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ANDRY, Nicolas. |
| Title: |
DE LA GENERATION DES VERS DANS LE CORPS DE L'HOMME. |
| Description: |
Amsterdam, Thomas Lombrail, 1701. Small 8vo. pp. (xl), 317, (iii); 4 engraved plates (1 folding). Recent half calf and endpapers; small tear in folding plate repaired. Library stamp on title page with manuscript at top, otherwise a clean and crisp copy. |
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* G&M 2448.2 (First edition, Paris, 1700) x "The first medical parasitology text x an exhaustive study of the parasites of man, the diseases associated with them and their treatment. The views of Andry were often ahead of his time". Andry (1658-1742) discusses the use of tobacco in the treatment of intestinal worms but gives warning on the adverse effects of smoking on health. £195 |
| Author: |
ARBUTHNOT, John. |
| Title: |
AN ESSAY CONCERNING THE NATURE OF ALIMENTS, AND THE CHOICE OF THEM, According to the different Constitutions of Human Bodies etc. |
| Description: |
FIRST EDITION. London, J. Tonson, 1731. pp. xxxii, 232. Contemporary speckled calf, rebacked retaining original label. Bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam on front pastedown. Slight foxing of f.e.p. and title, otherwise a very clean copy. |
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* Wellcome II, 52; Blake 17. Arbuthnot (1667-1735) was eductaed at the University of Aberdeen. He was appointed physician to Queen Anne and Swift calls him 'the Queen's favourite physician'. He became F.R.C.P. in 1710. He became the friend of the literary men of the time and in Dr Johnson's opinion was the first among the eminent writers of Queen Anne's reign. £270 |
| Author: |
ARMITSTEAD, J. |
| Title: |
DISSERTATIO MEDICA, INAUGURALIS, DE COLICA DAMNONIORUM. |
| Description: |
Edinburgh, Balfour & Smellie, 1781. pp. (iv), 39. Recent marbled boards. Title page browned; text clean. |
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* In this doctoral thesis Armitstead discusses Huxham's classic description of the Devonshire colic in detail. £25 |
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