The Action of Medicine in the System
by Headland, Dr. Frederick W
- Used
- Condition
- Square and tight. Hinges good. Has two prior owners names inscribed, one from 1868./No Jacket
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Grayson, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1863. Fourth American. War Dated. HB. Square and tight. Hinges good. Has two prior owners names inscribed, one from 1868./No Jacket. This is a fourth American edition, the first being an English edition. Very rare, covers pharmaceutical issues and how the body deals with those taken orally. A very scholarly study, it rec'd a major award from the London Medical Society in 1852. Contains the signature of Dr. S.B. Heckman, Reading, PA dated July 1868. A RARE WAR DATED MEDICAL BOOK!
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- Bookseller
- Old South Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171
- Title
- The Action of Medicine in the System
- Author
- Headland, Dr. Frederick W
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used - Square and tight. Hinges good. Has two prior owners names inscribed, one from 1868.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth American. War Dated
- Publisher
- Lindsay & Blakiston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1863
- Keywords
- Rare Civil War. Medical. Pharmaceutical.
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