smallpox, venereal disease, and malaria.
Binding: Prize binding of the Army Medical School (housed in the Royal Victoria Hospital). Contemporary tan calf with black leather gilt label, round spine, raised bands, gilt and blind tooling on spine; modest gilt rolls and fillets to form border at perimeter of boards. Gilt supra libros on front board. Gilt-rolled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers and marbled edges.
Provenance: Presentation leaf noting gift of this copy as a prize to A.E.H. Prince (of the Indian Medical Service) in the Department of Hygiene at the Army Medical School, Netley, signed by Col. J. Lane Notter, Professor of Military Hygiene, and dated 1896. Most recently in the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only five U.S. libraries (NIC, NNNAM, PPCP, PPiU-M, PCarlMH) reporting ownership.
• Binding as above; front joint (outside) rubbed and starting in lower inch, small area at top of spine pulled with small loss of leather. Else a very nice copy; clean, sound, and with notable provenance. (39794)
The "Important Truths" Known to the Pagan Sages Dutens, Louis. Recherches sur l'origine des découvertes attribuées aux modernes ... Paris: Chez la veuve Duchesne, 1766. 8vo (18.7 cm, 7.36"). xlviii, 228, [4], 257 (i.e., 259), [3] pp.
• First edition: Arguments in favor of classical origins for an impressive array of "modern" inventions and philosophies. Among the modern figures are Descartes, Locke, Leibnitz, and Newton specifically, discussed along with current general thoughts on physics and astronomy, developments in surgery and in the study of anatomy, mathematical discoveries including algebraic concepts, and contemporary ideas of the soul and the divine — all of which Dutens claims were derived directly from ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.
The work's two volumes are here bound as one, with each half-title present; the main text is in French, with many footnotes in Latin or Greek. The author (1730–1812) was a French-born tutor and chargé d'affaires who spent much of his life either in England or travelling the Continent, generally in the service of various well-to-do people of rank.
Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of G.W. Fowler. Later in the residue of the stock of the F. Thomas Heller bookselling firm (est. ca. 1928).
• Barbier, IV, 29; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 130; Brunet, II, 922; Wallis, Newton and Newtoniana, 382.55. Contemporary quarter mottled sheep and interestingly marbled paper–covered sides (paper in shades of rose, grey, and brown, with pattern resembling camouflage), spine with gilt-stamped leather label; binding rubbed and worn overall, with tiny spots of insect damage. Bookplate as above, front free endpaper with early inked initials in upper margin, vol. I half-title with early inked authorship attribution. Light foxing, only. A solid copy of this interesting look at 18th-century thought on the history of science. (40425)
The State of a Significant Bishopric, POST-Revolution
A Two-Volume FRENCH Sammelband Du Trousset d'Héricourt, Bénigne-Urbain-Jean-Marie, Bishop of Autun. [Mandements, etc.]. Autun: L'Imprimerie de Dejussieu, 1829–1852. 8vo (24.5 cm, 9.7"). 2 vols. I: [~550] pp. II: [~500] pp.; various paginations.
• A substantial gathering of printed pieces by and connected to the Bishop of Autun (1797–1851) — what appears to be all of his official correspondence with his diocese and with various other clergymen from the time of his appointment through his death, as well as some of the letters from others to which he responded. While the first piece in the first volume was printed in Paris by Adrien le Clere & Cie., D'Héricourt subsequently used his own designated local printer, and many of these pieces are attractively worked up with engraved headpieces, titles in decorative typefaces, and the Bishop's coat of arms vignette. Most of the pieces are in French, with four in Latin; the final few items deal with the bishop's death and the subsequent vacancy of the see.
Altogether, there are dozens of pastoral letters gathered here, over 40 mandements, and a handful of circulars; also present are instructions for catechisms and first communion, and a call for public prayer "pour l'entière cessation du choléra-morbus" (1832).
Given the nature of these publications and that they were printed not in Paris or another large printing center, it is clear why all are scarce, even in France. Truly a remarkable compendium of church history during the French Restoration, July Monarchy, and Second Republic.
• 19th-century marbled paper–covered boards with roan shelfbacks, spines with gilt-stamped titles, dates, and bands; spines and extremities rubbed. All edges speckled. Two pages with neatly inked French annotations in (different) early hands; one title-page with early inked ownership inscription; one single-page letter addressed by hand to M. le Curé à Savianges; one order with a missing bullet point and the date added in a neat early inked hand; a few pieces with dates inked in. Several leaves with creases from mailing folds, one cover leaf with a postal cancellation from Buxy, 7 June 1840. Many leaves variously with generally very light, occasionally moderate waterstaining; occasional spots of foxing or staining scattered throughout, a few leaves age-toned, pages generally clean. A trove of data in physically informative forms. (37160)
"A Subject of Intense Interest to the Philanthropist & the Man of Science" Ellis, William Charles. A treatise on the nature, symptoms, causes, and treatment of insanity. London: Samuel Holdsworth (R. Clay, Printer), 1838. 8vo (23 cm, 9.1"). viii, 344 pp. (frontis. lacking).
• First edition: an exploration of insanity from a pioneer of psychological medicine, complete with "practical observations on lunatic asylums, and a description of the pauper lunatic asylum for the county of Middlesex, at Hanwell, with a detailed account of its management." Ellis (1780–1839) dedicated his life to curing his patients rather than just treating them, and also promoted the idea of work as a means of treatment through his various institutional appointments. This text contains extensive commentary from contemporary sources, including lengthy notes on masturbation as a cause of insanity and a section detailing visible signs of suicidal tendencies.
Provenance: A bookplate of M.H. Ranney, Resident Physician for Blackwell's Island Asylum — the first mental institution in New York City — is attached to the front fly-leaf. An armorial bookplate of the Grosvenor Library of Buffalo, New York, dated 1859, appears on the front pastedown, with an accession number stamped in red on the title-page verso and an insert detailing "penalty for injuries to property" on the back pastedown. Most recently in the library of Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., one of the nation's leading forensic psychiatrists and a director of Penn's Center for Studies in Social-Legal Psychiatry, sans indicia.
