[THORNTON, ROBERT JOHN.] Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems . . . New Edition. 8 (of 9) engraved plates, including 3 (of 4) color-printed and 4 hand-colored. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked; occasional foxing or browning of text, plates clean, early signature on titles. London: J. Johnson et al., 1796-97
First published in 1796 as The Philosophy of Medicine. The first volume is devoted to the experiments and discoveries of Lavoisier, Priestley, Black, and others in pneumatic chemistry, the second and third mainly to miscellaneous topics in physiology, and the fourth to the nervous system. Thornton (1768-1837) was better known for his botanical publications.
