The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body. by Matthew Baillie, ... the Second Edition, Corrected and Considerably Enlarged


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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Countway Library of Medicine N020099 London: printed for J. Johnson; and G. Nicol, 1797. [4], xxxvi,460p.; 8°




The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body By Matthew Baillie,


Book Description

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T149948 London: printed for J. Johnson; and G. Nicol, 1793. [4], xxviii,314p.; 8°







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A limited facsimile edition of William Clift's copy of Baillie's Morbid Anatomy with accompanying notes by Harold Attwood. A superb hand-bound limited edition with plates in their original colour never before reproduced. Matthew Baillie's pioneer work (1799) established anatomical pathology as an independent science. This singular edition is a perfect facsimile of the unique copy which belonged personally to Baillie's illustrator, William Clift FRS, into which he had mounted many of his own superb original coloured drawings.







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