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BRIGHT, Richard (1789-1858). Reports of Medical Cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy. London: Richard Taylor for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827-1831.
2 volumes in 3, 4o (310 x 238 mm). 47 hand-colored engraved plates (1 folding); 7 uncolored lithographic plates (4 folding). (Approximately 4 plates trimmed unevenly at fore-edge; several plate numbers in vol. 2 supplied by hand.) Half calf, marbled sides (resewn and recased); brown cloth slipcases. Provenance: Miss Waters (pencilled signature on title pages).
FIRST EDITION OF BRIGHT'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK. Bright's extensive clinical research and clinico-pathological correlations are here presented in a series of case histories that report both observations of disease and post-mortem findings. The descriptions of kidney disease found in Volume I cover the complex of disorders now identified as "Bright's disease." Volume II is devoted to neuropathology and describes diseases and abnormalities of the brain. The hand-colored engraved plates that illustrate Bright's Medical Reports are among the most beautiful medical illustrations every published. A VERY FINE COPY. Garrison-Morton 2285; Grolier Medicine 60a; Heirs of Hippocrates 1451; Osler 1340; Waller 1460; Wellcome II, p. 239; Norman 341. (3)
2 volumes in 3, 4
FIRST EDITION OF BRIGHT'S MOST IMPORTANT WORK. Bright's extensive clinical research and clinico-pathological correlations are here presented in a series of case histories that report both observations of disease and post-mortem findings. The descriptions of kidney disease found in Volume I cover the complex of disorders now identified as "Bright's disease." Volume II is devoted to neuropathology and describes diseases and abnormalities of the brain. The hand-colored engraved plates that illustrate Bright's Medical Reports are among the most beautiful medical illustrations every published. A VERY FINE COPY. Garrison-Morton 2285; Grolier Medicine 60a; Heirs of Hippocrates 1451; Osler 1340; Waller 1460; Wellcome II, p. 239; Norman 341. (3)