An account of some societies at Amsterdam and Hamburgh for the recovery of drowned persons, and of similar institutions at Venice, Milan, Padua, Vienna, and Paris; with a collection of authentic cases proving the practicability of extending the benefits of their practice to the recovery of persons visibly dead by sudden stoppages of breath, suffocation, stifling, swooning, convulsions, and other accidents. / By Alexander Johnson, M.D.

  • Johnson, Alexander, 1715 or 1716-1799.
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MDCCLXXIII. [1773]]
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[London] : [Sold by John Nourse, in the Strand; S. Leacroft, at Charing-Cross; J. Robson, in New Bond-Street; ... [and three others], MDCCLXXIII. [1773]]

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2 unnumbered leaves, 140, that is, 142 pages, 1 unnumbered blank leaf ; (8vo)

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ESTC T120894

Notes

With second t.p. 'A short account of a society, etc.', as in preceding but with imprint added.
Copy 2. Gift of Royal Humane Society. Bound with: Franks, J. Observations on animal life, and apparent death. 1790. ; and, Coleman, E. A dissertation on suspended respiration. 1791. Bound in 19th century marbled papers with leather spine and corners. On front of upper board: gold tooled ownership stamp bearing motto Lateat scintillula forsan. With manuscript notes in margins.

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  • Copy 1

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    EPB/B/30485

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    EPB/B/60872.1

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