Experiments On the Red and Quill Peruvian Bark: With Observations on Its History, Mode of Operation, and Uses; and On Some Other Subjects Connected With the Phaenomena and Doctrines of Vegetable Astringents. Being a Dissertation Which Gained the First Prize Given by the Harveian Society of Edinburgh for the Year 1784
Edinburgh: Printed for C. Elliot, Edinburg; G. Robinson, London; and W. Gilbert, Dublin, 1785. Octavo, grey boards with blue paper spine, [4], 181, [3] pp, uncut. A scarce 18th century treatise on the medical applications of "Peruvian Bark" (cinchona), which was used to treat malaria and epilepsy. Foxing to pages, bookplate to front pastedown, couple of chips to spine, front joint repaired with Japanese paper. Item #15889
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