Lectures Illustrative of Certain Local Nervous Affections
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Octavo hardcover rebound in half black cloth over marbled paper boards; 88 pp.; gilt title to spine. Tight binding; light pencil marginalia. Ex-medical library stamp and blind stamp + previous owner's name to prelim and title page. Edge-wear; "King Co. Med. Soc. Lib" discretely blind stamped to bottom of front board; soiling to prelim and REP perimeters. Good. Good. Item #165890
KCMS. A concise and influential 19th-century medical work by the eminent surgeon Sir Benjamin Brodie. Provides a systematic inquiry into various local nervous affections, distinguishing them from more general diseases. Brodie highlights the importance of observing symptoms to avoid "absurd" misdiagnoses, drawing on his extensive clinical experience to aid younger practitioners.
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