The Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment

First American Edition, First Printing (1860). Illustrated with reproductions of 100 wood engravings. Very rarely seen on the market. Near fine in original blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, endpapers mildly foxed and boards slightly cocked. Garrison-Morton 3373: "The foundation of aural pathology." Toynbee was a pioneering otologist who died while experimenting with chloroform and hydrogen cyanide as a remedy for tinnitus. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. xvi, 440 pp. + 32 pp. adverts. A great copy of this groundbreaking scientific work.