The medical works of Richard Mead [electronic resource] : with an account of the life and writings of the author, in three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mead, Richard, 1673-1754, Author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Arcadian Online Library: History of Science and Medicine

Standardized Title:

The medical works of Richard Mead, M.D. Physician to his late Majesty K. George II. Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians at London and Edinburgh, and of the Royal Society. With an account of the life and writings of the author. In three volumes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Early works to 1800.

Medicine.

Poisons--Early works to 1800.

Poisons.

Human body--Early works to 1800.

Human body.

Worms--Early works to 1800.

Worms.

Rabies--Early works to 1800.

Rabies.

Plague--Early works to 1800.

Plague.

Smallpox--Early works to 1800.

Smallpox.

Measles--Early works to 1800.

Measles.

Scurvy--Early works to 1800.

Scurvy.

Human beings--Effect of the moon on--Early works to 1800.

Human beings.

Venom--Physiological effect--Early works to 1800.

Venom.

Diseases--Causes and theories of causation--Early works to 1800.

Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid, for Alexander Donaldson, 1765.

Contents:

v. 1. A mechanical account of poisons; A treatise concerning the influence of the Sun and Moon upon human bodies, and the diseases thereby occasioned; Oratio anniversaria Harveiana, et Joanni Freind, epistola, both with transactions; Dr. Bonomo's observations concerning the worms of human bodies; and, An account of the hydrophobia

v. 2. A discourse on the plague; A discourse on the small-pox and measles; Rhazes's treatise on the small-pox and measles; An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, &c.; A discourse on the scurvy

v. 3. Containing medical precepts and cautions; and, Medica sacra, or, A commentary on the diseases mentioned in scripture, to which is annexed, a complete index.

Notes:

Blake p.295.

Local Notes:

Contemporary blue morocco, gilt roll-tooled borders on sides incorporting thistles and other stylized flowers, spines gilt in compartments, red and brown lettering pieces, gilt edges.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.