Lot 1205
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MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829-1914). Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences. Philadelphia, 1872. Green cloth (slightly marked, front inner hinge cracked). FIRST EDITION, BAL's Binding A. PRESENTATION COPY, with "Compliments of the Author" inscribed on the front flyleaf by a publisher's clerk. "Mitchell's definitive monograph on nerve injuries, based upon Gunshot Wounds...Mitchell introduced the term 'phantom limb' to describe the curious 'ghost' limbs felt by amputees..." (Norman). BAL 14075; Garrison-Morton 4544; Heirs of Hippocrates 1957; Spillane, pp. 370-374; Norman 1520. -- Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences. London, 1872. Terra-cotta cloth, unopened (some wear). First English Edition, comprising the American sheets with a new title-page -- Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases. New York, 1875. Printed gray wrappers (spine gone, rear wrapper detached, ex-library copy with stamps, etc.). FIRST EDITION of the first account of the "Weir Mitchell" rest cure treatment. BAL 14082; Garrison-Morton 4553; Norman 1522. -- Fat and Blood: and How to Make Them. Philadelphia, 1877. Brown cloth (slightly rubbed at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Describes Mitchell's "rest cure" or "Weir Mitchell" treatment for cases of psychoneurosis. BAL 14089; Garrison-Morton 4554; Heirs of Hippocrates 1957; Spillane, p. 378; Norman 1523. -- Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System, Especially in Women. Philadelphia, 1881. 5 lithographed plates (a bit dampstained). Bluish-blackish-green cloth (some wear at ends of spine and fore-corners, front inner hinge cracked). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Mitchell in his characteristically shaky hand to his friend Dr. Charles Ellis. BAL 14102; Heirs of Hippocrates 1959; Spillane, p. 376; Norman 1524. -- Doctor and Patient. Philadelphia, 1888. Brown cloth (wear at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION, small-paper copy. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Mitchell to Elizabeth Agassiz, wife of the scientist Louis Agassiz. BAL 14131; Norman 1525. -- Clinical Lessons in Nervous Diseases. Philadelphia, 1897. Green cloth (light rubbing). Provenance: James J. Putnam, 1846-1918, American psychiatrist, neurologist, and early psychoanalyst (signature on title-page). FIRST EDITION, "Author's Edition" format with Mitchell's signature on title-page. "The second of Mitchell's two general monographs on neurology" (Norman). BAL 14176; Spillane, p. 377; Norman 1526. Together 7 volumes, 8o, all in original bindings. (7)

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MITCHELL, Silas Weir (1829-1914). Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences. Philadelphia, 1872. Green cloth (slightly marked, front inner hinge cracked). FIRST EDITION, BAL's Binding A. PRESENTATION COPY, with "Compliments of the Author" inscribed on the front flyleaf by a publisher's clerk. "Mitchell's definitive monograph on nerve injuries, based upon Gunshot Wounds...Mitchell introduced the term 'phantom limb' to describe the curious 'ghost' limbs felt by amputees..." (Norman). BAL 14075; Garrison-Morton 4544; Heirs of Hippocrates 1957; Spillane, pp. 370-374; Norman 1520. -- Injuries of Nerves and Their Consequences. London, 1872. Terra-cotta cloth, unopened (some wear). First English Edition, comprising the American sheets with a new title-page -- Rest in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases. New York, 1875. Printed gray wrappers (spine gone, rear wrapper detached, ex-library copy with stamps, etc.). FIRST EDITION of the first account of the "Weir Mitchell" rest cure treatment. BAL 14082; Garrison-Morton 4553; Norman 1522. -- Fat and Blood: and How to Make Them. Philadelphia, 1877. Brown cloth (slightly rubbed at extremities). FIRST EDITION. Describes Mitchell's "rest cure" or "Weir Mitchell" treatment for cases of psychoneurosis. BAL 14089; Garrison-Morton 4554; Heirs of Hippocrates 1957; Spillane, p. 378; Norman 1523. -- Lectures on Diseases of the Nervous System, Especially in Women. Philadelphia, 1881. 5 lithographed plates (a bit dampstained). Bluish-blackish-green cloth (some wear at ends of spine and fore-corners, front inner hinge cracked). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Mitchell in his characteristically shaky hand to his friend Dr. Charles Ellis. BAL 14102; Heirs of Hippocrates 1959; Spillane, p. 376; Norman 1524. -- Doctor and Patient. Philadelphia, 1888. Brown cloth (wear at ends of spine). FIRST EDITION, small-paper copy. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Mitchell to Elizabeth Agassiz, wife of the scientist Louis Agassiz. BAL 14131; Norman 1525. -- Clinical Lessons in Nervous Diseases. Philadelphia, 1897. Green cloth (light rubbing). Provenance: James J. Putnam, 1846-1918, American psychiatrist, neurologist, and early psychoanalyst (signature on title-page). FIRST EDITION, "Author's Edition" format with Mitchell's signature on title-page. "The second of Mitchell's two general monographs on neurology" (Norman). BAL 14176; Spillane, p. 377; Norman 1526. Together 7 volumes, 8o, all in original bindings. (7)