[Rarebooks] FS: A work on menstruation by Freind, the 1st English historian of medicine. London: 1729

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEDICINE) Freind, John. EMMENOLOGIA: Written, in Latin, by the Late Learned Dr. John Freind. Translated into English by Thomas Dale, M.D. London: Printed for T. Cox. 1729. (16),216,(6)pp. With A1 (a leaf of ads before the title) plus (2)pp. of ads for Thomas Cox and 20pp. of ads for James and John Knapton. Illustrated with an engraved title page vignette and several text drawings. 19th cent. brown sheep, hinges scuffed, over marbled boards, brown morocco spine label.    $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
Freind (1675-1728) was the first English historian of medicine. This work deals with women and “the nature of their menstruous purgation.” The first Latin edition was 1703.

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