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An inaugural dissertation on the disease produced by the bite of a mad dogDescription
MEASE, James. An Inaugural Dissertation on the Disease Produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, or Other Rabid Animal: Submitted to the Examination of the Rev. John Ewing, S.T.P. Provost; the Trustees and Medical Faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, on the Eleventh Day of May, 1792, for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine. Phila.: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1792. 1st ed. [6], v, 130, [1, errata] pp. [with]
MEASE, James. Observations on the Arguments of Professor Rush, in Favour of the Inflammatory Nature of the Disease Produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog. Phila.: Whitehall Printed by William Young, 1801. 1st ed. [4], [3]-62, 4pp.
An Inaugural Dissertation has only been offered at auction four times since 1975. Only one copy of Observations has sold at auction in the last 50 years. James Mease (1771-1846) was a polymath--physician, scientist, and author. Mease entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1784, graduated from the College in 1787, and received his M.D. from the Medical School in 1792. "In August, 1790, while he was still a student, he published an article on hydrophobia in the American Magazine.
" Pos early 19th-century 3/4-calf and boards, gilt-ruled spine, gilt- lettered red morocco spine label. Uniform toning, some very old waterstains, else very good. early American Medical Imprints 1247, 1249. Evans 24534. Shaw & Shoemaker 917. An Inaugural Dissertation has only been offered at auction four times since 1975. Only one copy of Observations has sold at auction in the last 50 years. Published also without thesis statement in London in 1793 under title: An essay on the disease produced by the bite of a mad dog. "Errata" Mease may be best known for his innovation of Ketchup and making it the condiment we know today.Other Names and Numbers
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Austin 1247, 1249. Evans 24534.Shaw & Shoemaker 917. Fox 1801-1Condition
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early 19th-century 3/4-calf and boards, giltruled spine, gilt- lettered red morocco spine label. Uniform toning, some very old waterstains, else very good.
