Joanne huxham (7 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 208 pages. Huxham made daily records of the weather and prevailing diseases; his aim was to establish a relationship between atmosphere and disease. Ex-library copy with bookplate and just two library marks, one on the front paste-down and one on the title page. Not original binding; rebound in orange cloth with gilt titles on spine; cloth is dusty and has half inch area of wear at top of spine; contents well preserved. …

2 volumes in 1, xxx, 161, 38 [6], xix, 208, text in Latin Second Edition , Lacks frontispiece, ex library stamps on front and rear few pages, front hinge cracked but board held, small split to front joint, cover rubbed around the edges, a little damp marking to pages of second volume, book in good condition , Navy cloth, gilt title on spine Octavo Hardback ISBN.…

pp. (iv), xxx, 161, (i), 38, (vi) Index. 1 engraved plate; (ii), xix, (i), 208. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rebacked, old spine relaid, new label, corners repaired, new end-papers, a very good copy. *GARRISON-MORTON #1675, this edition - a third, posthumous, volume was issued in 1770. Huxham took daily daily weather readings and correlated them with prevailing disease mortality in an effort to prove a link between these phenomena. His tract on Devonshire Colic [GM#2093], first published in 1739, is added to the first volume above. He gave a vivid account of the disorder but ascribed it erroneously to the tartar extracted from apples during the cider-making process. It was shown by Sir George Baker in 1767 that the culprit was the lead used to line cider presses in Devon. …

Londini, Joannis Hinton, Henrici Whitfeld, 1752. 2 tomes en un volume, in-8, (4)-XXX-161-(1)-38-(6)-XIX-(1)-208 pp., reliure d'époque plein veau, dos orné, tranches rouges (dos frotté, un petit trou d'insecte au dos, rousseurs sur les premières pages). Essai sur la correlation entre le temps atmosphérique et les épidémies, d'arprès observations de 1728 à 1748 à Plymouth, et un essai sur la colique du Devonshire, par John Huxham. Edition originale pour le deuxième tome (le premier parut en 1739). * Médecine * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve.…

2 tomos en 1 vol. Ed. secunda veneta. Apud Laurentium Basillium. Venetiiis. 1773. I.-1 lám.+XXXVIpp.+162pp II.-XVIpp.+184pp. Texto en latin. 19 x 14 cm. Enc. holandesa piel con nervios actual. MEDICINA-EPIDEMIOLOGÍA.(FB.094).

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. 17,5 cm. 2 tomos: una lám., XXXVI-162 pág. y XVI-184 pág. Capitales. Dos tomos enc. en un vol. en pergamino. Mancha de humedad. Señal de óxido. * John Huxham (1692-1768) estudió junto a Herman Boerhaave, publicó bastantes tratados médicos y colaboró en las Philosophical Transactions. Se estableció en Plymouth donde permaneció hasta su muerte. En esta obra recoge los datos sobre el tiempo y la salud de esta localidad desde 1728 hasta 1748, junto con una disertación sobre el "cólico de Devonshire" (de la página 133 a la 162: Opusculum de Morbo Colico Damnoniorum eoque maxime epidemico). Epidemiología.…