May 27, 2004 - Sale 2008

Sale 2008 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(GOLD.) Burnett, James Compton. Gold as a Remedy in Disease, Notably in Some Forms of Organic Heart Disease, Angina Pectoris . . . and as an Antidote to the Ill Effects of Mercury. 8vo, modern 1/4 red morocco gilt with black title label; owner's inked signature across title. London: Homeopathic Publishing Company, 1879

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Dr. Burnett's interesting and curious study of possible treatments with the most precious metal. Written in a charming, often alliterative, narrative style: "We may, therefore, do well to think early of Aurum when we meet with syphilis in the scrofulous."--page 100.