Dissertatio Medica Ianuguralis de Apoplexia ....

Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, 1792. First Edition.. Contemporary half leather.. Good with wear to the binding; substantial loss to the blank margin of the fore-edge of the last three leaves (see photo) of the Physick (appears to be a rodent damage) just touching one or two letters; front cover coming loose.. 8vo.

Syng Physick's rare medical dissertation - with a presentation on the verso of the dedication leaf: "Wm. Berkley with best compliments from his countryman / The Author". It collates: [4], [1] - 43, [44 - blank] pp. It is bound up with 9 other contemporary dissertations (one additional not included in the count because it is defective) (truncated) from Edinburgh.They are: 1 - Samuel Wilson (Virginia) - De Variolis ..., 1792; 2 - John Weems (Maryland) - De Amenorrhoea ...., 1792; 3 - Jacob Davidson - Vita Submersorum Resuscitanda, 1792; 4 - William Vavasour - De Ictero, 1792; 5 - William Ledger - De Dyspepsia, 1792; 6 - John Barry - De Ascite, 1792; 7 - George Goodman - De Scorbuto, 1792; 8 - G J Bingham (Jamaica) - De Gonorrhoea Virulenta, 1792; 9 - John Esten (Bermuda) - Febre Flava Indorum Occidentlium, 1792 . Kelly & Burrage, pp. 965 -' 6. (Inventory #: 6361)