A LETTER FROM DR GLASS TO DR BAKER, on the means of procuring a distinct and favourable kind of small-pox. And on the use of cold air and cold water in putrid fevers. London : Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and B. Thorn, at Exeter 1767. 1st Ed. [iv] + 72pp. With half title (with sm. repaired tear and sl. loss to tail). Errata affixed to verso of title page. Pp.31-2 with sm. marginal tear, prelims. foxed, browning, occasional staining, occasional marginal chipping. [And]. A SECOND LETTER FROM DR GLASS TO DR BAKER, On Certain Methods of treating Small-Pox During the Eruptive State. London : Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and B. Thorn, at Exeter, 1767. 1st Ed. [iv] + 55pp. With half title. Errata affixed to verso of t

Glass, [Thomas].

Publication Date: 1767

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Together 2 vols. Rebound in modern blue boards with paper title label to upper boards. Scarce.ESTC T37868 With half title ; ESTC T47302. With a half-title, and an errata slip pasted to the verso of the titlepage. Thomas Glass (1709 1786), physician and medical writer. ODNB . He also published works on smallpox and was considered the greatest English authority after Sir William Watson on inoculation for smallpox. . Sir George Baker, first baronet (bap. 1723, d. 1809), physician. ODNB . in English he wrote An Inquiry into the Merits of a Method of Inoculating the Smallpox (1766) . US$1188.

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• Title: A LETTER FROM DR GLASS TO DR BAKER, on the means of procuring a distinct and favourable kind of small-pox. And on the use of cold air and cold water in putrid fevers. London : Printed for W. Johnston, in Ludgate-Street; and B. Thorn, at Exeter 1767. 1st Ed. [iv] + 72pp. With half title (with sm. repaired tear and sl. loss to tail). Errata affixed to verso of title page. Pp.31-2 with sm. marginal tear, prelims. foxed, browning, occasional staining, occasional marginal chipping. [And]. A SECOND ...
• Publication Date: 1767
• Binding: Hardcover
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