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MARTEN, Benjamin (fl. 18th century). A new Theory of Consumptions: More especially of a Phthisis, or Consumption of the Lungs. London: R. Knaplock, A. Bell, J. Hooke, and C. King, 1720.
8o (197 x 121 mm). Contemporary sheep (rebacked).
FIRST EDITION. "Marten considered a parasitic micro-organism to be the cause of tuberculosis, thus forecasting the existence of the tubercle bacillus 162 years before its actual discovery" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 3217; Osler 6730 (note); Norman 1446.
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FIRST EDITION. "Marten considered a parasitic micro-organism to be the cause of tuberculosis, thus forecasting the existence of the tubercle bacillus 162 years before its actual discovery" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 3217; Osler 6730 (note); Norman 1446.