Frederick Tiedemann; James Manby Gully; J. Hunter Lane — A Systematic Treatise on Comparative Physiology Introductory to the Physiology of Man, Translated, with Notes, from the German of Frederick Tiedemann

London, John Churchill, 1834. Cloth. A scarce edition of this work on physiology. Dr James Manby Gully (14 March 1808 – 1883), was a Victorian medical doctor, well known for practising hydrotherapy, or the "water cure". Along with his partner James Wilson, he founded a very successful "hydropathy" (as it was then called) clinic in Malvern, Worcestershire, which had many notable Victorians, including such figures as Charles Darwin and Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as clients. Rebound in a green cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and mainly clean, with just the odd spot. Institutional ink stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute to title page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .