A TREATISE ON A MALIGNANT EPIDEMIC, COMMONLY CALLED SPOTTED FEVER; Interspersed with Remarks on the Nature of Fever in General, &c.
New York: Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, No. 160 Pearl Street, 1811. First edition. 20 cm. xi, (1), 249, folding plate. With errata leaf & ad leaf. Original drab blue paper covered boards. Spine nearly perished, small portion of printed paper label remains, back cover nearly detached. A good copy, unusual in original boards. Book label of Alfred S. Monson laid down at head of title page. Monson (23 Aug 1795 - 22 May 1870) received his degree in medicine from Univ. of Pennsylvania in 1819 and practiced in New Haven, CT. G-M 4676. Austin 1425. Osler 3507. Cushing N115. Heirs of Hippocrates 1262. The first book on cerebrospinal meningitis, with an early recommendation for the use of clinical thermometers. Item #68098
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