Collation includes preliminary blank leaf
Index: [4] p. following p. 190
Editor's Preface includes biographic information on author
'An account of Dr. Stark's last illness and death, by Sir J. Pringle, or Dr. Saunders, most probably the former.'--p. 183-190. It includes 'Here follows Mr. Hewson's account of the illness and inspection of the body ...' and 'Mr. Hunter gave the physician the following account of the appearance some days afterwards, from his memory.'
The author died, almost certainly of scurvy, as a result of his experiments on his own diet.--On the author and this work, see Drummon, J.C. 'William Stark, M.D.' Lancet, 1935 (ii), p. 459-462
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: Christie's via Phelps Note: Half title and final leaf wanting. Publisher's advertisements: 4 p. at end. Binding: Modern calf. Inscription on t.p. verso: "From the editor". MS inscription on t.p.: "Ex libris Soc. Reg. Medicae Edin:ensis." Bookplate of John Yudkin (1910-1995)
