1371 - Bampfield, R.W.

Bampfield, R.W. On Diseases of the Spine and the Thorax. Award-winning treatise. Freely adapted by F.J. Siebenhaar from the 2nd expanded edition. Leipzig: Nauck, 1831. With 2 folded lithographic plates. XI, 376 pp. Late half-leather. Hirsch-H. I, 314. — First German edition. - Bampfield was a surgeon at the Children’s Hospital in London. - Among the previous owners are two famous 19th-century physicians: Chr. F. Harless and A. Henle (one autograph and one name stamp, respectively). - ╔Included: Frank, J.╗ Journey to Paris, London, and a large part of the rest of England and Scotland with regard to hospitals, almshouses (etc.). Vol. II (of 2). 362 pages. Contemporary paperback. Vienna, Camesina, 1805. - First edition of this important study on social hygiene by Joseph Frank (son of Johann Peter F.). The first part covers England and Scotland. - Unbound, shows signs of wear.