Primitive physic: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases

WESLEY, John

Edité par Printed by Wilkinson ans Courtney, Dublin, 1809

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xx, [1], 22-132pp. [Bound after:] TISSOT, [Samuel Auguste David]. Advice with respect to health. Extracted from dr. tissot. Dublin. Printed by Wilkinson and Courtney, 1809. Seventh edition. 228pp. 12mo. Recent half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. Extremities a trifle marked. Lightly foxed, paper repairs to fore-edges of leaves D2-3 of first bound-work, else internally clean and crisp. A Dublin-printed edition of Anglican clergyman and founder of Methodism John Wesley's (1703-1791) examination of common ailments, ranging from baldness to breast cancer, which proved one of the most popular medical works of the eighteenth-century. First published in 1747, some 23 editions followed in the author's lifetime, with various remedies and authorial preferences added in successive editions. Wesley's book is bound here with a manual on the treatment of numerous maladies extracted from the works of Swiss physician Samuel Auguste David Tissot (1728-1797). N° de réf. du vendeur AQ17441

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Titre : Primitive physic: or, an easy and natural ...

Éditeur : Printed by Wilkinson ans Courtney, Dublin

Date d'édition : 1809

Reliure : Couverture rigide

Edition : Twenty-sixth edition.