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[003994] . TRANSACTIONS OF VASSAR BROTHERS' INSTITUTE And Its Scientific Section 1881-1883. Poughkeepsie, New York: Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9". Paper Wraps. Science. Covers Poor. Interior Good+ Vol.1 Part I and 2. " Object of the society is to promote education and useful knowledge in the departments of Science, Literature, and Art, by investigating and discussing subjects...by establishing and maintaining a Museum, a Library and a collection of works of art and objects of historic interest ..." Articles by Famous Americans include: T. SHERRY HUNT's "Mineral Physiology"; and 3 articles by LEROY C. COOLEY-"Chemistry and the Question of Life"; "Examination of a Stain found on Monumental Marble"; and "The Work of the Scientific Section". Other articles by W.B. Dwight, C.B. Warring, and W. G. Stevenson (editor). 148 pp. Paper covers detached with tears and missing pieces. Title and illustration on front cover intact. ex-mus. numbers on front top edge. Side edge stained? not on any text. String tied. At pages 96-97 string has broken, so text is in two parts. Otherwise interior is clean and in VG+ condition. Have other "volumes" from Vassar Brothers Institute. $40.00

[003659] . SCIENCE, June 6, 1884. Volume III. No. 70. ill. Etchings, Chart. Cambridge: The Science Company, 1884. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Paper Wraps. Science. Very Good Articles by Famous Americans: FREDERICK SCHWATKA: The Middle Yukon with 9 illustrations; in Letters to the Editor: G. BROWN GOODE: The invention of the vertical camera in photography with photo engraving illustration; and CHARLES C. ABBOTT: Hibernating mammals. Other articles: " The conic projection in oceanic cartography" with a North-Atlantic track-chart. " The Royal Society of Canada"; and " Calderwood's Mind and Brain". Mildly chipped covers at side edge. Overall covers are Very Good. Faint vertical crease down the middle. Interior is tight, clean and VG. $55.00

[004598] Birckner, Victor. On The Oxydations and Cleavages of glucose. Yeast Glucase, A New Glucolytic Ferment . ill. Equations. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1912. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 1/2". Paper Wraps. Physiology. Very Good University of California Publications in Physiology. Vol. 4, No. 16. Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of California. "The matter which is being taken up on the following pages represents the first trial, to my knowledge, to bring together and arrange systematically all important experimental results of recent years which have helped to elucidate somewhat the phenomena involved in the decomposition of grape sugar." pp.115-183. Most pages uncut at top edge. ex.mus. stamp and numbers on front cover. Spine sunned. Otherwise covers are Very Good. ex.mus. stamp on Contents page. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $40.00

[004393] Bullough,W.S.. VERTEBRATE SEXUAL CYCLES . ill. Figures (drawings and diagrams). London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Tan Cloth. Physiology. Very Good+ / Very Good-. Methuen's Monographs on Biological Subjects. " It is the purpose of this book to present a brief but up-to-date account of our knowledge of the sexual physiology of the vertebrates". 117 pp. including Glossary and Index. 12 illustrations. Tan cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Covers are Very Good+ to Near Fine. Discoloration vertical line on front free endpaper. pp.72-73 hinge breaking. otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. A London and New York publishing company listed on title page, however on verso states: "First printed in 1951. Published in Great Britain. Catalogue No. 4119/U." Hence listed as a London edition. Dust Jacket's spine faded/yellowed. Small tear at top spine end. Crease on one flap mildly soiled. English price sticker on inside front flap (7' 6 net). DJ is Very Good -. Scarce with DJ. $30.00

[002151] Colton, Buel P.. Elementary Physiology and Hygiene. 1908. Good covers worn/soiled. ex-mus. stamped on free endp. and owner's name. otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG. index. glossary and 108 figures/drawings. $6.50

[002247] Downey, John A. (Editor); Darling, Robert C. (Editor). Physiological Basis of Rehabilitation Medicine. ill. Tables, Figures. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1971. Size: Approx. 6 3/4" x 10". Olive Green Cloth. Medicine. Very Good ISBN: 0-7216-3180-0. A compilation of essays on selected physiological topics most pertineent to adaptation and compensatory adjustments in patients with musculoskeletal and circulatory impairments. 445 pp. Index. Olive green cloth. Spine ends rubbed/bumped and bottom page edge. Bottom page edge soiled. Otherwise VG+. Interior is clean, tight and in VG+ condition. $31.50

[002712] Draper John William. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY, For the Use of Schools and Colleges. ill. Wood Engravings. New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1866. Size: Approx. 4 1/2" x 7 3/4". Brown Cloth. Medical. Very Good- Being An Abridgment of the Author's Larger Work on Human Physiology. "A desire has been frequently expressed by professors and teachers who have used my large work on "Human Physiology," that I should publish an abstract of it, suitable for use as an elementary textbook in colleges and schools. I have accordingly in this work endeavored to satisfy that wish, and to furnish a book sufficiently simple and compendious for such general use, and yet representing the state of the science at the present day." 376 pp. 140 wood engravings. Brown peddled covers. Spine lettering barely visible. Top spine end slightly fraying. Tiny piece 1/4"x 2/16" of base missing. Slightly bumped corners. Overall exterior is Very Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate, on free endpaper five small marks on ink smudging from numbers on opposite page's bookplate, mildly discolored endpapers. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. Exterior and Interior in amazing condition for a book almost 140 years old. John William Draper, 1811-82, was an American scientist, philosopher, and historian. born near Liverpool, England. In 1839 he became professor of chemistry at the Univ. of the City of New York. He helped organize the medical school of the university, became its professor of chemistry and physiology, and in 1850 succeeded as its president. $145.00

