The Royal College of Surgeons of England is a professional membership organisation of 20,000 UK and international members, and registered charity, which exists to advance surgical standards and improve patient care. The College received its first Royal Charter in 1800 but traces its origins to the Company of Barber-Surgeons, established in 1540. In 1745, the Barber-Surgeons were split by an Act of Parliament into two bodies and the Company of Surgeons was established. The Hunterian Museum ,...
The RCPE is an independent standard-setting body and professional membership organisation. Our aim is to improve and maintain the quality of patient care. We help qualified doctors to pursue their careers in specialist (internal) medicine through medical examinations, education and training. We also provide resources and information to support and facilitate professional development for physicians throughout their careers. The Library was founded in 1682 when Sir Robert Sibbald, one of the...
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the professional body for physicians, with over 30,000 members and fellows across the globe. The RCP has an extensive library , started at the foundation of the RCP in 1518 and maintained and developed today. The rare books and special collections are displayed in public exhibitions and can be viewed in person by making a research appointment with the library. 20th-century collections are available to all for reference access in the library reading room....
Chemist and Druggist, the leading trade journal for the pharmacy community in the UK, has been in continuous publication since 1859. It contains a wealth of information for studying the history of medicine and pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Also contained in its pages are many striking visual examples from over 150 years of developments in advertising, packaging and graphic design. The Chemist and Druggist has been made available by the Wellcome Library , one of the greatest...
Leeds University Library is one of the major academic research libraries of the UK, attracting students and scholars from around the world to its rich and extensive print, online and manuscript collections gathered during its 100 -year history. The Library has some of the UK's outstanding collections of rare books and manuscripts, and five of its premier Special Collections have been awarded "designated status" under the national scheme for recognising world class collections held in...
This collection contains items from the University of Glasgow Library. Glasgow University is a broad based, research intensive institution with a global reach, and has been teaching medicine since 1714. The University's Libra ry's medical collections cover all subject areas and are particularly strong in anatomy, surgery, clinical medicine, public health, sanitation and homeopathic medicine.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health, with 3,900 students and more than 1,000 staff worki ng in over 100 countries. The School is one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK, and was recently cited as the world's leading research-focused graduate school. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence...
This collection contains items from the Foyle Special Collections Library, King's College London. The Foyle Special Collections Library holds over 180,000 printed books and journals, as well as maps, slides, sound recordings and manuscript material, spanning the humanities, sciences and social sciences and ranging in date from the 15th century to the present day. The history of medicine is a notable strength of these holdings, which include the historical library collections of St. Thomas's...
24,860
25K
1889
1889
by
Solomon, King of Israel. n 80024516; Mathers, S. L. MacGregor (Samuel Liddell MacGregor)
texts
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Limited ed. of 500 numbered copies
Topic: Jewish magic
Royal College of Physicians
4,643
4.6K
1912
1912
by
Martindale, William, 1840-1902; Martindale, W. Harrison (William Harrison), 1874-1933, (Reviser); Westcott, W. Wynn (William Wynn), 1848-1925, (Reviser); Westcott, W. Wynn (William Wynn), 1848-1925; Royal College of Physicians of London
texts
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Previous ed., 1910
Topics: Pharmacopoeias, Formularies
The University of Bristol Library serves the needs of one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. Its special collections reflect the broad scope of the institution’s research and teaching, ranging from important deposits of publishing archive, through leading geological collections to the library and archive of the National Liberal Club, a key source for public debate in the nineteenth-century. The present collection is drawn from the library of the Bristol Medical School...
2,704
2.7K
1894
1894
by
Lombroso, Cesare, 1835-1909
texts
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Issued also without series title and vignette of Wagner on cover
Topic: Mental Disorders
University of Glasgow Library
3,663
3.7K
1880
1880
by
United States. Armed Forces Medical Library; United States. Army Medical Library; United States. Surgeon General's Office. Library; University of Glasgow. Library
texts
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Continued by Armed Forces Medical Library catalog
Topics: Incunabula, Medicine, Medicine
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library
Bookplate of Society of Medical Officers of Health in Copy 1
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
Issued in a limited edition of "only three thousand copies"
Topics: Erotic literature, Erotic art, Sex in literature, Pornography, Sex, Prostitution, Homosexuality,...
