Evidences of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments.

New-London [Conn.] : From S. Green's press, [1797]

32 pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

Evans 32668

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 695

Johnson, H.A. New London, 1340

Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1495

Blake, J. NLM 18th cent., p. 344

ESTC (RLIN) W32159

Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1960. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

Two different printings, of which Evans records only one (32668) appeared with the same title, imprint, and collation; and with the author's statement "To the public" dated Plainfield, Jan. 2, 1797. This edition, probably the reprint, has the title in roman and italic type; the caption for a letter on p. 7 reads: Gen. Elihu Marvin, member of the Connecticut Medical Society; and the letter of the Rev. Dr. Jedidiah Morse, pp. 12-13, is dated December 9, 1796. ESTC, Trumbull, and Johnson do not differentiate the printings

Consists of testimonials, some of which were published in 1796 under title: Certificates of the efficacy of Doctor Perkins's patent metallic instruments

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-D⁴

Film 633 reel 73 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 73, no. 1495).

Extracts from letters to the author -- Certificates -- List of the names and places of abode of some who have the transfers and patent instruments for sale

This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)