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(i) FULLER, Francis (1670-1706). Medicina gymnastica; or, A Treatise concerning the power of exercise with respect to the animal oeconomy, London: for Robert Knaplock, 1705, 8°, second edition (imprimatur leaf detached, block split in several places, B1 slightly soiled, E4 with tear at outer margin), old calf (rebacked in buckram), ex Newberry and John Crerar libraries. [GM 1986.3: "The first English book on the power of exercise in treating disease. Fuller also recommended exercise for aid in the recovery from psychological and emotional disorders. In this he preceeded Cheyne"] Provenance: contemporary inscription on title
(ii) CHEYNE, George (1671-1743). An Essay of Health and Long Life, London: for George Strahan and J. Leake, Bath, 1724, 8°, FIRST EDITION (library blind stamp on title and G3), contemporary calf (lower cover detached, rubbed). [Blake p. 86; Wellcome II, p. 388]
(iii) ROBINSON, Nicholas (1697?-1775). A New Theory of Physick and Diseases founded on the principles of the Newtonian Philosophy, London: for C. Rivington, J. Lacy and J. Clarke, 1725, 8°, FIRST EDITION (some dampstaining), blue buckram with John Crerar markings. [Blake p. 384]
(iv) HUXHAM, John (1692-1768). Observations on the Air and Epidemic Diseases from the Year 1728 to 1738, London: for J. Hinton and Henry Whitfield, 1759, volume I only, 8°, engraved plate (title browned, stained and detached, dedication leaf creased and torn at edges, library markings, lacking at least one index leaf at end), contemporary calf (spine crudely repaired). [Blake p. 227: volume II published 1767]
(v) SOCIETY OF PHYSICIANS. Medical and Philosophical Commentaries by a Society of Physicians in Edinburgh, London: for J. Murray, Edinburgh: Kincaid and Creech, and W. Drummond, Dublin: T. Ewing, 1774-76, volumes I-IV only, 8° (G3 of vol. I detached, one sectional title in vol. II torn with loss, H2 of the same vol. soiled, vols. II-IV with stitch marks at inner margin), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (worn), volumes I-III uncut.
With 3 other volumes. (11)
(ii) CHEYNE, George (1671-1743). An Essay of Health and Long Life, London: for George Strahan and J. Leake, Bath, 1724, 8°, FIRST EDITION (library blind stamp on title and G3), contemporary calf (lower cover detached, rubbed). [Blake p. 86; Wellcome II, p. 388]
(iii) ROBINSON, Nicholas (1697?-1775). A New Theory of Physick and Diseases founded on the principles of the Newtonian Philosophy, London: for C. Rivington, J. Lacy and J. Clarke, 1725, 8°, FIRST EDITION (some dampstaining), blue buckram with John Crerar markings. [Blake p. 384]
(iv) HUXHAM, John (1692-1768). Observations on the Air and Epidemic Diseases from the Year 1728 to 1738, London: for J. Hinton and Henry Whitfield, 1759, volume I only, 8°, engraved plate (title browned, stained and detached, dedication leaf creased and torn at edges, library markings, lacking at least one index leaf at end), contemporary calf (spine crudely repaired). [Blake p. 227: volume II published 1767]
(v) SOCIETY OF PHYSICIANS. Medical and Philosophical Commentaries by a Society of Physicians in Edinburgh, London: for J. Murray, Edinburgh: Kincaid and Creech, and W. Drummond, Dublin: T. Ewing, 1774-76, volumes I-IV only, 8° (G3 of vol. I detached, one sectional title in vol. II torn with loss, H2 of the same vol. soiled, vols. II-IV with stitch marks at inner margin), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards (worn), volumes I-III uncut.
With 3 other volumes. (11)