• NSTC 2E8170. On Ellis, see: Oxford DNB (online). Green publisher's cloth, spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind, covers framed in blind double fillets around an arabesque stamp; rubbed, spine gently sunned, covers spotted, bottom of back joint (outside) open, top of spine pulling. Folding frontispiece lacking as above, a few leaf edges uneven from opening, one small marginal hole. Light age-toning with a handful of spots or stains. Provenance indicia as above, a few pages with marginal accents or short notes in pencil; a "good used" copy with very interesting provenance. (39709)
Gout? or Scarlet Fever? BOTH Are Covered Here Endter, Christian Ernst. Ausführlicher Bericht, von denen schmertzhaften Glieder-Kranckheiten, als nemlich: Gicht, Podagra, Chiragra, Gonagra, Malo ischiatico ... Mit noch einer Zugabe, von denen Ursachen eines kurtzen oder langen Lebens derer Menschen, und dassalle Kranckheiten anfangs, mit leichter Mühe, ohne, oder durch wenige Kosten zu curiren sind ... [with another]. Franckfurt: No publisher/printer, 1741. Small 8vo (17.3 cm; 6.875" ). 189, [1 (blank)] pp., lacks final blank leaf. [bound with] Johann Pelargus Storch. Practischer und Theoretischer Tractat vom Scharlach-Fieber, wie solches von etlichen und zwantzig Jahren her, als eine etwas seltsame, jedoch zuweilen grassirende Kinder-Kranckheit, aus vielen zur Hand gekommenen Casibus kennen gelernet. Gotha: verlefts Christian Mevius, 1742. Small 8vo (17.3 cm; 6.875"). [4] ff., 280, [3] pp., lacks final blank leaf.
• Endter (1693–1783) was a mostly self-educated medical man who started in the humors tradition and partially embraced the new approach of the Enlightenment. Among his patients were a few minor nobles but his practice was chiefly among the middle and lower classes, and his books were written for them. The present one deals with treating gout, arthritis, and nerve-related pains.
Storch (1681–1751) was a well-respected physician and 1735 he was appointed to serve as such at the Russian court; he later left Russia to become the chief military doctor in Gotha. The present work on scarlet fever contains studies of 190 cases, then presents conclusions on causes and proposes new treatments.
Provenance: Ownership inscription dated 1762 of "R.P. Eugenius Peters" on front free endpaper. Two names inked of old on title-page, one "Jacobus Cramer" and another not deciphered, with a third entry inked over.
• Contemporary half vellum with marbled paper sides; soiled, worn, and rubbed with loss of much paper on rear board. General age-toning, occasional faint waterstaining in some margins, title-page with small spot of paper lost at the end of that "deleted" inscription; overall, very good copies of the texts, in a solid but used binding. (34734)
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Treating Patients with Hypnosis & Mesmerism Ennemoser, Joseph. Der Magnetismus im Verhältnisse zur Natur und Religion. Stuttgart & Lübingen: J.G. Cotta, 1842. 8vo (21.5 cm, 8.45"). xxii, [2], 546 pp.
• First edition of this treatise on animal magnetism and its possibilities for elevating the human intellect — along with healing the physical self, by way of the mind–body connection — written by a Tyrolean physician and professor (1787–1854) who was an ardent supporter of Mesmer's theories, as well as the author of a popular history of magic. The Cambridge University Press, which reprinted the text, notes that "Ennemoser analyses the relationship between 'animal magnetism', nature and religion, focusing on phenomena including visions, their physiological and psychological explanations, and the application and effects of 'magnetic' treatments."
Evidence of Readership: An early reader has pencilled marks of emphasis in some margins — most frequently single short lines, with one series of one, two, and three short lines plus a zero or O lined through and another of arrows and hashmarks; several faint annotations adding to or questioning content; and a few instances of expressive punctuation such as "?!" or "!?." Unfortunately, what looks to be the accompanying ownership inscription on the back pastedown is difficult to decipher.
• Contemporary quarter dark green sheep and dark green marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped title, gilt- and blind-tooled decorative bands, and gilt-stamped foliate decorations in compartments; rubbed overall, especially corners and joints with the latter starting/cracking. Gentle age-toning, spots of mild foxing, pencilled annotations as above. Excellent example of contemporary engagement with this influential text. (40101)
An Heir of Hippocrates — A Pioneer Forensic Psychiatist Esquirol, Etienne. Aliénation mentale. Des illusions chez les aliénés. Question médico-légale sur l'isolement des aliénés. Paris: Librairie Medicale de Crochard, 1832. 8vo (22 cm, 8.5"). [2] ff., 83, [1] pp.
• Esquirol's work on mental disorders including hallucinations and illusions, and the treatment of the same, secured him a prominence among early practitioners of forensic psychiatry. "Along with Philippe Pinel (1745–1826), Jean-Étienne Esquirol (1772–1840) is often considered one of the fathers of clinical psychiatry. While his indebtedness to the views of his teacher, Pinel, is indisputable, his own later contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorder are often considered to be clinically superior and more sophisticated than those of his mentor. Esquirol's contributions to the psychopathology of affectivity are especially important and differ in many important respects from those of Pinel, who also stressed the role of the passions in mental disorder (Louis C. Charland's entry for Esquirol in the Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology). "Like Pinel, Esquirol did not attempt to analyze mental illness from a philosophical standpoint but sought to classify and describe the various kinds of insanity he encountered in his practice. Esquirol coined the term 'monomania,' a concept which anticipated the modern view of schizophrenia, and he was the first to distinguish hallucination from illusion" (Heirs, emphasis ours).
Offered here is his landmark work known in English as "Observations on the illusions of the insane, and on the medico-legal question of their confinement." It originated as a "Memoire lu a l'Institut, le 1er octobre 1832" (p. 1) and is here reprinted in the first book edition from the Annales d'hygiène et de médecine légale.
Provenance: From the library of Robert Sadoff, M.D.
Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate fewer than ten U.S. libraries reporting ownership (ClobS, CLU, CtY-M, MH-M, DNLM, MnRM, CCCP, TxU-M, ViW) and COPAC finds only the copy at Cambridge. WorldCat adds one other British library reporting ownership (University of Essex).
• On Esquirol see: Heirs of Hippocrates 766; The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science & Medicine 721. Original wrappers. Uncut, unopened. An excellent copy. (39178)
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Debunking Uromancy Foreest, Pieter van. De incerto, fallaci, urinarum iudicio, quo uromantes, ad perniciem multorum aegrotantium, utuntur ... Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1589. 8vo (16 cm, 6.3"). [24], 316, [2] pp.
• First edition of this treatise on urology, written by an eminent Dutch physician (a.k.a. Petrus Forestus, 1521–97) so respected by his peers that his tombstone reads, "Hippocrates batavus si fuit ille fuit": If there ever were a Batavian Hippocrates, it was he. Foreest here argues against uroscopy, the practice of diagnosing illness based solely on examination of the urine — a much-abused technique conducted by many doctors the author considered charlatans.
