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One octavo volume (210x135 mm), leather spine, speckled edges (contemporary binding). Wear on the covers, leather on the back grated and worn, joint of the first cover partly cracked. Fresh interior, edge of the pages slightly browned.
Second edition.
Medical book divided into 4 main parts: Brain inflammations, Strokes, Organic diseases of the brain, Diseases of the spinal cord and its membranes.
This medical essay on diseases of the brain and spinal cord was a great success when it was published. 67415347