CHEYNE, John (1777-1836). An essay on hydrocephalus acutus, or dropsy in the brain. Edinburgh: for Mundell, Doig, and Stephenson; London: J. Murray, 1808. 8o (245 x 143 mm). Modern quarter morocco, gilt-lettered spine, cloth boards. Provenance: W.S.Miles M.D (inscription); Medical Society of London (stamp); Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (bookplate and withdrawal stamp). FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4635; Wellcome II, p. 339; Norman 472 -- CHEYNE. A case of apoplexy, in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted into fat, in: The Dublin Hospital reports and communications in medicine and surgery. Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell for Hodges and McArthur, and others, 1818. 8o (211 x 131 mm). 5 engraved plates (short tear on C4, some offsetting from plates, occasional spotting). Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (very worn, broken). Provenance: Edinburgh Royal Medical Society (early inscription on title-page and later stamps); some pencil marginalia. FIRST APPEARANCE. Garrison-Morton 2743; Norman 473. (2)

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CHEYNE, John (1777-1836). An essay on hydrocephalus acutus, or dropsy in the brain. Edinburgh: for Mundell, Doig, and Stephenson; London: J. Murray, 1808. 8^o (245 x 143 mm). Modern quarter morocco, gilt-lettered spine, cloth boards. Provenance: W.S.Miles M.D (inscription); Medical Society of London (stamp); Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (bookplate and withdrawal stamp). FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4635; Wellcome II, p. 339; Norman 472 -- CHEYNE. A case of apoplexy, in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted into fat, in: The Dublin Hospital reports and communications in medicine and surgery. Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell for Hodges and M^cArthur, and others, 1818. 8^o (211 x 131 mm). 5 engraved plates (short tear on C4, some offsetting from plates, occasional spotting). Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (very worn, broken). Provenance: Edinburgh Royal Medical Society (early inscription on title-page and later stamps); some pencil marginalia. FIRST APPEARANCE. Garrison-Morton 2743; Norman 473.
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