TREATISE ON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE: In Two Volumes

Philadelphia: John Grigg / William Brown, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavos, 528, 550 pages, contemporary full sheep, morocco labels, joints splitting

Dr. Eberle was one of the founders of the medical school at Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
He also founded and edited the American Medical Recorder, a quarterly journal first issued in 1818. "Eberle was a brilliant teacher and writer and successful in the debates with other medical men so characteristic of the period. He was a champion of the theory of physiological drug action as opposed to “solidism” as taught by Harrison and others. At the three medical schools at which he was professor he was always popular with the students, who liked his simplicity of manner while admiring his learning. His success as a writer encouraged him to publish his Treatise of the Materia Medica and Therapeutics (1823) which became a standard text-book and went through five editions. He was the author of numerous short articles. His Treatise on the Practice of Medicine, in two volumes, first appearing in 1830, was published with subsequent revisions, the last being in 1849 with additions by George M’Clellan. His Treatise on the Diseases. .. of Children was revised and republished in 1850 by his former colleague, Thomas D. Mitchell. These republications of his works long after his death are sufficient proofs of their popularity." - Prabook.