A collection of chirurgical tracts. I. Of wounds of the head and brain. II. New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers. III. Chirurgical remarks on several curious cases. IV. The history and antiquity of the venereal disease V. A new method of curing consumptions by specific medicines. [Also pieces by other authors by Thomas Nevett] Written and collected by William Beckett ...
By: [William Beckett]
Contributors: Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733; Nevett, Thomas; Ogle, George, 1704-1746; Ranby, John, 1703-1773; Rushworth, John, 1669-1736
Publisher: E. Curll, etc.
Published: 1740
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Notes: Pt. [1] also includes "Some account of Mr. Beckett's life and writings"; "The case of Dr. Kiel by Mr. Rushworth"; and "Three curious dissections by John Ranby"

Pt. [2] has special t. p.: The natural secret history of both sexes; or, A modest defense of public stews ... By Luke Ogle [pseud. of Bernard Mandeville] The 4th ed. London, 1740. First published in 1724 under the alternative title. Also attributed to George Ogle by Halkett and Laing.

ESTC T114928.