A TREATISE ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, Volumes I-II. This item is unavailable.A TREATISE ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, Volumes I-II

2 vols. 806p; 816p. A set of two hardcover books bound in full brown leather. Exteriors scuffed; black in stain on back of volume 2. Early owner's signature on rear endpapers of both volumes. Front endpapers torn out of both volumes.Pages browned and foxed with age; first several leaves in volume 2 are dampstained. Text otherwise unmarked, and binding tight. Good condition overall. Mid-19th century medical manual, complete in two volumes. George Bacon Wood (1797-1879) was chair of materia medica at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and held numerous other eminent positions at medical institutions in Pennsylvania.