The American Medical Lexicon, on the Plan of Quincy's Lexicon Physico-Medicum . . . (1811)
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The American Medical Lexicon, on the Plan of Quincy's Lexicon Physico-Medicum . . . (1811)
by John Quincy
Full Title: The American Medical Lexicon, on the Plan of Quincy's Lexicon Physico-Medicum, with Many Retrenchments, Additions, and Improvements; Comprising an Explanation of the Etymology and Signification of the Terms used in Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Materia Medica, Chemistry, and the Practice of Physic. Compiled From the Most Approved Authorities.
8 ½ x 5 ½. In English. Published by T. and J. Swords, New York, 1811. Early Edition. 8vo, pp. iv, [590], 30 (appendix) plus leaf of Swords ads. Verified complete via WorldCat. Full calf with red spine label titled in gilt. Leather reconditioned in 2021. Joints excellent. Moderate wear to extremities. Appears to have been frequently referenced, which gives it some appeal. Ownership signatures on end papers and title page, otherwise no markings throughout. Period age toning with rather, at times, trivial foxing. An overall nice, collectible copy. Scarce in commerce.
First published in London in 1717, this popular medical dictionary went through at least 11 editions by 1811, this one greatly revised and expanded for the American market. In a note addressed to the "physicians and students of medicine in America," the American editor advises: "In place of the words left out, on account of having become antiquated and fallen into disuse, a very considerable number of new articles have been added and in numberless places of this New York edition, the pages have been cleared of the typographical errors which abounded in the London text."
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