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Seven (7) 18th/19th cent. Medical Books. 1st item: The Truth Unvail'd for the Publick [sic] Good. Or, a Treastise on the Stone, by Omnelio Pitcarne, M.D., printed for J. Roberts near the Oxford Arms, in Warwick-Lane, London, 1739. 7 5/8" H x 5" W x 1/8" D. 2nd item: A Disquisition of the Stone and Gravel, and other Diseases of the Bladder, Kidneys, Etc., 2nd ed., by William Adams, Surgeon, printed for P. Shatwell oppo[s]ite the Adelphi in the Strand; J. Southern, in St. James's-[s]treet, and [s]old by the Author at No. 2, Princes-[s]treet, Cornhill, circa 1780. 8 1/4" H x 5 1/4" W x 3/8" D. 3rd item: Directions for Making Anatomical Preparations, Formed on the Basis of Pole, Marjolin and Breschet, and Including the New Method of Mr. Swan, by Usher Parsons, M.D., published by Carey and Lea, Philadelphia, 1831. 8 3/4" H x 5 5/8" W. 4th item: Letters on the Cholera Asphyxia, as it has Appeared in the City of New-York, by Martyn Paine, M.D., published Collins and Hannay, New York, 1832. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/4" W x 5/8" D. 5th item: Gunn's Domestic Medicine, or Poor Man's Friend, in the Hours of Affliction, Pain and Sickness, 7th ed., by John C. Gunn, published by S. M. Johnston, Madisonville, 1837. 8 1/2" H x 5 1/4" W x 2" D. 6th item: 6th item: Gunn's Domestic Medicine, or Poor Man's Friend, in the Hours of Affliction, Pain and Sickness, 9th ed., by John C. Gunn, published by J. Perry, Xenia, 1837. 8 7/8" H x 5 3/4" W x 2 1/2" D. 7th item: The Theory and Treatment of Fevers, by Dr. James Sappington, revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith, M.D., published by the author, Arrow Rock, 1844. 6 7/8" H x 4 5/8" W x 1" D. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall good condition. Slight wear to front covers, spine, and corners. "Henry Kimpton Medicial Bookseller" retail sticker, inside of front cover. First page loose from binding. "Library Cornell University Medical College New York City" embossed, title page. Errant pencil marks, title page. Ex libris label, inside of back cover. 2nd item: Overall good condition. Wear to covers. Spine rebacked with modern materials. Toning, dampstaining, edges of text pages and inside of covers. Pencil notations and ex libris label, inside of front cover. "Library Cornell University Medical College New York City" embossed, title page. 3rd item: Overall good condition. Fading, surface of front cover. Personal inscription, first matter page. Ex libris label, inside of front cover. Library stamp, title page. 4th item: Overall foxing, surface of text pages and inside covers. Personal inscription, errant marks, Cornell University Medical College Library label, first matter page. 5th item: Overall good condition. Covers rebacked, Scattered foxing, toning, surface of text pages and inside of covers. Personal inscription, matter page opposite title page. Errant pencil marks, matter pages and inside of back cover. 6th item: Wear to covers. Spine cracked. Scattered foxing, surface of text pages. 4" tear, second page. Personal inscriptions, errant pencil marks, first few pages and inside of back cover. 7th item: Overall good condition. Foxing, surface of text pages. Cracks to binding, largest 6 7/8". Personal inscription, first matter page.