1788 ELEMENTS of MEDICINE C18 1st Edition * Brown Beddoes 2 vols * No Reserve

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* * * Description THE ELEMENTS OF MEDICINE; OR,A TRANSLATION OF THE ELEMENTA MEDICIN� BRUNONIS. WITH LARGE NOTES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND COMMENTS BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ORIGINAL WORK. IN TWO VOLUMES. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, NO. 72, ST. PAUL'SCHURCH-YARD.M DCC LXXXVIII. [1788] ~ THE FIRST EDITION ~ Nineteenth century library cloth, faint library stamps to titles, a few spots to titles, some light offsetting, generally good clean condition. An octavo volumes, it measures approximately 20cm (8") x 13cm (5") x 5cm (2"). Pagination pp. xx, [8], 308; [2], 346, [2, errata], collated and complete. John Brown 1735-1788), was a Scottish physician. Brown was born in Berwickshire and after attending the parish school at Duns, he moved to Edinburgh and enrolled in divinity classes at the university of Edinburgh and worked part time as a private tutor. In 1759 he discontinued his theological studies and began the study of medicine and became the private tutor for the William Cullen family. After a dispute with Cullen and the professors of the university, Brown's public lectures contained attacks on preceding systems of medicine, including Cullen's. In 1780 Brown published his Elementa Medicinae, or the Brunonian system of medicine, which for a time was a popular text. In 1795 a critical edition of Brown's Elements of Medicine was published read more

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