A Rational Exposition of the Physical Signs of the Diseases of the Lungs and Pleura; illustrating their pathology and facilitating their diagnosis. Second American from the Last London Edition.

Philadelphia:: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1834., 1834. 8vo. 205, [1] pp. 2 plates and tables. Original quarter cloth, boards; lacks spine label, rubbed. Dual ownership signatures & rubber-stamps of Dr. J.B. Barclay (ffep, p. viii; rubber-stamps: title). Very good. RARE. Interesting plate on how to construct a stethoscope using ivory and leather. / After a sound classical education from his father, [Williams] went to Edinburgh University, where he graduated as M.D. in 1824. He then studied for a time in London and in Paris, where he attached himself to Laennec's clinic at La Charite. On returning to London he was befriended by (Sir) James Clark, who was for many years Queen Victoria's most trusted physician. He also became acquainted with Michael Faraday and, in addition to writing a treatise on the new science of auscultation, worked for a time on the phenomenon of "low" combustion and later on the physical explanation of the heart sounds. – Royal College of Physicians.