A Critical Inquiry Into the Pathology of Scrofula ...

Title: A Critical Inquiry Into the Pathology of Scrofula ...

Author: Henning, George

Publication: London: Printed for J. Callow, Crown-Court, Soho; W. Walker, St. Clement's, Strand; and H.T. Hodgson, Great Marylebone-Street; and sold by the principal booksellers in Bristol and Bath, 1815.

Description: An analysis by Dr. George Henning of the origins and treatment of scrofula, also known at the time as "king's evil," now understood to be caused by an infection, often by tuberculosis, of the lymph nodes in the neck. First edition. With a half-title. In later binding of full navy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 9 x 5.75 inches; xv, [3], 256, [2] pages, including [1] page of publisher's advertisements. From the library of Benjamin Merrill Ricketts (1858-1926), with its ink stamp on page vii. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ricketts was a renowned heart, lung, and throat surgeon and collector of medical books. Label of Paul B. Hoeber, seller of medical books, on front pastedown. Some edgewear to the binding and mild foxing to the text. Very Good. Full title: "A Critical Inquiry into the Pathology of Scrofula, in Which the Origin of That Disease Is Accounted for on New Principles, and a New and Much Improved Method Is Recommended and Explained for the Treatment of It"