[Rarebooks] FS - Two scarce reports on cholera

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*BALY, William, M.D., and William W. Gull, M.D. /REPORTS ON EPIDEMIC 
CHOLERA Drawn up at the Desire of the Cholera Committee of the Royal 
College of Surgeons./* Bound in original brown cloth, embossed in blind. 
With three folding maps, folding charts, and tables. John Churchill, 
London, 1854. 1st edition, 8vo, pp. vi, 345; pp. vi, 220.

Two reports, bound in one volume, produced as a result of a request from 
the College for scientific studies on the cause, incidence, and possible 
cure for, the disease of cholera which, in 1849, had ravaged the City of 
London, killing over 14,000 people. Gull's report is entitled "Report on 
the Cause and Mode of Diffusion of Epidemic Cholera"; and Gull's " 
Report on the Morbid Anatomy, Pathology, and Treatment of Epidemic Cholera".

William Withey Gull (1816-1890) was a famous British physician, best 
known for his close association with London's Guy's Hospital and with 
his possible association with the Whitechapel murders. He was born 
aboard a barge (his father was a barge owner), and began his career as a 
schoolmaster. However, through the intercession of a friend and mentor, 
he was brought to London where he attended lectures at Guy's Hospital. 
His career advanced rapidly and, in 1851, he became an assistant 
physician and in 1856 a full physician of the hospital. In 1869 he was 
made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and he was created a baronet in 
1872. His fame rests mainly on his clinical work, although he published 
papers on cholera, rheumatic fever, and paraplegia. Some recent 
commentators suspect that, because of his clinical skills and anatomical 
knowledge, he may have been the infamous "Jack the Ripper", although, at 
the time of the murders, he was in his 70s and had suffered a stroke.

William Baly (1814-1861) was a British physician who completed his 
medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons, with post-graduate 
work at Paris, Berlin, and Heidelberg. He returned to London in 1836 and 
went into private practice. In 1859 he was appointed physician to Queen 
Victoria. He did significant research on dysentary and cholera.

The binding of this volume is quite worn: the spine panel is partially 
detached, the front hinge is cracked, and the rear hinge is weak. One 
portion of one map has been taped, leaving a yellow residue on the blank 
side. Otherwise, the contents are clean and tight. A good copy, worthy 
of modest restoration to the cloth binding. Not in G&M, Osler or 
Wellcome. A scarce title; seldom seen.

Price: $650.00.

Terms of sale - the price is in US funds. Payment by check or credit 
card. Postage and packing charge is $8.50. Returnable within seven days 
of receipt if not as described.

 
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