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1757 GEORGE NEALE. Some Observations on the Use of the Agaric. Signed by London Surgeon.

1757 GEORGE NEALE. Some Observations on the Use of the Agaric. Signed by London Surgeon.

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A very scarce medical work on the use of Agaric [derived from agaric mushrooms, some classes of which are psychoactive] as a compound to stop bleeding after surgeries, etc., 

No copies on the market or in the auction records. Neatly inscribed by its author. 

Neale, George. Some Observations on the Use of the Agaric, and its Insufficiency in Stopping Haemorrhages After Capital Operations, in a Letter to a Surgeon in the Country. By George Neale, Surgeon to the London-Hospital. London. Printed for Jacob Robinson, at the Golden Lion. 1757. 50pp.

A very good copy, bound in cloth, generally solid, with light foxing.

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