The Water Cure: A Practical Treatise on the Cure of Diseases by Water, Air, Exercise, and Diet; Being a New Mode of Restoring Injured Constitutions to Robust Health. bound with The Water-Cure. Stomach Complaints & Drug Diseases With an engraving of Napoleon in the second stage of cancer of the stomach etc. + 2 letters to Dr Hastings of Worcester on the results of the water-cure at Malvern. 3 titles by James Wilson bound as one.

Wilson, Dr. James Wilson

Published by John Churchill, 1842

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xxx + 202 pages + xv + 82 pages +130 pages. 3 title pages dated 1842, 1843 & 1842. Binding is basic printers hardback boards. Condition fair/good, some ageing, tiny corner nicks at spine. Contents mostly very good, clean & tight, but 1st book starts at Tile page, poss missing half title page. 1st title page published 1842 has 4 owner signatures (2 the same), a couple of corner folds, small edge tear, some odd minor handling marks mostly at front couple of pages. A curious rare item, first book at end states end of part one, but from BL & other sources is complete and was not in more parts and not mentioned on title page. 2nd title page published 1843 states 2nd edition, and mention bound with 3rd title ( published date of 1842). i.e. The Water-Cure. Stomach Complaints and Drug Diseases, their Causes, Consequences and Cure by Water, Air, Exercise and Diet. To which is Appended two Letters to Dr. Hastings, of Worcester, on the Results of the Water-Cure at Malvern . All 3 titles are rare or exceptionally rare, especially with 2nd title frontispiece engraving of Napoleon at St. Helena in the second year of his cancer. Size: 14 x 22.cm Approx. Seller Inventory # 002651

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Water Cure: A Practical Treatise on the ...

Publisher: John Churchill

Publication Date: 1842

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition