DISPUTATIO MEDICA INAUGURALIS, QUAEDAM DE PNEUMONIA COMPLECTENS; QUAM ANNUENTE SUMMO NUMINE, EX AUTHORITATE REVERENDI ADMODEM VIRI, D. GEORGII BAIRD, SS.T.P. ACADEMIAE EDINBURGENAE PRAEFECTI; NECNON AMPLISSIMI SENATUS ACADEMICI CONSENSU, ET NOBILISSIMAE FACULTATIS MEDICAE DECRETO; PRO GRADU DOCTORIS, SUMMISQUE IN MEDICINA HONORIUS AC PRIVILEGIIS RITE ET LEGITIME CONSEQUENDIS; ERUDITORUM EXAMINI SUBJICIT J.G. GREGG, HIBERNUS.
Edinburgh, Scotland: Excudebant Neill et Socius, 1832. First Edition. Leather-bound. IN LATIN. Octavo, 5.25 x 8.5 in., pp. 33. Full-calf with gilt frame design and tooled floral frame with large graphic design in blind on front and back. Gilt design to spine and board edges. Marbled endpapers. Vertical staining to left third of front board (near front joing). Light moisture stain with tideline (4 in. x 4 in. approx.) throughout upper right quadrant of book. Good. Item #85428
Dissertation for thesis (M.D.) for University of Edinburgh. Text in Latin. Here follows a poor Google translation:
INAUGURAL MEDICAL DISCUSSION, COMPLETING ... ABOUT PNEUMONIA; WHICH HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED BY HIS HIGHNESS, BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVEREND , MR. GEORGE BAIRD, SS.T.P. PRINCIPAL OF EDINBURGH ACADEMY; NOT WITH THE EXTENSIVE CONSENT OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE, AND BY THE DECREE OF THE NOBLE MEDICAL FACULTY; FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR, AND THE HIGHEST IN MEDICINE HONORS AND PRIVILEGES RITERALLY AND LEGITIMATE.
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