The text opens with an engraved portrait of the author done by Hendrick Goltzius, and includes an image of the matula (the rounded glass vessel in which urine was inspected); towards the back of the volume is "Ex Ioan. Langii Epistolarum medicinalium tomo 1," comprising epistles 11 and 83 by Johann Lange (1485–1565).
• Adams F757; Durling 1604; Wellcome 2358. Period-style quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, gilt-dotted raised bands, and gilt-stamped fleurons in compartments between gilt rules; binder's ticket on back pastedown. One early inked marginal correction (in Latin). Pages gently age-toned with varying degrees of dust-soiling, edge and corner wear, and, most noticeable at rear where it is seen across lower outer corners and foremargins, very faint to light old waterstaining. In fact a good and worthwhile copy of a significant book, now nicely bound. (40614)
The Dutch Hippocrates Foreest, Pieter van. Observationum et curationum medicinalium libri duo: Nempe decimussextus de pectoris pulmonisque vitiis ac morbis: Et decimusseptimus de cordis ac quibusdam mammillarum affectibus. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium, 1593. 8vo (15.9 cm, 6.26"). [16], 498, [24] pp.
• Foreest, a.k.a. Petrus Forestus (1521–97), was a dedicated and accomplished Dutch physician so respected by his peers that his tombstone reads "Hippocrates batavus si fuit ille fuit" (If there ever were a Batavian Hippocrates, it was he). He first began publishing his Observationes, collections of case studies with his notes on diagnosis and treatment, in 1584; the present work is the first edition of the 16th and 17th books in what eventually grew to be a series of 32 printed by the continuation of the Plantin Press, comprehensively covering 16th-century thought on practical medicine. Examined here are various diseases affecting the chest and heart.
Early editions of Foreest's observations are not common, particularly not outside of Europe; a search of WorldCat finds only five U.S. institutions reporting holdings of this first edition (Yale, University of Chicago, Harvard, National Library of Medicine, University of Texas).
• Adams F767; Durling 1614. See also Heirs of Hippocrates 205 (for third vol.). Period-style quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, gilt-dotted raised bands, and gilt-stamped fleurons in compartments between gilt rules; binder's ticket on back pastedown. Title-page with early inked ownership inscription (obscure). Upper margins trimmed closely, in some cases touching headers and pagination. Pages age-toned, with scattered early penciled marks of emphasis and one early inked marginal annotation; variable instances of dust-soiling, the very occasional spot, and one page with an old wax adhesion partially obscuring a few letters, otherwise clean. A solid, readable copy in a handsome recent binding. (40610)
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Cowper's Life a "Striking Instance of
the Instability of Earthly Hopes" Greatheed, Samuel. A practical improvement of the divine counsel and conduct, attempted in a sermon, occasioned by the decease of William Cowper Esq; preached at Olney, 18 May 1800. Newport-Pagnel: J. Wakefield, [1800]. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.9"). [4], 47, [1] pp.
• First edition. A dissenting minister and founding member of the Eclectic Review, the Rev. Samuel Greatheed was a close friend of Cowper's; this memorial piece includes affecting descriptions of the poet's mental illness. This is the first issue of the first edition, with "sermon" in solid type on the title-page and a semi-colon after Wakefield in the imprint.
ESTC lists no publication prior to this occurring in Newport-Pagnel.
• ESTC T44132; NCBEL, II, 598. Uncut copy and stitched as issued. Title-page with rubber-stamped numeral and internal tear touching the first line of title without loss; first and last pages dust-soiled, fore-edges chipped and slightly ragged. Not pristine, but a desirable example of this uncommon piece in its original state. (29490)
Poetry from Springfield, Massachusetts
& the "Mansion" Hotel at Pas'comuck Greene, Aella. After night, a summer-place talk, with other poems. Boston: Lee & Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1873. 8vo. Frontis., 93, [1] pp.; 2 plts. (incl. in pagination).
• First edition: Verses from a poet and journalist whose work was, in its day, considered to "most faithfully embody the genuine spirit of New England country life" (New England Homestead, 1881). Sickness is a theme here, along with the pain of it bravely borne; and the last piece expresses the hope that "all the allopaths" would vanish from the earth and that only "pleasant herbs" and "mild botanics" be given to the sick, rather than calomel and drugs.
The volume is illustrated with a total of three wood-engraved depictions of New England buildings.
• Publisher's pebbled terra cotta cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; spine darkened and worn with gilt rubbed, sides with small spots of discoloration, cover gilt nice and bright. Some light smudging to margins, pages otherwise clean. All edges gilt. (27649)
Wondrous Happenings in Sixth Century Italy Gregorius I, Pont. Max. (Gregory I, pope). Dialogorum libri quattuor. [colophon: Venetiis: per Hieronymus de Paganinis, 1492]. Small 4to (19.5 cm; 7.625"). [79 of 80] ff., lacks final blank leaf.
• Miracles, signs, wonders, and healings performed in Italy in the sixth century A.D., mostly by monks, fill three of the four books of this incunable printing of one of Gregory the Great's understandably most popular writings. The book not devoted to such wondrous things is book two, a life of Saint Benedict. There were 20 editions printed between 1473 and the end of the 15th century, in Latin, German, Italian, and Spanish, in formats ranging from folio to octavo.
This Venetian printing from the press of Girolamo de Paganini (active 1492– 97), is done in gothic type in double-column format, and the first four lines on the first text leaf are printed in red; there is one large woodcut (on the first page), of St . Peter, which cut is used in other of his books (e.g., his 1492 Biblia latina). Below the cut is this praise of Gregory: "Sicut Petrus apostolo[rum] princeps in ecclesia dei prefuit: sic postmodu[m] Gregorius: Qui quidem pro mercede glorie celestis imarcessibilem coronam reportantes: nobis scripta bene viuedi exepla reliquerunt: vt infra Gregorij sermo dyalogus probat."
Gregory (ca.?540–12 March 604), pope from 3 September 590 to 12 March 604, is the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers, and is famous for instigating the first known large-scale mission from Rome — the Gregorian Mission, to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxons in England to Christianity.
Provenance: Cut-down Blumhaven Library bookplate (i.e., private library of Herman Blum, 1885–1973, of the Frankford section of Philadelphia, PA); given by Mr. Blum on his 89th birthday to his grandson Robert Martin Blum, as per light blue ballpoint pen inscription on front pastedown.
