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Title: A Dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered, as proceeding from the same causes; what those causes are; and a rational and natural method of cure proposed. Addressed to all invalids Author: Cadogan, William Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Reprinted and sold by William and Thomas Bradford Date: 1771 Description: v, [1], 50 (of 51) pp. [A]-G4. (8vo) 19x12 cm (7½x4½"), disbound, remains of stitching on spine. Reprinted from the London first edition published the same year. A rare colonial imprint of a medical work, likely the first American edition though there was another Philadelphia, 1771 edition published by R. Aitkin, numbering 39 pages. The present copy lacks the final printed page, of which there should be 51. Evans 12004; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 372. Lot Amendments Condition: Some foxing and darkening to contents, title a bit soiled with small edge chips; good though disbound. Item number: 277411