James Thacher and his influence on American medicine / Henry R. Viets.

  • Henry Viets
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: James Thacher and his influence on American medicine / Henry R. Viets. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    well Address (pp. 516-526) ; Declaration (pp. 527-609) ; Constitution (pp. 610-618). No index. Bound in purple cloth, with elaborate gold stamp. The backstrip is lettered: Thacher’s American Revo¬ lution, without dates. Copyright: 1861 (Conn.), by Hurlbut, Williams & Co. Copies: MBM, etc. (5d) The American revolution, from the commence¬ ment to the disbanding of the American army; given in the form of a daily journal, with the exact dates of all the important events; also, a biographical sketch of all the most prominent generals. Published by subscription only. 8°. pp. xiv, 7-486. 7 colored pis., 24 ports. Cincinnati: Published by Mack R. Barnitz, No. 40, West Fourth Street, [1856]. Notes: A reprinting of the text of the 1823 edition. The text-plates of the Hartford, 1854, edition are used, with added signature numbers and with a double line around text and titlepage. The Foundry and Press are not indicated. The Dedication and Introduction of the 1823 edition are omitted and a new Preface sub¬ stituted. The Conte?tts is retained and precedes the text. The portraits and hand-colored plates differ from the preceding editions. Bound in green cloth, with elaborate gold stamp. The backstrip is lettered: Thacker’s American Revolu¬ tion from 1775 to 1783. Copyright: 1856 (Ohio), by Mack R. Barnitz. Copies: DLC (only copy found). (5e)-8°. pp. xiv, 7-486. 7 col¬ ored pis., 24 ports. Cincinnati: Published by Mack R. Barnitz, No. 40, West Fourth Street, [1857]. Notes: A re-issue of the [1856] edition, with same titlepage, but with change in copyright.6 Copyright: 1857 (Conn.), by L. St: bbins. Copies: NN (only copy found). t (5f) -8°. pp. xiv, 7-486. 7 colored pis., 24 ports. Cincinnati, Ohio: Published by Mack R. Barnitz, 38 and 40 West Fourth Street, 1859. Notes: A re-issue of the [1856] edition, with dated titlepage. Steam press Williams and Wiley. Copyright: 1856 (Ohio), by Mack R. Barnitz. Copies: M, MBM, MiU, Viets. (5g) - 8°. p. 486. 7 colored pis., 24 ports., frontispiece. New York: American Subscription Publishing House, 1860. Notes: A re-issue of the [1856] edition, with dated titlepage and engraved frontispiece. R. H. Hobb, Stereotyper. Williams and Wiley, printers. Copyright: 1859 (Conn.), by Lucius Stebbins. Copies: ICN, MH, NNN, CtY-M, RPB. (5h) -8°. pp. xiv, 7-486. 8 colored pis., 24 ports., frontispiece. Hartford, Conn.: Hurlbut, Kellogg, & Coi, American Subscription Publishing House, 1861. Notes: A re-issue of the [1856] edition, with dated titlepage and engraved frontispiece. R. H. Hobbs, stereotyper. Williams and Wiley, printers. A new colored plate is added to the 7 found in previous edi¬ tions. Copyright: 1860 (Conn.), by Hurlbut, Kellogg, & Co. Copies: Ct, DLC, ICHi, MWA, MWHi, N, NNC, OC, OClWHi, PP. (6) American medical biography: memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. To which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States, from the first settlement of the country. 2 vols. in 1. 4°. pp. 436; 280. ports. Boston: Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, 1828. Notes: The book is dedicated to Edward Augustus Holyoke, M.D., dated Plymouth, Mass., January 1, 1828. The Preface carries the same date. The History of Medicine (pp. 9-85) is an expanded version of the Historical Sketch of Medical Science, first published in “American modern practice,” 1817 and enlarged in the second edition of 1826. This account contains further revisions. The book is well printed and the litho¬ graphed portraits excellent. Copies in boards, uncut, with paper label on the backstrip are known. Copyright: February 13, 1828 (Mass.) by Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnaid. Copies: MBM, etc. (7) A practical treatise on the management of bees; and the establishment of apiaries, with the best method of destroying and preventing the dep*edations of the bee moth. 6°. pp. 162 [4]. Boston: Marsh & Capen. Press of Dow and Niles, 1829. Notes: The Advertisement is dated, Plymouth, No¬ vember 1828. The Appendix (pp. 127-149) is taken from an article by Mrs. Mary Griffith, of New Bruns¬ wick, N. J.; Postscript (pp. 150-152) ; Analytical Index (pp. 153-162); Contents (p. 163); Errata (p. 164). The advertisement of Marsh & Capen is on pp. 165- 166; Thacher’s “American Orchardist” is offered for $1.00. Copyright: December 30, 1828 (Mass.), by Marsh & Capen. Copies: MBM, etc. (8) An essay on demonology, ghosts and apparitions, and popular superstitions. Also, an account of the witch¬ craft delusion at Salem, in 1692. 6°. pp. vi, 234. Boston: Carter and Hendee, MDCCCXXXI. Notes: Printed by Boston Classic Press. I. R. Butts. The Advertisement (pp. iii-iv) is dated, Plymouth, Nov. 1831. Salem witchcraft (pp. 113-204) ; Medical Quackery (pp. 225-234). Binding: red buckram; paper label. Copyright: 1831 (Mass.), by Carter and Hendee. Copies: MBM, etc. U 5
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