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Lexicon Medicum; or Medical Dictionary by Robert Hooper, M.D., F.L.S. Seventh Edition, revised, corrected and enlarged by Klein Grant, M.D. Published in London in 1839.
A substantial nineteenth-century medical reference work covering anatomy, physiology, surgery, pharmacy, chemistry, materia medica, midwifery and related branches of medicine and natural philosophy.
This is an authentic antiquarian volume dating from 1839. The book remains substantially complete with title page present and text pages intact. The binding shows significant age-related wear, with heavy rubbing and deterioration to the spine and covers. The front endpaper bears an ownership inscription reading "G. J. Hoekstra". Blank endpapers show damage and age staining, while the main text remains present and readable.
An interesting piece of medical history containing hundreds of pages of period medical terminology, treatments and pharmaceutical references from the early Victorian era.
Condition:
1839 edition
Title page present
Text pages appear complete
Heavy wear to binding and spine
Age staining and foxing present
Ownership inscription to front endpaper
Sold as photographed
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Ideal for collectors of antiquarian books, medical history, Victorian publications, pharmaceutical history and nineteenth-century reference works.
