Collected medical writings by the physician who first described anorexia nervosa

Morton, Richardi [Richard]

Opera Medica, in Tres Tomos Distributa. I. De Phthisi. II. De Morbis: Universal. Acutis. III. De Febribus: Inflammatoriis. - Editio ultima Emendatiori.

Amstelodami: Apud Donatum Donati, 1696. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2340268

First edition. Boards and corners a bit rubbed, wax seal remnants on endpapers, ink name and date on title page ('Johann August Harnisch (?) Madrid: 1745'), ink note on rear endpaper.

[16], 206, [24], 142, [12], [38], 318, [18] pp. Engraved frontispiece, fold-outs of: Schema Morborum General; Synopsis Febrium. Morton was the first to observe that tubercules were always present in the lungs in tuberculosis, and also the first to describe what is now known as anorexia nervosa (he called it a nervous phthisis). This volume collects several of his works.

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