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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TREASURES: Presented by Chico / Redding Consignment Center 2/25

Sun, Feb 9, 2025 04:00PM EST - Sun, Feb 23, 2025 04:00PM EST
Lot 243

1795 Introductory Lectures On Medicine Handwritten 125 Page Journal

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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1795 Introductory Lectures On Medicine Handwritten Journal. Mentions of Dr. Benjamin Rush (pages 42-43) and references of Dr. Hunter's "Diseases of the Army in Jamaica (1788)" on page 49. Chapters include: On The Pulse, Physiology, Animal Life, Sound, Animal Heat, Motions Of The Body, Respiration, The Nervous System, Irritability And Sensibility, Vision, Source Of Hearing, The Human Mind, Understanding, Will, Moral Powers And Faculties, Sense Of Deity, Conscience, Intuition, Of The Pleasures of Touch, Proximate Cause Of Pleasure, Of The Pleasures Of Nature, Imagination, Understanding, The Pleasures Of Taste, Sleep, Vegetables, Animals, Digestion, Cure Of Fevers, Depletion, Of Food As A Stimuli, External Stimuli, Lymphalic's, Secretions, Excretions, Nutrition, Peculiarities Of The Sexes, Generations, Pathology, Of Ailments Meats And Drinks, Of Poisons, Of Diseases Brought On By Worms, Amusements, Accidents, Adolescence, Proximate Cause Of Disease, Disease Of The Nerves, Proximate Cause Of Old Age, Morbid State of The Pulse, Of The Signs Of Diseases, Of The Signs Of Dearth, Of Therapeutics, and Clinical Lectures. 125 Pages of front and back handwriting. Book has been rebound with a brown leather cover. Dated Nov 11, 1795 on second page. Book measures 13" x 8.5". Processing and shipping within the Continental US $45. All FedEx packages are sent with Direct Signature Required and insured at full replacement value for a fee of 1.5% of the purchase price, unless buyer accepts complete liability in writing. Discounts given on combined lot shipping.

Condition

Book has been re-bound with brown leather cover. Two pages appear to have been torn out at very end. Please see photos.