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Description
"He freed medicine from superstition and the influence of priestcraft and served his system from the accumulated empirical knowledge of Egypt, Cnidos and Cos." -PMM
First complete edition of Hippocrates in English. A foundational work which remains to this day the ethical basis of medicine. Francis Adams practiced medicine in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, from 1819 to 1861. Includes a brief history of the life of Hippocrates.
Condition Description
Octavo. Two volumes, each in original green publisher's cloth, paneled in blind with gilt device (crest of Sydenham) at center. Spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, two with gilt lettering. Minor shelf-wear and wear to front joints. Some foxing to first few leaves. Housed in custom quarter morocco solander box. x, 466, [2]; vi, 469-872, [2] pages. 8 plates of early surgical instruments.
Reference
PMM 55 (Latin edition)