A View of the Science of Life; On the Principles Established in the Elements of Medicine, of the Late Celebrated John Brown, M.D. (and) A Treatise on the Action of Mercury, Upon Living Bodies

Brown, John, William Yates, and Charles Maclean

Published by Willam Young, Bookseller, Philadelphia, 1797

About this Item

A Poor copy in original paper-covered boards of a 3-in-1 volume of medical studies. Includes the complete text of A View of the Science of Life and A Treatise on the Action of Mercury, but only the first 38 pages (paginated at 187--224) of the third piece, A Dissertation on the Source of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases. Each has an integral title page (with the same date and publisher). Lacks the rear cover, and with the front cover quite worn. Complete binding copies of two 18th-century American medical items, with clean texts, and many pages still unopened/uncut along the top edge.

Seller Inventory # 045865

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A View of the Science of Life; On the Principles Established in the Elements of Medicine, of the Late Celebrated John Brown, M.D. (and) A Treatise on the Action of Mercury, Upon Living Bodies
• Publisher: Willam Young, Bookseller, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Poor
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Book