• ISTC ig00405000; Goff G405; HC 7963*; Pell 5357; IGI 4422; BMC V 457; GKW 11401. Half vellum and cream paper covered boards of the first half of the 20th century, soiled; without the final blank leaf (only). Bookseller's description glued to front pastedown above provenance information as above; additional tape or glue stains on same and tape stains on rear pastedown. Title- leaf seriously browned, torn with blank lower area lost, and mounted, with image of St. Peter and all but one letter of type preserved; repairs to upper margin and fore-edge of the first text leaf; waterstaining in first half, diminishing after first signatures. (39630)
A Plea for Training Women in the MEDICAL ARTS Gregory, George. Medical morals, illustrated with plates and extracts from medical works; designed to show the pernicious social and moral influence of the present system of medical practice, and the importance of establishing female medical colleges, and educating and employing female physicians for their own sex. New York: Published by the author, 1852. 8vo (22 cm; 8.5"). 48 pp.
• Cataloguers have universally identified "George Gregory" of the title- and copyright pages as the famous English physician (1790–1853), teacher, textbook writer, and advocate of vaccination. This is patently wrong. The author is based in the U.S. as is made clear by reading the pamphlet: The English George Gregory never lived in the U.S., and, indeed, on p. 18 we are told that George is the brother of Samuel Gregory, a founder of the Boston Female Medical College.
George Gregory seeks here to champion his brother's cause of educating women to minister medically to women, especially but not exclusively as midwives in the broadest terms. "Does the fact that a man practises medicine give him any right to invade his neighbor's wife . . . ?"
Searches of NUC and WorldCat locate only five U.S. institutions reporting ownership.
• Removed from a nonce volume, with the two plates (which would have been near-pornographic in their time) torn out and present in laid-in facsimile, thus lowering the price considerably. Lightly age-toned, with a little foxing and spotting only. (32183)
War & Peace, & Prosperity? (Guatemala in the 1870s). A collection of 17 broadsides, 2-page publications, and pamphlets. Guatemala: Various publishers/presses, 1870–79. All items folio.
• For Guatemala the 1870s were years of a Liberal government and 19th-century Liberal reforms: confiscation of Church property and the concomitant excloistering of nuns and monks, improved sanitation, improved supervision of food handling, economic reforms, securing a free press, bringing telegraphy and the railroad to the nation, and improving the police force and public education.
The decade began with the 1871 overthrow of Vicente Cerna Sandoval's Conservative regime and then saw other military actions including the putting down of the 1872 attempted coup d'etat by the recently ousted Conservatives; and because that failed plot was supported by the government of Honduras, Guatemala went to war with its neighbor. The collection touches on war, politics, reform, public health, and reaction to reform. A complete list of contents is available.
• The 1870s saw changes in the printing industry in Guatemala; printing could be done on thinner paper and this collection bears witness to that, with some chipping at edges, some brittleness over all, and some items damp-damaged with loss of blank areas (only). Over all, good to very good condition, with a very few exceptions. (36863)
An Anti-Vaxxer in 1757: Three Treatises from a Leader
of the Vienna School of Medicine Haen, Anton de. Quaestiones saepius motae super methodo inoculandi variolas, ad quas directa eruditorum responsa hucusque desiderantur; indirecta minus satisfacere videntur: Orbi medico denuo praepositae... Vindobonae: Joan. Thomae Trattner, 1757. 8vo (20.7 cm, 8.125"). 80 pp. [with the same author's] Theses sistentes febrium divisiones, natamque ea de causa de miliaribus, ac petechiis, caeterisque febrilibus exanthematibus. Dissertationem: Ordine defendendae et oppugnandae . . . in Palatio Universitatis. . . edition altera. Vindobonae: Joan. Thomae Trattner, 1760. 8vo. [12], 142, [2 (blank)] pp. [and] Theses pathologicae de haemorrhoidibus, a medicinae studiosis ordine defendendae, et oppugnandae. . . Viennae: Joannis Thomae Trattner, 1759. 8vo. [12], 89, [1] pp.
• First editions of three works by de Haen, the first being an early work on smallpox vaccination. De Haen (1704–76) was — as well as a distinguished physician and pioneer of clinical medical teaching in Vienna — a famously quarrelsome conservative thinker and author who maintained a steadfast opposition to inoculation. In considering the titular questions, he concludes that vaccinating defies God's will; he also discusses more pragmatic concerns regarding subsequent susceptibility to the disease, reduction of the mortality rate, etc. Following the first treatise are theses on fevers and on hemorrhoids. All three works are nicely printed, ornamented with headpieces and decorative capitals.
• Quaestiones: Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 192. Theses sistentes: VD18 1056568X; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 192. Theses pathologicae: VD18 11684461; Blake, NLM 18th Century, p. 192. Contemporary half sheep with speckled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; binding worn and rubbed overall with leather lost at corners and rubbed at joints. All edges stained red. Front endpapers with pencilled annotations. Mild to moderate age-toning and foxing; pages overall clean. (40114)
More than One Lifetime's Worth of Adventure & Interesting Ideas Harriott, John. Struggles through life, exemplified in the various travels and adventures in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, of John Harriott, Esq. London: Pr. for the author, 1815. 12mo (18 cm, 7.1"). 3 vols. I: Frontis., xvxv, [1], 443, [1] pp. II: xii, 428, [2] pp. III: vii, [1], 479, [1] pp. (lacking pp. 69–72); 1 fold. plt., 1 plt.
• Autobiography of one of the founders of the Thames police, a clever and independent mariner who went adventuring around the world before settling down to become an Essex justice of the peace and eventually Resident Magistrate of the Thames River Police (a.k.a. the Marine Police Force, sometimes called England's first official police force). Here he looks back on his remarkably varied youthful escapades, including travelling in the merchant-service, visiting "the Savages in North America," meeting the King of Denmark, serving in the East India Company's military service, and narrowly escaping such dangers as tigers, poisonous snakes, floods, fires, and scamming fathers-in-law. If the narrator is to be believed, the two issues that caused him the chiefest distress in life were pecuniary difficulties and other people's unchivalrous treatment of women. He also has much to say about law and business in the New World and the Old, slavery in America, forcible incarceration in private madhouses (with excerpts from a first-person account of such), and the nature of farming in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as the state of affairs in Washington, DC, and, of course, the history of the creation of the Thames police.
Vol. I opens with a steel-engraved portrait of the author, done by Henry Cook after Hervé; vol. III is illustrated with an oversized, folding plate of a water-engine intended for millwork, devised by the author, and a plate of another of his inventions: the automated "chamber fire escape", which enables anyone to lower him- or herself from a high window. This is the third edition, following the first of 1807.
