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ADDISON, Thomas (1793-1860). On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Supra-Renal Capsules. London: Samuel Highley, 1855.
2o (327 x 250 mm). 11 hand-colored lithographed plates (some offsetting from plates to text). Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt and blind-stamped (rebacked). Modern morocco-backed box. Provenance: J. Andrew, Wadh[am] College (inscription).
FIRST EDITION. A brief version of this paper was published in the London Medical Gazette, 1849 (43). Addison was the first to realise the importance of the adrenal glands, while he was researching the causes of pernicious anemia. "The present monograph focuses on diseases of the suprarenal capsules and contains the classic description of the endocrine disturbance now known as Addison's disease." (Garrison-Morton 3864); Grolier 60c; Heirs of Hippocrates 1502; Osler 1744; Waller 225; Norman 8.
2o (327 x 250 mm). 11 hand-colored lithographed plates (some offsetting from plates to text). Half-title. Original green cloth, gilt and blind-stamped (rebacked). Modern morocco-backed box. Provenance: J. Andrew, Wadh[am] College (inscription).
FIRST EDITION. A brief version of this paper was published in the London Medical Gazette, 1849 (43). Addison was the first to realise the importance of the adrenal glands, while he was researching the causes of pernicious anemia. "The present monograph focuses on diseases of the suprarenal capsules and contains the classic description of the endocrine disturbance now known as Addison's disease." (Garrison-Morton 3864); Grolier 60c; Heirs of Hippocrates 1502; Osler 1744; Waller 225; Norman 8.