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Record Number: 6601


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: pencil annotations on last binding page are in Latin and appear to be brief notes relating to 4 classes of disorders.

Century:

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Thomas

Title:

The modern practice of physic, exhibiting the characters, causes, symptoms, prognostic, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating, the diseases of all climates

Genre:

Medicine

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Third edition, London: John Murray, 1810

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

6601

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomas, Robert, "The modern practice of physic, exhibiting the characters, causes, symptoms, prognostic, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating, the diseases of all climates", (London, 1810), binding page, [DH LIB 800]. ,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomas, Robert, "The modern practice of physic, exhibiting the characters, causes, symptoms, prognostic, morbid appearances, and improved method of treating, the diseases of all climates", (London, 1810), binding page, [DH LIB 800]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6601, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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