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
Hartford: Oliver D. Cooke & Sons, 1823. First American from the Second London edition. 22 cm. vi, [2], 120, iv, [4], 216, 80pp. Period full flame calf, gilt stamped red morocco spine label and gilt rules. Ownership signature of [Israel] Balch dated August 29, 1823, on front endpaper. Balch's first name has been rubbed out leaving a hole in paper. An otherwise very good copy. Dr. Israel Balch (1788-1858) graduated from Dartmouth and moved to Amesbury, Massachusetts to study with Dr. French, and eventually established his own practice there. "He had the largest medical library in Amesbury or vicinity. He was a very successful practitioner of medicine and surgery.... Many young men sought his office for instruction in medicine and surgery, navigation and higher mathematics." [see: "Genealogy of the Balch Families in America," by Galusha Balch (Salem, MA: 1897), p. 424]. Item #68093
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