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An essay on diseases incident to literary and sedentary persons with proper rules for preventing their fatal consequences and instructions fot their cure / by S. A. Tissot ; with a preface and notes by J. Kirkpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hygiene--Early works to 1800.
- Hygiene.
- Medicine--Early works to 1800.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (xxiv, 189 pages)).
- Edition:
- Second edition, with very large additions.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for J. Nourse, 1769.
- Notes:
- Collection reference: 3396.D
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan.
- Samuel Auguste David Tissot was a Swiss medical professional, trained at the Academy founded by Calvin in Geneva, and also at Montpelier. In 1752 he was appointed 'médecin des pauvres' (doctor of the poor) by the city of Lausanne administration.
- Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).
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