Proposals. To be published by subscription, in two volumes octavo, price half-a-guinea, the medical works of the late Doctor William Turnbull, physician to the eastern dispensary, &c. Containing a popular treatise on the means of preserving health, on nervous complaints, and on the diseases which are incident to women and children: from the original manuscript, in possession of his son William Turnbull, A.M. a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London; Fellow of the Medical Societies of London and Edinburgh; and surgeon to the Society for the Relief of the Ruptured Poor, &c. &c. To which will be annexed the life of the author.
Turnbull, William,A.M.,active 1804,former owner.StEdNL
Adams, Thomas,active 1804, former owner.StEdNL
[London] : R. Taylor and Co. Black Horse Court,
[1804?]
Extensive manuscript annotations from the son of William Turnbull to Thomas Adams, a friend of his father: "Thomas Adams Esquire / Alnwick / Northumberland". In a different hand: "8 Sept. 1804 Dr Wm Turnbull's letter & printed proposals about his late father Dr. Turnbulls medical works". In a different hand: "London Sept. 8th 1804 / My Dear Sir, I am about publishing the medical works of your old friend - you'll oblige me much if you can get me some subscribers in your neighbourhood - The book will be out in the [?????] of next January - They are now preparing for the [????] - I remain [????] [T??], yours very respectfully / Mr. Turnbull. No. 4 Bartlett's Builds. Holborn / to Thos. Adams Esq.".
Turnbull, William, approximately 1729-1796.
England London.