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Kite (Charles)

Essays and Observations, Physiological and Medical, on the Submersion of Animals, and on the Resin of the Acoroides Resinifera, or Yellow Resin from Botany Bay, to which are added, select Histories of Diseases, with remarks.

London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1795.,

993.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Kite (Charles)
Publishers
London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1795.
Keyword
MEDICINE AUSTRALIA BOTANY BAY NEW SOUTH WALES

Description

First edition, 8vo (212 x 128 mm), vii, [1], 432, [2], 432, [4]pp., he final two leaves contain a divisional title page for the ëMeteorological tablesí and a page of explanation, the verso of which is numbered 434, 2 engraved plates (a little foxed and offset), 1 folding chart and 10 folding leaves meteorological tables, old faint stamp to title page, endpapers renewed, recent half calf, marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt with a red morocco spine label. Includes an account of the properties of the yellow resin from Botany Bay, and select case studies of diseases with accompanying remarks, this ìhad previously appeared in the ëMemoirs of the London Medical Societyí, and occupies pp. 141-210. The resin was that of the grass-tree, and the essay describes a number of cases in which it was found beneficial for complaints of the stomach.îóFerguson. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia. 224.
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