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AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF VARIOLAE VACCINAE' A DISEASE DISCOVERED IN SOME OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, PARTICULATLY GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND KNOWN BY THE NAME OF COW POX
by JENNER, EDWARD, M.D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1978. All edges gilt. Covers and spine with elaborate decoration and lettering in gilt. Silk sewn-in book mark. This is a fine facsimile copy of the classic work by Jenner, printed in London by Sampson Low, 1798. Included are the four full-page color plates with tissue-guards. Edward Jenner (1749-1823) was an English physician who did pioneer work in the study and treatment of small pox..The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from the name he devised for cow pox, Variolae vaccinae. 75pp.. Special Edition. Full Black Topgrain Cowhide. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015154
- Title
- AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF VARIOLAE VACCINAE' A DISEASE DISCOVERED IN SOME OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, PARTICULATLY GLOUCESTERSHIRE, AND KNOWN BY THE NAME OF COW POX
- Author
- JENNER, EDWARD, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Publisher
- The Classics of Medicine Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- Demy Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Medicine, History of Medicine, Small Pox, Jenner
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Glenn Books
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Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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