Essays and Observations, Physiological and Medical, on the Submersion of Animals, and on the Resin of the Acoroides Resinifera, or Yellow Resin from Botany Bay, to which are added, select Histories of Diseases, with remarks.

Published by London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1795

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First edition, 8vo (212 x 128 mm), vii, [1], 432, [2], 432, [4]pp., he final two leaves contain a divisional title page for the 'Meteorological tables' and a page of explanation, the verso of which is numbered 434, 2 engraved plates (a little foxed and offset), 1 folding chart and 10 folding leaves meteorological tables, old faint stamp to title page, endpapers renewed, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt with a red morocco spine label. Includes an account of the properties of the yellow resin from Botany Bay, and select case studies of diseases with accompanying remarks, this "had previously appeared in the 'Memoirs of the London Medical Society', and occupies pp. 141-210. The resin was that of the grass-tree, and the essay describes a number of cases in which it was found beneficial for complaints of the stomach."Ferguson. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia. 224.

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Title
Essays and Observations, Physiological and Medical, on the Submersion of Animals, and on the Resin of the Acoroides Resinifera, or Yellow Resin from Botany Bay, to which are added, select Histories of Diseases, with remarks.
Author
KITE (Charles)
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London: Printed by G. Woodfall
Publication year
1795
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Hardcover
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1st Edition
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