[Rarebooks] FS: Thacher's "Observations on Hydrophobia." Plymouth, MA: 1812

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(MEDICINE) Thacher, James. OBSERVATIONS ON HYDROPHOBIA, Produced by the
Bite of a Mad Dog, or Other Rabid Animal. With an Examination of the
Various Theories and Methods of Cure, Existing at the Present Day; and
an Inquiry Into the Merit of Specific Remedies. Also, a Method of
Treatment Best Adapted to the Brute Creation. In a Series of Letters
Addressed to a Friend. Plymouth, MA: Joseph Avery. 1812. First edition.
(2),302pp. Hand-colored copper engraved frontispiece. Original boards,
uncut (boards a bit soiled), nicely rebacked in calf with red morocco
spine label. Varying degrees of foxing throughout.	$450.00 (trade
discount allowed)
James Thacher (1754-1844) served as a surgeon during the American
Revolution and was this country's first medical biographer. In this
work he makes an impassioned plea to not allow dogs to run at large
after they have been bitten by one known to be rabid. Austin #1880.
AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY (1812), #26864.

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