A Practical Essay on Cancer

by Christopher Turner Johnson

$450 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

Philadelphia: William Brown for Edward Parker, 1811. 8vo. xi, 136 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Modern retrospective morocco-backed marbled boards. Old library stamp on the title. Some minor foxing, but a very good copy. Item #18372 First American edition of this early and concise treatment of organ-specific cancer. The text describes symptoms and diagnosis of cancer as well as treatments

• Binding: Leather

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