first edition
1887 · Philadelphia:
by AITKEN, Sir William (1825-1892).
Philadelphia:: P. Blakiston, Son, and Co., 1887., 1887. 8vo. vi, [2], 61, [1], 14, [2] pp. Index, ads. Original black cloth with original paper label. Bookplate of Dr. James P. Marsh. Very good. First American edition. Sir William Aitken, who took his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh, was professor of pathology, Army Medical School. Among his experiences was to study the Crimean war and the diseases suffered by soldiers. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1873, knighted in 1887.
(Inventory #: MMRM1393)