Observations on the diseases incident to seamen

Observations on the diseases incident to seamen

Diseases to seamen

London : Edinburgh : Printed by Joseph Cooper : Sold by John Murray ..., By William Creech ..., 1785.

viii, xiv, [15]-502, [2], xv, [1] p., [3] folded leaves of plates : tables ; 23 cm. (8vo)

L2014F75 1785

(OCoLC)14822736

On spine: Blane on the diseases to seamen.
Signatures: A4 B-2I8 2K4 2L8.
Errata slip tipped in after p. 502.
Text based on actual observations; author notes all diseases that might occur in the fleets, and provides insight into shipboard life
Author served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy; Admiral Rodney's physician to the fleet in the West Indies in 1779-1783 & became one of George IV's physicians.
Bound in red morocco with gilt decorative borders on both covers; richly gilt spine; marbled endpapers.
Inudes index.
Author's presentation copy: "To the Right Honble The Earl of Hopetoun as a mark of the author's respect" in ink on front free endpaper.
Library copy: leaves A2-A4 ("Contents,"p. [iii]-viii) misbound after leaf [B7]); lacks leaf 2K4 (blank).
Digitized image available [cover and title page].

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