• NSTC H625; Sabin 30461. Contemporary speckled sheep, spines with gilt-stamped leather title-labels; vol. I with joints and extremities refurbished, vols. II and III with spines and edges rubbed, old strips of library tape reinforcing spine heads. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplates, call number on endpapers, pressure-stamp on title-pages, vols. II and III with paper shelving labels at top of spines (vol. I showing signs of now-absent label). Vol. I title-page with offsetting from frontispiece; vol. III with pp. 69–72 excised (two leaves of a rather long religious-themed letter from Harriott to his son) and with upper portion of one leaf crumpled, reinforced some time ago. Some light age-toning, intermittent small spots of foxing and ink-staining, pages generally clean. Utterly absorbing. (30651)
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Not Perfect but Evocative on Many Fronts Hazlemore, Maximilian. Domestic economy: Or, a complete system of English housekeeping ... also, the complete brewer ... likewise the family physician. London: J. Creswick & Co., 1794. 8vo. xxxii, 392 pp. (lacking pp. 331/32, 341–44, 357–62, & 365–84 ).
• Sole edition thus: Recipes, brewing instructions, menus suitable for a year of housekeeping, and a collection of home remedies "which will be found applicable to the relief of all common complaints incident to families, and which will be particularly useful in the country, where frequent opportunities offer of relieving the Distressed, whose situation in life will not enable them to call in Medical Aid" (p. 4).
Many of the recipes in the first portion of this book are attributed to such well-known names as Glasse, Raffald, and Mason. Oxford points out that both the extended subtitle and the overall contents of the work as a whole are strikingly similar to Mary Cole's Lady's Complete Guide of 1791, commenting "One wonders who was the real author." Whatever its origins, the present volume as attributed to Hazlemore is now uncommon: WorldCat, ESTC, and Cagle cite only seven U.S. institutional holdings.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with ownership inscription and title-page with pressure-stamp of prominent cookbook collector Eloise Schofield; title-page also with early inked inscription of Charlotte Booty; front pastedown with early ticket of J. Rackham, a late 18th-/early 19th-century printer and bookseller in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
• ESTC T93869; Cagle, Matter of Taste, 734; Oxford, English Cookery, 122. Not in Bitting. Incomplete copy. Contemporary treed sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, scuffed; spine label and extremities chipped, joints open and volume tender, front cover with spots of insect damage extending through to upper inner margins of first few leaves, touching two letters of title but no other text. Pp. 331/32, 341–44, 357–62, and 365–84 excised with great neatness (and no, we cannot work out any theory of "why"). Scattered instances of early pencilled or inked marginal annotations, including alternate instructions in two cases and a full recipe for dressed spinach inked at the end of the vegetables section, intended to replace the crossed-out printed recipe provided. Pages age-toned, otherwise clean. An incomplete copy, priced accordingly, of a still interesting work. (29554)
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Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse
& The Famous Charterhouse School Herne, Samuel. Domus carthusiana: Or an account of the most noble foundation of the charter-house near Smithfield in London. Both before and since the Reformation. London: Pr. by T.R. for Richard Marriott & Henry Brome, 1677. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). Frontis., [46], 287, [1] pp.; 2 plts.
• First edition of this history of the Charterhouse, a charitable hospital and (eventually) elite boys' school founded by Thomas Sutton on the site of a former Carthusian monastery. The volume is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Sutton, a copperplate engraving of a Carthusian monk done by F.H. Van Houe, and an allegorical copperplate engraving of the House of Prayer. It is partly printed in black-letter.
Provenance: Rolle family armorial bookplate.
• ESTC R10688; Wing (rev.) H1578; Allibone 813. Contemporary sheep, covers framed in blind double fillets; leather rubbed and scuffed, partially cracked along front joint. All edges marbled. Pastedowns peeled up, front pastedown with early inked inscription; inside front cover with armorial bookplate. Title-page with inked numeral in upper outer corner. (21012)
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The Medicinal Virtues of Plants Illustrated Hill, John. The family herbal, or an account of all those English plants, which are remarkable for their virtues, and of the drugs which are produced by vegetables of other countries; with their descriptions and their uses, as proved by experience. Bungay: J. & R. Childs, 1822. 8vo (21.2 cm, 8.4"). viii, xl, 376 pp.; 54 col. plts.
• 19th-century edition of Hill's popular herbal handbook for home medicinal use, originally published in 1755 and here illustrated with 54 delicately tinted hand-colored plates, most bearing three images each. The author was a prolific and energetic botanist known for his Vegetable System and other works.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with early inked inscription: "John Watts Book [/] Dunfermline"; front pastedown with inscriptions of both John Watt and Robert Watt, and back free endpaper with that of John.
• Rohde, Old English Herbals, 222; Nissen 881 (for Bungay 1803 ed.); Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature, III, 829. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and rules and blind-stamped devices in compartments; binding worn and scuffed, front joint cracked (sewing holding), spine leather with a number of small cracks. One plate with very short tear from upper margin, just barely extending into plate edge and not approaching image; small spots of foxing to some pages and plates, with two early plates showing somewhat more noticeable spotting. A very browsable and readable copy, with lovely plates. (34849)
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Skepticism from an Ecclesiastical Savant
Huet, Pierre-Daniel. Pet. Dan. Huetii episcopi Abrincensis De imbecillitate mentis humanae libri tres. Amstelodami: Apud H. Du Sauzet, 1738. 12mo (17 cm, 6.75"). xxxviii, [10], 223, [1] pp. (frontis. lacking).
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• First edition: Latin translation of Huet's Traité philosophique de la faiblesse de l'esprit humain, which had been published in 1723. Much lauded as a scholar, scientist, antiquarian, and author, the Bishop of Avranches was also a philosopher who published an extensive critique of Descartes's writings. The present work was his last, and published posthumously; in it, he describes the failings of human reason and logic and argues that skepticism enables faith-based religion. In addition to being one of Huet's best-known philosophical statements, the Traité philosophique is of medical interest for the author's theory of the nature of the mind. The title-page is printed in red and black, bearing an elegant engraved vignette of a printer's shop done by B. Picart.
• Recent quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels. Frontispiece lacking and pages showing light cockling; clean and attractive. (21114)


Can An Insurance Billing Delay Hurt Your Credit?
Know your rights. Many states require insurance companies to pay in a timely manner. Known as Prompt Pay laws, they protect consumers by outlining when your provider must cover a medical claim. For example, North Carolina providers have 30 days from the day your claim is received. Research the laws in your state. Use the tools available to you.
