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Anglo-Saxon Leechcraft: An Historical Sketch of Early English Medicine. Lecture Memoranda, American Medical Association, Atlantic City, 1912.
by WELLCOME, Sir Henry S. (Foreword)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: Burroughs Wellcome, 1912. Sextodecimo (6.75" x 4"), 262 & [2] pages followed by several unused leaves for memoranda & 12 unnumbered pages, illustrated throughout (some in color), & two maps of Atlantic City. Original red cloth lettered in gilt on the upper cover & decorated with the Burroughs Wellcome Unicorn trade mark. All edges gilt, decorated endpapers.
Covers spotted, soiled & rubbed, spine a bit sunned, sporadic modest foxing, otherwise good or better.
Contents include: Anglo-Saxon leechcraft; The Wellcome Materia Medica Farm; Historical Medical Equipment; Equipment List and Formulary of Burroughs Wellcome Products.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1720
- Title
- Anglo-Saxon Leechcraft: An Historical Sketch of Early English Medicine. Lecture Memoranda, American Medical Association, Atlantic City, 1912.
- Author
- WELLCOME, Sir Henry S. (Foreword)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Burroughs Wellcome,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History of Medieval Medicine, Leeches, Bloodletting, Anglo-Saxon, England, Great Britain, Burroughs Wellcome Company
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Science, Technology, Medical; Illustrated Books; Great Britain, United Kingdom;
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