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Abercrombie, John.
Pathological and Practical Researches on Diseases of the Brain and the Spinal Cord.
Publisher: Waugh and Innes, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1829
Stock Code: 5353
SECOND EDITION, enlarged. Octavo, pp xix, [1], 476. Full tan polished calf with 5 raised bands, label with gilt titles to spine, gilt decoration to compartments, gilt and blind borders to boards. Edges and endpapers marbled; silk placemarker. Corners lightly bruised. Minor toning & light foxing. Printed address labels of Dr Bell of Ecclefechan to each paste-down. William Bell was a surgeon in the Royal Navy and there is a lengthy gift inscription to him from a young lady “As a token of her esteem and Remembrance” to first blank, dated 1832. A Very Good copy. Papers written for the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, taken from the Author’s own studies in Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Abercrombie (1726-1806) was the leading physician of his day in Edinburgh, popular with patients throughout Scotland. £200.00