Description
Bloodletting by leech was, in 1816, an everyday medical act, and the leech itself a commodity to be bought, kept and nursed. James Rawlins Johnson, of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, wrote what the trade lacked: a proper account of the animal — its natural history, its anatomy dissected and engraved, the diseases that killed it in captivity, and how to keep a stock alive.Dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks, it is a small classic of the moment when medicine began to look at its instruments as living things.This is a faithful print-on-demand facsimile of the 1816 London (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown) edition, reproduced in full from a library copy. The historical text is reproduced without modification; only the format, margins and legibility have been reset for modern printing.
Details
Publisher - EDITIONS RECREASOFT
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
James Rawlins Johnson
Published Date - 0001-01-01
ISBN - 9782387810298
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 160
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