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The elements of medicine of John Brown / translated from the Latin, with comments and illustrations, by the author.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, John, 1735-1788.
- Standardized Title:
- Elementa medicina. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, John, 1735-1788.
- Brown, John.
- Medicine--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Practice.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mitchell, John Kearsley (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- lxxxv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 87 unnumbered pages-259 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 263 unnumbered pages-463 pages, 11 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of folded plates : charts ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- A new edition, revised and corrected with a biographical preface by Thomas Beddoes: from the latest London edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, N.H. : Printed by William and Daniel Treadwell, at the Oracle Press, 1803.
- Notes:
- Vol. 2 (p. [261]-468) has special t.p.
- "Observations on the character and writings of John Brown, M. D."--p. [xv]-lxxxv.
- "Two volumes in one."--t.p. ; signatures and pagination are continuous.
- Translation of: Elementa medicinae
- Translated by John Brown.
- "A reprint of the revised translation published in London in 1795."--cf. Austin.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cited in:
- Austin, R. B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 287
- Shaw & Shoemaker, 3889
- OCLC:
- 9898045
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