Search Results: observations on the means of preserving by cutbush edward

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Thomas Dobson, 1808. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Complete title: OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANS OF PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS AND ON THE DUTIES OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ARMY AND NAVY, WITH REMARKS ON HOSPITALS AND THEIR INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT. Tired brown leather boards with title barely legible in gold on spine. Boards are rubbed, bumped and frayed throughout. Two inch separation at upper front hinge. One inch separation at upper rear hinge, as well as a 2 inch separation at lower rear hinge. First paste down is chipped and has previous owner pencil notations. Front hinge is cracked. First two inches of first free endpaper, which has soil/foxing and small holes, is loose. The rest of the text pages are intact. Second free endpaper has previous owner's name. Rear free endpapers have previous owner's notations as well. Text pages are foxed throughout. Errata slip glued to blank verso of dedication page. Three fold outs are… Read More

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson , 1808. FIRST EDITION of the First American work on naval medicine. Edward Cutbush ( 1772-1843 ) received his official naval commission as officer in the United States Navy on June 24, 1799, and was the first surgeon listed in the Naval Registry (and the only one listed as hired during the eighteenth century). Very Good in original contemporary calf, 16, 336, 14, [2] pp., lacking the 2 copper plates, 3 folding tables present, and a bit foxed with small chips to 1st table, calf rubbed at the tips, 20th c. prior owner bookplate front pastedown and name in ink front end page ( he was also U.S.N), bookseller's notations in pencil front end page, light to moderate toning internally. Errata slip pasted to verso of contents leaf, includes a 14 pp. appendix by Benjamin Rush originally published 1777, entitled, "Directions for preserving the health of soldiers, addressed to the officers of the army of the United States." Plus 2 page publisher's ads at end. Gilt… Read More