Contact the insurance company. A payment delay could be the result of a miscommunication or shift in company policy. Contact the insurance company and ask for more details. Speak to a supervisor or manager if you cannot get answers.
Create a paper trail. Verbal confirmation of coverage isn't enough to protect your credit. Tell the insurance company you need a written record of their policies and how they intend to manage the claim. Request the copy on the company's letterhead with a date attached. Request an emailed copy as well. Creating a paper trail allows you to prove your correspondence with the insurance company in case the claim is not paid on time.
Consider paying your bill. Although the debt is not legally yours, the credit bureaus are not aware of the situation with your insurer and can only report the information they receive. Translation: A late payment is a late payment. Consider covering the bill yourself until the issue is resolved. Most insurers offer installment plans, allowing you to avoid paying the entire balance. Ask the customer service rep to place a note on the payment, citing the company's failure to cover the claim, and request email confirmation. Keep copies of these records as you move forward.
Work with a professional. Escalating your claim sometimes requires the help of a professional. If your insurer is dragging their feet, talk to our attorneys who specialize in credit cases to protect your credit before it is damaged. Insurance is meant to provide protection, not cause harm. Be proactive and allow the law to work in your favor.
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An opportunity to share our spirituality on our journey in the realm of Mind, Body, and Spirit.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:15pm for light reception and CASH bar.
Please give a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Have you ever been intrigued by the spiritual or energy experiences that other individuals have shared whether as a receiver or healer?
Have you experienced or felt as if you have received extraordinary spiritual guidance but were afraid to share this with others?
Have you been very open with others regarding these experiences, either as a receiver or provider?
If so, please join us for our second "Food for the Soul" gathering on June 7 in which you will be able to participate in small group discussions regarding these topics.
Enjoy a simple meal of soup and bread (vegan and gluten-free in a very safe and non-judgmental environment. Part of the session will also include a guided meditation.
Food for the Soul, a new initiative for OMA, is designed to give the participants an opportunity to share in a simple meal of soup and bread (served vegan and gluten-free) as well as discussions regarding introspection and ideas on various subjects related to Mind, Body and Spirit. Small groups of 8-10 individuals will convene around a table and will be led by OMA members.
OMA is thankful for the interest and participation of its audiences and with this invitation is providing another outlet for the involvement of each individual. Please join us on June 7th for this unique endeavor and opportunity to share.
Kindly register online by Monday, June 4 in order to reserve a seat at this forum. Donations from the heart will be appreciated.
I would love to come to this but have something else scheduled. I hope that you have it again. Soon!


BRUNSWICK, Ohio -- The city's temporary moratorium on zoning applications and building permits for multi-family housing units was extended for the second time Monday (Feb. 11).
The six-month moratorium was first put into place in 2018 as a means of reassessing the city's zoning of multi-family housing, as well as to coincide with the city's ongoing comprehensive plan update.
"This takes it up to Aug. 12, as the city continues to study these zoning issues," Law Director Ken Fisher said prior to the City Council vote.
When the moratorium was initially proposed in January 2018, Community and Economic Development Director Grant Aungst said the effort was not meant to "deny anybody the chance to build" in the city.
"This is to make sure we are zoned right and putting them in the right place," Aungst said at that time, adding that such moratoriums normally last around six months and have been established for similar reasons in neighboring communities.
"(Apartment complexes) provide a good economic value for the city," Aungst said.
Council also approved the $28,500 purchase of two playground units from Snider Recreation. The playground sets will be installed at Boston Knoll and Shenandoah parks, each replacing aging equipment, according to Parks and Recreation Director John Piepsny.
Council approved several vehicle purchases for use in the Service Department, including a $149,294 John Deere loader from Murphy Tractor; a Ford F350 pickup for $30,307 from Liberty Ford; and a $37,486 F550 dump truck cab and chassis from Liberty Ford. A $29,843 dump truck body, purchased from Henderson Products for installation onto the chassis, was also approved.
Service Director Paul Barnett said the purchases each replace vehicles in the Service Department fleet that are past their useful life. In some cases, Barnett said, new replacement parts cannot be found.
A rezoning of a parcel at 966 Pearl Road from rural residential to general commercial also was approved. The parcel was recently annexed into the city from Brunswick Hills Township and is part of the proposed Ambrose Crossings development.
Members of the St. Ambrose Future City Competition team were honored by Mayor Ron Falconi for placing among the top five teams in the Ohio region, as well as for earning an honorable mention in the "best moving part" category.
The Future City Competition recognizes STEM (science technology engineering and math) students through a project-based learning program in which middle school students imagine, research, design and build cities of the future.
The regional competition was held in January, with finals to be held Feb. 19.
St. Ambrose Future City team member Ryan O'Donnell thanked the city for the recognition, on behalf of the team.
"I know a lot of sweat and tears went into this," he said of the competition.


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Mar Gregorios Memorial Senior Secondary School, christened as M.G.M. by people of Bhilai, was established in 1965 by the members of the M.G.O. Cathedral. It is one of the premier and first co-educational private schools in Bhilai Township. The school is founded in the name of the canonized Saint of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, Late Mar Gregorios of Parumala, Kerala, who pioneered the cause of education in the rural areas of Kerala. The school satisfies the need of all the people in and around Bhilai Township to educate their children with its secular approach, in a holistic way. MGM is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which is the largest educational board in the country. It is recognized by the Department of Education, Govt. of NCT Delhi and the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India Life at MGM centres on academic excellence, intellectual growth, art, athletics, high standards of ethical awareness, sportsmanship, and community service. The schools traditions and accessibility to a broad curriculum add depth to each students life. The school upholds the founders commitment to excellence in all fields, with emphasis on its motto Service Before Self.
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GBP/USD has dropped considerably in Thursday trade. In the North American session, the pair is trading at 1.3140, down 0.63% on the day. On the release front, the Bank of England maintained interest rates at 0.25%, but also lowered its 2018 forecast for GDP and wage growth. Elsewhere, UK Services PMI improved slightly, with a reading of 53.8 points. This beat the forecast of 53.6 points. In the US, unemployment claims edged lower to 240 thousand in July, beating the estimate of 242 thousand. ISM Non-Manufacturing slowed down to 53.9, compared to the estimate of 57.4 points. This reading was well below the forecast of 56.9 points. On Friday, the US releases wage growth and non-farm payrolls, so traders should be prepared for some movement from GBP/USD.
