Enchiridion medicum oder Anleitung zur medizinischen Praxis. Vermächtniß einer funfzigjährigen Erfahrung
Pp. xx, 930, [1, imprint (verso blank)]. 1 vols. 8vo
1836 · Berlin
by Hufeland, C.W.
Berlin: Jonas, 1836. Second, enlarged edition, published in the same year as the first. Pp. xx, 930, [1, imprint (verso blank)]. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half leather and brown silk over boards. Spine somewhat darkened and rubbed. Ownership initials "ELW" of Ernst Wynder on flyleaf. Very good. Second, enlarged edition, published in the same year as the first. Pp. xx, 930, [1, imprint (verso blank)]. 1 vols. 8vo. Last work of Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland (1762-1836), published with the revisions he completed shortly before his death. Hufeland was court physician at Weimar and author of an enormously popular book on personal hygiene, Die Kunst das menschliche Leben zu verlängern (1797), widely known as Hufeland's "Makrobiotik".
From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer (JAMA 143:329) and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal, Preventive Medicine. Osler 4968; for Hufeland: ADB 13, 286-96 (Inventory #: 224903)
From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer (JAMA 143:329) and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal, Preventive Medicine. Osler 4968; for Hufeland: ADB 13, 286-96 (Inventory #: 224903)