A TREATISE ON THE VENEREAL DISEASE 1859 JOHN HUNTER PHILIP RICORD
A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, John Hunter, F.R.S. Second Edition, 1859, Blanchard and Lea, Philadelphia. 552 pages, with foldout plates and 32-page publisher’s catalog of medical and surgical publications bound in rear.
Very good condition. Book with clean pages and tight binding. Original plates intact showing anatomical details and surgical instruments. Additional publisher’s catalog with some foxing. Rebound by Jytte, Danskbog Bindery of California. Former holdings of Stanford University Library and New York Academy of Medicine Library.
Additional Contributors: Philip Ricord, M.D. – Noted French surgeon and specialist on syphilis; provided extensive additions Freeman J. Bumstead, M.D. – American physician and lecturer on venereal diseases; editor and translator of this edition.
Hunter’s A Treatise on the Venereal Disease was first published in 1786 and remains a landmark in the development of medical pathology. This 1859 edition features modernized annotations and updated clinical insights from Dr. Ricord, whose lectures on chancre are included as a special appendix. Dr. Bumstead's editorial work makes Hunter's original observations accessible to a 19th-century American readership, reflecting evolving understandings of venereal diseases.
