Watson, Thomas; Condie, D. Francis. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic; delivered in King's College, London; Revised, with Additions, by D. Francis Condie. Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1856. Third American Edition. [7496]
Full sheep with black leather spine title lable, gilt rules to spine, 6 x 9 1/4 inches, binding is rubbed at the edges yet with solid outer hinges, tight. The title label was in two pieces, and we have reattached it using archival neutral pH adhesive. Ink name stamp (19th c.) of "Chas. Morse, M.D., Portland, Me." inside the front cover & on Preface page. 1040 pp. of text including Index; 32 pp. publisher's catalogue of medical books. Rear pastedown & end papers with dark dampstain that is much lighter in the catalogue & index. Very good.
The binding & text of this copy are very good indeed. The blank pages at the end of the book are stained.
Sir Thomas Watson (1792-1882), b. Montrath, Devonshire, England; an eminent physician. He was a physician to the Middlesex Hospital, then connected to the University College. Watson was lecturer at several medical colleges, and professor of medicine at Kings College.
"He continued to be the physician to the Middlesex Hospital till 1843. In that year he published his famous Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic...The author corrected five editions, and it continued for thirty years the chief English text-book of medicine. It contains no discoveries, but is based upon sound clinical observations, gives a complete view of English medicine of its period,a and is remarkable for its good literary style." - DNB.