FORDYCE, George. Elements of the practice of physic. Part the first. Containing the natural history of the human body. London: Johnson and Payne. 1770.
[bound with:]
_. Elements of the practice of physic. Part the II. Containing the history and methods of treating fevers and internal inflammations … The Second Edition, Corrected. London: Johnson and Payne. 1768.
[and with:]
DENMAN, Thomas. Essay on Puerperal Fever. London: J. Walter. 1773.
Three works in one vol., 8vo. Contemporary calf, gilt fillets border to boards, spine with raised bands and red morocco gilt lettering piece, edges stained blue; pp. [I:] 64; [II:] 136; [III:] 40; Denman lacks title page; hinges tender, extremities a little rubbed; light variable spotting, but overall very good; contemporary bookplate "B E W Manchester" to front pastedown.
First edition of first part of Fordyce, second edition of second part; second edition of Denman.
George Fordyce (1732-1802) was an eminent Scottish physician and eccentric, who always ate the same single meal everyday at four o'clock - a pound and a half of rump steak, plus half a chicken while it was being prepared. Perhaps unsurprisingly he died of gout. This book was used as a textbook for the lectures he gave at the Royal College of Physicians. Thomas Denman (1733-1815) was a specialist in obstetrics who made inducing premature labour in the case of narrow pelvis standard practice in Britain.
Second edition of second part of Fordyce especially rare, not in BL.
ESTC N1363; N1365; T136325.
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