Observations on the nature, causes, and cure of those disorders which have been commonly called nervous hypochondriac, or hysteric, To which are prefixed some Remarks on the Sympathy of the Nerves. By Robert Whytt, M. D. F. R. S. Physician to his Majesty, President of the Royal College of Physicians, and Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh.

Whytt, Robert

Published by Edinburgh: printed for T. Becket, and P. du Hondt, London; and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, MDCCLXV., 1765

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First edition. 8vo. viii, [8], 520. Recent half calf on marbled boards, edges speckled, endpapers replaced, indistinct small stamp on title page. Title page a little dusty, otherwise a clean example of a very interesting and sympathetic early work on hypochondria and hysteria, rather rare in its first edition. ESTC T127456. Seller Inventory # D594010

Bibliographic Details

Title: Observations on the nature, causes, and cure...

Publisher: Edinburgh: printed for T. Becket, and P. du Hondt, London; and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, MDCCLXV.

Publication Date: 1765

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition.