A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in Which They are Described According to their Anatomical Characters, and Their Diagnosis Established on a New Principle by Means of Acoustick Instruments
by R.T.H. Laennec (John Forbes, trans)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
'1st American Edition'. Very Good hardcover. Full contemporary sheep leather over boards, red spine panel with gilt stamped titles. Clean, scuffed covers and spine; some cracking at cover joints but leather remains supple; slight rubbing at fore corners, board just exposed at 2 corners; tightly bound; contemporary owner name on front free end paper; light, clean interior with very limited foxing. 8 engraved plates intact in very good condition with light foxing. 8vo, 319 pp + plates.
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- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18170
- Title
- A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest, in Which They are Described According to their Anatomical Characters, and Their Diagnosis Established on a New Principle by Means of Acoustick Instruments
- Author
- R.T.H. Laennec (John Forbes, trans)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia: James Webster
- Date Published
- 1823
- Keywords
- MEDICAL, DISCOVERY, RESEARCH, STETHOSCOPE, LUNGS, PULMONARY, TUBERCULOSIS, PHYSICIANS, DOCTORS, ANATOMY
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