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MEAD, RICHARD. A Treatise concerning the Influence of the Sun and Moon upon Human Bodies. xxiii, [3], 130 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine worn and chipped, front cover detached; scattered marginal foxing and light stains, early inscription on title. London: J. Brindley, 1748
first edition in english. The first attempt to apply Newtonian principles to medicine, Mead's work concerned the physiological effects on the human body of the atmospheric tides produced by the gravitational action of the sun and moon. Heirs of Hippocrates 768; Norman 1475 (1702 original edition in Latin); this edition not in Babson.
