Currents and counter currents in medical science with other addresses and essays. . .
by HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Original brown pebbled cloth, decorated in blind. Bookplate of Alfred Sutro. An exquisite copy with a note from Sutro laid in. First edition, first issue. The first collection of Holmes' medical writings. Included are "Currents and counter-currents in medical science"; "Homeopathy, and its kindred delusions"; "Some more recent views on homeopathy"; "Puerperal fever as a private pestilence"; "Position and prospects of the medical student"; "Mechanism of vital actions"; and "Valedictory address to medical graduates of Harvard, March 10, 1858." All but two were previously issued as pamphlets. BAL 8803; C&T, p. 97; Cushing, H411; Osler, 2992.
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- Bookseller
- Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12275
- Title
- Currents and counter currents in medical science with other addresses and essays. . .
- Author
- HOLMES, Oliver Wendell
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE
- Publisher
- Ticknor and Fields
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- literature, poetry
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Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Sherman Oaks, California
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