A Dissertation on the Influence of the Passions in the Production and Modification of Disease

by Peter S. Townsend

$600 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

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70, 2 pp. 8vo. Modern cloth backed boards. Original plain front wrapper bound in. Inscribed by the author to Dr. CJ. C. heesman on verso of the dedication. Austin 1922; S&S 39108. Item #321427 An interesting early American doctoral thesis investigating the overall health effects of emotion, dedicated to David Hosack, M.D. and Samuel Latham Mitchill, M.D. A presentation copy to long-time New York Hospital surgeon John C. Cheesman.

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