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SYDENHAM, Thomas (1624-1689). Tractatus de podagra et hydrope. London: R.N. for Walter Kettilby, 1683.
8o (174 x 107 mm). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original backstrip, some rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. "Among Sydenham's special monographs, 'A Treatise on Gout,' containing the first distinction between rheumatism and gout, is considered his masterpiece of clinical observation" (PMM). Based upon his own sufferings, the work "has never been surpassed... By stressing the salient features of gout,... Sydenham may have contributed to the vogue for it in the next century, the so-called 'Golden Age of Gout'..."(Norman). Garrison-Morton 4486; Osler 998; NLM/Krivatsy 11637; PMM 159; Waller 9422; Wing S-6320; Norman 2040.
8o (174 x 107 mm). Contemporary calf (rebacked, preserving original backstrip, some rubbing).
FIRST EDITION. "Among Sydenham's special monographs, 'A Treatise on Gout,' containing the first distinction between rheumatism and gout, is considered his masterpiece of clinical observation" (PMM). Based upon his own sufferings, the work "has never been surpassed... By stressing the salient features of gout,... Sydenham may have contributed to the vogue for it in the next century, the so-called 'Golden Age of Gout'..."(Norman). Garrison-Morton 4486; Osler 998; NLM/Krivatsy 11637; PMM 159; Waller 9422; Wing S-6320; Norman 2040.