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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. The interior of this volume is in very good condition; the exterior has wear on the spine strip, mostly at the head of the spine. RARE First Edition of this late 19th century work by Dr. Gouley, then Surgeon to Belluevue Hospital in New York City. The stated object of this work was "to urge the official adoption of a stable basis for the nomenclature and classification of the diseases of man; to place before the medical profession certain propositions directed to an improved classification of diseases; and to awaken the attention of teachers to the necessity of ameliorating the nomenclature of medicine". Contents are preliminary considerations, human nosography, nosographical bibliography, basis and method of the classificaton and character of the nomenclature of the diseases of man, and a review of the morbid states and morbific processes - the bacteria, ptomaines, leucomaines, and extractives. 412 pages. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the free-endpaper facing the half-title page, inscribed "To Mr. Chs. M. Jenckes with the kind regards of J. W. S. Gouley". The interior of this volume is in very good condition; light foxing on the endpapers, minor exterior edgewear. RARE First Edition of this late 19th century work by Dr. Gouley, then Surgeon to Belluevue Hospital in New York City. The stated object of this work was "to urge the official adoption of a stable basis for the nomenclature and classification of the diseases of man; to place before the medical profession certain propositions directed to an improved classification of diseases; and to awaken the attention of teachers to the necessity of ameliorating the nomenclature of medicine". Contents are preliminary considerations, human nosography, nosographical bibliography, basis and method of the classificaton and character of the nomenclature of the diseases of man, and a review of the morbid states and morbific processes - the bacteria, ptomaines, leucomaines, and extractives. 412 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Book.…