30,382
30K
1788
1788
by
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791. n 50032813
texts
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ESTC
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Topic: English language
11,903
12K
1928
1928
by
Summers, Montague, 1880-1948
texts
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61 pages : 23 cm
Topics: Hopkins, Matthew, -1647, Witchcraft -- history, Witchcraft, England
1,118
1.1K
1787
1787
by
Garzoni, Maurizio
texts
eye 1,118
favorite 1
comment 0
Title on binding: Alphabatae variae
Topics: Kurdish language, Kurdish language
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Royal College of Physicians
887
887
1877
1877
by
Lombard, H. C. (Henri Clermond), 1803-1895; Fox, Wilson, 1831-1887 (Associated name); Royal College of Physicians of London
texts
eye 887
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Four volumes in two books
Topics: Medical Climatology, Climate, Meteorology
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
3,683
3.7K
1888
1888
by
Stokes, W. D
texts
eye 3,683
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comment 0
40 pages ; 17 cm
Topics: 93-1541, Galen, Anti-Vaccinating Society
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
4,169
4.2K
1907
1907
by
Däath, Heinrich. n 2005181550
texts
eye 4,169
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comment 0
Edition limited to 300 numbered copies on French hand-made paper"
Topic: Sex
973
973
1869
1869
by
Faxian, approximately 337-approximately 422. n 81109233; Beal, Samuel, 1825-1889. n 50005716; Yang, Xuanzhi, -555? Mission of Hwui Seng and Sung Yun. n 82219209
texts
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Manuscript notes
Topics: Sung, Yün, active 6th century, Hui-shêng, active 6th century, Travel, Buddhism
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
1,339
1.3K
1900
1900
by
Maitland, Agnes C. (Agnes Catherine), 1849-1906
texts
eye 1,339
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comment 0
Includes index
Topic: Afternoon teas
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
1,472
1.5K
1861
1861
by
Lévi, Éliphas, 1810-1875. n 50032513
texts
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t. 1. Dogme.--t. 2. Rituel
Topic: Magic
8,859
8.9K
1911
1911
by
Woodbury, William A
texts
eye 8,859
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comment 0
Includes index
Topic: Beauty Culture
3000 copies were privately printed by the anthropological branch of the Falstaff Press in 1933
Topics: Paraphilias, Sex, Homosexuality, Prostitution, Erotica, Nudity
2,037
2.0K
1935
1935
by
Churchill, W. A. (William Algernon), 1865-1947
texts
eye 2,037
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comment 0
94 pages cdxxxii pages : 30 1/2 cm
Topics: Paper industry -- History, Papermaking -- History, Watermarks, Papermaking, Watermarks
7,858
7.9K
1881
1881
by
Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907. n 50044123
texts
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Contains vocabularies
Topics: Egyptian language, Mythology, Religion, Folklore
24,181
24K
May 20, 2021
05/21
by
UBM
texts
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comment 1
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Topics: Pharmacy, Drug Industry
5,509
5.5K
1929
1929
by
Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947. n 80057223
texts
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"Published for subscribers only."
Topics: Occultism, Magic, Magic, Occultism
Topics: Watersheds, Drainage, Sanitation, Public health
1,578
1.6K
1929
1929
by
Blossfeldt, Karl, 1865-1932
texts
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xv pages, 120 preliminary leaves ; 32 cm
Topics: Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms, Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms
1,191
1.2K
1929
1929
by
Grillot de Givry, 1870-1929
texts
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450 pages, 2 leaves, color plates : 29 x 23 cm
Topics: Occultism, Occultism
3,397
3.4K
1827
1827
by
Higgins, Godfrey, 1773-1833. n 85312307
texts
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Illustrated t.-p., mounted
Topics: Druids and druidism, Alphabet
1,724
1.7K
1819
1819
by
Wilson, James, philomath
texts
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Topics: Astrology, Astrology
6,615
6.6K
The book of household management [electronic resource] : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
1861
1861
by
Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865
texts
eye 6,615
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Added illustrated t.-p. with title: Beeton's book of household management
Topics: Cooking, Housekeeping
6,505
6.5K
Jan 16, 2021
01/21
by
UBM
texts
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comment 0
Topics: Pharmacy, Drug Industry
5,464
5.5K
Amulets and superstitions : the original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc., bySir E. A. Wallis Budge ...
