Graham, Modern Domestic Medicine, 1829

Modern Domestic Medicine; or, a popular treatise, illustrating the character, symptoms, causes, distinction, and correct treatment, of all diseases incident to the human frame, embracing all the modern improvements in medicine, with the opinions of the most distinguished physicians. To which are added, a domestic materia medica, a description of the virtues, and correct manner of using the different mineral waters of Europe, and the cold, warm and vapour baths; a copious collection of approved prescriptions, adapted to domestic use; ample rules of diet, and a table of the doses of medicines. The whole intended as a comprehensive medical guide for the use of clergymen, heads of families, and invalids. By Thomas John Graham, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c. The fourth edition. London: Published for the author, by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers’ Court; Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Wilson, Princes Street, Soho; Westley and Davis, Stationers’ Court; Bell and Bradfute, Bank Street, Edinburgh; J. Smith and Son, Glasgow; and R. M. Tims, Grafton Street, Dublin.--and sold by all booksellers in the kingdom. 1829.  
 
Octavo in original half leather with marbled paper over boards. Gold text on spine. Exterior scuffed and bumped. Joints scuffed by intact. Front hinge cracking after ffep. Rear hinge intact. Some toning of first few leaves, including title page. Otherwise clean, bright, and tight throughout with only minimal foxing. 32 page appendix, cut to a smaller leaf size, precedes the index. First two pages of preface bound in reverse order. 
 
Ffep, title-xiii, 614, 32 page appendix, 615-619, 1 page of ads, rfep.