Albany, NY
8 entries published in this place. (Albany, US)
1823 CE
#1735
Elements of medical jurisprudence. 2 vols.
First notable American text on forensic medicine.
1841 CE
#13521
The pathology of drunkeness, or the effects of alcoholic drinks with drawings of the drunkard's stomach.
Including four chromolithographed plates by J. H. Hall, Albany, N.Y., this is the earliest illustrated book published in the U.S. on the pathological effects of alcoholism. Digital facsimile from the U.S. National Lib…
1842 CE–1894 CE
#12480
[New York Natural History and Geological Survey.] Natural history of New York. 30 vols.
The New York Natural History and Geological Survey was established by the state legislature in 1836 under the direction of James Ellsworth DeKay. By far the most ambitious scientific project undertaken in the United S…
1843 CE
#10512
A flora of the state of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; with remarks on their economical and medicinal properties. 2 vols.
For a long time this was the most comprehensive botany of any U.S. state. Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
1850 CE
#10295
An historical sketch of the state of medicine in the American Colonies, from their first settlement to the period of the Revolution.
A pioneering historical interpretation of the development of medicine in the 13 colonies up to the American Revolution. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. This is the second, significantly expan…
1924 CE
#10828
Humane society leaders in America. With a sketch of the early history of the humane movement in England.
Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
2004 CE
#10508
Mapping the Victorian social body.
"The cholera epidemics that plagued London in the nineteenth century were a turning point in the science of epidemiology and public health, and the use of maps to pinpoint the source of the disease initiated an explos…
2008 CE
#10509