A Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters.
Rare and modern books
Falconer (William)
Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1790.,
A Practical Dissertation on the Medicinal Effects of the Bath Waters.
Rare and modern books
Falconer (William)
Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1790.,
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- Author
- Falconer (William)
- Publishers
- Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, 1790.
- Keyword
- MEDICINE MEDICAL PAMPHLETS MINERAL WATERS BATH WATERS HOT, SPRINGS BALNEOLOGY HYDROTHERAPY
Description
First edition, xxx [i.e.xl],188pp., ( p. xl misnumbered xxx), with half-title, insignificant tape mark to fore-margin of title page, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, spine morocco label lettered in gilt. William Falconer (1744-1824), physician to the Bath hospital, ìDespite this abrasive personality Falconer ran a successful spa practice, counting among his patients the duke of Portland, Lord Chancellor Thurlowe, William Pitt, and Horatio Nelson. A cultivated man, Falconer engaged in the activities of the Bath and West of England Society and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.îóOxford DNB.
