1765 Advice To The People With Regard To Their Health TISSOT 1st English Edition
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title Advice to the People in General,
With Regard to their Health: But particularly calculated for those, who are the most unlikely to be provided in time with the best Assistance, or upon any sudden inward or outward Accident. With A Table of the most cheap, yet effectual Remedies, and the plainest Directions for preparing them readily. Translated from the French Edition of Dr. Tissot's Avis au Peuple, &c.... Printed at Lyons; with all the Notes in the two former English Editions, and a few additional ones. By J. Kirkpatrick, M. D. _____ Fine Binding ~ First English Edition _____ Author Dr Samuel-Auguste Tissot, Kirkpatrick, J [tr.] _____________________ Year of Publication 1765 __________________________ Publisher London: T Becket and P A De Hondt, at Tully's Head, near Surry-Street, in the Strand _________________________
For full description see below - after all photographs
__________________________________________ Description: London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt., 1768. 8vo. First Edition in English. xxxii, 608pp, errata, 4pp of Contents. Octavo. Contemporary full calf with a new spine, spine gilt lined with five raised bands and titles in gilt to a red label. First and last pages worn with some tears and loss otherwise good. From Wikipedia: Samuel Auguste André David Tissot (French: [tiso]; 20 March 1728 – 13 June 1797) was a notable 18th-century Swiss physician. A well reputed Calvinist Protestant neurologist, physician, professor and Vatican adviser who practiced in the Swiss city of Lausanne. He wrote on the diseases of the poor, on masturbation, on the diseases of the men of letters and of rich people, and nervous diseases. He devoted an 83-page chapter to the study of migraine in his Traité des nerfs et de leurs maladies (Treatise on the nerves and nervous disorders). He used his own observations and the existing medical treatises of the day. His work is considered by modern doctors as a basis for "future generations of doctors." He is also recognized as "the classical authority on migraine." In 1760, he published L'Onanisme, his own comprehensive medical treatise on the purported ill-effects of masturbation. Citing case studies of young male masturbators amongst his patients in Lausanne as basis for his reasoning, Tissot argued that semen was an "essential oil" and "stimulus" that, when lost from the body in great amounts, would cause "a perceptible reduction of strength, of memory and even of reason; blurred vision, all the nervous disorders, all types of gout and rheumatism, weakening of the organs of generation, blood in the urine, disturbance of the appetite, headaches and a great number of other disorders." His treatise was presented as a scholarly, scientific work in a time when experimental physiology was practically nonexistent. The authority with which the work was subsequently treated — Tissot's arguments were even acknowledged and echoed by luminaries such as Kant and Voltaire — arguably turned the perception of masturbation in Western medicine over the next two centuries into that of a debilitating illness. Tissot's most famous work in his lifetime was Avis au peuple sur sa santé (1761), arguably the greatest medical best-seller of the eighteenth century. On 1 April 1787, Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to Dr. Tissot complimenting him for spending his “days in treating humanity” noting that his “reputation has reached even into the mountains of Corsica” and describing “the respect I have for your works…" Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – recent new.Joints – good condition – minor wear.Corners – good condition – worn and bumped.Boards – good condition – marks and scratches.Page edges – good condition.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – solid.Paste downs – good condition.End papers – good condition.Title – good condition.Pages – good condition – foxing, marks, some tears to last few pages without loss.Binding – good condition.See photos Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1765
Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please contact me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop THANK YOU LOUIS88Books Preserving Books for the next generation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Title Advice to the People in General,
With Regard to their Health: But particularly calculated for those, who are the most unlikely to be provided in time with the best Assistance, or upon any sudden inward or outward Accident. With A Table of the most cheap, yet effectual Remedies, and the plainest Directions for preparing them readily. Translated from the French Edition of Dr. Tissot's Avis au Peuple, &c.... Printed at Lyons; with all the Notes in the two former English Editions, and a few additional ones. By J. Kirkpatrick, M. D. _____ Fine Binding ~ First English Edition _____ Author Dr Samuel-Auguste Tissot, Kirkpatrick, J [tr.] _____________________ Year of Publication 1765 __________________________ Publisher London: T Becket and P A De Hondt, at Tully's Head, near Surry-Street, in the Strand _________________________
For full description see below - after all photographs
__________________________________________ Description: London: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt., 1768. 8vo. First Edition in English. xxxii, 608pp, errata, 4pp of Contents. Octavo. Contemporary full calf with a new spine, spine gilt lined with five raised bands and titles in gilt to a red label. First and last pages worn with some tears and loss otherwise good. From Wikipedia: Samuel Auguste André David Tissot (French: [tiso]; 20 March 1728 – 13 June 1797) was a notable 18th-century Swiss physician. A well reputed Calvinist Protestant neurologist, physician, professor and Vatican adviser who practiced in the Swiss city of Lausanne. He wrote on the diseases of the poor, on masturbation, on the diseases of the men of letters and of rich people, and nervous diseases. He devoted an 83-page chapter to the study of migraine in his Traité des nerfs et de leurs maladies (Treatise on the nerves and nervous disorders). He used his own observations and the existing medical treatises of the day. His work is considered by modern doctors as a basis for "future generations of doctors." He is also recognized as "the classical authority on migraine." In 1760, he published L'Onanisme, his own comprehensive medical treatise on the purported ill-effects of masturbation. Citing case studies of young male masturbators amongst his patients in Lausanne as basis for his reasoning, Tissot argued that semen was an "essential oil" and "stimulus" that, when lost from the body in great amounts, would cause "a perceptible reduction of strength, of memory and even of reason; blurred vision, all the nervous disorders, all types of gout and rheumatism, weakening of the organs of generation, blood in the urine, disturbance of the appetite, headaches and a great number of other disorders." His treatise was presented as a scholarly, scientific work in a time when experimental physiology was practically nonexistent. The authority with which the work was subsequently treated — Tissot's arguments were even acknowledged and echoed by luminaries such as Kant and Voltaire — arguably turned the perception of masturbation in Western medicine over the next two centuries into that of a debilitating illness. Tissot's most famous work in his lifetime was Avis au peuple sur sa santé (1761), arguably the greatest medical best-seller of the eighteenth century. On 1 April 1787, Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to Dr. Tissot complimenting him for spending his “days in treating humanity” noting that his “reputation has reached even into the mountains of Corsica” and describing “the respect I have for your works…" Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – recent new.Joints – good condition – minor wear.Corners – good condition – worn and bumped.Boards – good condition – marks and scratches.Page edges – good condition.See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – solid.Paste downs – good condition.End papers – good condition.Title – good condition.Pages – good condition – foxing, marks, some tears to last few pages without loss.Binding – good condition.See photos Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1765
Binding: Hardback _________________________________________ We take great pride in photographing all our books, maps and prints and in describing every detail. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with your purchase, we offer a 100% money back guarantee provided the item is returned in the same condition as sent. Please contact me for extra photographs and with any questions you may have Ruler in picture is 6 inches long. ---------------------------- Please Browse all other books and prints in my Shop THANK YOU LOUIS88Books Preserving Books for the next generation
