A dissertation on the use of sea water in the diseases of the glands
Subtitle: particularly the scurvy, jaundice, King's-Evil, leprosy, and the glandular consumption
By: translated from the Latin of Richard Russel ; to which is added a translation of Dr. Speed's Commentary on sea water ; as also an Account of the nature, properties, and uses of all the remarkable mineral waters in Great Britain, by an eminent physician [i.e. John Wall]
Contributors: Frewin, Richard, 1681?-1761; Owen, W. (William), -1793, bookseller; Speed, John, 1703-1781; Wall, John, 1708-1776; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Edition: 4th ed., revised and corrected.
Publisher: Printed for W. Owen
Published: 1760
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Hydrotherapy; Early works to 1800; Mineral waters; Lymphatics; Diseases; Seawater; Therapeutic use; Balneology; Case Reports; Analysis; Mineral Waters; Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases; Therapy; Jaundice; Leprosy
Notes: Includes the author's correspondence with Richard Frewin.

"Treatise on the nature, properties, and medicinal uses of the waters of Pyrmont, Spa, and Seltzers", 32 p. at end, has individual title page bearing imprint: London: Printed for W. Owen, 1762.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), T59543

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.