Sappington John Dr (8 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no jacket (trade paperback). Reprint of the First Edition. This trade paperback is in good condition, with a clean cover and intact binding. There is no dust jacket, as expected for this format. The pages are well-preserved with no inscriptions or library markings, making it a desirable copy for collectors and historians.…

Old Brown Calf. Condition: General Wear. No Dust Jacket. First And Only Edition. Rebacked with brown cloth lettered in gilt. New endpapers. Moderate foxing to text block. A kindly-preserved copy. This book is apparently the first medical book published in Missouri and possibly the first medical book printed in English to be published west of the Mississippi River. John Sappington (1776-1856) was a Missouri physician who used quininie extracted from the cinchona tree bark to treat a variety of fevers including malaria which was endemic to the Missouri Valley. He sold his "anti-fever pills" nationwide and made quite a fortune doing so. 216pp. Size: 6 3/4" x 4 1/2".…

6.5 x 4.25", brown calf with gilt and morocco spine label, 216 pp. Revised and corrected by Dr. Ferdinando Smith of Franklin, Tennessee. First edition of the first medical book published in Missouri and the first English medical book published west of the Mississippi. Toning and foxing to pages, wear to covers, joints cracked with covers held on by webbing. …

1/4 Brown Calf, Marbled Boards. Condition: Rebound. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rebound by a master binder. New endpapers. A very clean copy without the usual moderate to heavy foxing. This book was the first medical book published west of the Mississippi River. Dr. John Sappington (1776-1856) used quinine taken from cinchona bark in the treatment of a variety of fevers. He sold his "anti-fever pills" nationwide. 210pp. Size: Small Octavo. …

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good full leather edition, no names or marks. Spine is chipped off at the ends and the corner tips are rubbed. Hinge leather is cracked, front hinge is partially detached, but holding. Cover have some spotting and rubs. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 216 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition 1st Issue. Published By the Author, Arrow Rock, Missouri, 1844. 1/2 fine Giltl Brown Calf, with Marbled Boards. Condition: in a signed English binding by Alan Grace of Surrey UK and Jacksonville Florida This is the first issue and The First Edition. Rebound by a master binder. New endpapers. A very clean copy without the usual moderate foxing, else near fine. . This book was the first medical book published west of the Mississippi River. Dr. John Sappington (1776-1856) used quinine taken from cinchona bark in the treatment of a variety of fevers. He sold his "anti-fever pills" nationwide. 210pp. Size: Small 8vo. Note, Dr. John Sappington is related to the famous Sappington House in South west St. Louis, a notable historic sight and museum, an early settlement in Missouri. Located at Sappington Road and Reco Roads. American physician John Sappington (1776-1856) developed a quinine pill to treat malaria. The recommendations at the front of the book include many Missouri residents praising this "Anti-Fever Pill," which is discussed here. Includes "An alphabetical arrangement of the classes of medicines used in this work." This was the first medical book published in Missouri An early exponent of the value of quinine for the treatment of malaria, and finding the drug unavailable in the malaria-ridden western and southern states, Sappington began in 1832 the wholesale distribution of "Dr. John Sappington's Anti-Fever pills." Over 1,000,000 boxes of these were sold throughout the western and southern states. In the above work Sappington described his method of preparing his quinine-containing pills, and advocated quinine, properly used, as the only necessary treatment for malaria. "Although living in a frontier community far removed from the seats of medical learning, Sappington's views regarding the treatment of fevers were more in accord with modern medical practice than were those of his more favored contemporaries. By the Binder. …

First Edition. First edition; 12mo, pp. xviii, 19-216; good, sound textblock, without covers. First medical book published in Missouri, and according to Reese, this is the "first medical text printed in English west of the Mississippi River. Although the title page infers that this is a later edition, it is the only edition listed in any of the standard references, including the NUC. Sappington moved to Missouri in 1817 after studying medicine with his father, a physician in Tennessee, and attending medical lectures at the University of Pennsylvania." DAB notes: "Sappington's life may be said to have been devoted to the cause of quinine. In the early development of the Southern and Western states, malaria was so prevalent that it was one of the greatest obstacles with which the early settlers had to contend. Soon after quinine (isolated from the Peruvian Bark in 1820) became available in the United States, Sappington recognized its specific nature in the treatment of malaria, and strongly advocated its use.In [The Theory and Treatment of Fevers] he gave in detail his method of preparing his quinine-containing pills and advocated quinine, properly used, as the only thing necessary to cure malaria." Cordasco 40-1154; Sabin 76909.…

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. Revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith, M.D. 12mo. Arrow Rock, MO. Published by the Author. 1844. Some light foxing else a fine copy, newly rebound in calf.