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FLOYER, John. Medicina Gerocomica: Or, the Galenic Art of preserving Old Men's Health's. London: for J. Isted, 1724.
8o (179 x 110 mm). (Some minor pale spotting, a few margins weak.) 19th-century sheep-backed marbled boards (joints slightly rubbed). Provenance: Sam Dyer Wise (signature on title-page dated 1873); Haskell F. Norman (bookplate; his sale part II, Christie's New York, 15 June 1998, lot 444).
FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST WORKS IN ENGLISH ON GERIATRICS. Floyer discussed diet therapy in relation to the diseases of the aged, the use of hot and cold baths, and the importance of recording the pulse rate. Garrison-Morton 1595; Norman 1595; Wellcome III, p.35.
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FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST WORKS IN ENGLISH ON GERIATRICS. Floyer discussed diet therapy in relation to the diseases of the aged, the use of hot and cold baths, and the importance of recording the pulse rate. Garrison-Morton 1595; Norman 1595; Wellcome III, p.35.