Mar 08, 2007 - Sale 2107

Sale 2107 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 72
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Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
BROWN, JOHN. The Elements of Medicine; or, A Translation of the Elementa Medicinae Brunonis. Folding table. xv, [1], 131, [1]; 295, [9] pages. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary tree sheep with morocco lettering piece, spine worn, chipped at bottom, front joint cracked, cords intactextremities rubbed; contents toned, ink stain on fore edges. Philadelphia: William Spotswood, 1791

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Second American edition. "Brown's unusual but immensely popular system of medicine (Brunonism) was based on the principle that life is maintained by a state of externally provoked excitability within living tissues"--Heirs of Hippocrates 1018. Austin 282.