On the Diseases of Females; a Treatise Describing Their Symptoms, Causes, Varieties, and Treatment. Including the Diseases and Management of Pregnancy and Confinement (Eighth Edition)
by GRAHAM, THOMAS J
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Simpkin, Marshall and Company 1871. Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate with gilt rule & raised bands to spine, page edges speckled red, xii + 274pp + 31pp glossary to rear, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine & boards, heavy cracking to leather at hinges, heavy warping & staining to spine & boards, moderate soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, some paper residue to front pastedown, heavy cracking at front gutter, 2cm loss to top corner of some prelim pgs with various ink numerals, light foxing to pages throughout, modern adhesive ref. label to copyright page & rear pastedown, heavy cracking to rear gutter)
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- On the Diseases of Females; a Treatise Describing Their Symptoms, Causes, Varieties, and Treatment. Including the Diseases and Management of Pregnancy and Confinement (Eighth Edition)
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- GRAHAM, THOMAS J
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Hardcover
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- Simpkin, Marshall and Company 1871
- Keywords
- medical medicine women's health history female diseases pregnancy treatments
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- Raised Band(s)
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