GREEN, Horace (1802-1866). A Treatise on Diseases of the Air Passages: Comprising an inquiry into the history, pathology, causes, and treatment, of those affections of the throat Called bronchitis, chronic laryngitis, clergyman's sore throat, etc., etc. New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 8o (240 x 147 mm). 7 lithographed plates, 6 hand-colored, one folding (first and second plates with fox marks, some scattered soiling throughout, especially towards the sheet edges, free endpaper neatly cut above inscription, some occasional acid burning, otherwise in generally good condition). Original cloth, decorated in blind, gilt-lettering on the spine. Provenance: James David Butler, the author's brother, presentation inscription on the free endpaper; William H. Ordway, MD, 20th century bookplate. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TREATISE ON OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to his brother. Green was the first to successfully introduce medicaments into the larynx, trachea and bronchi for local treatment. Garrison-Morton-Norman 3261.

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GREEN, Horace (1802-1866). A Treatise on Diseases of the Air Passages: Comprising an inquiry into the history, pathology, causes, and treatment, of those affections of the throat Called bronchitis, chronic laryngitis, clergyman's sore throat, etc., etc. New York and London: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. 8o (240 x 147 mm). 7 lithographed plates, 6 hand-colored, one folding (first and second plates with fox marks, some scattered soiling throughout, especially towards the sheet edges, free endpaper neatly cut above inscription, some occasional acid burning, otherwise in generally good condition). Original cloth, decorated in blind, gilt-lettering on the spine. Provenance: James David Butler, the author's brother, presentation inscription on the free endpaper; William H. Ordway, MD, 20th century bookplate. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN TREATISE ON OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to his brother. Green was the first to successfully introduce medicaments into the larynx, trachea and bronchi for local treatment. Garrison-Morton-Norman 3261.