121 - Medicine - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre. The Application and Efficacy of Electricity for the Preservation and Restoration of Human Health. Translated from the French and enriched and confirmed by new experiments by Carl Gottlob Kühn. 2 volumes. With 6 folded copperplate engravings. Weißenfels and Leipzig, Severin, 1788–89. XII, 1 leaf, 413 pp.; 4 leaves, 349 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary marbled paperboard bindings (slightly rubbed and scuffed).

Medicine - Bertholon de Saint-Lazare, Pierre. The Application and Efficacy of Electricity for the Preservation and Restoration of Human Health. Translated from the French and enriched and confirmed by new experiments by Carl Gottlob Kühn. 2 volumes. With 6 folded copperplate engravings. Weißenfels and Leipzig, Severin, 1788–89. XII, 1 leaf, 413 pp.; 4 leaves, 349 pp. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Contemporary marbled paperboard bindings (slightly rubbed and scuffed). First German edition. - Blake 44 - Poggendorff, see I, 167f. - Waller, see 987. - "... a work that interested both scientists and physicians; it contains much on atmospheric electricity and its effects on the human body, as well as applications of positive and negative electricity to the treatment of diseases." (Wheeler Gift 533 on the 2nd French edition, 1786). - Early handbook on treatment with electricity. Parts 1 and 2 deal with the electricity of the human body in states of health and illness, respectively; Part 3 covers methods of applying electricity. - Old owner’s inscriptions on the title page; bookplate stamp on the verso of the title page; the title of Vol. 1 is slightly scuffed at the bottom margin and has small holes; slightly browned, with occasional spots. *