Revealing memo from a Bay Area public health agency during the infancy of the AIDS crisis, when there were only 750 documented cases nationally, 170 of which were in California. The document comprises a three-page report and a final page with a blank sample "registry" sheet with a survey for gathering the required information on people diagnosed with AIDS, including whether they were a homosexual, as well as details regarding their drugs use. *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PHOTOCOPY* however, it does appear that it is a period, rather than later, photocopy.

Paris: Magimel, 1815. 2 volumes (of 3; LACKS octavo atlas volume). First Edition. (Likely original publisher's) wrappers with printed spine labels; leaves neatly opened but edges untrimmed; recent clear mylar jackets. 2 volumes (of 3; LACKS octavo atlas volume).

The article (pp. 276-279) reports Magendie's experimental vivisection of puppies, which showed that the anterior/ventral and posterior/dorsal roots of the spinal nerves serve different purposes, with cutting the former the former producing paralysis, and severing the latter eliminating sensation. Now considered among the foundational texts of modern neurophysiology and the experiment that fully demonstrated what would become known as the Bell-Magendie law, though the designation remains controversial. The whole volume is offered, with several other articles of interest, including the beginning of the debate of priority and credit for the discoveries between Magendie and Bell (see pp. 370-371). Bookplate: "Given to the.....

Erste Ausgabe dieser wichtigen Untersuchung zur Thermodynamik und Chemie. First Edition of this important work on thermodynamics and chemistry.

FIRST PRINTING OF THE TERM 'GEOLOGY'. In these papers, fashioned as letters to Queen Charlotte (r. 1761-1818), Jean-André Deluc first proposes the term "geology" as a separate science, though noting that the word was not yet in common use (preface, pp. vii-viii). The term would eventually come to be popularized the following year by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure. Prior to this, study of the state and history of the Earth generally fell under the study of natural history, as a subsection of cosmology. His scientific interests in geology and meteorology dominated Deluc's professional focus by the time he moved to London, though never.....

London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Limited, 1923. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus.

Instructional booklet on how to use globes, maps, and basic lessons in geography. The second part (not included here) is "On the Celestial Globe." Part of the series "Pinnock's Catechisms" which produced didactic lessons in the question-answer format of a catechism.

SIGNED by the author on the inner front wrapper, as issued.