After touching 11-month highs on Wednesday, the pound has reversed directions and erased this week's gains. The currency reacted negatively as the BoE cut its growth forecasts for 2017, from 1.9% in May to 1.7%, and for 2018, from 1.7% to 1.6%. As well, the bank sharply cut lowered its wage growth forecast for 2018, from 3.5% to 3.0%. The BoE held rates at 0.25%, but the minutes from the policy meeting were dovish, with MPC members warning that "GDP growth had been sluggish and was expected to remain so in the near term." The BoE's pessimistic message has dashed hopes of a rate hike before the end of the year, although the bank suggested that a slight improvement in growth could lead to a rate hike in 2018. BoE policymakers have publicly argued about monetary policy, and the vote at Thursday's meeting, 6 members favored holding rates, while only 2 members voted to raise rates. The British economy has slowed down, but the bank is reluctant to raise rates when inflation is running at 2.6%, well above the bank's target of 2%. To complicate matters, the Brexit talks have made little progress, raising fears of a messy exit from the EU, which could take a serious toll on the British economy.
Earlier in the year, the Federal Reserve all but promised to raise interest rates three times in 2017. However, the Fed has pressed the rate trigger only twice, and a third hike remains in doubt, with current odds under 50%. Inflation has remained stubbornly low, despite a strong labor market. In June, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said that factors causing weak inflation were "transient", but there are no signs that inflation will pick up anytime soon. With the Federal Reserve unlikely to raise rates before December, investor attention has shifted to the Fed's balance sheet, which stands at $4.2 trillion. Fed policymakers have broadly hinted at reducing purchases of bonds and securities starting in September, but San Francisco Fed President John Williams was more forthcoming about the Fed's plans, likely aimed at giving notice to the markets. In a speech on Wednesday, Williams said that the economy had "fully recovered" from the 2008 financial crisis and called on the Fed to start trimming the balance sheet "this fall". Williams added that the process would be gradual and would take four years to reduce the balance sheet to a "reasonable size". On Wednesday, two other FOMC members also came out in support of starting to taper the balance sheet – St. Louis Fed President James Bullard and Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester.
GBP/USD ratio is showing little movement in the Thursday session. Currently, long positions have a majority (59%), indicative of trader bias towards GBP/USD reversing directions and moving upwards.


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Q: How to scroll to the top using vanilla JavaScript? I'm trying to imitate scrollTop (jQuery) in vanilla JS, so on click it scrolls to an element. This works fine - unless you have already scrolled past the element. So it doesn't scroll the opposite way. Should my formula incorporate window.pageYOffset?
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A: scrollBy will scroll from "actual position" to "number of pixel defined" I think you might take a look at scrollTo

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The internet proved to be a wonder for me from doing my language research, meeting my husband, being in constant communication in our LDR, doing my freelance jobs, and now learning a language.
The Internet may be distracting, but it's also offers a wide range of tools for learning a language. It just needs dedication and willingness to close other tabs and focus on learning Deutsch. This can be a good supplement to the learning you have in our language class.
For those who are on self-study like me, the Internet makes it possible to teach yourself German with its collection of free resources.
This is one of the first resources that I explored and was eventually hooked into. It has a great collection of lessons from A1 to C2 delivered in a such a pleasing way. I like the way she explains the lessons in English; like talking about the equivalents or terms used in the English grammar to explain that of German. As an English teacher, I find this to be the most relatable and thus easy to comprehend. Most of the first German sentences and words I learned are from her videos.
You can also download worksheets from her website to supplement your YouTube learning. And yes, you'll have the keys for the answers, too! Isn't that cool?
The reviews are right. This app is really addictive!
I think it gets one hooked as the lessons adapt to your specific learning style. This means that the exercises are designed so you can learn vocabulary and use put them into use. You will also get an immediate feedback after clicking the "CHECK" button for answers. If you have difficulty with vocabulary, you can just click on the word and the definition will pop-up.
If after every stage you feel like you need to check how much you've learned, clicking "PRACTICE" will then give you a review on the skills you just acquired. I find it to be very effective for me.
DW is also a very place to learn German regardless of your level. Because the lessons are available at anytime, you can just browse and choose which one you fancy at a certain day and time. The thing I like about DW is the availability of videos, audio clips and podcasts or worksheets you can print out. Audio clips are also provided with scripts you can go through as you listen.
Audio, video, grammar lessons and vocabulary lists are available. Isn't that an all-in-one learning resource?
There you go! These are my three favorite online resources for learning German. Are you learning another language? What are your favorite resources?
I always have fun learning a language. How about you, what other languages can you speak? How did you learn it?


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Medical Directors Sentenced
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Judge Lynn
By Jim Parker
Chief U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn has sentenced Novus Health Services Medical Directors Mark E. Gibbs, M.D., and Laila Hirjee, M.D., along with one of the company's nurses, Tammie Little, to a combined 23 years in prison following their convictions for hospice fraud exceeding $40 million.
Gibbs was sentenced to 13 years as well as paying restitution of nearly $28 million. Hirjee received 10 years in prison and must pay more than $16 million. The judge also sentenced Little to a 33 month incarceration.
The company's CEO Bradley Harris was also convicted in the case. He agreed to a plea deal, pled guilty and testified against his former employees, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Labels: Hospice Abuse, Murdered by Hospice
Constitutional Challenge Brief Filed in New Jersey Euthanasia Appeal
Updated Tuesday July 20, 2021
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, USA. Attorney Margaret Dore, President of Choice is an Illusion, which has fought against assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization throughout the United States, and internationally, has released the following statement in connection with the filing of a constitutional challenge amicus brief, which seeks to invalidate New Jersey's Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act. The case, Petro et al v. Grewal, is pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, A-003837-19.
California Amendments Seek to Weaken Patient Protections, Attestation Provisions Eliminated
On February 10, 2021, assisted suicide/euthanasia proponents introduced a bill seeking to amend California's End of Life Option Act. The bill, SB 380, eliminates the Act's 2026 sunset date, and also allows a 15 day waiting period to be shortened to 48 hours in certain circumstances.[1]
Katy Grimes, editor of the California Globe (pictured), had this to say:
When it comes to carrying out the death penalty for convicted murders, the California Legislature finds the lethal drug cocktails "cruel and unusual punishment," which they say is a violation of the Eighth Amendment. Yet lawmakers were more than willing to approve a lethal drug cocktail to allow sick people to kill themselves. I wrote [this] in 2015 as the California Legislature was considering [passage of the Act].[2]
Labels: California, Margaret Dore, SB 380
Colombia Legislature Defeats Bill to Legalize Euthanasia Again
By Michael Cook
For entire article, click here.
The Colombian legislature has once again failed to pass a law legalizing euthanasia. Earlier this week a bill proposed by representative Juan Fernando Reyes Kuri needed to reach 85 votes in favour, but fell two votes short.
