ELECTRICITY, OR ETHEREAL FIRE, CONSIDERED: 1st. NATURALLY, AS THE AGENT OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE; 2nd. ASTRONOMICALLY, OR AS THE AGENT OF GRAVITATION AND MOTION; 3d. MEDICALLY, OR ITS ARTIFICIAL USE IN DISEASES; COMPREHENDING BOTH THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF MEDICAL ELECTRICITY; AND DEMONSTRATED TO BE AN INFALLIBLE CURE OF FEVER, INFLAMMATION, AND MANY OTHER DISEASES: CONSTITUTING THE BEST FAMILY PHYSICIAN EVER EXTANT.
Book Details + Condition: Moffitt and Lyon (Troy). First Edition, 1802. By Dr. T. Gale. Full leather with gilt to spine. Measures 6.5" x 4.5". 276 pages, followed by Index. The book is among the first on electricity printed in America. Dr. Gale observes electricity to be the central cause of animal and vegetable life. An overall firm copy, with tight binding; wear to original leather boards; boards appear to have been re-attached at some point (quite typical due to its age); normal age darkening to pages, with foxing; old stain on inside boards and corresponding first few pages; interior is otherwise free of markings.
