Two Important Works by Cheyne on Neuropathy, Uncut in Original Boards
Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy. With Observations upon the Comatose Diseases.
London: Thomas Underwood, 1812.
Full Description:
CHEYNE, John. Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy: With Observations upon the Comatose Diseases. London: Thomas Underwood, 1812.
First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 228 x 140 mm). [8], 224 pp. With 5 engraved plates cerebral dissections.
[Together with]:
CHEYNE, John. An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus, or Dropsy in the Brain. Edinburgh: Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, 1808.
First edition. Octavo (10 x 6 1/2 inches; 255 x 160 mm). viii, 9-218, [2, ads] pp.
Both works in contemporary drab boards, neatly rebacked in paper. Spine with a newer paper spine label. Edges uncut. Boards with a bit of wear. Corners bumped. A small tear to top of spine of "Apoplexy" volume. A few leaves with some foxing and toning. Both copies with an early ownership inscription on front free endpapers. Both copies housed in a quarter calf clamshell. Overall a very good copies of each work.
And regarding Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy: "Cheyne believed that cerebral anaemia might be the cause of apoplexy and described pathological cases of cerebral infarction and of cerebral haemorrhage. The work contains the first illustration of a subcutaneous haemorrhage." Garrison-Morton-Norman 4519.1.
Regarding An Essay on Hydrocephalus Acutus."Cheyne's essay is one of the first noteworthy monographs on neuropathology to appear in the nineteenth century. It contains the first description of acute hydrocephalus or basilar (tuberculous) meningitis, a disease that primarily affects children" (Norman 472). Garrison-Morton-Norman 4635.
Garrison and Morton Norman Library 4635 & 4519.1.
HBS 69262.
$3,500.
Price: $3,500.00
Item #69262