Shaw 1745 New Practice of Physic medicine 2 vols
Peter Shaw,
A New Practice of Physic: wherein the various
diseases incident to the human body are describ'd, their causes assign'd, their
diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each
deliver'd; with a competent number of medicines for every stage and symptom
thereof. Prescrib’d after the manner of the most eminent physicians among the moderns,
and particularly those of London. The whole formed on the model of Dr.
Sydenham, to execute the design of his Processus Integri.
Vol I. The seventh edition, corrected.
London: T. and T. Longman, 1753
[xi] + 415 pp
Old leather binding (21x13cm, covers worn, back newly
restored), little tear in title page, ex-lib label
&
Vol II. The sixth edition, corrected.
London: Thomas Longman & Thomas Shewell, 1745
p 413-716 (+ 22 pp Index)
Old leather binding (20x13cm, worn, rubbed), foxing); stamp
(T. Griffin) on title page, missing end papers, notes inside of covers
Peter Shaw (1694-1763) was a practicing Scarborough physician
and fellow of the Royal Society. He translated and edited works by Boyle,
Bacon, Boerhaave and Stahl, as well as authoring a number of his own, including
the popular 1726 publication, A new practice of physic. In 1752 he was
appointed extraordinary physician to George II.