Lot 291

Morgan (Thomas) The mechanical practice of physick: in which the specifick method is examin'd and exploded; and the Bellinian hypothesis of animal secretion and muscular motion, consider'd and refuted, Printed for T. Woodward, 1735.

 

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Morgan (Thomas) The mechanical practice of physick: in which the specifick method is examin'd and exploded; and the Bellinian hypothesis of animal secretion and muscular motion, consider'd and refuted. With some occasional remarks and scholia on Dr. Lobb's Treatise of the small pox, Dr. Robinson on the animal oeconomy, and Professor Boerhaave's Account of the animal spirits and muscular motion, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, S5 tear within text, without loss, some light marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, [Blake, p.313; Wellcome IV, p.179], 8vo, Printed for T. Woodward, 1735.

Description

Morgan (Thomas) The mechanical practice of physick: in which the specifick method is examin'd and exploded; and the Bellinian hypothesis of animal secretion and muscular motion, consider'd and refuted. With some occasional remarks and scholia on Dr. Lobb's Treatise of the small pox, Dr. Robinson on the animal oeconomy, and Professor Boerhaave's Account of the animal spirits and muscular motion, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, S5 tear within text, without loss, some light marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, [Blake, p.313; Wellcome IV, p.179], 8vo, Printed for T. Woodward, 1735.

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