A Treatise on the Nature and Cure of Gout and Rheumatism, including General Considerations on Morbid States of the Digestive Organs; some Remarks on Regimen; and Practical Observations on Gravel.
Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1819.
335 pages., overall toning, 8vo, original calf; well-worn and with repairs to spine. Philadelphia, 1819. First American, from the Second London edition. Good.
Austin 1714. Work by which Scudamore is best known, based upon his observations of about 100 cases of gout and containing one of the first contributions to the study of the distribution of gouty changes. He believed that gouty persons were subject to the gravel, and he is the first English author who mentions the frequent presence of a circular chest, instead of an eliptical one, in those suffering from gout.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First
Language: English
Price: $110.00
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