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Title: A Beautiful Presentation of Addison's Landmark Study
Review: This 1980 facsimile reproduces Addison's 1855 London edition of On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Supra-Renal Capsules which, of course, was the research that first identified the state of chronic renal insufficiency that is now known as Addison's Disease.In his preface Addison, with typical English modesty, puts forward that this research is "a first and feeble step towards an inquiry into the functions and influence" of the adrenal glands.Handsome book from the Adams Classics of Medicine Library. Oversized leather book bound in green, tooled cowhide with real gilt detailing and page edges, 2.5 pounds, 66 pp on creamy stock; patterned endpapers and a bookmark. In addition to the case studies presented by Addison, there are 11 full page color illustrations quite beautifully rendered by a Victorian lithographer known as W. Hurst.
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