1930
1930
by
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934. n 80057205
texts
eye 5,464
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Topics: Amulets, Superstitions, Amulets, Superstition
1,614
1.6K
1928
1928
by
Kraemer, Heinrich, -1508
texts
eye 1,614
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xlv, 277 , 1 unnumbered page : 31 cm
Topics: Demonology, Witchcraft, Criminal law, Criminal procedure, Demonology, Witchcraft
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Includes index
Topics: Pharmacopoeias, Pharmacopoeias as Topic
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
bl
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Topics: Erotica, Paraphilias, Sadomasochism
255
255
1752
1752
by
Le Pelletier, Louis, 1663-1733
texts
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comment 0
1 unnumbered leaf, 2, vij (i.e. xii), 14 pages, 464 unnumbered pages ; (folio)
Topics: Breton language -- Dictionaries, Breton language
Royal College of Physicians
1,221
1.2K
1894
1894
by
Boghurst, William; Payne, Joseph Frank, 1840-1910 (Editor); Royal College of Physicians of London
texts
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Bibliography
Topic: Plague
5,054
5.1K
1858
1858
by
Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910
texts
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Several prefaces and appendices to sections inserted, with individual roman pagings (245 p. in all)
Topics: Military Medicine, Military Nursing, Hospitals, Military
University of Glasgow Library
7,466
7.5K
1896
1896
by
Barrett, Francis, F.R.C., Prof. of Chemistry; University of Glasgow. Library
texts
eye 7,466
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Unabridged reprint of Barrett's Magus, London, 1801
Topics: Magic, Occultism, Alchemy
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
7,297
7.3K
1911
1911
by
Rose, H. A. (Horace Arthur), 1867-1933. n 84103999; Ibbetson, Denzil, Sir, 1847-1908. n 84029393; Maclagan, Edward, Sir, 1864-1952. nr 93011436
texts
eye 7,297
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Subtitle varies slightly
Topics: Ethnology, Caste, Caste, Ethnology, Religion
809
809
1926
1926
by
Karutz, Richard, 1867-1945. no 99069715
texts
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Includes bibliographies
Topics: Ethnology, Ethnology
7,014
7.0K
1801
1801
by
Barrett, Francis. n 87131016; Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. n 82072962
texts
eye 7,014
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comment 0
Printer's imprint at foot of half-title: Knight and Compton, printers
Topics: Occultism, Alchemy, Magic
3,821
3.8K
1907
1907
by
Ray, Prafulla Chandra, 1861-1944. n 84206283
texts
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comment 1
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Chemistry
386
386
texts
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Report year: 1947
Topics: Health Services Administration, Public Health Administration, Malaya
Wellcome Sexology Collection
4,888
4.9K
1869
1869
by
Nogaret, François Félix, 1740-1831; Rosa, Giovanni della; Elluin, François Roland, 1745-1810; Borel, Antoine, 1743-1810; Aretino, Pietro, 1492-1556. Sonetti lussuriosi. French
texts
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"Avant-propos" (p. [5]-6) signed: Giov. della Rosa
Topics: Erotic literature, Pornography, Coitus
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
University of Leeds Library
5,252
5.3K
1907
1907
by
Escoffier, A. (Auguste), 1846-1935; Gilbert, Philéas; Fetu, Emile; University of Leeds. Library
texts
eye 5,252
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The University of Leeds Library
Topic: Cooking, French
5,819
5.8K
1934
1934
by
Stern, Bernhard, 1867-1927; Berger, David, tr
texts
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Translation of : Geschlechtsleben in der Türkei : mit Beruecksichtigung der muslemischen Nachbarlaender und der ehemaligen Vasallenstaaten : eigene Ermittlungen und gesammelte Berichte / von Bernhard Stern"
Topics: Sex, Sexual Behavior
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
7,213
7.2K
texts
eye 7,213
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comment 0
4,844
4.8K
texts
eye 4,844
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"Comprising information concerning all persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, knights, companions of all the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets"
Topic: Genealogy and Heraldry
2,690
2.7K
1948
1948
by
Watkins, Alfred, 1885-1935
texts
eye 2,690
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comment 1
Includes index
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Topics: Roads, Prehistoric, Mounds, Megalithic monuments, Megalithic monuments, Mounds, Roads, Prehistoric
Note: Re-bound in original paper wrapper
1,135
1.1K
1934
1934
by
Waddell, L. A. (Laurence Austine), 1854-1938. n 50019535
texts
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Bibliography: p. 581-583
Topic: Buddhism
593
593
1719
1719
by
Burnet, Thomas, Sir, 1632?-1715?
texts
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4 parts in 2 volumes : (8vo)
Topics: Warren, Erasmus. Geologia, Creation, Cosmology, Earth (Planet), Philosophy -- history
