Author : Multiple Contributors
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385045965
Medical Commentaries, ... Exhibiting a Concise View of the Latest and Most Important Discoveries in Medicine and Medical Philosophy. Collected and Published by Andrew Duncan, ... Decade Second. ... of 10; by Multiple Contributors Pdf
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 T148074 A first series was published 1773-86 in London in ten volumes, with the title 'Medical and philosophical commentaries. By a society in Edinburgh. .. '. The imprints to volumes 2-4 read: "printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co.; and for C. Elliot." The im Edinburgh: printed for C. Elliot; and C. Elliot and Co., London, 1787-95. 10v.; 8°
