Institutes Or, Principles Of Health ... Written By A Friend To Mankind. The Second Edition.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revoluti... Read more
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Cambridge University LibraryT200302An American copy of the first, London edition has a MS. attribution to Mr. Cleland by Thomas Hollis. With an additional titlepage: 'Institutes of health.', dated: 1766, and a final contents leaf.Dublin: printed by James Hoey, 1766]. 2],142, 2]p.; 12 Less
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  • 9.69 X 7.44 X 0.33 in
  • 152
  • Gale ECCO, Print Editions
  • June 10, 2010
  • English
  • 9781170834558
John Cleland (1709 – 1789) was an English novelist, most famous—and infamous—as the author of the erotic novel Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. He was born in Kingston upon...
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