Observations On Hydrophobia Produced By The Bite Of A Mad Dog Or Other Rabid Animal With An

by James Thacher

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First edition

Plymouth, MA: Joseph Avery, 1812. 8vo. 301, 1 pp. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece Scutellaria Lateriflora, a species of Skull-Cap used for curing the bite of mad dogs . Original boards, recently rebacked with cream paper, new spine label; text block foxed, but a solid untrimmed copy. First edition. A good summary of the disease, showing Thacher's extensive reading, in spite of his isolation DAB . American Imprints 26864. Austin 1880.

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