And complete practical guide in health and disease for families, emigrants, and colonists
The Dictionary of Medical and Surgical Knowledge And complete practical guide in health and disease for families, emigrants, and colonists
Houlston and Sons, 1864.
Early issue. Publisher's quarter red roan over green cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering to the upper board and spine. Marbled page edges. Copious black and white engravings throughout the text. A near fine copy, with some marks to the boards but otherwise tight and well presented.
Originally published in monthly parts as part of Philp's popular Enquire Within And Reason Why series, this dictionary was first published in one collected volume in 1864 with the aim "to put Families, Colonists, and Emigrants in possession of a strictly Domestic Work of Medical Usefulness, in which the Treatment of all Diseases and Accidents should be placed before them in a plain and intelligible form." On the medical uses of champagne, for example, Philp writes "though useful as an occasional stimulant in cases of nervous depression, champagne can hardly be called an invalid's beverage". Claret, on the other hand, "can frequently be taken with impunity."
Stock ID: 36567
Sold
We have sold this item, but similar items
may become available in the future
