Floyer, John

A treatise of the asthma. Garrison-Morton.com 3166

Publisher Information: London: Richard Wilkins, 1698. [40], 247pp. (pp. 241-247 misbound at the front of the volume). 160 x 100 mm. Old calf gilt, front hinge cracked, light wear.Light toning, a few pencil marks in the margins. Very good. "Floyer provided the first clear descriptions of cases of bronchial asthma. Floyer himself suffered from asthma for over 30 years. He recognized the influence of heredity in asthma. The above includes (p. 239) an important early account of emphysema, from a post mortem on a broken-winded horse" (Garrison-Morton.com). Book Id: 48860

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