A Dictionary of Practical Medicine; Comprising General Pathology, the Nature and Treatment of Diseases, Morbid Structures, &c. - Vol. VII

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1852 Book. Good. Hardcover. Vol. VII of this work, whose title continues ". . .and the disorders especially incidental to climates, to the sex, and to the different epochs of life; with numerous prescriptions for the medicine recommended, a classification of diseases according to pathological principles, a copious bibliography, with references; and an appendix of approved formulae: the whole forming a library of pathology and practical medicine, and a digest of medical literature." Vol. VII contains dictionary entries on poisons, pollution, pompholyx, porrigo, pregnancy, prostate gland, prurigo, pruritus, psoae muscles, psoriasis and lepriasis, puerperal states and diseases, pulse, purpura, pus, pustular eruptions, malignant pustules, pylorus, pyrosis, quartan fever, quinsy, quotidian fever, rabies, rectum and anus, rheumatism, rickets, rose-rash, rubeola, human rumination, rupia, salivation, scarlatina rheumatica, scarlet fever, schirrous and other tumours, scrofula and tubercles, scurvy, serous and synovial membranes, shock, and skin. Moderate foxing and exterior wear. This is Volume VII per the title page, however the spine label reads Volume 19..