Title: Commentaries on The History and Cure of Diseases
Author: William Heberden, M.D. (An eminent English physician famously dubbed the "Ultimus Romanorum" or "Last of the Romans" by Samuel Johnson for his classical learning and medical wisdom).
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library (A Division of Gryphon Editions, Ltd., Birmingham, Alabama)
Publication Date: 1982 (Special Edition Copyright)
Edition Type: A premium deluxe facsimile reprint of the landmark 1802 London edition originally printed by S. Hamilton for T. Payne at Mews-Gate.
Binding & Features:
Full rich forest green leather binding with a hubbed spine.
Stunning, heavily ornate 22kt gold gilt floral framework decorating both the front cover and the spine compartments.
All edges gilt (gilded page edges) with a matching green silk ribbon page marker.
Marbled/moire pattern endsheets.
Condition Notes: Pristine used condition with exceptionally bright/clean gilding, no scuffs or shelf wear detected.
Interesting Notes about this title:
William Heberden was an absolute master of clinical observation, and this exact book contains the very first definitive medical descriptions of several conditions doctors still study today:
Angina Pectoris: He was the first physician to accurately describe and name the severe chest pain associated with cardiac ischemia, noting it felt like a strangling sensation.
Heberden's Nodes: If you've ever seen the hard, bony nodules that form on the terminal joints of the fingers in people with osteoarthritis, those are named entirely after him because of his groundbreaking work in this 1802 text.
Title: Commentaries on The History and Cure of Diseases
Author: William Heberden, M.D. (An eminent English physician famously dubbed the "Ultimus Romanorum" or "Last of the Romans" by Samuel Johnson for his classical learning and medical wisdom).
Publisher: The Classics of Medicine Library (A Division of Gryphon Editions, Ltd., Birmingham, Alabama)
Publication Date: 1982 (Special Edition Copyright)
Edition Type: A premium deluxe facsimile reprint of the landmark 1802 London edition originally printed by S. Hamilton for T. Payne at Mews-Gate.
Binding & Features:
Full rich forest green leather binding with a hubbed spine.
Stunning, heavily ornate 22kt gold gilt floral framework decorating both the front cover and the spine compartments.
All edges gilt (gilded page edges) with a matching green silk ribbon page marker.
Marbled/moire pattern endsheets.
Condition Notes: Pristine used condition with exceptionally bright/clean gilding, no scuffs or shelf wear detected.
Interesting Notes about this title:
William Heberden was an absolute master of clinical observation, and this exact book contains the very first definitive medical descriptions of several conditions doctors still study today:
Angina Pectoris: He was the first physician to accurately describe and name the severe chest pain associated with cardiac ischemia, noting it felt like a strangling sensation.
Heberden's Nodes: If you've ever seen the hard, bony nodules that form on the terminal joints of the fingers in people with osteoarthritis, those are named entirely after him because of his groundbreaking work in this 1802 text.