Although Colombia is often described as a country where euthanasia is legal, the actual situation is complicated. In 1997 the country's Constitutional Court ruled that that "the State cannot oppose the decision of an individual who does not wish to continue living and who requests help to die when suffering from a terminal illness that causes unbearable pain, incompatible with his idea of dignity". It directed the legislature to pass a law regulating the right to die.
However, more than 20 years have passed and one bill after another has failed.
Labels: Columbia, euthanasia
Washington State: Conrad Reynoldson Makes a Difference
Bill HB 1141, which had sought to expand Washington State's assisted suicide and euthanasia law, is dead. From my vantage point, a big reason was a young lawyer named Conrad Reynoldson (pictured here).
Reynoldson is founder and lead attorney of Washington Civil & Disability Advocate, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit, formed to ensure individuals with disabilities a low-cost option to protect their civil rights.
Reynoldson, himself, did not take the credit, sending out an email thanking others for the win.
Labels: Conrad Reynoldson, Washington State
Washington State Expansion Bill Dead
By Barbara Lyons (pictured here)
The Washington State expansion of assisted suicide bill, HB 1141, is dead. It passed in the House by a 60-37 vote and cleared several Senate committees.
Thanks to the dedicated, persistent work of a diverse coalition of people in the disability rights, medical, right-to-life and faith communities, the Senate adjourned last night without taking up the bill. It is dead for this session.
Labels: assisted suicide, expansion, Washington State
Jersey Debates Euthanasia
Jersey is a British Crown dependency, near the coast of Normandy France.
On April 6, 2021, ITV Channel reporter Sophie Dulson provided this report.
The law on assisted dying [euthanasia] in Jersey is being reviewed by a Citizen's Jury, and it is expected to start a conversation which could lead to a debate on the law in Jersey's States Assembly.
The panel is made up of 23 members who will hear evidence on both sides of the assisted dying debate before reaching a conclusion by the end of May 2021.
Labels: assisted suicide, euthanasia, France, Jersey
French Euthanasia Bill Blocked
By Hannah Thompson
To view original article, click here.
The Social Affairs Commission had debated and voted for the bill, but it has now been blocked by 3,000 amendments.
A proposal to legalise assisted dying for people with incurable diseases has been blocked in the French parliament, largely by five opposition party MPs.
The MPs from the opposition party Les Républicains submitted 2,158 amendments to the bill, of a total of 3,000. This means the proposal is very unlikely to be adopted as planned on Thursday April 8.
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Latvia Parliament Rejects Euthanasia Initiative
Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, has rejected the "For Good Death" initiative, which had called for the legalization of euthanasia. 49 members voted in favor of rejection, 38 against, two abstained.
At the beginning of February, the public initiative portal Manabalss.lv collected the necessary 10,000 signatures on an initiative to legalize euthanasia in Latvia.
Previously, the citizens' initiative on euthanasia legalization was rejected by the Saeima Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Commission.
Labels: euthanasia, Latvia, Saeima
Portugal Euthanasia Bill Declared Unconstitutional
by Filipe Avillez. For original article click here
Portugal's euthanasia bill has been declared unconstitutional by the country's top court.
Parliament initially approved five proposed laws on euthanasia in February 2020, these were then streamlined into a single bill which was approved by the house and sent to the President, who had the option of signing it outright, vetoing it or sending it to the constitutional court. He chose the latter, asking the judges to look specifically at issues with the terminology.
Pro-euthanasia parties – mostly left-wing, with the notable exception of the Communist Party, which has come out firmly against euthanasia – ignored the opinions of every expert organization in approving the law, including the doctors', nurses' and lawyers' guilds and the ethics committee.
Labels: euthanasia, Portugal, Unconstitutional
Margaret Dore: The "Oregon Experience," Ann Jackson, and Why the Proposed Right to Die Must Be Rejected in South Africa
Below please find Margaret Dore's expert witness memorandum, prepared for a South Africa court case, Suzanne Walter v. Ministry of Health. See also the comment below from a South African advocate:
A number of the points made by you are incisive and helpful. I found your interpretation of section 27 of the Constitution particularly useful.... The argument will, amongst others, find its way into the final legal argument before the High Court, and the courts that follow.
To view Dore's original memorandum, click here. To view the memorandum's three-part appendix, click part 1, part 2 and part 3.
Labels: Ann Jackson, Physician-Assisted Suicide; Assisted Suicide; Euthanasia; Elder Abuse; financial predator; Oregon; South Africa; death certificate; natural, Right to Die
Hearing Today: Tell the Connecticut Public Health Committee to Reject Assisted Suicide & Euthanasia
Dore with Elaine Kolb
"Don't render yourselves, and the people you care about, sitting ducks to heirs and other predators."
To read Dore's analysis opposing Raised Bill No. 6425, with supporting documentation, click here and here.
1. The Bill
The proposed bill, "An Act Concerning Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill," seeks to legalize "aid in dying," which is a euphemism for active euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.[1]
2. Who May Be Most at at Risk?
Individuals with money, meaning the middle class and above.
Labels: Alex Schadenberg, assisted suicide, Connecticut, Death Certificate, euthanasia, Graham Morant, Harold Shipman, Jeanette Hall, Michael Swango, Thomas Middleton
Portugal's Euthanasia Law Goes For Constitutional Review
https://www.kget.com/health/portugals-euthanasia-law-goes-for-constitutional-review
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's president on Thursday asked the country's Constitutional Court to evaluate a recent law passed by parliament that allows euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill and gravely injured people.
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said in a statement the legislation appears "excessively imprecise," potentially creating a situation of "legal uncertainty."
Lawmakers three weeks ago approved by a significant majority the final wording of the bill, following almost a year of discussions to detail administrative procedures and other aspects of the procedures. The bill then went to the head of state, who had to decide whether to approve the law, veto it or send it to the Constitutional Court for review.
Rebelo de Sousa said the bill also raises a series of questions about the constitutionality of "such a complex and controversial issue."
Parliament can override a presidential veto by voting a second time for approval.
Labels: assisted suicide, euthanasia, Portugal, Rebelo de Sousa
Montana: New Bill to Overturn Assisted Suicide
By Margaret Dore, Esq., MBA
Senator Carl Glimm will be introducing a new bill to overturn Montana's Baxter decision.
The purpose will be to clarify once and for all that physician-assisted suicide is not legal in Montana.
To learn more, view our Montana page at this link.
Labels: assisted suicide, Baxter, Montana
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