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
1738
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095100
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([16],415,[1];[2],413-716,[22]p.) . 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate in both vols.: Mary Lady Hervey [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)]. Manuscript inscription on front pastedown of vol. 1 and on title pages: "M: Hervey" [i.e. Mary Lepel, Lady Hervey (1696-1768)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; blind roll on board edges. Both vols. rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with red title and green vol. no. labels, and gilt date stamp on spines.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Peter Shaw (1694-1763)