Collective. Set of two medical books. - Lot 151

Collective. Set of two medical books. Composed as follows: - BARKER (John). Essai sur la conformité de la médecine ancienne et moderne dans le traitement des maladies aiguës. Paris, P.-G. Cavelier, 1768. LXVI-426 pages, text decorated with bands and lamp-ends. 1 volume, in-12 format. Full bradel multicolored boards, gilt title on brown leather spine. Later binding. Marks of wetness in the outer margin of part of the pages. New French edition, translated from Mr. Barker's English by Mr. Schomberg, of this essay on ancient and modern medicine. It is a comparative analysis of ancient and modern medical practices. The authors, John Barker and Ralph Schomberg, analyze the medical practices of Hippocrates, Galen, Sydenham and Boerhaave, focusing on acute diseases. Interior well preserved. - BARBEYRAC. Dissertations nouvelles sur les maladies de la poitrine, du cœur, de l'estomac, des femmes, vénériennes, et quelques maladies particulières, avec deux descriptions de maladies, qui n'ont jamais été écrites, et Mr. BOERHAAVE. Amsterdam, chez les Janssons à Waesberge, 1731. (3)-576-(5) pages, lettering and typographical bands. Title page in black and red. 1 volume, in-12 format, bound in full contemporary speckled basane. Gilt ribbons and fleurons on spine, gilt title on burgundy morocco. Binding rubbed, lower headband damaged, restoration to upper headband, corners dulled, some corners trimmed. Pages browned, title page mended with tape. Sold as is.