Hamilton, David. A Treatise of a Miliary Fever (London, 1737)

[Medical] Hamilton, David. A Treatise of a Miliary Fever; with a Collection of Histories relating thereupto. To which are prefix'd, rules for the practice of physick.A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, London, 1737. First Thus. Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather). Book Condition: Very Good- Condition. Size: 8"-9" - Octavo (8vo). iiiv [sic; viii], 256 pages; 20 cm. Item Type: Book. First publication of the translation into English of Tractatus de febre miliari, seu vesiculari, 1716.  Hamilton, physician to Queen Anne, begins with three brief chapters on "Rules for the Practice of Physick" and then provides nine chapters on his treatise, followed by 17 histories of patients with miliary fever he has treated. Lawrence writes, "Miliary fever takes its Name from the Pustles, or Vesicles, in some sort resembling the form of Gromwel-seeds" (p. 57) -- in other words, small fluid-filled blisters that resemble millet WorldCat shows eight holdings, including the National Library of Medicine, Johns Hopkins