FACTS, OBSERVATIONS, AND PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, RELATIVE TO PUERPERAL FEVER, SCARLET FEVER, PULMONARY CONSUMPTION, AND MEASLES. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE UTILITY OF SULPHUREOUS WATERS, AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFICACY OF THE BALSAM OF COPAIVA IN INFLAMMATIONS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. vi,[2],120,iv,[4],216,80pp. Contemporary calf, spine ruled in gilt, gilt red morocco label. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, two x two inch triangular-shaped portion of calf missing from front board. Early ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Text tanned and foxed. Good. "First American from the second London edition." Effectively three books in one, the first is an examination of puerperal fever, a devastating infection that affected women within days of childbirth, and was a common cause of death in childbirth up to the 1930s. The second book focuses on scarlet fever, pulmonary consumption, and measles, three common but deadly illnesses of the time, as well as discussing the positive effects of sulphurus water in healing them. The final book examines copaiba (copaiva in the book) balsam, a medecine made from sap of the copaifera species of trees. Used to cure diseases such as bronchitis, hemarrhoids and UTIs, it was and is a popular all-natural medicine The first two sections have their own separate titlepages, the final section with a half title only. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 11636. CORDASCO 20-0021
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- FACTS, OBSERVATIONS, AND PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, RELATIVE TO PUERPERAL FEVER, SCARLET FEVER, PULMONARY CONSUMPTION, AND MEASLES. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE PATHOLOGY AND TREATMENT OF CHRONIC DISEASES: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE UTILITY OF SULPHUREOUS WATERS, AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFICACY OF THE BALSAM OF COPAIVA IN INFLAMMATIONS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Gilt
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Morocco
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- Spine
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- Foxed
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