1479 - Medical Essays and Observations.

Medical Essays and Observations. Published by a Society in Edinburgh. 6 vols. Edinburgh: Hamilton & Balfour, 1747. Original full calf, gilt lettering on spine; spine rebacked throughout, but a good/fine set with some minor foxing. Vol. 1: (xxvi), 297 pp., 4 folding plates; Vol. II: (viii), 350 pp., 4 folding plates; Vol. III: (v-)333 pp., 5 folding plates, Vol. IV: (vi-)407 pp., 4 folding plates, Vol. V, Part 1: (viii-)384 pp., 6 folding plates, Vol. V, Part 2: (vi-)481 pp., general index of the six volumes. - The third edition / revised and enlarged by the authors. 6 vols. (5) numbered 1–4, pt. 1, pt. 2, with engraved plates (some folding). Complete set.\n\n \n Vol. 1: A register of the height of the barometer, degrees of the thermometer and hygroscope, the quantity of rain that falls, the direction and force of the wind, and the state of the weather in Edinburgh for twelve months..... Vol. II: An account of the diseases that have been epidemic or most widespread in Edinburgh during the various seasons of the preceding year ... Vol. III Observations and Essays on ... the history of any branch of medicine, simple drugs, compounds, Galenic medicines, chemical operations and experiments, anatomy, animal physiology, and the theory and practice of surgery and physics. Vol. IV Figures necessary to explain instruments, operations, descriptions, etc., in any of the preceding treatises. Vol. V Discoveries or improvements made elsewhere in the various branches of medicine. Vol. VI An alphabetical index of the contents. - 25.