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Jun 5, 2017 - Jun 26, 2017
Thacher, James. A MILITARY JOURNAL DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR from 1775 to 1783, describing interesting events and transactions of this period, with numerous historical facts and anecdotes, from the original manuscript ; to which is added an appendix, containing biographical sketches of several general officers. Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1823. First Edition. 603 pp. 9 5/8 by 6 inches in a modern woven cloth binding with a gilt printed leather label to the spine. HOWES T149.
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Thacher, James. OBSERVATIONS ON HYDROPHOBIA, produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal. With an examination of the various theories and methods of cure ... and an inquiry into the merit of specific remedies. Also a method of treatment best adapted to the brute creation. In a series of letters addressed to a friend. Plymouth (Mass.): J. Avery, 1812. First Edition. 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches in contemporary leather, rebacked with new endpages and retaining the original leather label to the spine. 301 (1) pp. Complete with hand-colored "skull-cap" plate - the plant which the author proposes as a cure for hydrophobia. AUSTIN 1880.
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Thacher, James. AMERICAN MEDICAL BIOGRAPHY: or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America : to which is prefixed a succinct history of medical science in the United States from the first settlement of the country. Boston: Richardson & Lord and Cottons & Barnard, 1828. First Edition. 8 1/4 by 5 inches, ex-library in a modern green buckram binding. 2 volumes, 436, 280 pages, complete with 15 inserted lithograph portraits. GM6710.
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