Property from the Collection of Kenneth Andersen Books Withering, William An Account of the Foxglove, and some of its Medical Uses. Birmingham: Printed by M. Swinney for G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1785 8vo (208 x 125mm). Half-title; folding plate in facsimile, some minor foxing and toning. Contemporary brown calf; sympathetically rebacked. First edition—"One of the classics in pharmacology" (Heirs of Hippocrates) “Withering was one of the greatest medical botanists and his book is a pharmacological classic. Before his time, digitalis was a widely used folk remedy, occasionally mentioned in the folk literature, but it was due to him that correct dosages were established and the action of digitalis in dropsy and on the heart became generally recognised” (Garrison-Morton). REFERENCEGarrison-Morton 1836; Henrey 1505; Hunt 676; Norman 2255 PROVENANCEFrank van der Bogert, M.D. (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Property from the Collection of Kenneth Andersen Books Withering, William An Account of the Foxglove, and some of its Medical Uses. Birmingham: Printed by M. Swinney for G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1785 8vo (208 x 125mm). Half-title; folding plate in facsimile, some minor foxing and toning. Contemporary brown calf; sympathetically rebacked. First edition—"One of the classics in pharmacology" (Heirs of Hippocrates) “Withering was one of the greatest medical botanists and his book is a pharmacological classic. Before his time, digitalis was a widely used folk remedy, occasionally mentioned in the folk literature, but it was due to him that correct dosages were established and the action of digitalis in dropsy and on the heart became generally recognised” (Garrison-Morton). REFERENCEGarrison-Morton 1836; Henrey 1505; Hunt 676; Norman 2255 PROVENANCEFrank van der Bogert, M.D. (bookplate to front pastedown)Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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