Title: A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Epidemic Cholera, as it Prevailed in the City of New York, in the Summer of 1832; Including its Nature, Causes, Treatment and Prevention... A Brief Essay on the Medical Use of Ardent Spirits; Being an Attempt to Show that Alcohol is as Unnecessary and Mischievous in Sickness as in Health. Author: Reese, David Meredith Place: New York Publisher: Conner & Cooke Date: 1833 Description: 110 pp. Folding map frontispiece. (8vo) original green cloth, lettered in gilt on front. First Edition. The map shows the lower portion of Manhattan, with the areas of the city affected by the Cholera epidemic highlighted. An attempt at establishing a connection between rum and cholera, this tract is mainly a protest against the medical use of alcohol and in support of temperance. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling, previous owners' names on endpapers; foxing; good. Item number: 285599
Title: A Plain and Practical Treatise on the Epidemic Cholera, as it Prevailed in the City of New York, in the Summer of 1832; Including its Nature, Causes, Treatment and Prevention... A Brief Essay on the Medical Use of Ardent Spirits; Being an Attempt to Show that Alcohol is as Unnecessary and Mischievous in Sickness as in Health. Author: Reese, David Meredith Place: New York Publisher: Conner & Cooke Date: 1833 Description: 110 pp. Folding map frontispiece. (8vo) original green cloth, lettered in gilt on front. First Edition. The map shows the lower portion of Manhattan, with the areas of the city affected by the Cholera epidemic highlighted. An attempt at establishing a connection between rum and cholera, this tract is mainly a protest against the medical use of alcohol and in support of temperance. Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and soiling, previous owners' names on endpapers; foxing; good. Item number: 285599
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