A treatise on gonorrhoea virulenta, and lues venerea. /
Bell, Benjamin,1749-1806.
Bell, Charles,Sir,1774-1842,illustrator.
Maverick, Peter,1780-1831,engraver.
Albany: : Published by E. F. Backus, no. 65, State-Street. E. & E. Hosford--printers--Albany.,
1814..
Copyright Oct. 10, 1814 by E.F. Backus.
"We have added to this edition the plates of Mr. Charles Bell, illustrating the morbid anatomy of the urethra ... Plate V is taken from Mr. Whately's Essay on an improved method of treating strictures in the urethra ..."--Explanation of the plates, p. [329].
Plates signed: P. Maverick sc.
Vol. I: xii, [1], 18-244 p.; v. 2: [3], 8-332, [12] p., V leaves of plates (1 folded). Last page of v. 2 blank.
"Errata."--Verso of title page, v. 1.
"Appendix to vol. I. This appendix contains formulae of injections and other remedies for gonorrhoea, enumerated in the preceding work."--V. 2, p. [313]-327.
First Albany edition of the first text to differentiate between gonorrhea and syphilis. This edition has added notes and case studies. It covers symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and recurrence of venereal diseases in men and women.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints
Sexually transmitted diseases
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
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