Most of the books in the Markus Library Rare Book Collection were bequeathed by Alfred Einstein Cohn (1879-1957), emeritus of The Rockefeller Institute, one of the first cardiologists in the U.S., a scholar whose interests encompassed many fields and earned his high regard in the world of culture.
The scope of the collection is broad, encompassing the humanities, medicine, and natural history, including botany, agriculture, and geography.
Dr. Cohn's rare volumes of scientific and medical interest, published in 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, include some of the major works of many of the great names in the history of medical science, often in the first editions: Celsus, Thomas Bartholinus, G. Borelli, Malpighi, Leuwenhoek, Richard Lower, Mead, and many others.
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Magendie, François
The Rockefeller University
Magendie, François. Lectures on the blood; and on the changes which it undergoes during disease, 1839
Subjects: Blood
Blood Vessels
Notes: Delivered at the College of France in 1837-8
Language: English
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Maglio, Leopoldo
The Rockefeller University
Maglio, Leopoldo. Della morte apparente degli animali non dipendenta da malattia, 1751
Subjects: Death, Apparent – Early works to 1800
Notes: Attribution to Leopoldo Maglio quoted in Melzi
Language: Italian
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Malpighii, Marcelli; Fracassati, Caroli
The Rockefeller University
Malpighii, Marcelli; Fracassati, Caroli. Epistolæ anatomicæ virorum clarissimorum Marcelli Malpighii et Caroli Fracassati. Quarum contenta pagina versa exhibet, 1669
Subjects: Human anatomy--Early works to 1800
Language: Latin
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Mandl, Louis
The Rockefeller University
Mandl, Louis. Traité pratique du microscope et de son emploi dans l'étude des corps organisés; suivi de Recherches sur l'organisation des animaux infusoires, 1839
Language: French
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Mangeti, Joh. Jacobi
The Rockefeller University
Mangeti, Joh. Jacobi. Joh. Jacobi Mangeti Theatrum anatomicum : quô, non tantùm integra totius corporis humani in suas partes, ac minutiores particulas evoluti, & quasi resoluti, fabrici, ex selectioribus, veterum & recentiorum omnium observationibus, retecta sistitur, 1717
Subjects: Human anatomy – Early works to 1800
Notes: In two volumes
Language: Latin
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Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau
The Rockefeller University
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau.
Subjects: Reproduction
Human skin color
Language: French
Notes: A remarkable work on embryology and genetic
Summary: A scientist, philosopher, and original thinker, Maupertuis was years ahead of his time in many aspects of biology, particularly embryology and genetics. His arguments against the then-prevailing theory of preformation and for epigenesis were so close to the idea of evolution that he is a true forerunner of Darwin and Mendel.
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Maynwaring, Everard
The Rockefeller University
Maynwaring, Everard. Medicus Absolutus Adespotos. The complete physician, qualified and dignified. The rise and progress of physics, historically, chronologically, and philosophically illustrated, 1668
Subjects: Medicine – Early works to 1800
Language: English
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Mead, Richard
The Rockefeller University
Mead, Richard. A mechanical account of poisons in several essays, 1702
Subjects: Poisons – Early works to 1800
Opium – Early works to 1800
Language: English
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Mead, Richard
The Rockefeller University
Mead, Richard. Opera medica. I. De imperio solis ac lunae in corpora humana & morbis inde oriundis. II. De variolis & Morbillis liber. III. Rhazis de variolis & morbillis commentarius ex Arabico Latine redditus. IV. Oratio anniversaria Harveiana. V. De nummis quibusdam a smyrnaeis in medicorum honorem percussis, 1746
Subjects: Medicine – Early works to 1800
Notes: 3 volumes in one
Language: Latin
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Mead, Richard
The Rockefeller University
Mead, Richard.
Subjects: Medicine - History
Language: Latin
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Mead, Richard
The Rockefeller University
Mead, Richard. The medical works of Richard Mead, 1762
Subjects: Medicine – Collected Works – 18th century
Notes: Includes indices and errata
Language: English
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Métherie, Jean-Claude de
The Rockefeller University
Métherie, Jean-Claude de. Vues physiologiques sur l'organisation animale et végétale, 1780
Subjects: Physiology – Early works to 1800
Notes: First edition
Language: French
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Métherie, Jean-Claude de
The Rockefeller University
Métherie, Jean-Claude de. Vues physiologiques sur l'organisation animale et végétale, 1780
Subjects: Physiology – Early works to 1800
Notes: First edition
Language: French
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More, Thomas
The Rockefeller University
More, Thomas. Utopia, 1851
Subjects: Utopia
Notes: Translated by Gilbert Burnet
Language: English
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Morgagni, Giovanni Battista
The Rockefeller University
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista. De Sedibus, et Causis Morborum per anatomen Indagatis libri quinque. Dissectiones, et Animadversiones, nunc primum editas, complectuntur propemodum innumeras, medicis, chirurgis, anatomicis profuturas, 1761
Subjects: Medicine - Early works to 1800
Anatomy, Pathology
Notes: First edition
Language: Latin
Summary: De Sedibus is one of the most important books in the history of medicine. Morgagni was a professor of anatomy at Padua for over 56 years and is regarded as "the true founder of pathological anatomy" (Morton). A monumental work that established the organ concept of disease and made pathological anatomy a major medical discipline. In exhaustive detail, Morgagni reports on nearly 700 cases and autopsies. Several conditions are described for the first time including classic descriptions of mitral stenosis, heart block (Adams-Stokes Syndrome), angina pectoris, syphilitic aneurysm, and tuberculosis of the kidney. "Morgagni's contribution to the understanding of disease may well rank with the contributions of Vesalius in anatomy and Harvey in physiology" (Eimas)
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Mosheim, Johann Lorenz
The Rockefeller University
Mosheim, Johann Lorenz. Neue Nachrichten von dem berühmten spanischen Arzte Michael Serveto, der zu Geneve ist verbrannt worden, 1750
Subjects: Servetus, Michael
Notes: Originally published: Helmstedt: C.F. Weygand, 1746
Language: German
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Muller, Johannes
The Rockefeller University
Muller, Johannes. Elements of Physiology, 1843
Subjects: Physiology
Notes: The subjects of the books are: (1) General anatomy, (2) The circulating fluids, (3) Chemical changes in the organic fluids and organized textures, (4) Physiology of the nerves, (5) Of motion (voice and speech), (6) The senses, (7) The mind, (8) Of generation, and (9) Of development.
Language: English
Summary: The first textbook of physiology (first published in German in four parts from 1833 to 1840) and a key book in the emergence of the still-dominant monist-materialist model in medicine and psychology. Muller's work began a new era in the study of physiology: he pioneered the use of experimental methods in medicine and introduced the element of psychology into physiological investigatin. He has made the first attempts to explain physiological problems in terms of existing comparative physical and chemical knowledge. [Norman Catalog]
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Naude, Gabriel
The Rockefeller University
Naude, Gabriel.
Subjects: Magic – Early works to 1800
Notes: Originally published in 1625, with title: Apologie pour tous les grands personnages qui ont esté faussement soupçonnez de magie
Language: French
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Newton, Isaac
The Rockefeller University
Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or a treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections & Colours of Light, 1730
Subjects: Optics – Early works to 1800
Notes: The fourth edition, corrected
Language: English
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Newton, Isaac
The Rockefeller University
Newton, Isaac. Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel: and the Apocalypse of St. John. In two parts, 1733
Subjects: Bible – Revelation – Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Language: English