An introduction to the study of physic.
By: <now for the first time published> by William Heberden <1710-1801> A prefatory essay by Leroy Crummer; with a reprint of Heberden's Some account of a disorder of the breast; portrait in photogravure; six illustrations.
Contributors: Crummer, Le Roy, 1872-1934, ed.
Publisher: P.B. Hoeber, inc.
Published: 1929
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Medicine -- Study and teaching.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography.; Angina pectoris.
Other titles: Physic, An introduction to the study of.; Some account of a disorder of the breast.
Notes: "Heberden bibliography": p. 60-61.
"Biographical authorities": p. 62-63.
"A check list of Heberden manuscripts": p. 64-67.
Heberden's "A catalogue of the book recommended": p. 144-149.
"Reprinted, with additions and corrections, from Annals of medical history (vol. X, nos. 3 and 4, 1928)"
The original manuscript of "An introduction to the study of physic" was found by Mr. Crummer in South London in 1927 and is printed here without change or emendation. cf. Prefatory essay.
"Some account of a disorder of the breast" [angina pectoris] read at the College of physicians, July 21, 1768. Reprinted from Medical transactions, 2:59-67, 1786. cf. Footnote, p. 153.