2 vol. 4to. No copy was located for collation.
British Museum Catalogue vol. 47, col. 94.
Not in the
Surgeon’s General’s
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
Library Catalogue.
On April 18, 1803, John Millar wrote from Shepherd Street, Mayfair [London] to Jefferson: “In the year 1797 having occasion to investigate the means of subuing [sic] and preventing Contagious Fevers, that which had proved so fatal to the Citizens of Philadelphia, became of course a subject
of consideration. The Book was sent to Dr. Rush by Mr. Perry and I have observed that he has in some subsequent publications
retracted some opinions he formerly held on that subject, and with great pleasure I have observed that the rage of that destructive
pestilence has since been restrained. I humbly submit to your consideration a Copy of that work, and if it has, formerly,
or should, in future, contribute, in any degree to the safety and preservation of the worthy Citizens of Philadelphia, I shall
esteem it the best reward of my Labours.”
Millar’s
Observations was bound for Jefferson by John March in October, 1804, cost $4.50 ($2.25 each volume).
John Millar, 1733-1805, Scottish physician and medical writer. This book was issued without a date, but in view of the above correspondence
which appears to relate to this book, and the fact that Jefferson’s copy was bound in 1804, the suggested date in the British
Museum Catalogue [1805?] is obviously too late.
Benjamin Rush’s
Dissertation on the Spasmodic Asthma of children
was addressed to Millar.
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69
Onania.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 41. no. 63, as above.
Onania, or, The heinous sin of self-pollution and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) considered . . .
London,
1730.
8vo. No copy was seen for collation.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
The first edition was published without date c. 1710, and the book was frequently reprinted.
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70
Hunter on the Venereal disease.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 40. no. 93, as above.
HUNTER,
John.
A Treatise on the Venereal Disease. By John Hunter.
London: sold at No. 13, Castle-Street, Leicester-Square,
1786.
First Edition. 4to. 234 leaves, 7 engraved plates after William Bell.
Osler 1227.
Surgeon General’s Library Catalogue II, vii, 481.
John Hunter, 1728-1793, English anatomist and surgeon, was one of the outstanding figures in the history of surgery. Edward Jenner was
one of his pupils. This work is dedicated to Sir George Baker, Bart[.], from Leicester-Square, March 30, 1786.
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71
Turner on gleets.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 42. no. 64, as above.
TURNER,
Daniel.
A discourse concerning gleets. Their cause and cure. With a prefatory account of Professor Boerhaave’s new comments on the
venereal disease; and some animadversions thereon . . . To which is added, a defence of the 12th chapter of the first part
of a treatise de Morbis Cutaneis, in respect to the spots and marks impressed upon the skin of the foetus, by the force of
the mother’s fancy; containing some remarks upon a discourse lately printed, and intituled, the Strength of Imagi-
