[Rarebooks] FS: One of the earliest references to the term "[common] cold". Philadelphia: 1808

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(MEDICINE) White, E. L.   A POPULAR ESSAY ON THE DISORDER FAMILIARLY TERMED A 
COLD... To Which Are Added Annotations by J. Stuart, M.D. Philadelphia: 
Printed for Bradford & Insheep, et al. by T. and G. Palmer. 1808. 1st American 
edition. 12mo. (4),xxviii,248pp. Additional half-title for Stuart's "Annotations." 
Old marbled boards, rubbed; reinforced with plain tan linen spine (now 
rubbed). Uncut. Rare.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
One of the earliest treatises employing the popular term "cold." Complete 
with symptoms and popular remedies of the day. The American edition appeared one 
year after the English edition, and has added to it 40pp. of new notes and 
comments about colds in America. Austin #2040.

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