[AMERICAN MEDICINE]

Four works. Comprises GARDINER, JOHN. An Inquiry into the Nature, Cause, and Cure of the Gout, and of Some of the Diseases with which it is Connected. Philadelphia: William Spotswood, 1793. First American edition. Period brown calf. 6 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches (17 x 9.75 cm); xxvi, [27]-216 pp. Head and toe of spine chipped, some toning; two works by Prout; together with MORTON, SAMUEL GEORGE. Illustrations of Pulmonary Consumption, its Anatomical Characters, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle, 1834. First edition. Period brown sheep. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14 cm); xvi, [9]-183, [1] pp.; with 12 plates, eleven of which are very fine hand-colored lithographs drawn by A. Rider and printed by Childs & Inman. Light binding wear, small pale stain affecting the margin at upper right throughout, occasional foxing to text, a work noteworthy for the exceptional plates; PROUT, WILLIAM. An Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of Diabetes, Calculus, and other Affections of the Urinary Organs: ... with notes and additions by S. Colhoun, M. D. Philadelphia: Towar & Hogan, 1826. Full American tree calf. xii, 308 pp., [4] pp. ads. (the second leaf a half-page slip); folding hand-colored frontispiece. Neatly rebacked retaining spine, some foxing and offsetting, a note on the front free endpaper regarding early auction purchase; and [idem.] On The Nature And Treatment Of Stomach And Urinary Diseases... Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1843. "From the fourth London edition." Period sheep. 9 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14 cm); xxiv, [25]-465, [1] pp.; 32 pp. ads., 6 plates, some hand-colored. Light wear, foxing, generally a clean copy.

The first work is Austin 811, Evans 25526, and is the first American edition. The Second work is the first American publication on tuberculosis, and is handsomely illustrated "...an important collection of illustrations delineating pulmonary tuberculosis, which epitomized the knowledge of his time"--Garrison-Morton 3222.