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Huntington. Collectible - Good. Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources. Hartford: Huntington, 1832. 1st Edition. 368pp. + folding frontis map of the spread of the epidemic. 12mo. Rebound in 20th century blue library buckram with gilt-stamped spine. Good book. Lightly foxed, slight mold-staining to the lower title-page, else a VG ex-library copy with perforated title-page stamp, withdrawn bookplate, removed rear pocket, and whited spine call number. Uncommon. The most important early account of the spread of the epidemic, which first appeared in 1817 in India, together with a description of the symptoms Brigham observed in New York. Brigham came close to recognizing the significance of dehydration and speculated on the disease's contagious nature. One of the founders of the group that became the American Psychiatric Association, Brigham superintended the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, the first such institution in New York, and founded the American Journal of Insanity, the first psychiatic journal…
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A Treatise on Epidemic Cholera; Including an Historical Account of Its Origin and Progress, to the Present Period.
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Hartford: H. and F. J. Huntington, 1832., 1832. First printing. 8vo. Large fold-out map frontispiece. 368 pp. Rebound in modern gilt-stamped brown cloth. Pages throughout are browned with foxing; light damp stain on the fore edge of some of the pages (not that distinguishable from the overall browning). The front map has one very small tear and some creasing but very good, bright. Overall good.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good.
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Treatise on Epidemic Cholera; Including an Historicl Account of Its Origin and Progress, to the Present Period
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A Treatise on Epidemic Cholera; Including an Historical Account of It's Origin and Progress to the Present Day
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Hartford: H. & F. J. Huntington, 1832. Compiled from the most authentic sources; Fresh rebind (by Jon Buller) in red cloth with gilt title & folding map professionally restored with backing; A good textblock with uneven foxing & toning, with a handsome map together in a fine binding; 368 pages.. 4.5"x7.75".
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