Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body

William Hunter M.D.

Published by Printed by A. Hamilton, and sold by Mr A. Millar, in the Strand, London, 1762

About this Item

First edition bound in half brown sheepskin with marbled boards Rear board has some scuff marks and light shelf wear but is otherwise bright and sharp There is some worming to a few pages marginal brittle surrounding edges Some expected browning to pages the odd manuscript corrections in ink Four engraved plates present as called for Contemporary inscription in ink to title page of John Anderson Possibly John Anderson 1804 English physician and author of three works the most well known is A Practical Essay on the Good and Bad Effects of SeaWater and SeaBathing 1795 Overall very good condition Dr William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician He is now perhaps best known after the 2010 controversy where it was suggested that Hunter and his contemporaries would murder pregnant woman for their studies which has since been disproven This work is a vehicle for Hunter to defend his priority in discovering the lymphatic vessels over Alexander Munro It also contains anatomical descriptions and four engraved plates by his brother John Hunter an equally famous surgeon This is the first edition of part one of Hunters medical commentaries The second part was only published posthumously by his brother An interesting and important work relatively scarcenbsp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medical Commentaries. Part I. Containing a Plain and Direct Answer to Professor Monro jun. Interspersed with Remarks on the Structure, Functions, and Diseases of Several Parts of the Human Body
• Publisher: Printed by A. Hamilton, and sold by Mr A. Millar, in the Strand, London
• Publication Date: 1762
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Book Type: book