Some Recently Discovered Letters of William Harvey, with Other Miscellanea, with a Bibliography of Harvey's Works (Transactions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

149 pp. 8vo. Stiff cardstock wrappers, paper label mounted on front cover, printed titles on spine. Includes frontispiece and single plate in text. A selection of Harvey's correspondence, together with a bibliography of his works prepared by Charles Perry Fisher. William Harvey was an important contributor to medical science, credited with some of the earliest descriptions of the functioning of the circulatory system. S. Weir Mitchell was a prolific author of medical books, and as a physician he was known for his discovery of causalgia and erythromelalgia.