1694 Pyretologias, Pars Altera Febribus Inflammatoriis Richard Morton 1st Edition

Richard Morton

Published by Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694

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Pyretologias, Pars Altera: Sive, Exercitatio de Febribus Inflammatoriis Universalibus. Authore Richardo Morton, Colleg. Med. Londin. Socio. Londini: Impensis Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, Regię Societatis Typographorum, ad Insignia Principis in C meterio D. Pauli, 1694. First Edition. 511 p + Index. Full leather binding measures 7.75 x 5.5 , 8vo. In fair condition. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head of spine chipped with exposed headband; hinges cracked; spine desiccated. Front gutter cracked with exposed cording. Large water or tea dampness staining front frontispiece through Table of Contents (Elenchus Tractatuum; 48 pages). Permanent red ink stamp on top edge of title page: R. W. M. Old-hand marginalia on title page. Foxing and rippling to leaves affected with dampness staining. Normal toning and age-staining through remainder of text-block. Binding remains tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Richard Morton M.D. (1638 - 1698) was the son of a clergyman, born in the county of Suffolk, and was entered first at Magdalen hall, Oxford, whence he removed to New college. He proceeded bachelor of arts in 1656; master of arts in 1659. Ere he had taken his master s degree, he was appointed chaplain of New college, and subsequently he filled a similar office in an old and highly respectable family in Worcestershire. Having embraced the principles of the Nonconformists, he found it advisable after the restoration of Charles II to abandon the profession of divinity, and adopt that of medicine. He set up in practice in London and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1678. He has left a lasting memorial in the form of his book Phthisiologia which deals with all aspects of phthisis, the word being interpreted in its widest sense to denote any disease associated with wasting. It is not known where Morton obtained his medical education nor is there anything in his writings to indicate where he spent the eight years between 1662 and 1670. It is suggested that he may have been in Holland for part of those years attending the University of Leyden and making the acquaintance of the Prince of Orange whose patronage was to prove so useful at Oxford in 1670. Morton was the first physician to state that tubercles were always present in the tuberculosis disease of the lungs. First Edition. RAREB1694DOPP - 04/25 - HK2402.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1694 Pyretologias, Pars Altera Febribus Inflammatoriis Richard Morton 1st Edition
• Publisher: Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford
• Publication Date: 1694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
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