Electricity, or Ethereal Fire, Considered : 1st Naturally, as the Agent of Animal and Vegetable Life : 2d. Astronomically, or as the Agent of Gravitation and Motion : 3d Medically, or Its Artificial Use in Diseases. Comprehending Both the Theory and Practice of Medical Electricity; and demonstrated to be an infallible Cure of Fever, Inflammation, and many other diseases: constituting the Best Family Physician ever Extant
by Gale, T
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Wheeler notes "This book is among the first works on electricity printed in America. The author considers electricity to be the main cause of animal and vegetable life." It is the first American work cited by Sidney Licht's scholarly book Therapeutic Electricity and Ultraviolet Radiation. Other references note it is probably the first book on [medical] electricity published in America.
Austin (Early American Medical imprints) #807, Mottelay (Bibliographical History of Electricity and Magnetism), p364, Ekelöf (Catalogue of Books and Papers in Electricity and Magnetism) #719, Wheeler Gift #636 (showing a full page illustration of the title page), Gartrell 734, Honeyman Collection, Vol IV #1391, Rink (Technical Americana), #2061.
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- Title
- Electricity, or Ethereal Fire, Considered : 1st Naturally, as the Agent of Animal and Vegetable Life : 2d. Astronomically, or as the Agent of Gravitation and Motion : 3d Medically, or Its Artificial Use in Diseases. Comprehending Both the Theory and Practice of Medical Electricity; and demonstrated to be an infallible Cure of Fever, Inflammation, and many other diseases: constituting the Best Family Physician ever Extant
- Author
- Gale, T
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Moffitt & Lyon
- Place of Publication
- Troy, [NY]
- Date Published
- 1802
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-1
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