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BREE, Robert |
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A PRACTICAL INQUIRY INTO DISORDERED RESPIRATION; Distinguishing the Species of Convulsive Asthma, their Causes and Indications of Cure. Fifth edition, Corrected and Improved. With Additioanl Observations. |
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London, J. Callow. 1815. pp. xxiv, 372. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, a little scuffed. Occasional spotting, mainly at the beginning and end. A tight copy. |
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| Author: |
BREE, Robert. |
| Title: |
A PRACTICAL INQUIRY INTO DISORDERED RESPIRATION; Distinguishing the Species of Convulsive Asthma, their Causes and Indications of Cure. Fourth edition With Additional Practical Observations. |
| Description: |
London, Richard Phillips. 1807. pp. xxiv, 373, (iii-Pubs. ads). Contemporary calf with blindstamped decorated covers. Very occasional light spotting but, overall, a very good tight copy. |
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* Robert Bree (1758-1839) was born in Solihull, Warwicks. into a medical family. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and gained his M.D. in 1791. Following work as a physician at Northampton General Hospital he moved to Leicester to practise but retired in 1793 due to chronic asthma. He moved to London where he treated the Duke of Sussex, an asthmatic. He became F.R.C.P. in 1807 and F.R.S. the following year. He finally gave up practice, due to asthma, in 1833 (DNB). £295 £210 |
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