An Essay on Bronchitis with a Supplement containing Remarks on Simple Pulmonary Abcess

By Charles Badham MD, Physician of the Household to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, formerly Physician to the West. Gen. Dispensary etc etc and Lecturer on the Practice of Physic and Chemistry. Pub: London: J. Callow, Medical Bookseller, Crown Court, Princes Street, Soho. 1814 2nd edition corrected & enlarged. [Charles Badham, FRS (17 April 1780 10 November 1845) was a physician from London, England who gave bronchitis its name. He coined the term for the pulmonary disease bronchitis and was the first to differentiate bronchitis from pleurisy and pneumonia through the essays he wrote in 1808 and 1814.] Contains Dedication to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and Preface to the first edition, dated 1808; Preface to the Second edition dated 1814. A very rare edition. Later binding, grey paper covered boards. Condition: Very good. With stamps and handwritten inscription on title page showing it came from the Infirmary Library Manchester. Manchester Infirmary stamps to the Prefaces. Otherwise unmarked internally with very little in the way of age toning or foxing. Size: 7 x 4,5 inches / 18 x 11 cm 168 pages. Weight: 200g.…