Pulmonary.- Morton (Richard) Phthisiologia seu exercitationes de phthisi..., first edition, lacking initial imprimatur leaf (supplied in facsimile) but with errata leaf & final blank, some soiling and staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing M2831], Samuel Smith, 1689 § Cocchi (Antonio) Dei Discorsi Toscani..., 2 parts in 1, only edition, title in red & black, engraved plate of medal (spotted), wide margins, occasional spotting or soiling, ex-John Crerar Library copy with label (and small stamp to upper cover), contemporary calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine wormed at head, [Wellcome II, 363, part 1 only], Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1761 § Ramadge (F.H.) Traité sur la Nature et le Traitement de la Consumption Pulmonaire, first edition in French, half-title, 6 lithographed plates, all but one hand-coloured, some spotting and soiling, contemporary roan-backed boards, Brussels, 1836 § MacCormac (H.) Consumption, second edition, half-title, original cloth, 1865, all a little rubbed; and 6 others on tuberculosis, 8vo (10)


⁂ The first is the first application of the principles of pathology to the study of pulmonary tuberculosis. The second item includes a section on the introduction of anti-tuberculosis legislation in Italy: in 1754, following a report by Cocchi, the Grand Duke of Tuscany published an edict forbidding the sale or exportation of anything belonging to consumptives without proper disinfection.