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THE ORPHAN MASTER'S SON

NEALE Adam 1780 1832.ABAA

Researches respecting the natural history chemical analysis and medicinal virtues of the Spur or Ergot of Rye when administered as a remedy in certain states of the uterus.

1828M13950London:: Printed for Horatio Phillips 1828. 1828. 8vo. viii 105 3 pp. 1 hand-colored plate; pp. 101-4 upper corner oddly worn but confined to the outermost part of the sheet not touching any text. Early turquoise blue wrappers small printed label applied to upper cover; extremities worn rubbed. Very good. RARE. First edition of the first serious English study of ergot of rye which was a folk remedy known to be effective for pregnant mothers to ease the birth and "control postpartum haemorrhage." Neale studied medicine at Edinburgh earning his degree in 1802. "In 1806 he was appointed as a physician to the army and saw considerable service during the Peninsula War under Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley. In 1809 he published an account of his experiences in Letters from Portugal and Spain. In 1814 he settled in Exeter where he remained for the next 10 years apart from a tour of Germany Poland Moldavia and Turkey in 1818 and a short sojourn in Cheltenham in 1820 made brief by the fact that he rashly and publicly questioned the medicinal value of the spa waters of that town. In 1828 he published a monograph on the use of ergot of rye as a remedy in certain states of the uterus.' Four years later he died in Dunkirk in 1832." Dunn. / "Epidemics of St Anthony's fire due to ergot of rye had been recognised since the middle ages but the effect of ergot on the uterus was not recognised by the medical profession until 1688 when Camerarius mentioned that women in certain parts of Germany were in the habit of employing this sort of diseased grain to accelerate parturition. One hundred years passed before Tessier in France once more drew the attention of doctors to a similar practice among the midwives around Lyon. From then on medical interest in the subject increased and 50 years later Neale was able to review 720 reported cases in which ergot had been used in Europe and North America mostly with success either to expedite delivery of the baby or placenta or to control postpartum haemorrhage." Dunn. / In July 1805 Adam Neale c.1780-1832 travelled to Turkey to take a position as physician to the British embassy in Constantinople were he arrived in March 1806. This is a description of the overland journey to Jassy in Moldavia the Danube and then via the Black Sea several plates depict villages along the Black Sea to Constantinople. His observations on Turkey include descriptions of the manners and customs of the people the navy fishery and the plague which broke out regularly in Constantinople. This is one of the most vivid and readable of all accounts of Constantinople. He also discourses on some of the renegades present in Constantinople at the beginning of the 19th century KoÃ§ Collection 208. SEE: Peter M. Dunn "Adam Neale c1780-1832 and ergot of rye." Arch Dis Child. 1993 May; 685 Spec No: 617â€“618. 241-47. Printed for Horatio Phillips, 1828. unknown books

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Gurowski AdamABAA

Autograph Letter Signed "Gurowski"

WRCLIT77774Washington 1 December no year. Two pages in ink on two conjugate quarto sheets of ruled paper. With a number of deletions and insertions. Old folds from mailing small marginal nick very good. To W.T. Robinson who was apparently assisting Gurowski in some capacity with the publication of his writings. Gurowski begins by saying he is ". certain the book will be better as you anticipate and . that your kind cooperation will not hurt it ." and then clarifies his intention in the manuscript explaining: ". where I mentioned the battles of Ligny & Waterloo my meaning is Thiers the historian says that etc. the correction made in the proof sheet points that I was misunderstood. I restored in the proof-sheet the name of Thiers & these lines are to explain the meaning." Gurowski is not pleased with "the Commonwealth . containing the advertisement . The title is not such as I wish" and writes out his preferred version "Diary / from March 4th 1861 to Nov 12 1862 / by / Adam Gurowski" which he hopes can be inserted "provided it is not too late." In the concluding paragraphs Gurowski provides further instructions arising from the translation of his book from manuscript into proof-sheets. Count Adam Gurowski 1805- 1866; Polish-born American author. In 1825 in Warsaw ". he became identified with those opposed to Russian influence and was in consequence several times imprisoned. He was active in organizing the November Uprising of 1830 in which he afterward took part. On its suppression Adam lost the greater part of his estates and escaped to France where he lived for several years . He was also a member of the national Polish committee in Paris and became conspicuous in political and literary circles. The remainder of his estates had in the meantime been confiscated and he himself condemned to death . In 1849 he went to the United States where he engaged in literary pursuits and became deeply interested in American politics. He wrote articles for the AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA and worked on the editorial staff of the New York TRIBUNE. During the Crimean War he sided with Russia and his editorials and pamphlets were an effective influence on American public opinion in favor of Russia. He was strongly opposed to slavery . From 1861 to 1863 he was translator in the State Department in Washington D.C. being acquainted with eight languages. In 1862 he published the first volume of his three- volume Diary. It included three categories of men: Praise Half and Half and Blame. President Abraham Lincoln merited the Praise column as did Edwin M. Stanton and poet Walt Whitman but otherwise Gurowski was highly critical of officials in the Lincoln administration. William O'Connor who translated some of the count's papers into English described him as 'a madman with lucid intervals' . Whitman considered the tempestuous count a friend and attended his funeral. 'His funeral was simple but very impressive -- all the big radicals were there' Whitman wrote." - Wikipedia. unknown books

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Gurowski AdamABAA

Autograph letter signed "Gurowski"

WRCLIT77773Washington 17 November no year. Two pages on two panels of a folded quarto lettersheet. In ink with several insertions and revisions. Old folds from having been mailed otherwise near fine. To an unidentified "Dear Sir" but perhaps W. T. Robinson who was assisting Gurowski with the publication of his writings: "To shorten the time I make the following suggestion which I request you to kindly communicate to Mr. Robinson & to the Printer-Stereotyper. It is to put at once in type the whole written part of the manuscript & to forward to me the proofsheets before the other part is finished . If Mr Robinson goes on with reviewing the printed mss. do suggest to him to throw out every word which in his judgement unnecessarily amplifies a sentence; & to make the whole intelligible . I forwarded to the editor of the Commonwealth a letter for his paper. If he publishes it then be so kind to repeat to him my request to expunge therefrom the name of Mr Opdyke." Count Adam Gurowski 1805-1866; Polish-born American author. In 1825 in Warsaw ". he became identified with those opposed to Russian influence and was in consequence several times imprisoned. He was active in organizing the November Uprising of 1830 in which he afterward took part. On its suppression Adam lost the greater part of his estates and escaped to France where he lived for several years . He was also a member of the national Polish committee in Paris and became conspicuous in political and literary circles. The remainder of his estates had in the meantime been confiscated and he himself condemned to death . In 1849 he went to the United States where he engaged in literary pursuits and became deeply interested in American politics. He wrote articles for the AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA and worked on the editorial staff of the New York TRIBUNE. During the Crimean War he sided with Russia and his editorials and pamphlets were an effective influence on American public opinion in favor of Russia. He was strongly opposed to slavery . From 1861 to 1863 he was translator in the State Department in Washington D.C. being acquainted with eight languages. In 1862 he published the first volume of his three- volume Diary. It included three categories of men: Praise Half and Half and Blame. President Abraham Lincoln merited the Praise column as did Edwin M. Stanton and poet Walt Whitman but otherwise Gurowski was highly critical of officials in the Lincoln administration. William O'Connor who translated some of the count's papers into English described him as 'a madman with lucid intervals' . Whitman considered the tempestuous count a friend and attended his funeral. 'His funeral was simple but very impressive -- all the big radicals were there' Whitman wrote ." - Wikipedia. unknown books

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