Author: Thomas McCall Anderson
Title: On the Parasitic Affections of the Skin
Description: London, John Churchill, 1861 . First edition. Cloth. A scarce first edition medical study of parasitic skin conditions, from the founder of the Glasgow Hospital and Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin. The first edition of this scarce medical study of parasitic infections of the skin, from physician and professor of medicine Sir Thomas McCall Anderson, author of a number of works on dermatological conditions.With a number of vignette illustrations throughout.A fascinating mid nineteenth medical study, with chapters dedicated to conditions including scabies, herpes and alopecia.With the contemporary inscription of W. Wade 1864 to the front pastedown, and a bookplate from the Birmingham Medical Institute remarking that the work was presented by Sir Willoughby Wade. Sir Willoughby Francis Wade was a British physician, surgeon, and professor of medicine, known for his 1893 study of gout.In the cloth binding of the Birmingham Medical Institute, and with their stamp to the title page, and one further page. In a contemporary cloth library binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Rubbing to boards and board extremities. Contemporary inscription to front pastedown, and bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Tide marks to head of front pastedown, front free endpaper, and from the title page to page 55. Library stamp to title page, and one further page. Pages lightly age toned, and otherwise clean. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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