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Title

Dissertationes medicae.

Authors

• Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund

Other related names

• Lechmere, Edmund, former owner
• Cross, John, 1790-1850, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82111185)

Call number

Ms. Codex 1709
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9963005873503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/922777877
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366281 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3251fp9d

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

after 1756

Place

Scotland or England?

Summary

Descriptions of symptoms and treatment of ailments and diseases, with each section followed by a list of preparations of medicines. Includes references to medical authors such as Sydenham, Boerhaave, Hoffmann, Mauriceau, Albinus, and van Swieten and to Thomas Young (Volume 1, p. 65), professor of midwifery at Edinburgh from 1756 until his death in 1783. Brittleness and ink bleed-through due to oxidation, particularly in the large letters on the section title pages.

Notes

• Title from title pages (Volume 1, p. v; Volume 2, p. v).
   
• Ms. codex.
   
• Volume 1 -- 1. p. ix-x, 1-32: Ague -- 2. p. 33-46: Febris ardens -- 3. p. 47-62: Measles -- 4. p. 63-84: Apthae -- 5. p. 85-110: Phrensy -- 6. p. 111-128: Erysipelas -- 7. p. 129-146: Iliac passion -- 8. p. 147-173: Fluor albus -- Volume 2 -- 1. p. vii-viii, 1-26: Gout -- 2. p. 27-46: Rheumatism -- 3. p. 47-116: Rickets -- 4. p. 117-148: Dysentery -- 5. p. 149-190: Epilepsy -- 6. p. 191-221: Phthisis pulmonalis.
   

Extent

2 volumes (108, 127 leaves) : 160 x 95 (148 x 76) mm bound to 165 x 110 mm

Foliation

Paper, 108, 127 leaves; Volume 1, [i-x], 1-173, [174-206]; Volume 2, [i-viii], 1-221, [222-248]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Original (18th-century) English calf, gilt spines.

Layout

Upper horizontal and vertical bounding lines ruled in lead; first line of text above the upper bounding line on each page.

Script

Written in cursive script by a single hand.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Edmund Lechmere of Severn End (Worcestershire), 1917 (bookplates, with motto Christus pelicano, inside upper covers).
   
• Sold by Samuel Gedge Ltd. (Hanworth, England), catalog 19 (2014), number 63.
   
• Formerly owned by Norwich surgeon John Green Crosse (signature on title pages, Volume 1, p. v, Volume 2, p. v).
   

Subjects topical

• Medicine
• Medicine--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts, European
• Prescriptions
• Manuscripts, English--18th century
• Treatises

Keywords

• 18th century
• English
• Paper
• England
• Science -- Medicine

Licenses

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Table of contents

• 33 (V.1) — Febris ardens, p. 33 (V.1)
• 47 (V.1) — Measles, p. 47 (V.1)
• 63 (V.1) — Apthae, p. 63 (V.1)
• 85 (V.1) — Phrensy, p. 85 (V.1)
• 111 (V.1) — Erysipelas, p. 111 (V.1)
• 129 (V.1) — Iliac passion, p. 129 (V.1)
• 147 (V.1) — Fluor albus, p. 147 (V.1)
• 27 (V.2) — Rheumatism, p. 27 (V.2)
• 47 (V.2) — Rickets, p. 47
• 117 (V.2) — Dysentery, p. 117 (V.2)
• 149 (V.2) — Epilepsy, p. 149 (V.2)
• 191 (V.2) — Phthisis pulmonalis, p. 191 (V.2)