ON THE TEMPERATURE IN DISEASES: A Manual of Medical Thermometry
by WUNDERLICH, Dr C A (Translated by W Bathurst Woodman)
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: The New Sydenham Society. With 7 folding charts in rear. Text illustrations, charts. Translated from the second German edition. Blind-stamped brown cloth gilt, with gilt silhouette to front cover, Garrison Morton 2677: "This classic work on temperature in disease laid the foundation of modern knowledge regarding clinical thermometry. Garrison has said of Wunderlich that he 'found fever a disease and left it a symptom.' The book was translated into English and published by the New Sydenham Society in 1871." Cloth is cracked along front edge of front cover, one crack across spine. xii, 462 pp. Scattered marginal vertical lines. Personal bookplate and library bookplate, no marks on binding or other library marks. . Good. Hardcover. First in English. 1871.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020732
- Title
- ON THE TEMPERATURE IN DISEASES: A Manual of Medical Thermometry
- Author
- WUNDERLICH, Dr C A (Translated by W Bathurst Woodman)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First in English
- Publisher
- The New Sydenham Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1871
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Clinical Thermotery; Fever
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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