A new practice of physic; . wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are describ'd, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd; with a competent number of medicines for every stage and symptom thereof, prescribed after the manner of the most eminent physicians among the moderns, and particularly those of London. The whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham, to execute the design of his processus integri. In two volumes. By Peter Shaw, physician, at Scarborough.
Peter Shaw (1694-1763)
Category
Books
Date
1735
Materials
Measurements
201 x 125 x 32 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3074826.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1.. 8vo.. Provenance: Chippendale armorial bookplate on front pastedown: 'Richard Vevers', with motto 'Pensez bien devant vous parlez' -- cf. Franks bequest, no. 30367..Binding: 18th century tan calf binding; board edges have gilt roll decoration; spine has gilt stamp decoration in panel and red title label: 'Shaw's Pract. of physic'; edges stained red.
Makers and roles
Peter Shaw (1694-1763)