First Lines Practice Physic Use by Cullen William M D (1 results)
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Seller: The Maine Bookhouse, Oxford, U.S.A.The Maine Bookhouse
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. - Third Edition, Corrected.- 1781- Printed for William Creech, Edinburgh- Full LEATHER HARDCOVERS, GOOD-; age toning, light staining, corner bumping, light crease to spine, hint of chipping to head of spine. Hinge of Volume II starting. Previous owner name and inscription on front end page of Volume I…: 'Thomas Magill, Baltimore, Maryland, 1847,' and 'Mareen D. Humes, M.D., 1877,' also neatly scripted on title page of Volume I. Volume I missing half title page. 'Mareen D. Humes, M.D., 1877,' neatly scripted on front pastedown of Volume II. Appears to be SIGNED by Doctor William Cullen on rear pastedown of Volume I. Five raised bands with gold decoration; faint fading to gold. Gold titles and decoration on leather spine label. Volume I: Books I and II; Book I: 'FEVERS,' Book II: 'Of INFLAMMATION or PHLEGMASIAE,' 424 pp. Volume II: Books III, IV, and V; Book III: 'Of EXANTHEMATA, or ERUPTIVE FEVERS,' Book IV: 'Of HEMORRHAGIES,' Book V: 'Of PROFLUVIA, or FLUXES with PYREXIA,' 406 pp. with Index. MEDICAL, DOCTOR, DOCTORS, MEDICINE, TREATMENT, HOSPITAL, LABORATORY, FORENSICS, SCIENCE, INSTRUCTION, EDUCATION, HEALTH, ANATOMY, AUTOPSY, HUMAN HEALTH, PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIANS Reference. William Cullen, M.D., Professor of Physic in the University of Edinburgh; First Physician to his Majesty for Scotland; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, of the Royal Society of London, &c. &c., DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR of EDINBURGH (SCOTLAND) MEDICAL SCHOOL; Central Figure in the SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT; David Hume's PHYSICIAN; inventor of basic, modern REFRIGERATION; 'FIRST LINES of the PRACTICE of PHYSIC,' is Cullen's BEST KNOWN WORK.
