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Title: The Physical Diagnosis of Diseases of the Lungs
Author: Walshe, Walter Hayle
Description: x, [2], 310 pp. (12mo) 6¾x4¼, original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First American Edition."This work, also published at London in 1843, became a popular textbook. Walshe's aim was to present 'a complete though concise view of the principles and facts of Physical Diagnosis, as applied to diseases of the respiratory organs' (Preface, p. [vii])." (Heirs of Hippocrates, 1786). With the bookplate of Rob't. K. Stone, M.D., Washington City on front pastedown endpaper. Stone's ownership signature appears on the front free endpaper, title page and at the head of page 1 as well as on the front pastedown endpaper obscured by his bookplate. Robert King Stone was the personal physician to President Abraham Lincoln and his family and attended to Lincoln after his fatal shooting by John Wilkes Booth.
Heading: Place Published: Philadelphia
Publisher: Lea & Blanchard
Date Published: 1843