VIRCHOW, Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821-1902). Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur wissenschaftlichen Medicin, Frankfurt: Meidinger Sohn & Comp., 1856, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 3 plates comprising: one hand-coloured engraving after Dr. Köhler and the author, one folding engraving after Schmerbach, and one chromolithograph after Köhler, wood-engraved illustrations (small title perforation, cancellation stamp on title verso, accession stamp at foot of p. V, some spotting, occasional marginal tears), modern black buckram [GM 3006; Norman 2155; Osler 1629; Waller 10005]; Vier Reden über Leben und Kranksein, Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1862, 8°, modern boards preserving original green wrappers (front wrapper lightly soiled and torn along inner margin). [Waller 10016] (2)

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VIRCHOW, Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821-1902). Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur wissenschaftlichen Medicin, Frankfurt: Meidinger Sohn & Comp., 1856, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 3 plates comprising: one hand-coloured engraving after Dr. Köhler and the author, one folding engraving after Schmerbach, and one chromolithograph after Köhler, wood-engraved illustrations (small title perforation, cancellation stamp on title verso, accession stamp at foot of p. V, some spotting, occasional marginal tears), modern black buckram [GM 3006; Norman 2155; Osler 1629; Waller 10005]; Vier Reden über Leben und Kranksein, Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1862, 8°, modern boards preserving original green wrappers (front wrapper lightly soiled and torn along inner margin). [Waller 10016] (2)

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The first work is a collection of papers published between 1845 and 1853, providing "the first clear description of thrombosis and embolism. The collection also includes 'Weisses Blut' in which Virchow gave leukemia its present name" [Norman]

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