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Edinburgh: Constable & Co. Cover rubbed and detached. Spine rubbed and chipped. Text block firm. Presentation letter tipped in on fep. 1811. Fourth Edition. Brown hardback half-leather marbled board cover. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xxvi, 207pp. .

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1818. First American Edition?. Hardcover. Very Good. 168p octavo. A very good rebound copy in tan cloth. Foxed

James Webster, 1823-01-01. Second. Hardcover. Acceptable. Bound in contemporary leather. Front board nearly detached. Institutional stamps. Early signature of Caleb Winslow, M.D. of Baltimore. (1824-1895). Austin 871.

Philadelphia: Published by James Webster, 1818. Hardcover. Good. Early American edition, 1818. Octavo, original sheep with red label, xx, 123 (2) 168 pp. Good copy, some rubbing to leather, rear joint a bit cracked but boards still firmly attached, pp. 18-26 of the appendix show scattered ink stains and smears, rather charming because they are clearly 200 year old stains, but stains nonetheless.

hardcover. good. 168 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary calf; well-worn with hinges mended, dampstains in margins at rear. Philadelphia: James Webster, 1818. From the 5th Edinburgh edition. A good copy.<br/><br/> On their use in chlorosis, chorea, haematemesis, hysteria, marasmus, scarlatina, tetanus, typhus, etc. " A standard work of considerable merit." -- Waring 179. Austin 871.<br/><br/>

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia:: Benjamin Johnson,, 1809.. First American, from the second Edinburgh Edition.. old full sheep, rebacked with a new spine and retaining the original spine label.. Ex-library with bookplate and pencil call numbers; scattered foxing and age-toning to text; tight and sound.. 12mo,.

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1818. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in full, original, calf with morocco spine label. Boards are scuffed, and a bit bumped and rubbed at edges. Hinges and joints tight. Early former owner's signature on front free endpaper. Text block tight and remarkably bright for age. A handsome copy in good plus to very good condition. Not in G&M, but see 'Early American Medical Imprints 1668-1820' which describes (#870) an 1809 printing of 274 pages as being the first American edition, from the second Edinburgh edition. However, our copy is stated to be from the fifth Edinburgh edition, and is paginated xix, 122, [Appendix] 168, for a total of 319 pages. The Appendix consists of ten parts: the first contains tables of the old and new names of the articles of the Materia Medica and formulae of the compounded medicines, peculiar to the pharmacopoeia of the Royal Infirmary, which are mentioned in this work. In the subsequent appendices 'are given Histories of the Disease treated of in the… Read More

Philadelphia: James Webster, 1823. Second. hardcover. very good(-). 168 pages. 8vo, contemporary tree calf; well-rubbed and worn at joints and spine ends. Philadelphia: James Webster, 1823. Second American Edition. A very good(-) copy.<br/><br/> On their use in chlorosis, chorea, haematemesis, hysteria, marasmus, scarlatina, tetanus, typhus, etc. "A standard work of considerable merit." --Waring 179. Austin 871.<br/><br/>

Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1809. First. hardcover. very good(-). 274 pages. Short 8vo, contemporary calf; well-worn with joints mended; light foxing and ex-lib stamp on title. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1809. First American, from the Second Edinburgh Edition. A very good(-) copy.<br/><br/> Waring 179.<br/><br/>

James Webster, Philadelphia: 1818., 1818 pp. xx, 168. Foxed. Manuscript ownership of Dr. Jonathan H. Dorsey (Mill Creek Furnace, Huntingdon, PA). Contemporary full leather binding. (Second American Edition) from the Fifth Edinburgh Edition. Important medical text exploring the use of purgative medicines in the treatment of disease. Includes case studies from Hamilton's Edinburgh practice. Austin 871. Scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MED 10 Language: eng. Full Leather. Hardcover. Good.

Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Company [et al], 1818.. Sixth edition, 8vo, xxxii, 223, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece. Attractively bound in modern gilt titled half morocco, marbled sides.

Constable & Co. Used - Good. 1811. 4th. Hardcover. Leather with handwritten titile information to spine. Octavo. xxvi & 207 pp. Significant wear, rubbing, and some uneven warping to boards. Binding fragile. Underlining and margin notes to text. Moderate foxing and toning to pages. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Medical History).

1809. HAMILTON, James. OBSERVATIONS ON THE UTILITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF PURGATIVE MEDICINES IN SEVERAL DISEASES. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, and Collins and Perkins, New York, 1809. First American, from the second Edinburgh edition. 274p. 12mo. Contemporary full leather binding with gilt lettered spine label. The binding is scuffed and soiled, and the joints are cracked. A good copy. (Shaw & Shoemaker 17701).

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, David Brown, and john Greig, Edinburgh; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and T. and G. Underwood, London, 1818. 8vo, pp. xxxii, 223, [1]; uncut and largely unopened; engraved portrait frontispiece by Burnet after Raeburn; original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine. Fine copy, including here for the first time, a new preface to this edition. Hamilton (1749-1835), a prominent and well-respected physician in late 18th- and early 19th-century Edinburgh, worked at the Trades Maiden Hospital, George Heriot's Hospital, and for over 30 years as a physician to the Royal Infirmary. After some early successes with puratives in treating typhus fever, he extended their use to a number of other diseases. His treatise on the subject, Observations on the Utility and Administration of Purgative Medicines, first published in 1805, went through eight British and three American editions. Heirs of Hippocrates 1089; Wellcome III, 203.