1st edition. ~ Cloth, dj, F/F. xvi+169pp, b/w frontis, index, a nice fine as new copy. ~ The first bibliography of the famous English physician (1624-89), sometimes called the English Hippocrates from his insistence to rely on clinical observations as opposed to dogma & tradition.

1st edition. ~ Cloth, dj, F/F. xvi+169pp, b/w frontis, index, a nice fine as new copy. ~ The first bibliography of the famous English physician (1624-89), sometimes called the English Hippocrates from his insistence to rely on clinical observations as opposed to dogma and tradition.

New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall New Cloth First Edition First bibliography of the famous English physician (1624-89), sometimes called the English Hippocrates from his insistence to rely on clinical observations as opposed to dogma and tradition. For a long time he was held in vague esteem for the success of his cooling (or rather expectant) treatment of small-pox, for his laudanum (the first form of a tincture of opium), and for his advocacy of the use of Peruvian bark in quartan agues --- in other words, the use of quinine-containing chinchona bark for treatment of malaria caused by Plasmodium malariae. There were, however, those among his contemporaries who understood something of Sydenham's importance in larger matters than details of treatment and pharmacy, chief among them being the talented Richard Morton. Limited edtion of 375 copies only. An important book in the history of medicine.

Eleventh Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1961..Hardback,Ex-Library, ,with previous owner's name inside cover,in very good all-round condition,dust jacket in good condition,416pages. 950g ISBN:

1st edition. ~ Cloth, F. viii+194pp, b/w frontis, a nice fine as new copy. Text printyed in single, double & triple column. Limited to 200 copies. ~ Biblographic investigation into Sydenhams Observationes Medicae and how Sydenham put the text together.

1st edition. ~ Cloth, F. viii+194pp, b/w frontis, a nice fine as new copy. Text printyed in single, double & triple column. Limited to 200 copies. ~ Biblographic investigation into Sydenhams Observationes Medicae & how Sydenham put the text together.