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ANATOMICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC RESEARCHES UPON THE DISEASE KNOWN UNDER THE NAME OF GASTRO-ENTERITE, PUTRID, ADYNAMIC, ATAXIC, OR TYPHOID FEVER, ETC., Compared with the Most Common Acute Diseases
by Louis, Pierre Charles Alexandre (1787-1872) ; translated by Henry I. Bowditch, M. D
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Boston: Isaac R. Butts: Hilliard Gray & Co.. Very Good. 1836. First American Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes handsomely rebacked with black calf spines over original publisher's green pebbled cloth. Gilt decoration & lettering on spines. Text tight & intact. [xxii, 395pp]. [xi, 462pp]. Light foxing especially on first & last few pages. Corners & edges rubbed. Original spine from vol #2 laid-in. The author, Louis, was a French clinician and pathologist known for his studies on tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and pneumonia, as well as for the development of medical epidemiology and the clinical trial. Louis taught at the Hotel-Dieu and the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr was one of his students. Medical; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 857 pages .
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- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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- 17716
- Title
- ANATOMICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND THERAPEUTIC RESEARCHES UPON THE DISEASE KNOWN UNDER THE NAME OF GASTRO-ENTERITE, PUTRID, ADYNAMIC, ATAXIC, OR TYPHOID FEVER, ETC., Compared with the Most Common Acute Diseases
- Author
- Louis, Pierre Charles Alexandre (1787-1872) ; translated by Henry I. Bowditch, M. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Isaac R. Butts: Hilliard Gray & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1836
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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