Buchan, Domestic Medicine, 1786
Domestic Medicine: Or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines. With an Appendix, containing a Dispensatory for the Use of Private Practitioners. By William Buchan, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. The Ninth Edition: To which is now added, an Additional Chapter on Cold Bathing, and Drinking the Mineral Waters. London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell in the Strand; and J. Balfour, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh. 1786.
Full brown leather, probably original boards and spine, having been restored, patched, and relaid. Later title label and date on spine. Joints/hinges intact and strong. Some mild scuffing. Minimal toning and foxing. Small, stain at fore-edge involving margin of first few leaves. Prescription against rheumatism penned in a probably 18th century hand on front paste down. Binding tight. Leaves bright.
767 pages, 36 pages of index.
See Heirs 625-627: “William Buchan (1729-1805)…a native of Scotland, practiced in Yorkshire for a time and later taught at Edinburgh where he had received his medical degree in 1761.” He had a large practice in London after 1778. His Domestic Medicine went through 19 editions in the author’s lifetime and was published into the mid 19th century. It was translated into numerous languages and was even more popular in Europe and America than it was in Scotland. The Empress of Russia awarded the author a gold metal and letter of commendation for the work. First edition was 1769 (which we also have available).