Chiropodologia, or, A scientific enquiry into the causes of corns, warts, onions, and other painful or offensive cutaneous excrescences : with a detail of the most successful methods of removing all deformities of the nails; and of preserving, or restoring, to the feet and hands their natural soundness and beauty. The whole ... systematically confirmed by the practice and experience of D. Low, chiropodist.

  • La Forest, Nicolas Laurent, Chirurgien-Pédicure, active 1781.
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[1785]
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Chiropodologia, or, A scientific enquiry into the causes of corns, warts, onions, and other painful or offensive cutaneous excrescences : with a detail of the most successful methods of removing all deformities of the nails; and of preserving, or restoring, to the feet and hands their natural soundness and beauty. The whole ... systematically confirmed by the practice and experience of D. Low, chiropodist. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Art de soigner les pieds. English

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London : Printed by J. Rozea ... Sold by the author ... T. Hookham ... T. Davies ... Scatcherd & Whitaker ... and W. Richardson ..., [1785]

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viii, 1 unnumbered page, vi-xii, 1 unnumbered page, 14-140 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

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For date of publication and other information, see W. Seelig "Studies in the History of Chiropody: the Beginnings of Chiropody in England", The Chiropodist, vol.8 (Nov. 1953), p.381-97.
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Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Nigel Phillips Note: Binding: old boards, vellum corners, re-backed in calf with early gilt spine label preserved. Ex Wigan Public Library, with its blind stamp on title and other leaves, and its book label beneath rear pastedown (authorised withdrawal: see letter R.F. Hill to H.J. Symons 11/11/92)

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Largely a translation without acknowledgement from the unexpanded version of N.L. La Forest, L'art de soigner les pieds, with a postscript offering Low's own remedies for sale 1781, with a postscript offering Low's own remedies for sale

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ESTC t114101
ESTC T114101

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