[003964] Hinckley, Thomas (editor). MISSOURI ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: PROCEEDINGS OF SYMPOSIUM OF PESTS & PESTICIDES 1972. ill. Tables, Diagram, . Missouri: 1972. Size: Approx. 8 1/2 " x 11". Stiff Covers. Entomology. Very Good Held at Southeast Missouri State University, April 28, 1972. Sponsored by School of Forestry, University of Missouri-Columbia. Bulletin, Vol.1 (Supplement). 115 pp. Contents: Biological control of insects and weeds; Pesticides and the aquatic environment; The ecological and physiological effects of insecticides on Missouri mammals; A Critical examination of pesticides and pesticide regulation; EPA pesticides policies and regulations; The great trial of science and scientists; The pesticide question: An examination by an environmentalist and Controlling the gypsy moth. Front cover's bottom edge with spots? in lower left corner-minor, otherwise Covers are Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. $30.00

[004599] Ostwald, C. W. Wolfgang. STUDIES ON THE TOXICITY OF SEA-WATER FOR FRESH-WATER ANIMALS (GAMMARUS PULEX DE GEER). ill. Plates, Tables. Berkeley: The University Press, 1905. Size: Approx. 7 " x 10 1/2". Paper Wraps. Physiology. Very Good University of California Publications in Physiology. Vol. 2, No. 118. From the Rudolph Spreckels Physiological Laboratory of the University of California. "The following investigations were begun with the intention of obtaining some knowledge of the laws and special features of the adaptation of animals to the different concentrations of the surrounding fluid medium, at first of fresh-water animals to sea-water. ...it became necessary first to study thoroughly the toxic phenomena of sudden changes of concentration as well as their causes. The literature on this latter problem confines itself either ot the determination of the length of life of fresh-water animals put into sea-water..." pp. 163-191. 2 graph illustrations, 20 tables, and 6 graph Plates-two are foldouts. Faint ex.mus. stamp on front cover. Spine sunned. Front cover's lower corner frayed, otherwise covers are Very Good. ex.mus. stamp on first page in upper margin, not near text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $55.00

[003116] Packard, A.S.. MEMOIR OF JEFFRIES WYMAN 1814-1874. Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1878. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Paper Wraps. Biography. Good Read before the National Academy, April 18, 1878. pp. 77-126. The opening paragraph reads " In reviewing the life and works of Jeffries Wyman, we shall consider his contributions to comparative anatomy and physiology, and to palaeontology, as well as to ethnology and archaelogy. " Jeffries Wyman (1814-1874) was a Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard. He was also the Director of the Peabody Museum. Paper covers faded around edges. Bottom corner, 1/2"x2" missing. 2 other missing pieces at side: 1" and 1/2". ex.mus. numbers. Back bottom corner missing, 1/2'x1 1/2". Covers are intact and overall Good. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. $30.00

[002982] Schellen, Roscoe, and Huggins.(Profs.) . Half-Hour Recreations in Popular Science. No. 3 SPECTRUM ANALYSIS EXPLAINED, Illustrating Its Uses to Science and Including the Theory of Sound, Heat, Light and Color.. ill. Colored Plate, Wood-cuts. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1871. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8". Paper Wraps. Physics. Good- "This work is founded upon a series of lectures delivered by the author during the winter of 1869, before the "Society for Scientific Lectures," in Cologue. Its object is, on the one hand, to give a clear and familiar representation of the nature and phenomena of spectrum analysis, enabling an educated person not previously familiar with physical science to become acquainted with the newest and most brilliant discovery of this century; and, on the other hand, to show the important position which spectrum analysis has acquired in the pursuit of physics, chemistry, technology, physiology, and astronomy, as well as its adaptability to almost every kind of scientific investigation." 40 pp.(page numbers at bottom margin read 1-40, at top margin pages read pp.55-94). 5 figures (woodcuts) and one brilliant colored plate. Interior is tight, clean and VG+. Front cover worn, faded, rubbed and blotchy. Back cover missing?, has yellow advertisment pages for text books. String-tied. $50.00

[002467] Williams , Jesse Feiring. A Textbook of Anatomy and Physiology. 1939. Sixth Edition. Blue Cloth. Medicine. Good+ ex. mus. stamp on front free endp. small bookstore sticker on front endp. Front hinge broken on title p. otherwise the text is tight, clean and in VG+ condition. ex. mus. stamp on all page edges. One spot 1/2"x1/2" on back cover, otherwise exterior is VG. $14.50