Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints, and Bilious Disorders in General (1820)
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Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints, and Bilious Disorders in General (1820)
by John Faithhorn, M.D.
Full Title: Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints, and Bilious Disorders in General; and on Those Derangements of that Important Organ, and of its Immediate or Intimate Connections, Which Most Sensibly Influence the Biliary Secretion; With Practical Deductions, Drawn from an Ample Share of Experience and a Close and Constant Attention to the Subject, in Various Climates; Connected by an Appropriate and Successful Mode of Treatment . . .
9 x 5 ¾. In English. Printed by William Brown. Published by Hickman & Hazzard, Philadelphia 1820. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Stated. 158 pp. Verified complete via WorldCat. Original cardstock boards. Binding fully restored in 2020. Lacking paper title label. Hinges strong. Extremities near fine. Uncut page edges. Light foxing and browning scattered throughout, all rather trivial. Bookplate of ‘Julius Friedenwald’ in front, else unmarked. Overall, a fine and handsome copy. Somewhat scarce in commerce, but none in as FINE CONDITION and with significant provenance.
John Faithhorn was for a time a surgeon with the East India Company before opening his own practice in London. This present work was intended to serve as a popular treatise on liver function, drawing much from William Saunder's work on the liver, which had been first published in 1803. Faithhorn's work proved popular and ran to four editions before being first published in the United States in 1820.
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Julius Friedenwald (1866 – 1941) was a very successful gastroenterologist and writer. He was born into an American Jewish family in Baltimore, MD. He was educated at Johns Hopkins University and practiced medicine in his hometown for over fifty years. Friedenwald studied medicine and gastroenterology in Berlin, Paris, Vienna, and London before returning to Baltimore to establish what became a very large medical practice. He served as the President of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). He was also a fellow of the American Medical Association, member of the American College of Physicians, and associate member of the American Association of Physicians. The “Julius Friedenwald Medal” was established in 1941 to recognize individuals who made lifelong contributions to the field of gastroenterology. (The image of Friedenwald we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
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