An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of Its Medical Uses: With Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases
by WITHERING, William
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full burgundy calf with decorative gilt, compartments, gilt spine. xxx, 207pp, (1p ad). Sewn-in purple silk page marker. All edges gilt. Fold-out color frontispiece, marbled endpapers. Near fine. Tight, attractive facsimile reprint of the 1785 first edition (Birmingham: M. Swinney), the first book to recognize this plant's medicinal use in treating "dropsy" (congestive heart failure). A volume in the "Classics of Medicine" facsimile series. "Notes from the Editors" leaflet laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33654
- Title
- An Account of the Foxglove, and Some of Its Medical Uses: With Practical Remarks on Dropsy, and Other Diseases
- Author
- WITHERING, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Classics of Medicine Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, AL
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Americana; Medical;
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Calf
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- Reprint
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