1861 On the Parasitic Affections of the Skin

Description

Illustrated, Rebound, Scarce

The first edition of this scarce medical study of parasitic infections of the skin, from physician and professor of medicine Sir Thomas McCall Anderson, author of a number of works on dermatological conditions.

With a number of vignette illustrations throughout.

A fascinating mid nineteenth medical study, with chapters dedicated to conditions including scabies, herpes and alopecia.

With the contemporary inscription of W. Wade 1864 to the front pastedown, and a bookplate from the Birmingham Medical Institute remarking that the work was presented by Sir Willoughby Wade. Sir Willoughby Francis Wade was a British physician, surgeon, and professor of medicine, known for his 1893 study of gout.

In the cloth binding of the Birmingham Medical Institute, and with their stamp to the title page, and one further page.