Oct 17, 2011 - Sale 2256

Sale 2256 - Lot 220

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
CADOGAN, WILLIAM. A Dissertation on the Gout, and All Chronic Diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same Causes. viii, 88 pages. 8vo, modern 1/2 calf; contents toned, half-title and last page soiled. London: J. Dodsley, 1771

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first edition of a best-selling and controversial work advocating dietary moderation and exercise for the management of gout, a condition Cadogan attributed primarily to intemperance and indolence. Garrison-Morton 4489. Heirs of Hippocrates 912.