A dissertation upon the nerves; containing an account, 1. Of the nature of man. 2. Of the nature of brutes. 3. Of the nature and connection of soul and body. 4. Of the threefold life of man. 5. Of the symptoms, causes and cure of all nervous diseases. By W. Smith ...

Smith, William.
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London, Printed for the Author; and sold by W. Owen, W. Drummond, D. Prince, W. Frederick and C. Pugh, M. DCC. LXVIII [1768]. 8:o. vj, (1), 302 pp., (1) leaf [ad. for William Smith's book ‘A New and General System of Physic, in Theory and Practice’, which was printed for the author in 1769]. Contemporary full brown leather with five raised bands, red title label. The bookplate pasted above an older one (not readable). Pp. 147/148 with a short tear at outer margin. Page 272 misnumbered 172. Bookplate ‘Lord Sinclair’ inside front cover. From the library of Denis Leigh, with his name label on fly-leaf.

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Hunter & Macalpine p. 303. First edition. Smith paraphrased Robinson's New System of the Spleen.

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