TIMBS, John. Doctors and Patients or anecdotes of the medical world and curiosities of medicine.

TIMBS, John. Doctors and Patients or anecdotes of the medical world and curiosities of medicine.TIMBS, John. Doctors and Patients or anecdotes of the medical world and curiosities of medicine. London: Richard Bentley. 1873. Two Volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards with contrasting lettering pieces and raised bands, compartments ornamented in gilt, marbled end papers and edges, pp. vi, [2], 287; vi, 297; minimal rubbing to top and head of spine on both volumes, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition. An assortment of

TIMBS, John. Doctors and Patients or anecdotes of the medical world and curiosities of medicine. London: Richard Bentley. 1873.

Two Volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards with contrasting lettering pieces and raised bands, compartments ornamented in gilt, marbled end papers and edges, pp. vi, [2], 287; vi, 297; minimal rubbing to top and head of spine on both volumes, otherwise a near fine copy.

First edition.

An assortment of unusual stories from the medical field, John Timbs writes in his introduction to the reader, "The volumes here submitted to the reader are not, in any sense, a medical work. The object of the author is not to direct persons how to physic themselves, or this work might well be entitled Every Man his own Poisoner". Instead, Timbs created a compilation of fascinating historical curiosities ranging from 'Trance' to 'Opposition to Tea-Drinking' and 'The Curiosities of Dreams' to 'Saffron, its history and economy'. Examining an impressive range of niches, delving deep into 'Insanity', 'Suicide' and 'Death', amongst the more lighthearted, he very much managed to extract the personal from the clinical.

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