SMITH, Joseph Mather (1789-1866). Elements of the Etiology and Philosophy of Epidemics. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1824.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (230 x 142 mm). (Some spotting throughout, minor marginal chipping, some creasing.) Original publisher’s green boards, printed lettering-piece to spine, uncut and unopened (some staining, some chipping to spine). Provenance: A. W. Kennedy (early signature).

FIRST EDITION of this medical text, containing references to epidemics in the United States and the West Indies. Smith was born in New York, and practiced medicine in New York. He was one of the founders of the Medico-Physiological Society, contributing “Efficacy of Emetics in Spasmodic Diseases” to the first volume of the Medico-Physiological Society Transactions in 1817. He published many contributions to medical periodicals on cholera, Puerperal fever, and other epidemics. Smith also served as the editor of the New York Medical and Physical Journal and was President of the New York Academy of Medicine. Sabin 83362.

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SMITH, Joseph Mather (1789-1866). Elements of the Etiology and Philosophy of Epidemics. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1824.