The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.
by SYDENHAM, Thomas
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About This Item
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1979. Hardcover. Translation by R.G. Latham. Small 4to. Full brown calf with decorative gilt, compartments, gilt spine. cviii, 276pp, vii, 395pp. Sewn-in yellow silk page marker. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Fine. Tight and attractive facsimile reprint of the two volumes of the third edition (London: The SydenhamSociety, 1843 and 1850). A volume in the "Classics of Medicine" facsimile series. English physician Sydenham (1624-89) was the most highly regarded medical man of 17th century England, known as "the English Hippocrates.
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- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33651
- Title
- The Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D.
- Author
- SYDENHAM, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Classics of Medicine Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, AL
- Date Published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Americana; Medical;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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