Gilchrist, Enezeber. - Usefulness of sea voyages, For the cu - Lot 83

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Gilchrist, Enezeber. - Usefulness of sea voyages, For the cu - Lot 83
Gilchrist, Enezeber. - Usefulness of sea voyages, For the cure of various Diseases, & especially of Consumption; with an Appendix on the use of Baths in Fevers. Work translated from English by M. Bourru. London and Paris, Pierre-Franç. Didot, le jeune, 1770. In-12, fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated, marbled edges - headbands and corners rubbed - [2 ff.], xx, 352 pp. First edition of the translation. Bourru has enriched it with an introduction and interesting notes. Gilchrist (1708-1774), a Scottish physician, was one of the first ardent defenders of sea travel for people suffering from pulmonary and nervous diseases. Attached: Marteau, Pierre-Antoine. - Theoretical and practical treatise on simple water and sea water baths, with a memoir on the shower. Amiens, Veuve Godart, 1770. In-12, bound in contemporary fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated, edges red, binding worn, two corners worn, marginal spotting - vij, 375 pp, [12 ff.] first edition.
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