1784 Fothergill Ben Franklin Letters Quaker Medicine
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1784 Fothergill Ben Franklin Letters Quaker Medicine Disease Cures Hemlock Coffee Botany
John Fothergill was an 18th-century English Quaker physician known for his influential medical writings. Many of his medical treatises cover cures and treatments for common diseases and ailments. This collection of his works includes some of the following essays:
•Letters to and Benjamin Franklin
•Effects of weather on diseases and disease symptoms
•Origins of amber, observations on Manna Persicum
•Medical experiments in Siberia, directed by Empress of Russia
oSore-throat; Magnetical machines
•Skin diseases – cortex peruvianus uses
•Use of and observations on effects of hemlock
oPainful constipation
•Rabid animal bite treatments
•History of coffee, making coffee, roasting beans – African and Arabian
•Life of Peter Collinson; more letters of Fothergill
This 1784 first edition includes 7 full-page botanical engravings.
Item number: #1654
Price: $750
FOTHERGILL, John
The works : of John Fothergill, M.D. Member Of The Royal College Of Physicians, And Fellow Of The Royal Society, Of London ; Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians In Edinburgh ; And Corresponding Member Of The Royal Medical Society Of Paris, And Of The American Philosophical Society At Philadelphia. With some account of his life. By John Coakley Lettsom
London : Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784]. First edition.
Details:
•Collation complete with all pages: [8], [xcv], [1], 657, [3]
o7 large copper botanical engravings
•References: Wing D 2804;
•Provenance:
oBookplate – J.R. “sollicitis animis onus eximet addocet artes”
oBookplate – Henry Appleton, M.D.
•Binding: Leather; tight & secure
oFront board detached but present
•Language: English
•Size: ~11in X 9in (28cm x 23cm)
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John Fothergill was an 18th-century English Quaker physician known for his influential medical writings. Many of his medical treatises cover cures and treatments for common diseases and ailments. This collection of his works includes some of the following essays:
•Letters to and Benjamin Franklin
•Effects of weather on diseases and disease symptoms
•Origins of amber, observations on Manna Persicum
•Medical experiments in Siberia, directed by Empress of Russia
oSore-throat; Magnetical machines
•Skin diseases – cortex peruvianus uses
•Use of and observations on effects of hemlock
oPainful constipation
•Rabid animal bite treatments
•History of coffee, making coffee, roasting beans – African and Arabian
•Life of Peter Collinson; more letters of Fothergill
This 1784 first edition includes 7 full-page botanical engravings.
Item number: #1654
Price: $750
FOTHERGILL, John
The works : of John Fothergill, M.D. Member Of The Royal College Of Physicians, And Fellow Of The Royal Society, Of London ; Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians In Edinburgh ; And Corresponding Member Of The Royal Medical Society Of Paris, And Of The American Philosophical Society At Philadelphia. With some account of his life. By John Coakley Lettsom
London : Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, M. DCC. LXXXIV. [1784]. First edition.
Details:
•Collation complete with all pages: [8], [xcv], [1], 657, [3]
o7 large copper botanical engravings
•References: Wing D 2804;
•Provenance:
oBookplate – J.R. “sollicitis animis onus eximet addocet artes”
oBookplate – Henry Appleton, M.D.
•Binding: Leather; tight & secure
oFront board detached but present
•Language: English
•Size: ~11in X 9in (28cm x 23cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!1654
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