CUTBUSH, EDWARD. Observations on the Means of Preserving the Health of Soldiers and Sailors. Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer for Thomas Dobson, 1808. 3 folding tables. 8vo, modern quarter calf; pale dampstaining (and water damage) throughout (heaviest on preliminaries, a few small wormholes on title fore-margin and final 2 leaves (affecting a few letters), some light even browning, early owner's signature on title (and a few other places). FIRST EDITION of the first American work on naval medicine. Includes a 14 pp. appendix by Benjamin Rush entitled, "Directions for preserving the health of soldiers, addressed to the officers of the army of the United States." Austin 612.