Title: An Essay on Fevers. To Which is Now Added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat. Author: Huxham, John Place: London Publisher: J. Hinton Date: 1757 Description: xvi, 336. Woodcut head and tail pieces, woodcut initials. (8vo) period full calf. Third Edition. “Huxham’s best work (Fevers). He was well known in the west of England and wrote important monographs on diphtheria and on Devonshire colic. Huxham seemed to appreciate that a difference existed between typhus and typhoid, at that time usually regarded as one condition. This book included the first use of the word ‘influenza’ by an English physician.”--See Garrison-Morton 2201, citing the 1750 first edition of Fevers. See Garrison-Morton 5050, citing the solo 1757 first issue of Dissertation." Lot Amendments Condition: Rear joint split, other light wear, lacking free endpapers; title page trimmed at head, light foxing; very good. Item number: 278482
Title: An Essay on Fevers. To Which is Now Added, A Dissertation on the Malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat. Author: Huxham, John Place: London Publisher: J. Hinton Date: 1757 Description: xvi, 336. Woodcut head and tail pieces, woodcut initials. (8vo) period full calf. Third Edition. “Huxham’s best work (Fevers). He was well known in the west of England and wrote important monographs on diphtheria and on Devonshire colic. Huxham seemed to appreciate that a difference existed between typhus and typhoid, at that time usually regarded as one condition. This book included the first use of the word ‘influenza’ by an English physician.”--See Garrison-Morton 2201, citing the 1750 first edition of Fevers. See Garrison-Morton 5050, citing the solo 1757 first issue of Dissertation." Lot Amendments Condition: Rear joint split, other light wear, lacking free endpapers; title page trimmed at head, light foxing; very good. Item number: 278482
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